Character Counter
Count characters in your text and check it against SMS, tweet and meta description limits.
0
Total characters
0
No spaces
0/160
SMS limit
0/280
Tweet limit
0/160
Meta description limit
How It Works
- 1Paste or type your text.
- 2See the live character count and limit checks.
Features
- Live character count
- Common platform limit checks
Privacy
All text processing happens instantly in your browser. Nothing you type is ever sent anywhere.
About Character Counter
A character count tallies every character in your text, including letters, numbers, punctuation and spaces, giving a raw total you can check against fixed limits. Because whitespace and punctuation are counted too, two pieces of text with the same number of words can still have noticeably different character totals, which matters when the limit you're working against is measured in characters rather than words.
This tool checks your text against three built-in limits: a single SMS segment (160 characters, the standard GSM-7 limit), a post on X (280 characters), and a meta description (160 characters, near Google's typical search-snippet cutoff). Worth knowing separately: a real SMS segment actually drops to 70 characters once the message includes an emoji or certain accented characters that force Unicode encoding — this tool checks against the flat 160-character GSM-7 limit rather than detecting that case automatically, so treat 160 as the ceiling for plain text only.
Beyond platform limits, character counts are useful for fitting text into fixed-width UI elements like buttons and form labels, keeping alt text concise, and checking that a headline or subject line won't get cut off wherever it's displayed.