Character Counter with Platform Limits

A character counter tells you how many characters are in a piece of text. It counts letters, numbers, spaces, punctuation and symbols, and updates as you type, so you can stay within a limit set by a platform or form.

Type or paste your text into the box. The character count appears in the results at once, along with characters without spaces, bytes, words, lines, letters, digits and spaces.

Yes, the main count includes spaces and line breaks, which is how most platforms measure length. A separate figure shows the count without spaces for cases where whitespace does not matter.

The tool tracks 280 characters for an X post, 160 for one SMS segment and 2,200 for an Instagram caption. Each limit has a bar that fills as you type and turns red with the number of extra characters when you go over.

The tool checks 60 characters for a title tag and 160 for a meta description, which are common guidelines for search results. Search engines measure by pixel width, so treat these as safe targets rather than strict rules.

Yes. Enter any number from 1 to 1,000,000 in the custom limit box and a new bar is added so you can track a limit that is not in the default list, such as a form field or a database column.

The byte count shows the size of your text in UTF-8. Plain English letters take one byte each, but accented letters, symbols and emoji can take two to four. It matters for database fields, APIs and SMS encoding where size is measured in bytes.

Each Unicode character is counted once, so an emoji or accented letter counts as a single character in the main count. Platforms differ, so some may count certain emoji as two. Use the byte count when exact size matters.

Characters are individual symbols, while words are groups of letters separated by spaces or punctuation. Use the word counter when a task sets a word target such as an essay length.

Yes. The results show how many letters, digits and spaces your text contains, which helps when checking codes, passwords, usernames and formatted IDs.

No. All counting runs in your browser, so private messages, drafts and ad copy are never uploaded or saved.

Yes. It is free with no sign-up and no limits, and it works on phones, tablets and desktop browsers.