PDF word counter

Count words in the text layer of the first 40 pages.

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Choose a PDFThe first 40 pages are counted.

Limits

One PDF, up to 32 MiB and 1,000 pages, unless a tool says otherwise.
Desktop limits are provisional. Physical mobile and Safari verification remains open.
Scanned pages with no text layer count as zero words. This is not OCR.

What happens to your data

PDF word counter runs inside this browser tab, and the page's code comes from this site. There is no application server to receive your data, and the site's security policy limits connections to this site.

How local processing works

Good to know

One PDF, up to 32 MiB and 1,000 pages, unless a tool says otherwise.
Desktop limits are provisional. Physical mobile and Safari verification remains open.
Scanned pages with no text layer count as zero words. This is not OCR.