Count characters, words, sentences, estimate reading time, analyze SEO metrics, and detect multi-language characters. 100% local.
This tool runs 100% in your browser. All computation happens locally on your device — your input is never uploaded to any server. Results are for reference only.
Counting is a pipeline, not a single number. Characters are counted per Unicode code point (with a no-space variant); words are split on whitespace; sentences on terminal punctuation; reading time is words ÷ 238 words-per-minute and speaking time is words ÷ 130 WPM. The language view buckets every character as CJK, Latin, digit, emoji, punctuation or whitespace, while the SEO view scores title and meta-description lengths against Google's ~60 / ~160 character truncation plus Flesch readability. UTF-8 bytes are a separate, larger number than visible characters — CJK and emoji encode wider.
Left: the raw text is split by character, by whitespace and by terminal punctuation, then time estimates divide word counts by reading (238 WPM) and speaking (130 WPM) speeds. Right: the language view buckets every character by script, and the SEO view checks title/meta lengths against Google truncation.
Amara, a newsletter editor, has a 197-character intro paragraph and needs to know how long it will take to read and whether a title line will survive Google's truncation.
To use it: open the tool, enter your inputs, and get instant results — count characters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and bytes. Everything runs locally; nothing is uploaded.
FreeToolHub Character Counter & Text Analyzer is a free browser-based tool — count characters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and bytes. No signup, no upload; everything runs locally in your browser.
Count characters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and bytes. Estimate reading and speaking time. Live stats as you type. Free, no signup.
This counter measures text the way platforms and editors measure it: characters with and without spaces, words, sentences, paragraphs, and byte size for UTF-8 encoding. It estimates reading time at a standard 200–250 words per minute and speaking time for scripts and presentations, updating live with every keystroke. Named platform limits — X/Twitter's 280, SMS segments, meta description lengths — are the practical destinations for those numbers, and the tool keeps everything visible at once so you can trim toward a target instead of counting by hand.
Social media managers fit posts inside platform limits including how URLs and CJK characters consume multiple units. SEO writers tune title tags and meta descriptions toward the 60 and 155 character display windows before publishing. Students hitting word-count requirements on essays watch the word number directly. Scriptwriters and presenters estimate spoken duration from text length for pitches and videos. Anyone filling forms with hard character caps — app store descriptions, ad copy, abstract submissions — verifies length before the field rejects them.
(1) Type or paste text into the editor. (2) The stat panel updates live: characters with spaces, characters without spaces, words, sentences, paragraphs, and UTF-8 bytes. (3) Reading and speaking time estimates derive from your word count at configurable speeds. (4) Optional targets let you set a limit and watch a progress indicator turn red when you exceed it. Counting follows Unicode-aware word segmentation, so CJK text and emoji measure sensibly rather than as single Latin words, and nothing you type ever leaves the browser.
The limits that matter day to day: X/Twitter allows 280 characters, with CJK characters counting as two units each; a single SMS segment holds 160 characters (70 once emoji or accents force Unicode encoding); SEO title tags truncate near 60 characters and meta descriptions near 155 in Google's desktop results; Instagram captions cap at 2,200 and hashtags at 30; YouTube titles at 100 and descriptions at 5,000; LinkedIn posts at 3,000 characters with the feed clipping near 210 visible. For ads: Google Ads headlines are 30 characters and descriptions 90. Reading-time math for planning: roughly 200–250 words per minute for silent reading, 130–150 for spoken narration, and about 500 words per rendered page for blog-length estimates. This counter pairs every measurement with those reference points so the number becomes a decision.
Paste or type into the input and every statistic updates live: characters with and without spaces, words, sentences, paragraphs, lines, and estimated reading time. The counter runs as you type with no button to press, and nothing you paste is uploaded — the analysis is local.
The common ceilings: Twitter/X 280, SMS 160, Instagram caption 2,200, Facebook post 63,206, LinkedIn 3,000, and meta descriptions around 155-160 before search results truncate. The stats view shows your count against limits as you approach them — write the post once, then trim to the tightest platform it must fit.
Both numbers are shown: characters including spaces (what most platform limits measure) and characters excluding spaces (what some academic and form validators require). Words, sentences, and paragraph counts are shown alongside so you can see whether length is coming from prose or from formatting.
Beyond the core stats, the analyzer view breaks down keyword density, sentence-length distribution, and reading-time estimates — useful for spotting run-on sentences or keyword stuffing before publishing. Switch between the stats and analyzer views with the tabs; your preferred view can be saved as a local preset.
Yes. It counts characters (with and without spaces), words (split by whitespace), sentences (split by . ! ?), and paragraphs (split by double newlines) using the same algorithms as Microsoft Word and Google Docs. It also calculates reading time (200 wpm average) and speaking time (130 wpm average).
Google meta descriptions should be 150-160 characters; title tags 50-60 characters. Twitter/X posts allow 280 characters. Instagram captions perform best under 125 characters. This tool gives live counts as you type, so you can hit the exact target without guessing or exceeding limits.
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