count(text)
Shows word and characters count and some other info on any selected text (context menu).
As of May 2026, count(text) has 197 users and a 3.50/5 rating from 6 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.
Usersdown 2.5 percent−2.5%
197
197
Ratingno change0%
3.50
6 reviews
Reviewsno change0%
6
Version
2.0.2
Manifest V3
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 29, 2026.
View as table
| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 202 | 3.50 | 6 | 2.0.2 |
| May 26, 2026 | 204 | 3.50 | 6 | 2.0.2 |
| Now | 197 | 3.50 | 6 | 2.0.2 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- contextMenusnotifications
- Host access
- http://*/*, https://*/*
Screenshots
About
Select any text and use context menu to show character, word count and other useful text statistics. Unlike other word count and text stats tools, it correctly counts not only Latin-based texts. This extension is open-source software, feel free to contribute.
Technical
- Version
- 2.0.2
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 10.71KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 2
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- hdecimbkbmbanpandpcljaifkdelncan
- Developer ID
- u47913893d052028753e2f90843b0e58b
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Jul 29, 2016
- Last Updated (Store)
- Oct 4, 2022
- Last Scraped
- May 26, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
- —
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 26, 2026.