What it counts, and how
- Words: runs of letters or numbers. Hyphenated words (well-known) and contractions (it's) count as one. Nepali and other scripts count correctly too.
- Characters: what you'd see on screen, so an emoji with a skin tone counts as one character, not four.
- Sentences: text ending in . ! ? or the Devanagari danda (।).
- Paragraphs: blocks of text separated by an empty line.
- Reading time: at 238 words a minute, the average silent reading speed for adults in English.
- Speaking time: at 140 words a minute, a comfortable pace for a talk or video.
Common length limits
- X (Twitter) post: 280 characters on a standard account.
- SMS: 160 characters for a single plain-text message. Nepali (Unicode) texts get only 70 per message.
- Meta description: Google usually shows around 150–160 characters.
- LinkedIn post: up to 3,000 characters.
- College essays: often 250–650 words. Check your application's exact limit.
Private by design
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How long is it?
- 250 words: about half a page single-spaced, or one page double-spaced. About 1 minute to read.
- 500 words: about one page single-spaced. About 2 minutes to read, 3½ to speak.
- 1,000 words: about two pages single-spaced. About 4 minutes to read.
- 1,500 words: a typical blog post. About 6 minutes to read.
- Page counts assume 12 pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins.
Writing to a word limit
- Cut filler words first: very, really, just, that, in order to.
- Prefer one strong verb to a verb plus adverb.
- Turn long noun phrases back into verbs: 'make a decision' to 'decide'.
- Use the sentence count: an average above 25 words a sentence is usually harder to read.