Character Counter
Count characters with and without spaces. Check your text against Twitter, SMS, meta description, and title tag limits.
Character Limits
How to Use the Character Counter
- Enter your text — Type or paste content into the text area above.
- View character counts — See characters with spaces, without spaces, words, sentences, and lines updated live.
- Check platform limits — Progress bars show how close you are to Twitter (280), SMS (160), meta description (155), and title tag (60) character limits.
- Stay within limits — The progress bar turns red when you exceed a platform's character limit.
About Character Counter
Character counting is essential for anyone working with platforms that enforce strict character limits. Twitter limits tweets to 280 characters, SMS messages are best kept under 160 characters to avoid splitting, and search engines truncate meta descriptions beyond 155 characters and title tags beyond 60 characters.
This character counter tool gives you instant feedback on your text length across all these platforms simultaneously. The visual progress bars make it easy to see at a glance whether your text fits within each platform's constraints. All counting happens locally in your browser, meaning your text is never transmitted to any server, ensuring complete privacy for sensitive content.
Frequently Asked Questions
The standard character limit for a tweet on Twitter (now X) is 280 characters for free accounts. Spaces, punctuation, and emojis all count toward this limit.
The recommended length for a meta description is up to 155 characters. Google may truncate descriptions longer than this in search results. Aim for 120-155 characters for optimal display.
Title tags should be 50-60 characters long. Google typically displays the first 50-60 characters. Titles longer than 60 characters may be truncated with an ellipsis.
Yes, spaces are counted as characters on most platforms including Twitter and in meta descriptions. This tool shows both counts: characters with spaces and characters without spaces, so you can use whichever metric is relevant.