Character Counter
Paste or type your text — character count updates live with and without spaces, plus words, sentences, paragraphs and reading time.
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Character Counter — Count Characters With & Without Spaces
This character counter shows your character count live as you type or paste — both with spaces and without spaces. Whether you need to stay within a Twitter character limit, check a meta description length, or verify an SMS character count — paste your text and the numbers appear instantly.
Need to count words too? The word counter shows your full word count on the same page.
Why character count matters
- SEO meta descriptions — Google truncates meta descriptions at ~160 characters. Keep yours within the limit.
- SEO page titles — Google shows page titles up to ~60 characters in search results.
- Twitter / X posts — 280 character limit. Every character counts.
- Google Ads headlines — 30 character limit per headline.
- SMS messages — standard SMS is 160 characters. Going over splits your message into two.
- App store descriptions — Apple App Store short description: 30 characters. Subtitle: 30 characters.
- Database fields — check string length against VARCHAR limits before inserting.
- Translators — many translation projects are priced by character count, not word count.
Character limits for common platforms
- Google meta description — 160 characters
- Google page title — 60 characters
- Twitter / X post — 280 characters
- Google Ads headline — 30 characters
- Google Ads description — 90 characters
- Instagram caption — 2,200 characters
- LinkedIn post — 3,000 characters
- YouTube title — 100 characters
- YouTube description — 5,000 characters
- SMS text message — 160 characters
- App Store app name — 30 characters
- App Store subtitle — 30 characters
Characters with spaces vs without spaces
The "Characters" count includes every character — letters, numbers, punctuation, and spaces. "No spaces" removes all whitespace. This matters for platforms that count characters without spaces (like some publishing tools and translation services) versus those that count everything including spaces (like Twitter).
All counting runs entirely in your browser. Your text is never sent to any server. See also: word counter · FAQ.