diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index d5fc669a8..505362610 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "@sentry/node": "^5.26.0",
     "@types/showdown": "^2.0.6",
     "addressparser": "^1.0.1",
+    "alfaaz": "^1.1.0",
     "apollo-datasource": "^3.3.1",
     "apollo-server-express": "^3.6.3",
     "axios": "^0.27.2",
@@ -113,7 +114,6 @@
     "uuid": "^8.3.1",
     "voca": "^1.4.0",
     "winston": "^3.3.3",
-    "word-counting": "^1.1.4",
     "yaml": "^2.4.1",
     "youtubei": "1.4.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/api/src/repository/library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/repository/library_item.ts
index fd933faf2..7b1470922 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/repository/library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/repository/library_item.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { wordsCount } from '../utils/helpers'
 const convertToLibraryItem = (item: DeepPartial<LibraryItem>) => {
   return {
     ...item,
-    wordCount: item.wordCount ?? wordsCount(item.readableContent || ''),
+    wordCount: item.wordCount ?? wordsCount(item.readableContent || '', true),
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
index aa226adc3..91a511036 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
       if (article.wordCount) return article.wordCount
 
       return article.readableContent
-        ? wordsCount(article.readableContent)
+        ? wordsCount(article.readableContent, true)
         : undefined
     },
     async labels(article: LibraryItem, _: unknown, ctx: ResolverContext) {
@@ -499,7 +499,9 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
     },
     wordsCount(item: LibraryItem) {
       if (item.wordCount) return item.wordCount
-      return item.readableContent ? wordsCount(item.readableContent) : undefined
+      return item.readableContent
+        ? wordsCount(item.readableContent, true)
+        : undefined
     },
     siteIcon(item: LibraryItem) {
       if (item.siteIcon && !isBase64Image(item.siteIcon)) {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
index eb75616ac..c7c096a33 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ export const saveEmail = async (
       state: LibraryItemState.Succeeded,
       siteIcon,
       siteName: parseResult.parsedContent?.siteName ?? undefined,
-      wordCount: wordsCount(content),
+      wordCount: parseResult.parsedContent?.textContent
+        ? wordsCount(parseResult.parsedContent.textContent)
+        : wordsCount(content, true),
       subscription: input.author,
       folder: input.folder,
       labelNames: labels.map((label) => label.name),
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
index 6d7a16be0..c21a5db31 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
@@ -273,7 +273,9 @@ export const parsedContentToLibraryItem = ({
     siteName: parsedContent?.siteName,
     itemLanguage: parsedContent?.language,
     siteIcon: parsedContent?.siteIcon,
-    wordCount: wordsCount(parsedContent?.textContent || ''),
+    wordCount: parsedContent?.textContent
+      ? wordsCount(parsedContent.textContent)
+      : wordsCount(parsedContent?.content || '', true),
     contentReader: contentReaderForLibraryItem(itemType, uploadFileId),
     subscription: rssFeedUrl,
     folder: folder || 'inbox',
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
index 97f495859..d35261f13 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment */
 import languages from '@cospired/i18n-iso-languages'
+import { countWords } from 'alfaaz'
 import crypto from 'crypto'
 import Redis from 'ioredis'
+import { parseHTML } from 'linkedom'
 import normalizeUrl from 'normalize-url'
 import path from 'path'
 import _ from 'underscore'
 import slugify from 'voca/slugify'
-import wordsCounter from 'word-counting'
 import { LibraryItem, LibraryItemState } from '../entity/library_item'
 import { CreateArticleError } from '../generated/graphql'
 import { createPubSubClient } from '../pubsub'
@@ -175,9 +176,14 @@ export const wait = (ms: number): Promise<void> => {
   })
 }
 
-export const wordsCount = (text: string, isHtml = true): number => {
+export const wordsCount = (text: string, isHtml?: boolean): number => {
   try {
-    return wordsCounter(text, { isHtml }).wordsCount
+    if (isHtml) {
+      const dom = parseHTML(text).window.document
+      text = dom.body.textContent || ''
+    }
+
+    return countWords(text)
   } catch {
     return 0
   }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c36ba5702..071cdbc7a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9674,6 +9674,11 @@ ajv@^8.11.0:
     require-from-string "^2.0.2"
     uri-js "^4.2.2"
 
+alfaaz@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/alfaaz/-/alfaaz-1.1.0.tgz#535d2388eab3f654f27a82bca6bd6025e3b5e907"
+  integrity sha512-J/P07R41APslK7NmD5303bwStN8jpRA4DdvtLeAr1Jhfj6XWGrASUWI0G6jbWjJAZyw3Lu1Pb4J8rsM/cb+xDQ==
+
 allotment@^1.20.2:
   version "1.20.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/allotment/-/allotment-1.20.2.tgz#5ea3a630b3265479debb69156658244711f83843"
@@ -17831,7 +17836,7 @@ html-tags@^3.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/html-tags/-/html-tags-3.2.0.tgz#dbb3518d20b726524e4dd43de397eb0a95726961"
   integrity sha512-vy7ClnArOZwCnqZgvv+ddgHgJiAFXe3Ge9ML5/mBctVJoUoYPCdxVucOywjDARn6CVoh3dRSFdPHy2sX80L0Wg==
 
