# Simple Character Counter

> Displays the character count of the selected text. Quickly count characters in selected text. Right-click to show the count in a popup near your selection. Simple and efficient for writers and editors.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-character-counter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-character-counter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `simple-character-counter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Semih
- **Category:** appearance,alerts-updates
- **Daily users:** 5
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-24
- **First published:** 2025-07-20
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simple-character-counter/)
- **Website:** [https://semihcelikol.com/](https://semihcelikol.com/)

## Description

<strong>Character Counter</strong> helps you instantly check the length of any selected text on webpages.
<ul><li>Right-click the selected text.</li><li>Click "Show Character Count."</li><li>See the total number of characters (including spaces).</li></ul>
Ideal for content creators, proofreaders, and anyone needing quick text stats

## Rankings

- #44,725 — Overall
- #91 — counter
- #240 — word count

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-character-counter)