Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs — and estimate reading time.
Using an average adult silent reading speed of 200 words per minute — a common estimate used by Medium and similar publishing platforms.
This tool estimates silent reading speed (200 wpm). Speaking aloud is slower, typically 130-150 words per minute.
Word splitting is based on whitespace, so it works for space-separated languages. Languages without spaces between words (like Japanese) will show inaccurate word counts, though character counts remain accurate.
No — it counts everything in the text box as one block; paste only the body content if you want a count that excludes a title or headings.