Count characters with and without spaces — for posts, bios, SMS and forms with a limit.
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About this tool
Common limits: X (Twitter) 280 characters, Instagram bio 150 and caption 2,200, SMS 160, Google meta description about 155–160, and many form boxes 250 or 500. The count updates as you type.
How to count words
1Paste your textFrom an essay, assignment, post or document.
2Read the countsWords, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time update as you type.
3Fix and copyChange the case or remove extra spaces, then copy.
Questions people ask
Do emojis count as one character?
Here each emoji counts as one character, which matches what most people see. Some sites count certain emojis as two.