Character Counter
Count characters with and without spaces, ideal for tweets and SEO meta tags.
A precise character counter for any text. See the live count with and without spaces, the byte size in UTF-8, and progress against common limits like Twitter (280), meta titles (60) and meta descriptions (160).
Common use cases
- Stay under Twitter/X 280-character limits when drafting threads
- Hit the SEO sweet spot for meta titles (50–60) and meta descriptions (140–160)
- Check Instagram caption length (2,200) and bio length (150)
- Measure UTF-8 byte size for database TEXT columns and API payload limits
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between characters and bytes?▾
Characters count visible glyphs; bytes count the storage size in UTF-8, where many non-ASCII characters take 2–4 bytes.
Why does it show Twitter and meta tag limits?▾
These are the most common reasons people count characters online, so we show your progress toward each limit at a glance.
Does an emoji count as one character?▾
Visually yes, but in storage many emoji are 2–4 UTF-16 code units. We count by grapheme cluster (visual character) for the main count and show byte size separately.
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