Character Counter
Count characters against common limits like tweets, SMS, and meta descriptions.
Character limits are strict and unforgiving in a lot of everyday writing contexts — a social media post gets cut off, an SMS splits into multiple messages once it crosses a threshold, or a title tag gets truncated in search results with an ellipsis — and knowing exactly how many characters you've used, not just an estimate, is the only way to avoid these surprises.
This tool counts characters live as you type and shows your usage against common presets — a 280-character social post, a 160-character SMS or meta description, or a 60-character title tag — with a progress bar that turns red once you exceed the selected limit. Switch the preset or pick "no limit" to just see a running character count without a target.
Character counting sounds simple but has real edge cases: multi-byte characters, combining accents, and emoji can all count differently depending on the platform's actual counting method, so treat any limit-checking tool (including this one) as a close guide rather than a guaranteed match to every platform's exact internal counting logic.
How to use Character Counter
- 1
Paste or type your text
Enter the content you want to check.
- 2
Choose a limit preset
Select a common limit (tweet, SMS, meta description, title tag) or no limit.
- 3
Watch the progress bar
It turns red once you exceed the selected character limit.
Features
- Presets for common character limits (social posts, SMS, meta descriptions, title tags)
- Live progress bar that flags when you're over the limit
- Also shows word and sentence counts alongside character count
- No limit imposed by the tool itself — check against any custom target
Frequently asked questions
Common mistakes to avoid
- Not accounting for a platform's own link-shortening or emoji-counting quirks when checking against its stated limit.
- Writing a title tag or meta description right up to the character limit without leaving any margin for platform rendering variance.
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