Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time instantly. Track progress against common word-count targets like blogs, essays, and tweets.
A word is any run of letters, digits, hyphens, or apostrophes separated by whitespace or punctuation. So "don't" and "state-of-the-art" each count as one word.
Reading time is calculated at 238 words per minute, the average adult silent-reading rate from Brysbaert's 2019 meta-analysis. Speaking time uses 130 wpm, a typical conversational pace.
Blog posts average 1,500–2,500 words for SEO. School essays usually run 500–1,000 words. A standard tweet of 280 characters fits about 50 words, and a meta description of ~155 characters fits roughly 25 words.