# Word Count

> Counts words in selected text. Select any text, right click and select word count from menu. Know number of words and characters in your selected text.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/word-count](https://chrome-stats.com/d/word-count)

## Overview

- **ID:** `word-count`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Trishul
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance
- **Daily users:** 2,661
- **Weekly downloads:** 34
- **Rating:** 3.33 / 5 (48 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-10-29
- **Size:** 19 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/word-count/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/tsl143/jsDemos/](https://github.com/tsl143/jsDemos/)

## Description

**Word Count** is a simple and efficient Chrome extension designed to count the number of words and characters in your selected text. To use, just highlight any text, right-click, and select "Word Count" from the context menu. A notification will instantly display the word and character count for your selection.

This extension handles any length of text, manages multiple spaces, and accurately counts special characters. Its multi-process enabled feature ensures reliable and fast performance, making it highly useful for writers, editors, students, and professionals who frequently need quick text analysis right from their browser.

## Rankings

- #1,816 — Overall
- #93 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #292 — Appearance
- #2 — word count
- #12 — country
- #29 — account

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `menus`
- `notifications`
- `activeTab`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Reviews praise Word Count for its simplicity and usefulness in counting words, especially for writing. Yet reliability is a major issue: many report it does nothing or fails to produce results, with Mac Firefox users affected. Some devices even chime but show no output. Accuracy is another concern, as it counts spaces between characters with no option to disable this. Overall, it is one of the few simple options that sometimes works, but reliability and accuracy problems are commonly cited.

### Pros

- Simple and easy to use.
- Works well when it functions, making it a reliable option among similar add-ons.
- Useful for counting words, helpful for writing or blogging.

### Cons

- Often does not work at all; clicking or right-clicking yields no output.
- Notable compatibility issues on macOS Firefox; users report it failing there.
- Word counting can be inaccurate because it counts spaces between characters, with no option to disable spacing.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/word-count)