Character Counter — Free Online Tool
Last updated: January 2025
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What is Character Counter?
Character Counter counts every character in your text and shows real-time counts with and without spaces, plus social media character limits.
When to use Character Counter?
Use it when writing tweets, Instagram captions, meta descriptions, SMS, and any content with character limits.
How to use this tool
- 1Paste or type your text
- 2See character counts update instantly
- 3Check remaining characters for your target platform
Examples
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
| Hello, World! | 13 characters (total) | 12 (no spaces) |
| (280-character tweet draft) | Shows remaining Twitter characters |
| (Instagram caption) | Shows remaining out of 2,200 limit |
| Meta description draft | Ideal: 120-160 characters for SEO |
| SMS text | Standard SMS limit: 160 characters shown |
Rules & Behavior
- Counts every character including spaces, punctuation, and emoji
- Shows count with spaces (total) and without (no spaces)
- Emoji count as 2 characters on Twitter
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does the character counter work?
It counts every character in your text, including letters, numbers, spaces, punctuation, and emoji.
Does it count spaces?
We show two counts: total characters (including spaces) and characters without spaces. Both are useful in different contexts.
How many characters can a tweet be?
Twitter allows 280 characters per tweet. Our counter shows remaining characters in real-time.
What's the Instagram caption limit?
Instagram captions can be up to 2,200 characters. However, only the first 125 characters appear before the 'More' link.
Do emoji count as one character?
On Twitter, most emoji count as 2 characters. In general Unicode, some emoji are actually multiple code points (e.g., skin-tone modifiers).