Character Counter

Character counting uses JavaScript's String.length property, which returns the number of UTF-16 code units. For most characters (including CJK characters), this equals the number of characters. However, some emoji and special symbols use surrogate pairs (2 code units per character). Word counting splits text at whitespace boundaries using a regex pattern that matches sequences of non-whitespace characters. Multiple spaces, tabs, and newlines are treated as single separators. Sentence counting detects sentence-ending punctuation (. ! ?) and counts the number of complete sentences. Abbreviations like "Mr." and "U.S.A." may cause slight overcounting. Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute (average adult reading speed). Speaking time uses 130 words per minute (average speaking rate for presentations). These are widely accepted industry standards. The 5MB input limit prevents browser performance degradation with extremely large texts.

1. Paste or type your text in the input area. 2. Statistics update in real-time as you type. 3. View character count (with and without spaces), word count, sentence count, and paragraph count. 4. Estimated reading time and speaking time are shown below. 5. The tool handles all languages including English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic.

Social Media: Twitter/X has a 280-character limit. Instagram captions allow 2,200 characters. LinkedIn posts max at 3,000 characters. SEO: Meta descriptions should be 150-160 characters. Title tags should be 50-60 characters for optimal Google display. Academic Writing: Many essays and assignments have specific word count requirements (e.g., 500, 1000, or 2000 words). SMS: Standard SMS messages are limited to 160 characters (70 for Unicode/non-Latin scripts). Content Writing: Blog posts typically target 1,500-2,500 words for SEO. Product descriptions average 150-300 words.