Character Counter

Count characters with and without spaces.

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About the Character Counter

Many platforms limit text by characters, not words: SMS segments, meta fields, bios, ad headlines, and form inputs. This Character Counter shows how long your string is so you can edit to fit before publishing.

How to use

  1. Paste the text you plan to publish.
  2. Check the character total (and spaces if shown separately).
  3. Trim or rephrase until you are under the limit.
  4. Copy the final text into the destination field.

Common limits people check

  • Meta titles and descriptions (approximate SERP display)
  • Twitter/X style posts and bios
  • Google Ads headlines and descriptions
  • Database or API field constraints

Tips

  • Emoji and some Unicode characters may count as more than one code unit in certain systems.
  • Trailing spaces and line breaks still count — trim before shipping.
  • For SEO snippets, pair character checks with a visual SERP preview.

FAQ

Is character count the same everywhere? No. Some systems count UTF-16 code units, grapheme clusters, or bytes. When a platform documents a limit, test in that platform’s composer if stakes are high.