WordCounter.net is a free word counting site that is supported by advertising and offers an account for extra features. If you want the same live count without the ads, a browser-based word counter tallies words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time as you type, with no account and no ads on the page.
Free word counter and character counter. Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time as you type. 100% private.
Open Word & Character Counter → Free toolFree text statistics tool. Get word and sentence counts, average word length, reading time and a readability score for any passage. Fully private in browser.
Open Text Statistics and Readability → Free toolCount your text against every social media limit at once: X, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Threads and Bluesky.
Open Multi Platform Character Counter →WordCounter.net does its job well and has been around for years; it is funded by ads served on the page, and signing in to an account unlocks extra features. A minimal client-side counter takes the opposite approach: an ad-free page that counts everything locally as you type, with nothing to sign up for and nothing competing for your attention while you write.
A clean counter is the better fit when you are pasting a private draft, an unpublished article or client work, because nothing on the page phones home with your text, and when you want counting to be instant and distraction free. If you also need per-platform limits, a companion tool checks your text against the character caps of X, Instagram, LinkedIn and other networks at once, and a text statistics tool adds reading time and a readability score.
No. Counting happens in your browser as you type, and the text is never transmitted or stored.
No. The tool page is ad free, with no account and no premium upsell.
Yes. It counts characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time, and companion tools cover social media limits and readability.