In this mini-project, I will show you how to create an animated counter that counts up to any number using JavaScript with HTML & CSS.
<header>
<h1>Animated Counter</h1>
</header>
<section class="counters">
<div class="container">
<div>
<i class="fab fa-youtube fa-4x"></i>
<div class="counter" data-target="60000">0</div>
<h3>Subscribers</h3>
</div>
<div>
<i class="fab fa-twitter fa-4x"></i>
<div class="counter" data-target="15000">0</div>
<h3>Followers</h3>
</div>
<div>
<i class="fab fa-facebook fa-4x"></i>
<div class="counter" data-target="9000">0</div>
<h3>Likes</h3>
</div>
<div>
<i class="fab fa-linkedin fa-4x"></i>
<div class="counter" data-target="5000">0</div>
<h3>Connections</h3>
</div>
</div>
</section>
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap');
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
body {
font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
background: lightskyblue
url('https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3c/24/46/3c24462450c2a902bf7e18f3d9aada81.jpg');
color: #fff;
/* Push to bottom */
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: flex-end;
height: 100vh;
}
.container {
max-width: 1100px;
margin: 0 auto;
overflow: auto;
}
header {
flex: 1;
height: 100%;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
header h1 {
font-size: 60px;
}
.counters {
background: #0f479a;
color: #fff;
padding: 40px 20px;
border-top: 3px lightskyblue solid;
}
.counters .container {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
grid-gap: 30px;
text-align: center;
}
.counters i {
color: lightskyblue;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.counters .counter {
font-size: 45px;
margin: 10px 0;
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
.counters .container {
grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
}
.counters .container > div:nth-of-type(1),
.counters .container > div:nth-of-type(2) {
border-bottom: 1px lightskyblue solid;
padding-bottom: 20px;
}
}
const counters = document.querySelectorAll('.counter');
const speed = 200; // The lower the slower
counters.forEach(counter => {
const updateCount = () => {
const target = +counter.getAttribute('data-target');
const count = +counter.innerText;
// Lower inc to slow and higher to slow
const inc = target / speed;
// console.log(inc);
// console.log(count);
// Check if target is reached
if (count < target) {
// Add inc to count and output in counter
counter.innerText = count + inc;
// Call function every ms
setTimeout(updateCount, 1);
} else {
counter.innerText = target;
}
};
updateCount();
});
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