Website Word Count Checker
Count the words in any live page
What Is the Website Word Count Checker?
The Website Word Count Checker counts the words of a live page the way a reader experiences it: menus, footers and other page chrome are separated out first. You get the word, character and sentence counts, reading time, words under every heading, the most repeated words and phrases, and a plain verdict on whether the page is thin or long.
Key Features
Counting What People Read
Paste a URL into a basic counter and it counts the navigation, the footer, the cookie banner and every menu item. The number looks impressive and means nothing. This tool renders the page, extracts the main content, and drops lines that are only links, like tables of contents and language menus, before counting.
Sections Tell You More Than the Total
A 2,000-word page can still have a section with two sentences under its heading. The words-per-section chart shows where a page is thin and where it runs long, which is usually more useful than the total.
Common Use Cases
- Checking whether a page is thin before rewriting it
- Comparing your page length with pages that outrank it
- Finding unfinished sections in long articles
- Spotting heavy repetition of one keyword
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Website Word Count Checker free?
Yes. It's free with a ProxyHorizon account, and every account gets 25 runs a day shared across all our data tools. You can read about the tool without signing in, but running it needs an account because each run fetches live data.
Why is the count lower than my editor shows?
Because menus, footers, link lists and citation markers are left out. The whole-page total is shown too, so you can see how much of the page is chrome.
How many words should a page have?
There's no magic number. What matters is whether the page answers its question. Under about 300 words is flagged as thin, because that's rarely enough for an article to compete.
Is there an ideal keyword density?
No. Density is a diagnostic, not a target. A single word above about 3% usually reads as repetition to a person, and people are the audience that counts.
Do you store my results?
No. We log which tool you ran, what you entered and when, so we can apply the daily limit. Results aren't saved, so export them as CSV or JSON if you want to keep them.
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