Want to keep track of your word count in Google Docs? Unlike some text editors, Docs doesn't have a running counter. Here's how to get a word count on demand.

Be it on the web or mobile, Google Docs makes it easy to check the length of your document, with optional statistics alongside.

You can check the word count of a document in Google Docs by using a keyboard shortcut or by accessing the option in the header menu.

Learn how to display word count in Google Docs all the time. You need to use Display word count while typing option in Google Docs or press Ctrl+Shift+C.

If you're writing on Google Docs, here is a guide to check word count on a computer, iPad, iPhone and Android.

If you are new to Google Docs and would like to know-how to display the word count for a document, page or selection of text. This quick guide will show you how you can easily view a word count ...

Strangely, the live word count doesn’t pop up whenever you start a new document on your desktop—nor is there a way to enable it by default for every new document you start.