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How to Animate Numbers in After Effects with Num

Num is a preset that lets you easily format and animate numbers inside After Effects.

Key Features (Free Version)

The tool provides several formatting options:

  • Custom thousand separator
  • Custom decimal separator
  • Custom decimal places
  • Leading or trailing symbol
  • Financial formatting
  • Fixed leading digits

Num Pro Enhancements

The professional version includes all free features plus:

  • Monospacing (with non-monospaced fonts)
  • Big number abbreviators
  • Exponential counting

All Num Pro capabilities are also integrated into Type.

How to Use

Apply the preset to a composition or existing text layer, add keyframes to animate the number property, and customize formatting through the effect panel.