- Without spaces
- 0
- Words
- 0
- Lines
- 0
- Paragraphs
- 0
- UTF-8 bytes
- 0
- Reading time
- —
Common length limits
| X (a post) | 280 | 280 left |
| Meta description | 155 | 155 left |
| Page title | 60 | 60 left |
| Manuscript page (400 ji) | 400 | 400 left |
Paste text and get characters, words, lines, bytes and reading time at once. Emoji and CJK are counted the way a reader would count them.
Questions
Is there a length limit?
None by design. Several hundred thousand characters work fine, though typing may feel less immediate on a modest device.
Is my text stored?
No. It lives in the page and disappears when you close the tab. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Why does Word give a different number?
Word counts English-style words by default and keeps a separate character count for CJK, and implementations differ on newlines and spaces. Check which figure you are comparing.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes — the input grows with the screen.
Emoji and rare characters count as two elsewhere.
Here they count as one. Skin-toned emoji and some rare CJK characters are stored as two to four internal units, and a naive count reports that number. This tool counts by grapheme cluster — the unit a person sees as one character — so the figure matches what is on screen. That difference explains most disagreements with other counters.
I am submitting to a word limit. Which number do I use?
Whichever the guidelines describe. A "40 characters by 30 lines" brief means manuscript pages; "under 2000 characters" means the character count; with nothing specified, the count excluding spaces is the safe default. ⚠️ If the recipient counts in Word, expect a small discrepancy — leave margin when you are near the limit.
Can I count only part of the text?
Paste only that part. Everything in the box is counted, so for per-chapter figures, swap the contents chapter by chapter. Nothing you paste leaves your device or survives closing the tab, so working drafts are safe to drop in.
For Japanese input on Windows: Asteria