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Estimate reading time for your blog posts and articles. Get accurate word counts and reading time estimates to display on your content.
Readers decide whether to commit to an article based on how long it will take. Blogs without reading time estimates lose readers who do not know if an article is a 2-minute quick read or a 20-minute deep dive. Manually counting words and calculating reading time for every post is tedious, and different sources use different reading speed assumptions (200, 250, or 300 words per minute), leading to inconsistent estimates.
Our Word Counter gives you instant word count, character count, and reading time estimation. Paste your article text, get the exact word count, and see the estimated reading time based on an average reading speed of 238 words per minute (the research-backed average for English text). Copy the reading time badge for your blog post header.
Open Word CounterNavigate to the Word Counter tool on OnlineTools4Free.
Copy your blog post content and paste it into the text area. The tool handles plain text, Markdown, and HTML (tags are stripped for counting).
See the word count, character count (with and without spaces), sentence count, paragraph count, and estimated reading time.
The default is 238 WPM (words per minute), the research average. Adjust this if your audience reads faster or slower (technical content is typically read slower).
Use the reading time estimate in your blog post header: "5 min read." This sets reader expectations and improves engagement.
No signup, no upload, 100% private. Works right in your browser.
Open Word Counter