diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32ac0940a..054cdc606 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
 - When pasting tables (e.g. from LibreOffice Calc or MS Excel) they get reformatted to markdown tables.
 - The history page supports URL parameters that allow bookmarking of a specific search of tags filter.
 - Users can change the pinning state of a note directly from the editor.
+- Note information dialog containing word count, revision count, last editor and creation time.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/cypress/integration/word-count.spec.ts b/cypress/integration/word-count.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..912e527e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/integration/word-count.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+describe('Test word count with', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    cy.visitTestEditor()
+  })
+
+  it('empty note', () => {
+    cy.codemirrorFill('')
+    cy.wait(500)
+    cy.get('[data-cy="sidebar-btn-document-info"]').click()
+    cy.get('[data-cy="document-info-modal"]').should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('[data-cy="document-info-word-count"]').should('have.text', '0')
+  })
+
+  it('simple words', () => {
+    cy.codemirrorFill('five words should be enough')
+    cy.wait(500)
+    cy.get('[data-cy="sidebar-btn-document-info"]').click()
+    cy.get('[data-cy="document-info-modal"]').should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('[data-cy="document-info-word-count"]').should('have.text', '5')
+  })
+
+  it('excluded codeblocks', () => {
+    cy.codemirrorFill('```\nthis is should be ignored\n```\n\ntwo `words`')
+    cy.wait(500)
+    cy.get('[data-cy="sidebar-btn-document-info"]').click()
+    cy.get('[data-cy="document-info-modal"]').should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('[data-cy="document-info-word-count"]').should('have.text', '2')
+  })
+
+  it('excluded images', () => {
+    cy.codemirrorFill('![ignored alt text](https://dummyimage.com/48) not ignored text')
+    cy.wait(500)
+    cy.get('[data-cy="sidebar-btn-document-info"]').click()
+    cy.get('[data-cy="document-info-modal"]').should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('[data-cy="document-info-word-count"]').should('have.text', '3')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e91a2fbdc..67d8c78c5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@
     "uuid": "8.3.2",
     "vega": "5.20.2",
     "vega-embed": "6.17.0",
-    "vega-lite": "5.0.0"
+    "vega-lite": "5.0.0",
+    "words-count": "1.0.8"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "cross-env PORT=3001 craco start",
diff --git a/public/locales/en.json b/public/locales/en.json
index 7100f6b5f..545d3be88 100644
--- a/public/locales/en.json
+++ b/public/locales/en.json
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@
                 "created": "<0></0> created this note <1></1>",
                 "edited": "<0></0> was the last editor <1></1>",
                 "usersContributed": "<0></0> users contributed to this document",
-                "revisions": "<0></0> revisions are saved"
+                "revisions": "<0></0> revisions are saved",
+                "words": "<0></0> words in document"
             },
             "gistImport": {
                 "title": "Import from Gist",
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@
         "and": "and",
         "avatarOf": "avatar of '{{name}}'",
         "why": "Why?",
+        "loading": "Loading ...",
         "successfullyCopied": "Copied!",
         "copyError": "Error while copying!",
         "errorOccurred": "An error occurred",
diff --git a/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/document-info/document-info-line-word-count.tsx b/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/document-info/document-info-line-word-count.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46735a738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/document-info/document-info-line-word-count.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { ShowIf } from '../../../common/show-if/show-if'
+import { DocumentInfoLine } from './document-info-line'
+import { UnitalicBoldText } from './unitalic-bold-text'
+import { useIFrameEditorToRendererCommunicator } from '../../render-context/iframe-editor-to-renderer-communicator-context-provider'
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new info line for the document information dialog that holds the
+ * word count of the note, based on counting in the rendered output.
+ */
+export const DocumentInfoLineWordCount: React.FC = () => {
+  useTranslation()
+  const iframeEditorToRendererCommunicator = useIFrameEditorToRendererCommunicator()
+  const [wordCount, setWordCount] = useState<number | null>(null)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    iframeEditorToRendererCommunicator?.onWordCountCalculated((words) => {
+      setWordCount(words)
+    })
+    iframeEditorToRendererCommunicator?.sendGetWordCount()
+    return () => {
+      iframeEditorToRendererCommunicator?.onWordCountCalculated(undefined)
+    }
+  }, [iframeEditorToRendererCommunicator, setWordCount])
+
+  return (
+    <DocumentInfoLine icon={'align-left'} size={'2x'}>
+      <ShowIf condition={wordCount === null}>
+        <Trans i18nKey={'common.loading'} />
+      </ShowIf>
+      <ShowIf condition={wordCount !== null}>
+        <Trans i18nKey={'editor.modal.documentInfo.words'}>
+          <UnitalicBoldText text={wordCount ?? ''} dataCy={'document-info-word-count'} />
+        </Trans>
+      </ShowIf>
+    </DocumentInfoLine>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/document-info/document-info-modal.tsx b/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/document-info/document-info-modal.tsx
index a4b53dcb3..7cbd9a08a 100644
--- a/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/document-info/document-info-modal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/document-info/document-info-modal.tsx
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon'
 import React from 'react'
 import { ListGroup, Modal } from 'react-bootstrap'
-import { Trans } from 'react-i18next'
+import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { CommonModal } from '../../../common/modals/common-modal'
 import { DocumentInfoLine } from './document-info-line'
 import { DocumentInfoLineWithTimeMode, DocumentInfoTimeLine } from './document-info-time-line'
 import { UnitalicBoldText } from './unitalic-bold-text'
 import { useCustomizeAssetsUrl } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-customize-assets-url'
+import { DocumentInfoLineWordCount } from './document-info-line-word-count'
 
