readlength.org

Get the word count and estimated reading time of an article on the web. No text selection required.

Pull requests welcome.

Bookmarklet URI

javascript:(function(){_wordcount_script=document.createElement('SCRIPT');_wordcount_script.type='text/javascript';_wordcount_script.src='http://readlength.org/wordcount.js?x='+(Math.random());document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_wordcount_script);;})();

Sources

readlength.org uses code from Readability by Arc90, and from a Gist by Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell.

Alternatives

• http://css-tricks.com/snippets/javascript/word-count-bookmarklet/
• http://charcount.appspot.com/

License

Distributed under the Apache License, version 2.0.