Character Counter
The Character Counter counts characters, letters, digits, spaces, and special characters in your text. It provides detailed breakdowns including total characters, characters without spaces, letter count, digit count, and special character count. This tool is essential for social media posts (Twitter/X limits, Instagram captions, SMS character limits), meta descriptions (SEO 160-char limit), and any application with character restrictions. It updates in real time as you type.
Formula
Character counts: - Total: all characters including spaces - No spaces: excludes whitespace - Letters: a-z, A-Z - Digits: 0-9 - Whitespace: spaces, tabs, newlines - Special: punctuation, symbols Platform limits: - Twitter/X: 280 chars - SMS: 160 chars - Meta description: 160 chars - Title tag: 60 chars
Example
Input: Hello, World! 123 Total characters: 17 Characters (no spaces): 15 Letters: 10 Digits: 3 Whitespace: 2 Special: 2 (comma, exclamation)
How to Use
- Paste or type your text into the input field
- The counter shows character counts in real time
- Review the breakdown: total, no spaces, letters, digits, special
- Check against platform limits (Twitter, SMS, SEO)
- Edit your text to meet the required length
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Twitter/X character limit?
Twitter/X allows 280 characters per tweet for most users. Twitter Blue subscribers can post up to 25,000 characters. The counter helps you stay within the limit and shows how many characters you have remaining.
What is the SMS character limit?
Standard SMS allows 160 characters (GSM-7 encoding) or 70 characters (Unicode). Longer messages are split into multiple SMS segments. The counter helps you keep messages within a single segment to avoid extra charges.
How many characters should a meta description be?
Google typically displays 150-160 characters of the meta description in search results. Keep descriptions under 160 characters to ensure they are fully displayed. The counter helps you optimize for SEO.
How many characters should a title tag be?
Google displays about 50-60 characters of the title tag in search results. Keep titles under 60 characters to avoid truncation. The counter helps you craft titles that display fully in search results.
Does the counter handle multi-byte characters?
Yes. The counter correctly handles Unicode characters including emojis, accented characters, and CJK characters. Each emoji counts as one character. Some platforms count emojis as 2 characters due to Unicode surrogate pairs.