Students, journalists, SEO writers and editors all run into the same question sooner or later: exactly how many words does this text have? Textify's Word Counter answers that instantly, along with character, sentence and paragraph counts, plus an estimated reading time.
Just paste or type your text below. There's no size limit, no account needed, and nothing is sent to a server — the whole count happens right in your browser.
What word counting is used for
- Hitting essay or application word limits for school and scholarships.
- Fitting copy into platform limits (meta descriptions, ads, captions).
- Keeping SEO articles in a healthy range — usually 800 to 2,000 words.
- Estimating how long a post will take readers before you hit publish.
Practical example
Say you're writing an essay that needs to land between 700 and 1,000 words. Paste your draft into the box at the top of the page: if it shows "612 words," you already know you need to develop another paragraph before turning it in — no manual counting or exporting to Word just to see the count.