Word Counter and Reading Time
Paste or type any text for a live count of words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs, plus estimated reading and speaking time. Nothing is uploaded; the count runs entirely in your browser.
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About the Word Counter and Reading Time.
Long enough to answer the query completely and no longer. Competitive commercial topics often need 1,500 to 3,000 words because the pages already ranking cover that much ground, while a specific question can be fully answered in 600. Padding to hit a word count is visible to readers and to Google.
Reading time uses 225 words per minute, a common silent-reading average for adults. Speaking time uses 150 words per minute, a typical presentation pace.
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Nothing is uploaded. The count runs in your browser.
Words
44
Characters
234
Characters
191
excluding spaces
Sentences
3
Paragraphs
2
Avg words / sentence
14.7
Reading time
1 min
at 225 wpm
Speaking time
1 min
at 150 wpm
Reading time uses 225 words per minute, a common silent-reading average for adults, and speaking time uses 150. Sentences are counted by terminating punctuation, so an abbreviation like “e.g.” mid-sentence can inflate the count slightly.