-html-to-text@^8.1.0, html-to-text@^8.2.1:
+html-to-text@^8.2.1:
   version "8.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/html-to-text/-/html-to-text-8.2.1.tgz#4a75b8a1b646149bd71c50527adb568990bf459b"
   integrity sha512-aN/3JvAk8qFsWVeE9InWAWueLXrbkoVZy0TkzaGhoRBC2gCFEeRLDDJN3/ijIGHohy6H+SZzUQWN/hcYtaPK8w==
@@ -29148,7 +29153,7 @@ string-template@~0.2.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-template/-/string-template-0.2.1.tgz#42932e598a352d01fc22ec3367d9d84eec6c9add"
   integrity sha1-QpMuWYo1LQH8IuwzZ9nYTuxsmt0=
 
-"string-width-cjs@npm:string-width@^4.2.0":
+"string-width-cjs@npm:string-width@^4.2.0", "string-width@^1.0.2 || 2 || 3 || 4", string-width@^4.2.2, string-width@^4.2.3:
   version "4.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
   integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
@@ -29174,15 +29179,6 @@ string-width@^1.0.1:
     is-fullwidth-code-point "^2.0.0"
     strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
 
-"string-width@^1.0.2 || 2 || 3 || 4", string-width@^4.2.2, string-width@^4.2.3:
-  version "4.2.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
-  integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
-  dependencies:
-    emoji-regex "^8.0.0"
-    is-fullwidth-code-point "^3.0.0"
-    strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
-
 string-width@^3.0.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-3.1.0.tgz#22767be21b62af1081574306f69ac51b62203961"
@@ -29337,7 +29333,7 @@ string_decoder@~1.1.1:
   dependencies:
     safe-buffer "~5.1.0"
 
-"strip-ansi-cjs@npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1":
+"strip-ansi-cjs@npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1", strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
   integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
@@ -29372,13 +29368,6 @@ strip-ansi@^6.0.0:
   dependencies:
     ansi-regex "^5.0.0"
 
-strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
-  version "6.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
-  integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-regex "^5.0.1"
-
 strip-ansi@^7.0.0:
   version "7.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-7.0.1.tgz#61740a08ce36b61e50e65653f07060d000975fb2"
@@ -32000,19 +31989,6 @@ winston@^3.3.3:
     triple-beam "^1.3.0"
     winston-transport "^4.5.0"
 
-word-counting@^1.1.4:
-  version "1.1.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/word-counting/-/word-counting-1.1.4.tgz#4d772df20bd86e2e8b00596c8e1ab2f355578ddd"
-  integrity sha512-SsAKEoa6FzQTV7fR27vDOHO9m2f7cnGhppP+e0c6JCn+pDg88kCMVfrt0Qr8XcbbW2o6HIum4yFX8WEnxZ5xLA==
-  dependencies:
-    html-to-text "^8.1.0"
-    word-regex "^0.1.2"
-
-word-regex@^0.1.2:
-  version "0.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/word-regex/-/word-regex-0.1.2.tgz#a3bc7f2d222ce4a93c246c3ef69458f61f511639"
-  integrity sha512-4jK/OibPeindR9o/sryObhVWNgD2LJCMJFWEME69p48sEYpE9axfyjHK+RqYcOeoEoqcqJEPE9iMdiiFpXHo0Q==
-
 word-wrap@^1.2.3, word-wrap@~1.2.3:
   version "1.2.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/word-wrap/-/word-wrap-1.2.4.tgz#cb4b50ec9aca570abd1f52f33cd45b6c61739a9f"
@@ -32057,7 +32033,7 @@ workerpool@6.2.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/workerpool/-/workerpool-6.2.1.tgz#46fc150c17d826b86a008e5a4508656777e9c343"
   integrity sha512-ILEIE97kDZvF9Wb9f6h5aXK4swSlKGUcOEGiIYb2OOu/IrDU9iwj0fD//SsA6E5ibwJxpEvhullJY4Sl4GcpAw==
 
-"wrap-ansi-cjs@npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0":
+"wrap-ansi-cjs@npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0", wrap-ansi@^7.0.0:
   version "7.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz#67e145cff510a6a6984bdf1152911d69d2eb9e43"
   integrity sha512-YVGIj2kamLSTxw6NsZjoBxfSwsn0ycdesmc4p+Q21c5zPuZ1pl+NfxVdxPtdHvmNVOQ6XSYG4AUtyt/Fi7D16Q==
@@ -32083,15 +32059,6 @@ wrap-ansi@^6.0.1, wrap-ansi@^6.2.0:
     string-width "^4.1.0"
     strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
 
-wrap-ansi@^7.0.0:
-  version "7.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz#67e145cff510a6a6984bdf1152911d69d2eb9e43"
-  integrity sha512-YVGIj2kamLSTxw6NsZjoBxfSwsn0ycdesmc4p+Q21c5zPuZ1pl+NfxVdxPtdHvmNVOQ6XSYG4AUtyt/Fi7D16Q==
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-styles "^4.0.0"
-    string-width "^4.1.0"
-    strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
-
 wrap-ansi@^8.1.0:
   version "8.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-8.1.0.tgz#56dc22368ee570face1b49819975d9b9a5ead214"