Paragraph Counter
The paragraph counter splits text on blank lines and reports how many paragraphs it found together with average words per paragraph. Use it to keep articles scannable and to check structural requirements.
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How to use the Paragraph Counter
- Paste your article or document into the input box.
- Read the paragraph count and the average words per paragraph.
- Break up any paragraph much longer than the average to improve scannability.
Example
Input
One. Two. Three.
Output
Paragraphs: 3 Average words per paragraph: 1
Common use cases
- Keeping web articles scannable, where three to four sentences per paragraph reads best.
- Meeting a structural requirement in an assignment or a content brief.
- Checking that a long document has been broken up before publishing.
Limitations and things to watch for
- Paragraphs are separated by one or more blank lines. Text where every line is a single hard-wrapped line with no blank lines between them counts as one paragraph.
- Lists and headings pasted as plain text are counted as paragraphs, because plain text carries no structural markup.
Frequently asked questions
How is a paragraph defined here?
A paragraph is a block of text separated from the next block by at least one blank line. That matches how paragraphs are written in plain text, Markdown and most editors.
Why does my whole document count as one paragraph?
Your paragraphs are probably separated by single line breaks rather than blank lines. Add an empty line between them, or use the text cleaner to normalise the spacing first.
How long should a web paragraph be?
Around 40 to 70 words, or three to four short sentences, reads comfortably on a phone. Longer blocks tend to get skipped.