How fast can the counter go?

The underlying math runs in milliseconds and can represent rates like 1 000 000 per second without drift. The on-screen number is sampled by your browser at roughly 60 frames per second, so at very high rates you see a fast blur of digits rather than every single integer — which is the point.

Can I share a counter with specific settings?

Yes. Every setting — start value, target, rate, label, prefix/suffix, theme — lives in the URL, so you can paste the URL into chat or email and the recipient sees the same counter you do. Click "Get short link" on the counter card to mint a clean shareable URL like /c/abc123.

Does it count accurately if I switch tabs or close the browser?

Yes. The counter is timestamp-anchored — when you press Start, the page records the exact time. If you come back later, it computes the value from elapsed milliseconds, so the number is where it should be even if the tab was backgrounded for an hour. Closing the browser ends the session; reopening starts fresh unless you saved the URL.

Can I count down instead of up?

Yes. Set the starting value above the target (or use the dir parameter directly) and the counter ticks down. Common use: countdowns from 100 to zero for video transitions, decreasing inventory demos, or visualising "time left" without a stopwatch face.

Is anything stored on your server?

Nothing about your counter — the entire counter runs in your browser, anchored to your local clock. The short-link service stores only the URL configuration (no user data), so anyone with the short link can open the same counter from any device.

Auto Counter

Count up or down automatically at any speed. Every setting lives in the URL — paste a link and the counter starts where you left off.

Counter

Rate: 1 / sec Target: ∞ Elapsed: 0:00

From

To (blank = open-ended)

Rate

Per

Label

Prefix

Suffix

Decimals

Format

At target

What is an auto counter?

An auto counter is a counter that increments — or decrements — at a configurable rate without you tapping anything. You set the start, the target, and the speed; the page does the rest. Behind the scenes it uses a high-resolution timestamp, so the number is exact even when you tab away for a minute or an hour.

What's it good for?

Video shorts and reels — drop a counter ticking up to a million as a B-roll element.
Classroom and study — visualise "1 to 1000" or count seconds for a drill.
Livestream overlays — donations, signups, view milestones racing to a goal.
Demonstrations — population-style "events per second" widgets.
Speedcounting challenges — count to a billion at 125 per millisecond.

URL parameters

Every setting lives in the URL so any configuration is a shareable link. Examples:

Auto Counter

What is an auto counter?

What's it good for?

URL parameters

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