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✏️ Writing Facts
Twitter/X allows 280 characters per tweet — up from the original 140 character limit 🐦
The average adult reads 238 words per minute — how fast do you read? 📖
A standard novel is 70,000–90,000 words — Harry Potter book 1 is 77,325 words ⚡
Google recommends blog posts of 1,500–2,500 words for the best SEO ranking 🔍
Instagram captions can be up to 2,200 characters — but most people read only the first 125 📸
The average 5-paragraph essay is 500–800 words 📝
LinkedIn posts with 1,900–2,000 words get the most shares and engagement 💼
Ernest Hemingway's shortest story — "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." — is just 6 words 👶
The word "the" is the most commonly used word in the English language — making up 7% of all words 🔤
NaNoWriMo challenges writers to write a 50,000-word novel in just 30 days ✍️
Twitter/X allows 280 characters per tweet — up from the original 140 character limit 🐦
The average adult reads 238 words per minute — how fast do you read? 📖
A standard novel is 70,000–90,000 words — Harry Potter book 1 is 77,325 words ⚡
Google recommends blog posts of 1,500–2,500 words for the best SEO ranking 🔍
Instagram captions can be up to 2,200 characters — but most people read only the first 125 📸
The average 5-paragraph essay is 500–800 words 📝
LinkedIn posts with 1,900–2,000 words get the most shares and engagement 💼
Ernest Hemingway's shortest story — "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." — is just 6 words 👶
The word "the" is the most commonly used word in the English language — making up 7% of all words 🔤
NaNoWriMo challenges writers to write a 50,000-word novel in just 30 days ✍️
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Platform Limits

  • Twitter/X post280 chars
  • Instagram caption2,200 chars
  • Facebook post63,206 chars
  • LinkedIn post3,000 chars
  • YouTube title100 chars
  • Meta description160 chars
  • Google Ads headline30 chars
  • SMS message160 chars

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Who Uses This Tool?

From students to social media managers — everyone needs a word count.

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Students & Essays

Hit your essay word count exactly. Know when you're 200 words short or 50 words over.

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Social Media

Stay under tweet limits, nail Instagram captions, and optimize LinkedIn posts for engagement.

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SEO Writers

Google favors content in the 1,500–2,500 word sweet spot. Hit your target every time.

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Email Marketing

The ideal marketing email is 200–300 words. See exactly where you land before you send.

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Authors & NaNoWriMo

Track your daily word count progress toward your novel goal. Every word counts.

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Professionals

Resumes, cover letters, reports — keep your professional writing crisp and within limits.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Words are counted by splitting your text on spaces and punctuation, then counting non-empty tokens. Hyphenated words like "well-known" count as one word. Numbers count as words.
We show both — "Characters" includes spaces, "No Spaces" excludes them. Most platform character limits (like Twitter's 280) count spaces, so use the "Characters" number for those.
Reading time is based on the average adult reading speed of 238 words per minute. Results are rounded to the nearest half-minute for texts over 60 seconds.
No. All analysis happens live in your browser. Your text is never sent to any server, stored, or logged. Close the tab and it's gone.