Writing ToolsCharacter counter
Pick where the text is going and the counter shows how many characters you have left. Emoji, flags and accented letters count as one character each, the way you see them.
- Limits for X, Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube titles, page titles and meta descriptions.
- Text messages counted the way phones send them: 160 plain characters, or 70 with an emoji.
- Characters with and without spaces, and the word count.
- Free
- Works offline after your first visit
- Saves on this device
- No sign-up
- Updated
- Size 26 KB
Try an example
- A text message160 plain characters, or 70 with an emoji
- A Bluesky post300 characters
- A meta descriptionAbout 160 characters in search results
- An Instagram captionUp to 2,200 characters
- A YouTube titleUp to 100 characters
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Questions
What counts as a character?
Each letter, digit, space, punctuation mark and line break counts as one. An emoji, a flag or a letter with an accent counts as one too, because that is how it looks.
Why does a text message say 70?
Phones send plain letters and digits 160 to a text. One emoji or another special character switches the whole message to a code that fits 70, and most emoji take 2 of those. Longer messages go as several texts joined together.
Does X count the same way?
Mostly. X counts each emoji and each Chinese, Japanese or Korean character as 2, and any link as 23, so leave room if your post has them.
Is my text kept private?
Your text stays in this browser on this device. It goes into a link only if you tap Share, and then the message says so.
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