Character Counter

Live character counts with progress bars for Twitter, Instagram, and SEO limits — instant, private, no signup.

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Start typing or paste your text to see character counts
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How to Use

  1. Enter your text — Type or paste any text into the input box.
  2. Check character counts — See characters with spaces, without spaces, and word count update in real time.
  3. Monitor platform limits — Live progress bars show how close you are to Twitter, Instagram, and meta description character limits.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. The tool shows two separate counts — characters with spaces and characters without spaces — so you can use whichever your platform requires. Most social media platforms count spaces as characters.
Twitter/X allows up to 280 characters per post for standard accounts. The progress bar in this tool turns red when you exceed that limit so you can trim your text before posting.
Google typically displays 155–160 characters of a meta description in search results. This tool uses 160 as the limit and shows a live progress bar so you can write descriptions that won't get truncated.
A word counter focuses on word count, sentence count, and reading time. A character counter focuses on exact character length and platform-specific limits — ideal for writing tweets, captions, meta descriptions, and SMS messages.

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