Content Length Analyzer
Measure the length of your content in words and characters, and gauge whether it suits its purpose.
Is this the right length for the job
Different jobs call for different lengths, and this measures your content so you can judge whether it fits. A quick answer post and an in-depth guide have very different targets, and knowing where your draft sits helps you decide whether it is thin, bloated, or about right for what it is trying to do.
Paste your content and see its word and character counts, with a sense of how that compares to typical lengths.
Length serves the reader, not a number
It is a myth that longer content automatically ranks better — what tends to correlate with success is thoroughness, and thorough coverage often happens to be longer, not the other way around. The right length is however much it takes to answer the reader's question well and no more. Use the measurement to catch content that is genuinely too thin to be useful, or padded past the point of value, rather than to hit an arbitrary word count.
Frequently asked questions
Does longer content rank better?
Not automatically. Thorough content tends to do well, and thoroughness is often longer — but padding to hit a word count does not help.
What is the right length?
However much it takes to answer the reader's question well. Use the measurement to spot content that is too thin or clearly padded.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The analysis happens in your browser.