Easy Converter

Character & Word Counter

Count characters, words, sentences, paragraphs and reading time in any text instantly. Perfect for Twitter posts (280 chars), meta descriptions (155–160 chars), SMS (160 chars per segment), school essays and SEO snippets. Live updates as you type, no submit button, no upload.

How to use

  1. 1

    Paste your text

    Type or paste any text into the editor. Updates happen live.

  2. 2

    Read the counters

    Characters, words, sentences, paragraphs and reading time are shown in real time.

  3. 3

    Compare to platform limits

    See at a glance whether your text fits Twitter, an SMS or a meta description.

Technical details

Character counting sounds trivial until you deal with emoji, combining marks, surrogate pairs and grapheme clusters. The naïve `string.length` in JavaScript counts UTF-16 code units, so a single emoji like 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 returns 11 instead of 1. Our counter uses `Intl.Segmenter` (when available) to count user-perceived characters correctly.

Word counting is also surprisingly nuanced. Latin scripts use spaces, but Chinese and Japanese do not separate words at all, and Thai relies on contextual segmentation. We provide separate counts for the most useful tokens: characters, characters without spaces, words (whitespace-delimited), sentences (period / question / exclamation) and paragraphs (double newline).

Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute for casual reading and 250 for fluent native speakers. The estimate is shown in minutes and seconds, useful when sizing blog posts, podcast scripts or video voice-overs.

The tool also lists frequent character limits: Twitter (280), Bluesky (300), LinkedIn post (3,000), Mastodon (500), SMS segment (160 with GSM-7, 70 with UCS-2), HTML meta description (155–160), HTML title (50–60).

Frequently asked questions

Are emoji counted correctly?
Yes. We use Intl.Segmenter to count grapheme clusters, so a single emoji counts as one character.
How is reading time calculated?
At 200–250 words per minute, which matches the IBM and Medium estimates for English prose.
Does the counter work for Chinese or Japanese?
Yes for characters and sentences. Word counts in CJK languages are approximations because these scripts do not use spaces.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. Counting is instant and happens locally in your browser.
Can I see selected text counts?
Yes. Select any part of the text and the counter switches to show stats for the selection.
Reviewed by:Easy Converter Engineering Team

This tool was tested and calibrated by our engineering team. All processing happens locally in your browser — your files and data never leave your device.