Count words, characters, pages & reading time
Last updated: 2026-10-08
PDF Word Count is a free online tool that counts words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and estimated reading time for the text content of a PDF. It's used by writers, students, and editors who need quick document statistics without opening a separate word processor, particularly for PDFs received from others where the original editable source file isn't available. Counting happens entirely client-side by extracting and analyzing the text layer of the PDF in the browser — the file is never uploaded to a server. The tool works best with text-based PDFs; scanned, image-only documents won't have extractable text to count, and should be processed through the OCR PDF tool first. There is no page limit on documents analyzed. The tool requires no account or installation, and works identically across desktop and mobile browsers, returning full statistics within seconds of upload.
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