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Character Counter
Count characters with and without spaces, and see instantly whether your text fits SMS, tweet, bio, title, or meta description limits.
Count characters
Counts
How it works
Characters, not words
Two totals
Characters including spaces (how SMS and most limits count) and excluding spaces (how content-length purists count) are shown side by side.
Limit checks
Common caps — SMS (160), tweet (280), bio (60), meta description (160), title (100) — are checked live against your text.
Always local
Nothing is uploaded or stored. The count updates purely in your browser as you type.
Questions
Character counter FAQ
Do spaces count as characters?
Both totals are shown: with spaces and without. SMS is billed by characters including spaces, so the "with spaces" total is the one that matters there.
How long can a tweet be?
Posts show 280 characters in most cases. This tool flags whether your text fits that cap.
What is a character vs a word?
A character is one typed symbol; a word is a whitespace-separated group of them. Essays use word limits; bios, titles, and SMS use character limits — so this tool measures characters.