Word Counter

Word counter & reading time estimator. See word count, character count, and text stats for any page or selection.

**Know your words. Track your reading. Instantly.** Word Counter is a clean, fast Chrome extension that gives you real-time word count, reading time, character count, and sentence count for any webpage — or just the text you've selected. No sign-up. No permissions abuse. Just the numbers you need, right when you need them. --- ### What It Does Open the popup on any page and instantly see: - **Word Count** — total words on the page, updated in real time - **Reading Time** — estimated time to read, based on your personal reading speed (adjustable WPM) - **Character Count** — total characters on the page - **Sentence Count** — number of sentences in the visible content **Select any text** and the Selection panel activates automatically — showing word count, reading time, character count, and what percentage of the full page you've selected. Perfect for checking how long a paragraph or article section is before quoting it. --- ### Who It's For - **Writers & bloggers** checking article length before publishing - **Students** analyzing reading assignments or tracking essay progress - **Content marketers** auditing competitor pages for word count and content depth - **SEO professionals** measuring on-page text volume and content density - **Researchers** quickly gauging how long a source document is - **Anyone** who wants to know how long it will take to read a page --- ### Key Features - Real-time word count badge on the extension icon — glance at word count without opening the popup - Adjustable reading speed (50–1000 WPM) — calibrate to your actual pace - Selection stats — instant word count & reading time for highlighted text - Works on articles, blogs, documentation, Google Docs, and most websites - Lightweight and fast — no background data collection, no external servers - 100% local — your text never leaves your browser --- ### Privacy First Word Counter operates entirely in your browser. It reads page text only to calculate statistics — nothing is stored, logged, or transmitted. No accounts, no tracking, no nonsense. --- ### Permissions - **storage** — saves your WPM preference and badge toggle setting locally - **activeTab + scripting** — reads the current page's visible text to calculate statistics - **tabs** — identifies the active tab to display the badge count --- Word Counter is built by Patrick Bushe, a digital product designer from Los Angeles. It's part of a suite of focused, privacy-respecting browser tools at bushe.co. --- word counter, reading time estimator, character count, word count tool, text statistics, webpage word counter, reading time chrome extension, word count extension