 export interface DocumentInfoModalProps {
   show: boolean
@@ -21,10 +22,16 @@ export interface DocumentInfoModalProps {
 
 export const DocumentInfoModal: React.FC<DocumentInfoModalProps> = ({ show, onHide }) => {
   const assetsBaseUrl = useCustomizeAssetsUrl()
+  useTranslation()
 
   // TODO Replace hardcoded mock data with real/mock API requests
   return (
-    <CommonModal show={show} onHide={onHide} closeButton={true} titleI18nKey={'editor.modal.documentInfo.title'}>
+    <CommonModal
+      show={show}
+      onHide={onHide}
+      closeButton={true}
+      titleI18nKey={'editor.modal.documentInfo.title'}
+      data-cy={'document-info-modal'}>
       <Modal.Body>
         <ListGroup>
           <ListGroup.Item>
@@ -59,6 +66,9 @@ export const DocumentInfoModal: React.FC<DocumentInfoModalProps> = ({ show, onHi
               </Trans>
             </DocumentInfoLine>
           </ListGroup.Item>
+          <ListGroup.Item>
+            <DocumentInfoLineWordCount />
+          </ListGroup.Item>
         </ListGroup>
       </Modal.Body>
     </CommonModal>
diff --git a/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/document-info/unitalic-bold-text.tsx b/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/document-info/unitalic-bold-text.tsx
index 8d788d4d7..7f1b6d9fa 100644
--- a/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/document-info/unitalic-bold-text.tsx
+++ b/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/document-info/unitalic-bold-text.tsx
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
 import React from 'react'
 
 export interface UnitalicBoldTextProps {
-  text: string
+  text: string | number
+  dataCy?: string
 }
 
-export const UnitalicBoldText: React.FC<UnitalicBoldTextProps> = ({ text }) => {
-  return <b className={'font-style-normal mr-1'}>{text}</b>
+export const UnitalicBoldText: React.FC<UnitalicBoldTextProps> = ({ text, dataCy }) => {
+  return (
+    <b className={'font-style-normal mr-1'} data-cy={dataCy}>
+      {text}
+    </b>
+  )
 }
diff --git a/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/document-info-sidebar-entry.tsx b/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/document-info-sidebar-entry.tsx
index 2c401dda9..51cf5091c 100644
--- a/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/document-info-sidebar-entry.tsx
+++ b/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/document-info-sidebar-entry.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ export const DocumentInfoSidebarEntry: React.FC<SpecificSidebarEntryProps> = ({
 
