Word & Character Counter

The Complete Text Analysis Tool

Whether you’re writing a blog post, preparing an essay, crafting a tweet, or optimizing content for SEO, knowing your word and character count is essential. Our free word counter provides instant, real-time analysis of your text with no signup required.

What This Tool Measures

• Words: Total word count, split on whitespace boundaries
• Characters: Total characters including spaces
• Characters (no spaces): Character count excluding all whitespace
• Sentences: Counted by period, exclamation mark, and question mark boundaries
• Paragraphs: Blocks of text separated by blank lines
• Reading Time: Estimated time to read at 200 words per minute
• Speaking Time: Estimated time to speak at 130 words per minute
• Keyword Density: Top 5 keywords with frequency and density percentage

Common Character Limits

Different platforms enforce different limits. Here are the most common ones:

Platform	Limit
Twitter/X post	280 characters
Instagram caption	2,200 characters
LinkedIn post	3,000 characters
Meta description (SEO)	155-160 characters
Title tag (SEO)	50-60 characters
Google Ads headline	30 characters
SMS message	160 characters

SEO Keyword Density

For content writers and SEO professionals, the keyword density table shows how often specific words appear in your text. Search engines use keyword frequency as one signal for topic relevance. Most SEO experts recommend keeping primary keyword density between 1-3% to avoid appearing spammy while still signaling relevance.