🔢 Character Counter

Count characters in real-time with social media limits for Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more.

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🔢 Character Counter

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Frequently Asked Questions

Characters count the number of letters, numbers, spaces, and symbols. Bytes depend on encoding — standard ASCII characters use 1 byte, but special characters and emoji use 2–4 bytes in UTF-8. Most platforms limit by characters, not bytes.
Each platform has character limits: Twitter/X = 280, Instagram caption = 2,200, LinkedIn post = 3,000, Meta description (SEO) = 155–160, page title (SEO) = 50–60. Staying within limits ensures your content displays correctly without being cut off.
Google displays roughly 155–160 characters in search results snippets. Longer descriptions get cut off with '...'. Aim for 140–155 characters for meta descriptions to ensure the full text appears in search results.
Word count counts space-separated groups of characters, so "2026" or "e-toolbox" each count as one word, same as any regular word. This matches how most word processors count, which matters if you're hitting an exact word limit for an assignment or submission.