   return (
     <Fragment>
-      <SidebarButton hide={hide} className={className} icon={'line-chart'} onClick={() => setShowModal(true)}>
+      <SidebarButton
+        hide={hide}
+        className={className}
+        icon={'line-chart'}
+        onClick={() => setShowModal(true)}
+        data-cy={'sidebar-btn-document-info'}>
         <Trans i18nKey={'editor.modal.documentInfo.title'} />
       </SidebarButton>
       <DocumentInfoModal show={showModal} onHide={() => setShowModal(false)} />
diff --git a/src/components/render-page/iframe-editor-to-renderer-communicator.ts b/src/components/render-page/iframe-editor-to-renderer-communicator.ts
index 84a524bd3..da0bea983 100644
--- a/src/components/render-page/iframe-editor-to-renderer-communicator.ts
+++ b/src/components/render-page/iframe-editor-to-renderer-communicator.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export class IframeEditorToRendererCommunicator extends IframeCommunicator<
   private onRendererReadyHandler?: () => void
   private onImageClickedHandler?: (details: ImageDetails) => void
   private onHeightChangeHandler?: (height: number) => void
+  private onWordCountCalculatedHandler?: (words: number) => void
 
   public onHeightChange(handler?: (height: number) => void): void {
     this.onHeightChangeHandler = handler
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ export class IframeEditorToRendererCommunicator extends IframeCommunicator<
     this.onSetScrollStateHandler = handler
   }
 
+  public onWordCountCalculated(handler?: (words: number) => void): void {
+    this.onWordCountCalculatedHandler = handler
+  }
+
   public sendSetBaseConfiguration(baseConfiguration: BaseConfiguration): void {
     this.sendMessageToOtherSide({
       type: RenderIframeMessageType.SET_BASE_CONFIGURATION,
@@ -91,6 +96,12 @@ export class IframeEditorToRendererCommunicator extends IframeCommunicator<
     })
   }
 
+  public sendGetWordCount(): void {
+    this.sendMessageToOtherSide({
+      type: RenderIframeMessageType.GET_WORD_COUNT
+    })
+  }
+
   protected handleEvent(event: MessageEvent<RendererToEditorIframeMessage>): boolean | undefined {
     const renderMessage = event.data
     switch (renderMessage.type) {
@@ -118,6 +129,9 @@ export class IframeEditorToRendererCommunicator extends IframeCommunicator<
       case RenderIframeMessageType.ON_HEIGHT_CHANGE:
         this.onHeightChangeHandler?.(renderMessage.height)
         return false
+      case RenderIframeMessageType.ON_WORD_COUNT_CALCULATED:
+        this.onWordCountCalculatedHandler?.(renderMessage.words)
+        return false
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/render-page/iframe-markdown-renderer.tsx b/src/components/render-page/iframe-markdown-renderer.tsx
index bab72e891..4bf7d99ec 100644
--- a/src/components/render-page/iframe-markdown-renderer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/render-page/iframe-markdown-renderer.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { ImageClickHandler } from '../markdown-renderer/replace-components/image
 import { useImageClickHandler } from './hooks/use-image-click-handler'
 import { MarkdownDocument } from './markdown-document'
 import { useIFrameRendererToEditorCommunicator } from '../editor-page/render-context/iframe-renderer-to-editor-communicator-context-provider'
+import { countWords } from './word-counter'
 
 export const IframeMarkdownRenderer: React.FC = () => {
   const [markdownContent, setMarkdownContent] = useState('')
@@ -22,10 +23,24 @@ export const IframeMarkdownRenderer: React.FC = () => {
 
   const iframeCommunicator = useIFrameRendererToEditorCommunicator()
 
