Character Counter
Count characters online instantly, with or without spaces, along with words, letters, numbers, sentences, and lines.
- Characters (With Spaces)
- 0
- Characters (No Spaces)
- 0
- Letters
- 0
- Numbers
- 0
- Whitespace
- 0
- Words
- 0
- Sentences
- 0
- Paragraphs
- 0
- Lines
- 0
- Reading Time
- 0 min
- Speaking Time
- 0 min
- Estimated Pages
- 0
Character count is the total number of characters — letters, numbers, punctuation, symbols, and spaces — in a piece of text. CleanTextly's Character Counter is a free online character counter that gives you a live count with spaces and without spaces, alongside letters, numbers, whitespace, words, sentences, paragraphs, lines, reading time, speaking time, and an estimated page count — all updating instantly as you type. Paste a tweet, a meta description, an essay, or a form field's contents, and every statistic recalculates in real time, entirely in your browser, with nothing uploaded or stored.
Features
12 Live Statistics
See characters (with and without spaces), letters, numbers, whitespace, words, sentences, paragraphs, lines, reading time, speaking time, and estimated pages all at once.
Accurate Unicode Character Counting
Emoji and other multi-byte characters are counted as a single character each, and letters are correctly recognized across scripts — including right-to-left languages like Arabic and Hebrew.
Instant Updates
Every statistic recalculates live as you type or paste — there's nothing to click or run.
Reading & Speaking Time
Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute and speaking time at 130 words per minute, both rounded up to the nearest minute.
100% Private
Everything runs locally in your browser. Your text is never uploaded, logged, or stored anywhere.
How to Use
- 1
Paste or type your text
Add the text you want to analyze into the input box.
- 2
Watch the stats update live
All twelve statistics recalculate instantly as you type — there's no button to click.
- 3
Copy, paste, or download
Copy the text to your clipboard, paste directly from your clipboard into the box, or download it as a .txt file.
- 4
Clear to start over
Clear the input to reset every statistic back to zero.
Example
Analyzing a Short Sentence
Sample Text
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Live Statistics
Characters (With Spaces): 52 Characters (No Spaces): 46 Letters: 44 Numbers: 0 Whitespace: 6 Words: 7 Sentences: 2 Reading Time: 1 min Speaking Time: 1 min Estimated Pages: 0
Common Use Cases
Social & Messaging Character Limits
Check social media posts, captions, and SMS messages against strict character limits before you post or send.
Writing SEO Titles & Meta Descriptions
Keep page titles and meta descriptions within the character counts search engines display in full.
Meeting Form & Field Character Limits
Confirm bios, reviews, and other form fields stay within a required character limit before you submit them.
Estimating Reading & Speaking Time
Get a quick estimate of how long a script, speech, or article will take to read or deliver out loud.
Checking Multilingual & Emoji-Heavy Text
Get an accurate character count for text mixing scripts, accented letters, and emoji — without the inflated counts other tools can produce.
Frequently Asked Questions
A character count is the total number of individual characters in your text — every letter, number, punctuation mark, and symbol. CleanTextly shows it two ways: "with spaces" includes every space between words, while "without spaces" excludes them, so you can see both at once.
Yes. Spaces, punctuation marks, and symbols are all included in the Characters (With Spaces) total. Characters (No Spaces) still includes punctuation and symbols — it only excludes whitespace.
Characters counts every character exactly as typed, including numbers, punctuation, symbols, and spaces. Letters counts only alphabetic characters, in any script.
Character count measures every individual character in your text, while word count measures whole words. A short word like "a" counts as 1 word but only 1 character, so the two numbers rarely match — this tool shows both at once.
Paste or type your text into the box above — every statistic, including character count with and without spaces, updates instantly with nothing to click or upload.
Yes. Each emoji counts as a single character, even multi-byte ones that other tools sometimes count as two or more.
Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute, and speaking time at 130 words per minute — both always rounded up, so even a single word shows a 1-minute estimate.
Pages are estimated at 250 words per page, a common standard for double-spaced documents, shown to one decimal place.
Yes. Letters and characters in right-to-left scripts are counted correctly, the same as any other language.
No. All counting happens entirely in your browser. Your text is never sent to a server or stored.
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