Draft review
Check length before you publish a post or page.
Documentation
Counting + Stats documentation
Track word counts, characters, lines, and reading-time estimates for drafts and transcripts.
Overview
Use it when the format needs to change, not the meaning
Use Counting + Stats when you need a quick read on the size of a draft or transcript.
Transcript cleanup
Measure long text blocks before you hand them off.
Supported inputs
Bring clean source text and keep the direction straight
- Accepts plain text, markdown, and multi-line content.
- Handles punctuation, emoji, and multi-byte characters.
- Quick samples make it easy to compare common text lengths.
Walk through it
Follow the same sequence you see in the tool
Workflow
Measure text size
Use the main form when you want counts for a piece of copy.
- Paste the text into the input field.
- Run the counter to see words, characters, and lines.
- Copy the stats or tweak the text and run it again.
What you get
Check the result before you copy it into the next step
Word count
A plain count helps you spot overlong copy quickly.
Character and line counts
These values help with limits, QA, and formatting checks.
Avoid these mistakes
Small input problems create the biggest conversion errors
Counting the wrong block
Make sure the pasted text is the exact block you want measured.
Ignoring line breaks
Use the line count when spacing matters.