+  const countWordsInRenderedDocument = useCallback(() => {
+    const documentContainer = document.querySelector('.markdown-body')
+    if (!documentContainer) {
+      iframeCommunicator?.sendWordCountCalculated(0)
+      return
+    }
+    const wordCount = countWords(documentContainer)
+    iframeCommunicator?.sendWordCountCalculated(wordCount)
+  }, [iframeCommunicator])
+
   useEffect(() => iframeCommunicator?.onSetBaseConfiguration(setBaseConfiguration), [iframeCommunicator])
   useEffect(() => iframeCommunicator?.onSetMarkdownContent(setMarkdownContent), [iframeCommunicator])
   useEffect(() => iframeCommunicator?.onSetDarkMode(setDarkMode), [iframeCommunicator])
   useEffect(() => iframeCommunicator?.onSetScrollState(setScrollState), [iframeCommunicator, scrollState])
+  useEffect(
+    () => iframeCommunicator?.onGetWordCount(countWordsInRenderedDocument),
+    [iframeCommunicator, countWordsInRenderedDocument]
+  )
 
   const onTaskCheckedChange = useCallback(
     (lineInMarkdown: number, checked: boolean) => {
diff --git a/src/components/render-page/iframe-renderer-to-editor-communicator.ts b/src/components/render-page/iframe-renderer-to-editor-communicator.ts
index 7632f7dd9..c513092af 100644
--- a/src/components/render-page/iframe-renderer-to-editor-communicator.ts
+++ b/src/components/render-page/iframe-renderer-to-editor-communicator.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export class IframeRendererToEditorCommunicator extends IframeCommunicator<
   private onSetDarkModeHandler?: (darkModeActivated: boolean) => void
   private onSetScrollStateHandler?: (scrollState: ScrollState) => void
   private onSetBaseConfigurationHandler?: (baseConfiguration: BaseConfiguration) => void
+  private onGetWordCountHandler?: () => void
 
   public onSetBaseConfiguration(handler?: (baseConfiguration: BaseConfiguration) => void): void {
     this.onSetBaseConfigurationHandler = handler
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ export class IframeRendererToEditorCommunicator extends IframeCommunicator<
     this.onSetScrollStateHandler = handler
   }
 
+  public onGetWordCount(handler?: () => void): void {
+    this.onGetWordCountHandler = handler
+  }
+
   public sendRendererReady(): void {
     this.sendMessageToOtherSide({
       type: RenderIframeMessageType.RENDERER_READY
@@ -95,6 +100,13 @@ export class IframeRendererToEditorCommunicator extends IframeCommunicator<
     })
   }
 
+  public sendWordCountCalculated(words: number): void {
+    this.sendMessageToOtherSide({
+      type: RenderIframeMessageType.ON_WORD_COUNT_CALCULATED,
+      words
+    })
+  }
+
   protected handleEvent(event: MessageEvent<EditorToRendererIframeMessage>): boolean | undefined {
     const renderMessage = event.data
     switch (renderMessage.type) {
@@ -110,6 +122,9 @@ export class IframeRendererToEditorCommunicator extends IframeCommunicator<
       case RenderIframeMessageType.SET_BASE_CONFIGURATION:
         this.onSetBaseConfigurationHandler?.(renderMessage.baseConfiguration)
         return false
+      case RenderIframeMessageType.GET_WORD_COUNT:
+        this.onGetWordCountHandler?.()
+        return false
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/render-page/rendering-message.ts b/src/components/render-page/rendering-message.ts
index c80bb1376..c2fdd17dc 100644
--- a/src/components/render-page/rendering-message.ts
+++ b/src/components/render-page/rendering-message.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ export enum RenderIframeMessageType {
   ON_SET_FRONTMATTER = 'ON_SET_FRONTMATTER',
   IMAGE_CLICKED = 'IMAGE_CLICKED',
   ON_HEIGHT_CHANGE = 'ON_HEIGHT_CHANGE',
-  SET_BASE_CONFIGURATION = 'SET_BASE_CONFIGURATION'
+  SET_BASE_CONFIGURATION = 'SET_BASE_CONFIGURATION',
+  GET_WORD_COUNT = 'GET_WORD_COUNT',
+  ON_WORD_COUNT_CALCULATED = 'ON_WORD_COUNT_CALCULATED'
 }
 
 export interface RendererToEditorSimpleMessage {
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@ export interface SetBaseUrlMessage {
   baseConfiguration: BaseConfiguration
 }
 
