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Word Counter

by Word Counter · Tools
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View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Count words and characters with the word counter tool. Get word and character count in any text.

Users
4,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
23
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#15K
#13K among extensions
Version
3.0.3
updated 7 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 2 years
02,5005,000Jun 2024Sep 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 4,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 2 years
01223Jun 2024Sep 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 23 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Word Counter

The word counter chrome extension specializes in counting words, characters, and characters without spaces on any webpages, text documents, articles, assignments, or even Google Search. It's more than just a word counter tool! All you need to do is select the text you want to identify the word count and let the word counter extension provide the number of words, characters, and characters without spaces. The word counter tool provides the following key features (and more below): ✅ Precision in Counting: Provides a precise number of words, characters, and characters without spaces. Hence, you don't need to worry about accuracy in real-time while writing. ✅ Versatile Input Options: The extension is not limited to counting words and characters on text documents, but you can also count text within any text input on a webpage (Google search). ✅ Paste text from clipboard: If you want to check the word count for some text from your clipboard, paste the text into the extension window. ✅ Offline and maintain Privacy: One standout feature of the "Word Counter" extension is it can be used offline. Hence, you don't need an internet connection always to use as an "online word count tool". 📜 How to Use the word counter extension. 1️⃣ Install the Word Counter extension from the Chrome Web Store initially. 2️⃣ After you install it, please enable it to be used through the Chrome menu bar. 3️⃣ Now, it is time to test the functions of the word count tool you use four key ways as follows: ▸ Select text: Select all the words or paragraphs to which you want to analyze how many words and characters there are, including without spaces among the selected words. ▸ Use text input fields: When you type the words in text input fields, it will show you the word count and characters within a text input field in real-time. For example, typing the word "online word processor" will show you a detailed count of words in real-time. ▸ Use text from the clipboard: Paste the copied text from the clipboard and get the analysis of the word count of text or total number of words immediately. ▸ Type in the extension: Click the Word Counter extension icon from the extension toolbar and start typing your text. Instantly, the word count and character counts will update in real-time when you type. 🖱️ Real-time Counts When you select text on any webpage while enabling the Word Counter extension, it will instantly calculate and display the count of words, characters, and characters, excluding spaces, in real-time. Thus, it helps to meet instant specific text length requirements effectively. 💬 Text Input Field Checking This extension allows you to instantly analyze static webpage text, including text input fields. For example, you can type some text in a Google search while enabling the extension, and it will show you its text analysis on a different basis effectively. 🌟 Free Online character checker You can use this extension to effectively identify the number of words and characters, including and excluding spaces. Thus, you can effectively tailor your entire document or writing style based on your requirements. 🔀 Clipboard text integration Do you want to paste some text from the clipboard to check the word count? No worries, we've got you covered! The extension allows you to paste text from the clipboard directly into the extension window to display word count via the word count tool. 💻 Direct typing into the extension window Alternatively, you can proceed by typing directly into the extension’s interface of the online word counter to check the word count and character count instantly in real-time. Thus, you can quickly identify the text length and make real-time adjustments. 👀 Offline availability One of the critical advantages of the Word Counter extension is that it can be used without an internet connection. Thus, the word count tool works perfectly whether you are in environments with limited or no internet access (not limited to an online word counter or an online tool like other word counters). 🔒 Privacy assurance When using these extensions, your text data’s privacy is crucial. However, we ensure we don't send text data to external servers or store them online or anywhere. Hence, all the text processing activities and word count performed happen locally on your device, and your text is ensured to be confidential and secure. 👷 Upcoming Features We are continuously improving the word counter extension to meet your diverse requirements. Here are some of the exciting features coming soon: ▸ Google Documents compatibility: In the future, the extension will be compatible with Google Docs. Thus, you can get the word count and characters from your Google Docs documents and track your word counts. ▸ Advanced Analytics: Our future improvements will show advanced analytics features, including average word count, word length, sentence count, sentence length, number of lines, speaking time, paragraph count, reading time, reading level, and readability scores. These advanced analytics would be helpful for SEO purposes, analyzing each pages, assignments, essay, and more! ▸ Customizable settings: The extension will provide customizable settings such as notifications when it reaches a specific word limit, set writing goals, strict word limits, sentence counter, identify writing mistakes (including grammar) or character limits, and more. ▸ Export options: We plan to integrate to export your text analysis, including advanced analytics, an auto-save feature, speaking time, and reading time, which would be helpful for future reference, to edit, or reporting purposes. FAQs What is the function of the word counter? The function of a word counter is to accurately give the word count, characters, and characters without spaces. ❓ Is Word Counter safe? Yes, Word Counter is safe as it does not store your text information, which you check to analyze the word count. ❓ Does word count count spaces? Whether the word count spaces depend…

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months−1,000−20.0%+6−0.18
1 year+1,000+33.3%+8−0.27

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Word Counter appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
word count#5+1
counter#11+6
provide#70−26

Version history

9 versions recorded
3.0.37 Sep 2026
3.0.25 Sep 2026
3.0.127 Aug 2026
2.0.117 Mar 2025
2.0.028 Feb 2025
1.3.013 Feb 2025
1.216 Dec 2024
1.111 Oct 2024

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
30 Jun 2024
Size
244 KB
Languages
de, en, fil, id, sw, ms, nl, vi
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
docs.google.com
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 2, likelihood 1
Permissions
storagesidePanel
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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