Enter any page URL and our word count checker extracts its visible text and counts the words, characters, sentences and paragraphs — plus an estimated reading time. A fast webpage word counter, no copy-paste needed.
What is a word count checker?
A word count checkeris a free tool that loads any web page, extracts the visible text, and counts the words, characters, sentences and paragraphs. It's a webpage word counter and word count tool in one — paste a URL instead of copying and pasting the content yourself.
Count the words on any webpage
Need a website to count words on a live page? This online word counter fetches the page, strips the HTML, and reports the totals instantly — ideal for checking content length before you publish or comparing your page against competitors.
Word and SEO character counter
As an SEO character counter, it reports total characters and characters without spaces alongside the word count — handy for length-limited elements. To count how often a specific phrase appears (a keyword counter use case), pair it with our keyword density checker.
What word count is good for SEO?
There's no magic number — match the search intent. A quick answer can rank with a few hundred words, while comprehensive guides often run well past 1,500. Use this free word count tool to benchmark your page against the results already ranking for your target keyword.
How to use the word count checker
Paste a page URL into the word count checker above.
Click “Check” — we fetch the live page and extract its text.
Review the word, character, sentence and paragraph counts and reading time.
Adjust your content length to match the intent and your competitors.
A word count checker is a free tool that fetches any webpage, extracts its visible text, and counts the words, characters, sentences and paragraphs — plus an estimated reading time. It works as a webpage word counter, so you don't need to copy and paste the content yourself.
Paste the page URL into the word count tool above and run it. We fetch the live page, strip out the HTML, and count the visible words and characters for you — the quickest website to count words on a published page, no signup.
Yes. As an SEO character counter it reports total characters and characters excluding spaces, alongside the word count. That's useful for length-limited fields like meta descriptions and titles.
There's no universal number — match the search intent. Quick answers can rank with a few hundred words, while in-depth guides often run 1,500+. Use the word count checker to benchmark your page against the top-ranking results for your keyword.
This tool focuses on total word, character and paragraph counts. To count how often a specific keyword or phrase appears (and its density %), use our keyword density checker — it's the right tool for keyword-counter use cases.
Completely free and online, with no account required. It's a genuinely free word count tool, part of WebsiteAuditTools' free suite of on-page SEO checkers.