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Character Counter

Count characters and check them against the limit you have to hit.

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Quick Tool Overview

The Character Counter answers one question: will this fit? It counts characters with and without spaces as you type and tracks them against the limit you have to hit, with presets for Google titles, meta descriptions, SMS, X, Instagram and YouTube.

What it does
Counts characters and measures them against a limit
You give it
Your text and the limit you are writing to
You get back
Six live counts and a progress bar with characters remaining
Best for
Meta tags, social posts, SMS, bios and capped form fields
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About the Character Counter

A character counter answers one question: will this fit? Paste your text and the tool reports characters with spaces, characters without spaces, letters, digits, words and lines, all updating on every keystroke.

Pick a limit from the list and a bar tracks how much of it you have used. It turns amber as you approach the cap and red once you pass it, with the exact number of characters left shown underneath. The presets cover the limits people actually run into: 60 for a Google title tag, 160 for a meta description, 160 for a single SMS segment, 280 for a post on X, 2,200 for an Instagram caption and 5,000 for a YouTube description. You can also type your own number for a form field or a database column.

Counting works on characters as a reader sees them, so an emoji or an accented letter counts as one rather than as the two code units it occupies in memory.

Key features of the Character Counter

Presets for the limits that matter

60 for a title tag, 160 for a meta description or an SMS segment, 280 for a post on X, 2,200 for an Instagram caption and 5,000 for a YouTube description.

Custom limits

Type your own number for a form field or a database column and the bar tracks it just the same.

Colour-coded progress bar

The bar turns amber as you approach the cap and red once you pass it, with the exact characters remaining shown underneath.

Emoji and accents count as one

Characters are counted the way a reader sees them, not as the two code units an emoji occupies in memory.

Six counts at once

Characters with and without spaces, letters, digits, words and lines all update on every keystroke.

How to use the Character Counter

  1. 1

    Paste your text

    Type into the box or paste from any document. Every counter updates as you type.

  2. 2

    Pick the limit you have to hit

    Choose a preset such as a 160-character meta description, or enter your own number for a form field.

  3. 3

    Watch the bar

    The bar fills as you write and turns red the moment you go over, with the characters remaining shown below it.

  4. 4

    Copy the finished text

    One click puts the trimmed text on your clipboard, ready to paste back.

Frequently asked questions

Characters with spaces counts every keystroke including the space bar, which is what social networks and SMS gateways measure. Characters without spaces counts only the visible marks, which is what some academic and print briefs ask for. The tool shows both at once.

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