Text Stats

hipersoft/text-stats-counter

Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and estimate reading and speaking time for a batch of texts. For editors, SEO writers and content teams checking length at scale.

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Total users

Monthly users

Total runs

Per text analyzed

$0.001

Last rebuilt

Oct 26, 2026

Overview

Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and estimate reading and speaking time for a batch of texts. Built for editors, SEO writers, students and content teams who need to check length and readability across many pieces at once.

Text Stats — Word & Reading-Time Counter input — configure the options in the Apify Console

What it does

Counts words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs and lines.
Estimates reading time and speaking time from configurable words-per-minute.
Reports average words per sentence for each text.

Use cases

Content & SEO — verify articles hit length and reading-time targets.
Editors & students — check word/character counts against limits at scale.
Scripts & speeches — estimate speaking time before recording.

Input

{ "texts": ["Your first block of text…", "Another text…"], "wordsPerMinute": 200, "wordsPerMinuteSpeaking": 130 }

Field	Type	Description
`texts`	array	One or more blocks of text to analyze.
`wordsPerMinute`	integer	Reading speed for the estimate.
`wordsPerMinuteSpeaking`	integer	Speaking speed for the estimate.

Output

Text Stats — Word & Reading-Time Counter output — the results as a clean dataset

{ "words": 21, "characters": 118, "charactersNoSpaces": 98, "sentences": 2, "paragraphs": 1, "readingMinutes": 0.11, "speakingMinutes": 0.16, "avgWordsPerSentence": 10.5 }

Output schema

Field	Type	Description
`words`	integer	Word count.
`characters`	integer	Character count (with spaces).
`sentences`	integer	Sentence count.
`readingMinutes`	number	Estimated reading time (minutes).

FAQ

How is reading time calculated? Words ÷ your reading speed (default 200 wpm). Adjust with wordsPerMinute.

Can I automate it? Yes — via integrations on the Apify platform and the Apify API.

Notes

Original clean-room implementation.

Input

Field	Type	Description
`texts` required Texts	array	One or more blocks of text to analyze — a stats row is produced per text.
`wordsPerMinute` Reading speed (wpm)	integer	Words per minute for the reading-time estimate. Default: `200`
`wordsPerMinuteSpeaking` Speaking speed (wpm)	integer	Words per minute for the speaking-time estimate. Default: `130`

API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/hipersoft~text-stats-counter/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "texts": [
    "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
  ]
}'

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("hipersoft/text-stats-counter").call(run_input={
    "texts": [
        "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
    ]
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('hipersoft/text-stats-counter').call({
  "texts": [
    "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
  ]
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Pricing

Event	Price	Paid plans from
Text analyzed One text analyzed for word, character and reading-time stats	$0.001	$0.0005

You pay only for what the run returns. Set a maximum cost per run and it stops cleanly at that limit.

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