Character Counter
Paste your text to count characters with and without spaces, and check it against common platform limits.
Your text is processed in your browser and is not uploaded to a server.
How to use this character counter
- Paste or type your text into the text box.
- See total characters, characters without spaces, words and lines.
- Check the progress bars to see if your text fits common platform limits.
Frequently asked questions
Does it count spaces?
It shows both: total characters including spaces and characters without spaces.
Why does one emoji count as 2 characters here but as 1 on Twitter?
JavaScript stores most emoji as a surrogate pair (two UTF-16 code units), so the raw string length returns 2. Twitter, SMS gateways and many CMSes count emoji as one grapheme. Treat the number here as an upper bound — if it fits, the post will fit too.
Does it count newlines or only visible characters?
Both totals include newlines (each newline is one character). 'Without spaces' only strips space characters, not tabs or newlines — strip those manually if a platform counts them differently.
What are the common limits shown?
Twitter (280), SMS (160), meta title (60), meta description (160) and Facebook post (63 206).