Character counter
Count characters, words, lines and bytes live — with limit bars for X, SMS, SEO tags and more.
Runs 100% in your browser0
Characters
0
No spaces
0
Words
0
Lines
UTF-8 size: 0 bytes
Platform limits
X / Twitter post 280
SMS (single) 160
Meta description 160
Title tag 60
Instagram caption 2200
LinkedIn post 3000
How to count characters
- Paste your text. Type or paste into the box.
- Watch the counts. Characters, words, lines and bytes update live.
- Check the limits. See how your text fits common platform caps.
About counting characters
Character limits are everywhere — a 60-character title tag before Google truncates it, 160 for a meta description or a single SMS segment, 280 for a post on X. This counter shows the live character, word, line and UTF-8 byte totals and how your text measures against each cap, turning red the moment you exceed one. For reading-time and detailed word stats, see the word counter.
Frequently asked questions
- Every Unicode character including spaces, line breaks, emoji and punctuation counts as one. A separate figure excludes whitespace, and the byte count shows the UTF-8 size.
- Posts and fields on X/Twitter, SMS, meta descriptions, title tags and more have hard character caps. The bars show how close you are and turn red when you go over.
- On screen it is one character, but in UTF-8 bytes — and on some platforms’ own counters — an emoji can take several code units. The byte figure reflects that.
- Yes — counting happens entirely in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded.