Count the Characters in Your Text
Count characters and see what's left against common platform limits.
Platform limits
How to use it
- Type or paste your text into the field above.
- Check the count with or without spaces and diacritics.
- Watch the limit bars to see how much room is left on each platform.
Character counts matter when you're writing for something with a limit: a post, a search-engine meta description, an SMS. This counter shows the figure with and without spaces, plus how much room you have left against the common limits.
The thing that catches people out in Arabic is that every diacritic counts as its own character in computer systems, so a fully vocalised word can consume twice what you'd expect. That's why we show the count both with and without them, so you know exactly what will be charged against your limit.
Frequently asked questions
Twitter counts links as a fixed length regardless of their actual length, and treats some symbols specially. We show the true character count, which is what most other systems use.
Around 155 characters in English. Arabic text occupies more display width per character in search results, so aim for 120–140 to avoid being cut off.
We count them the way you see them: one emoji, one character, even when it's built from several code units internally. Some systems will charge you two or more.