Word Counter
Character & Reading Time

Paste your text and instantly see word count, character count, reading time, and how it fits social media platform limits.

📝 Live Count ⏱️ Reading Time 📱 Twitter · LinkedIn · WhatsApp 🔑 Keyword Density 🔒 100% Private
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Platform Character Limits

📚 Essay Word Counts

High school essay: 300–1000 words · University essay: 1500–5000 · Research paper: 4000–12000 · Novel: 70,000–100,000 words.

⏱️ Reading Speed

The average adult reads 200–250 words per minute. This tool uses 230 wpm for reading time and 140 wpm for speaking time estimates.

📱 Social Media Tips

Twitter/X: 280 chars (posts with links effectively get 257). LinkedIn posts: up to 3000 chars. Instagram captions: 2200 chars. WhatsApp: 65,536 chars.

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