<link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css"> <script src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script> <!------ Include the above in your HEAD tag ----------> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <textarea id="congratulation-text"></textarea> <span id="count">2</span> </div> </div>

textarea { width: 400px; height: 300px; } p, span { font-size: 14px; color: grey; }

$("#congratulation-text").keyup(function(){ $("#text-count").text($(this).val().length + " symbols"); });