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Paste a draft or published post — get word count, reading time, speaking time, and sentence-level stats. Useful before you hit publish.

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Default 238 WPM (silent reading average).

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Counts

Words

Characters

No spaces

Sentences

Paragraphs

Time estimates

Reading time

Speaking time (150 WPM)

Sentence length

Average: words/sentence

Sentences run long on average (>25 words) — consider splitting a few for readability, especially on mobile.

Longest sentence ( words):

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About this tool

Reading-time badges set expectations. Most adults read silently at roughly 200–250 words per minute; podcasters and presenters often plan around 150 WPM. This tool counts words the same way most CMS dashboards do — whitespace-separated tokens.

Sentence splitting uses simple punctuation rules. Bullet lists and abbreviations can skew averages. Use the longest-sentence callout as a editing hint, not a grammar verdict.

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