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A word counter counts words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time in text. It also identifies the most frequent words and estimates speaking time. Used by writers, students, journalists, and SEO professionals.
Tip: For SEO: the optimal blog post length is 1,760–2,400 words for most topics (analysis from HubSpot and SEMrush). Longer posts rank better but only if they maintain quality — filler content hurts rankings.
- 1Words: count sequences of characters separated by whitespace
- 2Sentences: count terminal punctuation (.!?) adjusted for abbreviations
- 3Reading time: average adult reads 238 words per minute (silent)
- 4Speaking time: average speaking pace is 130 words per minute
| Content type | Recommended words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|
| Social media post | 80–100 | <1 min |
| 50–200 | <1–2 min | |
| Blog post (standard) | 1,500–2,500 | 7–12 min |
| Long-form article (SEO) | 3,000–5,000 | 14–24 min |
| Short story | 1,000–7,500 | 5–35 min |
| Novel | 80,000–100,000 | 7–9 hours |
| PhD thesis | 80,000–100,000 | 7–9 hours |
Fun Fact
Ernest Hemingway was famous for sparse prose — 'The Old Man and the Sea' (1952, Pulitzer Prize) has only 27,000 words. Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' has 580,000 words. Both are considered masterpieces of literature.
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