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Character counter
Paste your text to count characters with and without spaces as you type. Handy for posts, bios, ads and SMS.
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Common character limits
- X (Twitter) post: 280 characters.
- SMS: 160 characters per message (70 with emoji or non-Latin letters).
- Instagram bio: 150 characters.
- Google meta description: about 155 characters before it gets cut off.
- Google Ads headline: 30 characters; description: 90.
Emoji and many non-Latin letters count as one character here, the way people read them.
Questions
Do spaces count as characters?
Usually yes. That's why both numbers are shown: with spaces and without spaces.
Is my text saved?
No. Counting happens in your browser and nothing is stored.