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Word counter
Paste text and get the word count, character count, sentence count and reading time instantly. Everything runs in your browser; the text never leaves your device.
Counts update live. Nothing is uploaded.
Why word count matters for SEO
Word count itself is not a ranking factor, but it is a proxy for two things that are: a page too thin to answer the query, and a page so padded that readers leave. The number Google cares about is the one after the content answers the question.
What gets counted
- Words: whitespace-separated tokens.
- Characters: letters, spaces and punctuation included.
- Sentences: split on sentence-ending punctuation.
- Reading time: words divided by 230, the average adult silent reading speed.