Character Counter

Count characters (with and without spaces), words, sentences, paragraphs and reading time in your text instantly — free, no signup, no install.

What Is a Character Counter?

A character counter is a free online tool that tells you exactly how many characters, words, sentences and paragraphs your text contains. Character counts matter every day: Twitter caps tweets at 280 characters, Instagram captions at 2,200, Google Ads headlines at 30 — and countless assignment briefs, job applications and product listings set their own limits.

This character counter gives you the full picture at a glance: total characters including spaces, characters without spaces, word count, sentence count, paragraph count and estimated reading and speaking time. It updates as you type, so there is never a button to press.

Why Use Our Character Counter?

• Free forever — no account, no credit card, no download.
• Instant results — every number updates live as you type or paste.
• Private by design — your text is processed in your browser and never sent to a server.
• All-in-one metrics — characters with and without spaces, words, sentences, paragraphs, reading time, speaking time and keyword density.
• Works anywhere — on your phone, tablet or desktop, no install needed.

How to Count Characters in Your Text

1. Open this page in your browser.
2. Type your text or paste it into the box above.
3. Read the live counts below the box — that’s it. No submit button, no page reload.

What Counts as a Character?

A character is any single letter, number, space or punctuation mark. In Hello world! there are 12 characters (11 letters plus the exclamation mark) and 11 characters without the space. This matters for anything with a hard limit — for example, a 280-character tweet must count every space and punctuation mark too.

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