Paragraph Counter

How to use the paragraph counter

1. Paste or type your text.
2. The counts update as you type.
3. Read the highlighted figure, or any of the others below.

About this tool

A paragraph here is a block of text separated by a blank line, which is how paragraphs are marked in plain text, Markdown and most writing tools when you paste out of them.

The catch is worth knowing before you trust the number: text where paragraphs are separated by a single line break rather than a blank line will count as one paragraph. If your total comes back as 1 when it plainly should not be, that is the reason — the text uses single breaks, and adding blank lines between them will fix it.

Empty blocks are ignored, so trailing blank lines and double-spacing between paragraphs do not inflate the count.

Common uses

• Checking an assignment against a paragraph requirement.
• Estimating structure in a long draft.
• Verifying content pasted from another tool kept its breaks.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a paragraph?

A block of text separated by a blank line. That matches plain text, Markdown, and what most writing tools produce when you copy out of them.

Why does it say 1 paragraph?

The text almost certainly uses single line breaks rather than blank lines between paragraphs. Add a blank line between them and the count will be right.

Do blank lines inflate the count?

No. Empty blocks are skipped, so extra spacing does not add paragraphs.