What it does
Count Words in PDF extracts the text and reports word, character and page counts plus reading time.
- Text statistics
How do I count the words in a PDF?
Count the words in a PDF by uploading it; the tool extracts all the text and reports the total word count, character count and per-page breakdown. See the numbers instantly in your browser, with the document never uploaded.
- Total word and character counts
- Per-page breakdown
- Reading-time estimate
- 100% client-side
What is
Count Words in PDF
A tool that extracts the text from a PDF and reports statistics such as total words, characters, pages and estimated reading time.
PDF Tools
Related terms
word counttext extraction
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes.
It totals the words across the whole document and can show a per-page breakdown.
Only text PDFs.
Digital PDFs with real text are counted; scanned image PDFs need OCR first.
No.
Text is extracted locally with pdf.js.
Detailed Explanation
How it works
Text is read from every page with pdf.js and tokenised to compute counts and per-page figures.
- pdf.js extraction
Use cases
Check a manuscript or report against a word limit, estimate reading time, or quote translation work.
- Word-limit checks
Limitations
Only real text is counted; scanned image-only PDFs require OCR before an accurate count is possible.
- Needs real text
Privacy
Counting runs in the browser; the document is not uploaded.
- 100% local