Roundups
Word count, reading time, keyword density — the numbers behind every editing pass
Every writer eventually needs the same handful of numbers — word count, reading time, whether a headline fits a platform limit. This is the free tool covering all of them accurately.
Last updated Aug 15 · 9 min read
One tool, four genuinely useful numbers
The Word Counter covers word and character counts (built on Unicode grapheme clusters, so an emoji counts as one character, not eight), reading time (238 words per minute from a real 2019 meta-analysis), speaking time (130 wpm), and keyword density as a diagnostic — never a target to write toward.
Platform limits, checked live
Character badges for X posts, meta titles, meta descriptions and LinkedIn posts update live as you type, so a headline or a social caption fits its actual destination without a separate lookup of each platform's limit.
Why this sits alone in its own category
Word counting is genuinely its own discipline — distinct from SEO tooling, design tooling, or business paperwork — which is why this site keeps it as its own category rather than folding it into content-writing prompts. The Blog Writing prompt library and the Everyday Writing prompt library cover the drafting side; this tool covers the measurement side.
A realistic workflow: draft, measure, ship
Draft with a structured prompt from the writing libraries above, then check the result against the Word Counter's platform badges before publishing — the two steps genuinely complement each other rather than overlapping.
When measurement is not the actual bottleneck
Hitting a word count and fitting a character limit are solved problems with this tool. Whether the content itself earns real traffic and citations is a separate, harder question — the work Scult's content team does, or book a meeting to talk through your content strategy.
Need this built into your business?
The free tools and prompts on this site handle the small, solved problems. If what you need is bigger — SEO, built and maintained for you — that's Scult's day job.
