diff --git a/packages/editor/src/index.ts b/packages/editor/src/index.ts
index 4f8562a4c..14919b666 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/index.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ import HorizontalRule from "@tiptap/extension-horizontal-rule";
 import { KeyMap } from "./extensions/key-map";
 import { WebClipNode, WebClipOptions } from "./extensions/web-clip";
 import { DownloadOptions } from "./utils/downloader";
+export { getTotalWords, countWords } from "./utils/word-counter";
 
 const CoreExtensions = Object.entries(TiptapCoreExtensions)
   // we will implement our own customized clipboard serializer
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/utils/word-counter.ts b/packages/editor/src/utils/word-counter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eda5e5720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/editor/src/utils/word-counter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+This file is part of the Notesnook project (https://notesnook.com/)
+
+Copyright (C) 2023 Streetwriters (Private) Limited
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+import { Editor } from "@tiptap/core";
+
+export function getTotalWords(editor: Editor): number {
+    const documentText = editor.state.doc.textBetween(
+      0,
+      editor.state.doc.content.size,
+      "\n",
+      " "
+    );
+    return countWords(documentText);
+  }
+
+export function countWords(str: string) {
+  let count = 0;
+  let shouldCount = false;
+  let isScript = false;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < str.length; ++i) {
+    const s = str[i];
+
+    if (
+      s === " " ||
+      s === "\r" ||
+      s === "\n" ||
+      s === "*" ||
+      s === "/" ||
+      s === "&" ||
+      (isScript = isCJKChar(s))
+    ) {
+      if (!shouldCount && !isScript) continue;
+      ++count;
+      shouldCount = false;
+    } else {
+      shouldCount = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (shouldCount) ++count;
+
+  return count;
+}
+
+// Taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJK_Unified_Ideographs
+const CJK_UNICODE_RANGES = [
+  [19968, 40959], // CJK Unified Ideographs                     4E00-9FFF   Common
+  [13312, 19903], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A         3400-4DBF   Rare
+  [131072, 173791], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B       20000-2A6DF Rare, historic
+  [173824, 177983], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C       2A700–2B73F Rare, historic
+  [177984, 178207], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D       2B740–2B81F Uncommon, some in current use
+  [178208, 183983], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E       2B820–2CEAF Rare, historic
+  [183984, 191471], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F       2CEB0–2EBEF  Rare, historic
+  [196608, 201551], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G       30000–3134F  Rare, historic
+  [201552, 205743], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension H       31350–323AF Rare, historic
+  [63744, 64255], // CJK Compatibility Ideographs               F900-FAFF   Duplicates, unifiable variants, corporate characters
+  [194560, 195103], // CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement  2F800-2FA1F Unifiable variants
+  [12032, 12255], // CJK Radicals / Kangxi Radicals             2F00–2FDF
+  [11904, 12031], // CJK Radicals Supplement                    2E80–2EFF
+  [12288, 12351], // CJK Symbols and Punctuation                3000–303F
+  [13056, 13311], // CJK Compatibility                          3300-33FF
+  [65072, 65103] // CJK Compatibility Forms                     FE30-FE4F
+];
+
+function isCJKChar(char: string) {
+  const code = char.charCodeAt(0);
+  const isIn = CJK_UNICODE_RANGES.some(
+    (range) => code >= range[0] && code <= range[1]
+  );
+  return isIn;
+}