Last updated: 15 August 2026
These terms govern your use of counterwords.net and the Counter Words browser extension. By using either, you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use the service.
Who you are contracting with
counterwords.net is operated by Niche Bloggers LLC (“we”, “us”, “our”). “You” means anyone using the website or the extension.
The service
We provide a word counter and text analyzer that runs in your browser, an optional account for saving results, and an optional browser extension. The service is provided free of charge for personal and commercial use.
Your text and your rights in it
You keep every right you already had in the text you analyze. We claim no licence, no ownership and no right to use it.
Because the analysis runs in your browser, we do not receive your text in the first place, so there is nothing for us to claim.
If you choose to save an analysis, and separately choose to store its text, you grant us only the narrow permission needed to store it and show it back to you.
That permission ends when you delete the analysis or your account.
Accuracy, and what the results are for
We work hard to make the counts accurate and, unusually for this kind of tool, to make the rules behind them visible and adjustable. Even so, results are provided as they are.
Word counting involves judgement calls. Two tools can both be right and still disagree, because they treat hyphenated terms, contractions, numbers, URLs, headings and reference lists differently.
Features such as passive voice detection, filler phrase spotting and reading time are estimates and heuristics, not a grammar check and not a professional assessment.
Where a count carries consequences – an assignment limit, a submission requirement, a contract, a billing figure – confirm it against the requirements you have been given. Do not rely on this tool as your only check.
Accounts
You must give a real email address, keep your password secure, and not share your account.
You are responsible for activity carried out under it. Tell us promptly at contact@counterwords.net if you believe it has been compromised.
You must be old enough to form a binding contract where you live, and at least 13 in any case.
We may suspend or close an account used for spam, abuse, or attempts to disrupt the service.
Where it is reasonable to do so, we will tell you why. You may close your account at any time, which deletes the analyses saved to it.
Acceptable use
Do not use the service to break the law or infringe anyone else’s rights. Do not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the service, other accounts, or the systems it runs on.
Do not attack it through denial of service, automated scraping at a volume that degrades it, or by circumventing rate limits.
Do not misrepresent the service as your own, or resell access to it as though it were your product.
Shared result links
A share link publishes the statistics of a saved analysis at an address anybody holding the link can open.
It never includes your text. Treat the link as public: we cannot control who it is forwarded to. Making the analysis private again disables the link immediately.
The browser extension
The extension is provided under these same terms. It is distributed through the Chrome Web Store, whose own terms also apply to the installation.
You may uninstall it at any time, which removes its stored settings.
Comments and other content you post
If you post a comment or other content, you remain responsible for it. You grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to display it on the site.
We may remove content that is unlawful, abusive, spam, or off-topic, without notice and at our discretion.
Copyright complaints
If you believe material on this site infringes your copyright, email contact@counterwords.net with: your contact details; identification of the work; the URL of the material; a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorised; a statement that the information is accurate and that you are authorised to act; and your physical or electronic signature.
We will remove or disable material that is the subject of a valid notice and, where appropriate, terminate repeat infringers.
Advertising and third party links
The site may display advertising and may link to other websites. We are not responsible for the content, products or practices of any third party, and a link is not an endorsement. Your dealings with an advertiser are between you and them.
Intellectual property
The name, design, text and code of the service belong to us or our licensors, apart from open source components used under their own licences.
You may not copy or adapt them except as those licences or the law allow.
Availability and changes
We aim to keep the service available but do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.
We may change, suspend or withdraw features, and may carry out maintenance without notice. The service is not a backup: keep your own copy of anything you value.
Disclaimer
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY COUNT OR ANALYSIS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
Limitation of liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR A MISSED DEADLINE, ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY.
OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM, OR ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS (USD 100).
Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be limited.
If you are a consumer, your statutory rights are unaffected. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of certain damages, so some of the above may not apply to you.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify us against any claim, loss or expense arising from your breach of these terms, your misuse of the service, or content you post.
Privacy
Our privacy policy explains what we collect and what we do not. It forms part of these terms.
Termination
You may stop using the service at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these terms or if we discontinue the service.
Sections that by their nature should survive termination – intellectual property, disclaimer, limitation of liability, indemnity and governing law – will do so.
Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of United States without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The state and federal courts located in United States will have exclusive jurisdiction, and you consent to that jurisdiction.
If you are a consumer resident in the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Canada or Australia, nothing here deprives you of the protection of the mandatory consumer laws of the country where you live, or of your right to bring proceedings in your local courts.
Before filing a claim, please email contact@counterwords.net so we can try to resolve it informally. Most issues are settled that way.
General
If any provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remain in force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
These terms, together with the privacy policy, are the entire agreement between us about the service.
You may not assign your rights under them; we may assign ours to a successor of the business.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The date at the top shows when they last changed. Continuing to use the service after a change means you accept the updated terms.
If a change is significant, we will make that clear rather than quietly editing the page.
Contact
Questions about these terms: contact@counterwords.net