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Word Counter

Count characters / words / lines / paragraphs / Chinese characters

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Overview: Word Counter is an all-dimension text statistics tool. It instantly counts characters (with/without spaces), words, lines, paragraphs, UTF-8 bytes, sentences and Chinese characters in the input text. The multi-metric view is especially useful for writers, editors, translators, students and developers who need to quantify content.

How to use: Step 1 — paste or type the text you want to analyse in the input area. Step 2 — all eight statistics below refresh instantly as you edit. Step 3 — you can watch the numbers change while you type, which is particularly handy when writing to a strict word count. Step 4 — Chinese characters are counted separately for a more accurate view of Chinese-heavy content. Every metric is computed incrementally, so even large text stays responsive.

Typical scenarios: Self-media authors respect the 140-character limit on Weibo or the length of a WeChat article; academic authors stay within the word limit of a journal; SEO editors write meta descriptions (160 chars); novelists and screenwriters track chapter word counts and paragraph distribution; developers test field maximum-length constraints; translators charge by word count; social-media creators respect character limits (such as Twitter’s 280).

Technical notes: Character count uses JavaScript’s String.length, which counts UTF-16 code units (some emoji count as 2). Character count without spaces removes every \s. Word count splits by consecutive whitespace. Line count is \n count plus 1. Paragraph count splits by consecutive blank lines. Byte count uses UTF-8, so a Chinese character is typically 3 bytes. Sentence count splits by . ! ? 。 ！ ？. Chinese characters are counted with the Unicode range [\u4e00-\u9fff].

Privacy: All statistics are computed locally in your browser and the text is never uploaded, so it is safe to use with unpublished manuscripts, confidential documents or translation source material.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I use Word Counter?
Step 2 — all eight statistics below refresh instantly as you edit. Step 3 — you can watch the numbers change while you type, which is particularly handy when writing to a strict word count.
What can Word Counter do?
Typical scenarios: Self-media authors respect the 140-character limit on Weibo or the length of a WeChat article; academic authors stay within the word limit of a journal; SEO editors write meta descriptions (160 chars); novelists and…
Is my data private when I use Word Counter?
Privacy: All statistics are computed locally in your browser and the text is never uploaded, so it is safe to use with unpublished manuscripts, confidential documents or translation source material. Privacy: All statistics are computed locally in your browser and the text is never uploaded, so it is safe to use with…
What technical details should I know about Word Counter?
Word count splits by consecutive whitespace. Paragraph count splits by consecutive blank lines.