Character Counter
Count characters with and without spaces. Perfect for Twitter posts, meta descriptions, and any text with character limits.
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Words
0
Characters
0
Characters (no spaces)
0
Sentences
0
Paragraphs
< 1 min
Reading Time
< 1 min
Speaking Time
0
Avg. Words/Sentence
Readability Scores
Flesch Reading Ease
0
Very Difficult
Higher = easier to read
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
0
Grade level
US school grade equivalent
Gunning Fog Index
0
Years of education
Lower = more accessible
Syllable counting is a heuristic approximation. Scores may vary slightly from other tools.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — the 'Characters' stat includes spaces. 'Characters (no spaces)' shows the count with all spaces removed. Both figures are shown side by side so you can use whichever is relevant to your platform.
Twitter/X allows 280 characters per post for standard accounts. SMS messages are typically limited to 160 characters per segment. LinkedIn posts allow up to 3,000 characters, and Instagram captions allow up to 2,200 characters.
Google typically displays 155–160 characters of a meta description in search results before truncating with an ellipsis. A meta description that is cut off mid-sentence looks unprofessional and reduces click-through rates. Keeping your meta description between 140 and 155 characters ensures it displays in full on both desktop and mobile search results.
Character count measures how many characters (letters, numbers, symbols, spaces) are in a string. Byte count measures how many bytes are needed to store the string in memory, which can differ for multi-byte characters. For standard ASCII English text, one character equals one byte. For characters outside the basic Latin alphabet — such as accented letters, Chinese characters, or emoji — each character may require 2 to 4 bytes in UTF-8 encoding. Most social media platforms and databases enforce byte-based limits, not character-based ones.
Most emoji count as one or two characters in terms of Unicode code points, but their byte representation in UTF-8 is typically 4 bytes each. On platforms like Twitter/X, most emoji count as 2 characters toward the 280-character limit due to how the platform handles UTF-16 encoding. When writing emoji-heavy content, always paste your text into the character counter and verify the total before publishing.
Twitter/X allows 280 characters per post. URLs in tweets are automatically shortened to 23 characters regardless of their actual length, and most emoji count as 2 characters.
No. All character counting happens in your browser. Your text never leaves your device.
Google typically displays 155–160 characters of a meta description in search results. Keep them between 140–155 characters for best results.
Most email clients display 40–60 characters of a subject line before truncating on desktop, and as few as 30–40 characters on mobile devices. Keeping subject lines under 50 characters ensures they display in full across most email clients and devices, improving open rates.