Character Counter
Count Unicode characters, words, lines, sentences, and reading time live.
Your input stays on this device and is processed in your browser.How to use Character Counter
- Type, paste, or insert example text up to 250,000 characters.
- Read all six Unicode-aware statistics as they update.
- Copy, edit, or clear the text without leaving the page.
Useful writing statistics
A character is not a byte and not always what a keystroke produced. A flag emoji is two code points, a family emoji can be seven, and an accented letter may be one code point or two depending on how the text was typed. The count here follows what a reader sees on screen.
That is usually the number a submission form or a meta description limit is really asking about, but not always: a database column measured in bytes will fit fewer characters than this reports, and a platform counting code units will disagree about emoji.
Reading time is an estimate at a fixed words-per-minute pace, which is a reasonable planning figure for prose and a poor one for anything a reader stops to study. Code, tables and reference material take longer than the number suggests.
Frequently asked questions about Character Counter
Are spaces counted?
Both totals are shown: grapheme characters and characters without whitespace.
How is reading time estimated?
The estimate uses 200 words per minute, rounds up for non-empty text, and shows zero when empty.
Does the text leave my device?
No. Every statistic is calculated locally with the browser's Unicode segmenter.