Character Counter
Count characters with live social media platform limits. Track letters, digits, spaces, and punctuation separately.
About Character Counter
Social platforms each have their own character limits, and exceeding them silently truncates your message in ways that are easy to miss until the post goes live. This character counter tracks your text against the actual limits of the major platforms — Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube descriptions, SMS — with a visible indicator showing how close you are to each limit as you write.
Beyond social posts, the counter is useful for SEO meta descriptions (around 155-160 characters for good display), Google Ads headlines (30 characters), and email subject lines (around 50 characters for mobile inboxes). Character-level counting is also more reliable than word counting when working with languages that do not use whitespace separation, like Chinese or Japanese.
How to Use
Type or paste your text into the text area.
Character counts update in real time as you type.
Check the platform limits section to see if your text fits within character limits.
View the detailed breakdown of letters, digits, spaces, and punctuation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What social media limits are included?
Twitter/X (280), Instagram captions (2200), YouTube titles (100) and descriptions (5000), Facebook (63206), LinkedIn (3000), TikTok (2200), SEO meta tags, and SMS (160).
Are emojis counted as one character?
In this tool, emojis are counted by their JavaScript string length. Some emojis may count as 2 characters due to Unicode encoding. Social media platforms may count them differently.
What counts as punctuation?
Punctuation includes any non-alphanumeric, non-whitespace characters: periods, commas, exclamation marks, brackets, symbols, etc.
Character Counter: Track Social Media & SEO Character Limits
Twitter cuts at 280. Meta titles get truncated past 60. Instagram captions max at 2,200. Track every limit live as you type.
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