How is reading time calculated?

At 200 words per minute, the accepted average for adult silent reading of general prose. Technical or unfamiliar material runs slower — 100 to 150 is more realistic for dense documentation.

Which character count do social platforms use?

Characters including spaces. X counts most characters as one but a URL as a fixed 23 regardless of its real length; Instagram allows 2,200 in a caption; a meta description should sit around 155-160 before Google truncates it.

No. It exists in the page's memory while the tab is open and is gone when you close it. Nothing is sent to a server and nothing is saved.

Word & Character Counter

Paste or type text and see the word, character, sentence, paragraph and line counts update as you type, along with an estimated reading time. Characters are counted both with and without spaces. Everything is computed in your browser, so the text is never sent anywhere.

Runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded

Questions

How is reading time calculated?: At 200 words per minute, the accepted average for adult silent reading of general prose. Technical or unfamiliar material runs slower — 100 to 150 is more realistic for dense documentation.
Which character count do social platforms use?: Characters including spaces. X counts most characters as one but a URL as a fixed 23 regardless of its real length; Instagram allows 2,200 in a caption; a meta description should sit around 155-160 before Google truncates it.
Is my text stored?: No. It exists in the page's memory while the tab is open and is gone when you close it. Nothing is sent to a server and nothing is saved.