Novel Word Count & Genre Benchmark
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Latin words
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CJK characters
For CJK novels we compare character count (not words) since one hanzi ≈ one semantic unit. Rule of thumb: 1.5–2 Chinese characters ≈ 1 English word.
Genre benchmarks
How your count stacks up against typical targets.
Web novel chapter
2,000–4,000 · A single release on Royal Road / Qidian
Short story
1,000–7,500 · Magazine-length fiction
Novella
17,500–40,000 · Between a novella and a novel
Light novel volume
50,000–80,000 · Standard Japanese light novel
YA novel
55,000–80,000 · Young adult fiction
Adult fiction
80,000–100,000 · Mainstream novel
LitRPG / Progression
90,000–120,000 · Book 1 of a LitRPG series
Epic fantasy
100,000–150,000 · Secondary-world fantasy
Full Xianxia series
500,000–2,500,000 · Multi-year serialized cultivation novel