Character Counter_
Count characters, words, and sentences. Runs entirely in your browser — nothing you paste here is uploaded or logged.
100% client-side — nothing you enter leaves your browser. Free, no signup, no tracking.
How to use
- 01Paste or type your text — this words and character counter updates live, no button needed.
- 02Read the tiles: characters (with and without spaces), words, sentences, lines, and UTF-8 bytes.
- 03Watch the platform meters when writing for a limit — tweets, SMS, or a meta description.
About this character counter
This free online character counter tool counts what a reader sees: emoji, accented letters, and Chinese characters each count as one, using your browser’s grapheme segmentation rather than raw code units — so 你好 is two characters here, and a 👨👩👧 family emoji is one, not five. The bytes tile shows the UTF-8 size, which is what APIs and databases usually limit.
Looking for the character counter in Word? It lives under Review → Word Count — but pasting here is faster and also gives you sentence, line, and byte counts at once. Nothing you type is uploaded or stored: counting happens entirely in this tab, which makes it safe for drafts and confidential text.