+export interface GetWordCountMessage {
+  type: RenderIframeMessageType.GET_WORD_COUNT
+}
+
 export interface ImageClickedMessage {
   type: RenderIframeMessageType.IMAGE_CLICKED
   details: ImageDetails
@@ -76,11 +82,17 @@ export interface OnHeightChangeMessage {
   height: number
 }
 
+export interface OnWordCountCalculatedMessage {
+  type: RenderIframeMessageType.ON_WORD_COUNT_CALCULATED
+  words: number
+}
+
 export type EditorToRendererIframeMessage =
   | SetMarkdownContentMessage
   | SetDarkModeMessage
   | SetScrollStateMessage
   | SetBaseUrlMessage
+  | GetWordCountMessage
 
 export type RendererToEditorIframeMessage =
   | RendererToEditorSimpleMessage
@@ -90,6 +102,7 @@ export type RendererToEditorIframeMessage =
   | SetScrollStateMessage
   | ImageClickedMessage
   | OnHeightChangeMessage
+  | OnWordCountCalculatedMessage
 
 export enum RendererType {
   DOCUMENT,
diff --git a/src/components/render-page/word-counter.ts b/src/components/render-page/word-counter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2ef1759e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/render-page/word-counter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+import wordsCount from 'words-count'
+
+/** List of HTML tag names that should not be counted. */
+const EXCLUDED_TAGS = ['img', 'pre', 'nav']
+/** List of class names that should not be counted. */
+const EXCLUDED_CLASSES = ['katex-mathml']
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether the given node is an excluded HTML tag and therefore should be
+ * excluded from counting.
+ * @param node The node to test.
+ * @return true if the node should be excluded, false otherwise.
+ */
+const isExcludedTag = (node: Element | ChildNode): boolean => {
+  return EXCLUDED_TAGS.includes(node.nodeName.toLowerCase())
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether the given node is a HTML element with an excluded class name,
+ * so that it should be excluded.
+ * @param node The node to test.
+ * @return true if the node should be excluded, false otherwise.
+ */
+const isExcludedClass = (node: Element | ChildNode): boolean => {
+  return EXCLUDED_CLASSES.some((excludedClass) => (node as HTMLElement).classList?.contains(excludedClass))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Counts the words of the given node while ignoring empty nodes and excluded
+ * nodes. Child nodes will recursively counted as well.
+ * @param node The node whose content's words should be counted.
+ * @return The number of words counted in this node and its children.
+ */
+export const countWords = (node: Element | ChildNode): number => {
+  if (!node.textContent || isExcludedTag(node) || isExcludedClass(node)) {
+    return 0
+  }
+  if (!node.hasChildNodes()) {
+    return wordsCount(node.textContent)
+  }
+  return [...node.childNodes].reduce((words, childNode) => {
+    return words + countWords(childNode)
+  }, 0)
+}
diff --git a/src/external-types/words-count/words-count.d.ts b/src/external-types/words-count/words-count.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b0a15cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/external-types/words-count/words-count.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+declare module 'words-count' {
+  export default function wordsCount(text: string): number
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 67d9592d7..bfe9281e9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -15127,6 +15127,11 @@ word-wrap@^1.2.3, word-wrap@~1.2.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/word-wrap/-/word-wrap-1.2.3.tgz#610636f6b1f703891bd34771ccb17fb93b47079c"
   integrity sha512-Hz/mrNwitNRh/HUAtM/VT/5VH+ygD6DV7mYKZAtHOrbs8U7lvPS6xf7EJKMF0uW1KJCl0H701g3ZGus+muE5vQ==
 
+words-count@1.0.8:
+  version "1.0.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/words-count/-/words-count-1.0.8.tgz#c048de08d49dd68e42d2aa47bcc43993a479b4f3"
+  integrity sha512-t/uFU5+JgvAm2MCeA9kqWZdNqkNLuzn1+k0gkY3HJ/l/2unEUU8Wrs8opB+BzTERKdH2QMcRU5UI4TJSnhMngA==
+
 workbox-background-sync@^5.1.4:
   version "5.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/workbox-background-sync/-/workbox-background-sync-5.1.4.tgz#5ae0bbd455f4e9c319e8d827c055bb86c894fd12"