Ultimate Word & Text Toolkit

Character Counter

Count characters as you type, with and without spaces, and check your text against common platform limits.

Runs entirely in your browser — your text is never uploaded

Characters
0
No spaces
0
Words
0
Sentences
0

Common limits

  • SEO title0 / 60
  • Meta description0 / 160
  • SMS segment0 / 160
  • Post (280)0 / 280

How to use Character Counter

  1. Type or paste your text.
  2. Watch the character count update live.
  3. Check the limit indicators for titles, meta descriptions and social posts.

Examples

Input

Hello world

Result

11 characters, 10 without spaces

Input

An SEO meta description

Result

Stay under 160 characters

What you can type into Character Counter

Everything is a character
Letters, digits, punctuation, spaces, tabs and line breaks all count in the total.
Without spaces
This figure removes every whitespace character, including line breaks and tabs — not just the space bar.
Emoji and accents
Counted as the single visible characters your browser displays, which matches how most platforms show them. Some platforms bill certain emoji as two.

How the results behave

Live limit meters
The bars compare your current total against common limits — SEO title 60, meta description 160, SMS segment 160, short post 280 — and turn red once you go over.
No truncation
Nothing is cut off or rewritten; the meters are guidance and your text stays exactly as pasted.

Tips

  • Search engines truncate titles by pixel width, so treat 60 characters as a guide and keep the important words first.
  • An SMS goes over one segment at 160 characters, and a single non-standard character can shift a message into a smaller 70-character encoding.

Common mistakes

  • Assuming the without-spaces figure is what a platform limits — almost all platforms count spaces.
  • Forgetting that a trailing line break is still a character.

About the character counter

SEO writers sizing titles and meta descriptions, social media managers working to a post limit, and anyone filling a form field with a hard character cap.

Character limits appear everywhere: page titles around 60 characters, meta descriptions around 160, SMS at 160 per segment, and most social networks somewhere in between. A live count avoids the truncation surprise after publishing.

Counting excludes nothing by default — emoji, punctuation and line breaks are all characters. The without-spaces figure removes every whitespace character.

Accuracy and limitations

  • Platform limits change and vary by account type; the built-in limits reflect widely used values, not a live feed.
  • Counting runs in your browser, so nothing you paste is uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

Do line breaks count as characters?

Yes in the total, and they are removed from the without-spaces figure.

How are emoji counted?

Emoji are counted as single visible characters, which matches how most platforms display them.

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