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Character Counter

The Character Counter breaks your text down by what it is made of: total characters, characters without spaces, letters, numbers, symbols and lines. It is the tool you want when a limit is measured in characters, not words — a meta description, a social bio, an SMS, a form field with a hard cap. Everything updates as you type, so you can trim while you watch the numbers move.

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How to use Character Counter

  1. Type or paste your text into the box.
  2. Read the breakdown in the result box — it updates on every keystroke.
  3. Trim or extend your text until the counts fit your limit.

Supported behavior

  • Characters are counted as Unicode code points, so an emoji counts as one character even though it uses two UTF-16 units internally.
  • 'Characters without spaces' removes all whitespace — spaces, tabs and line breaks.
  • Symbols means everything that is not a letter, number or whitespace, including punctuation and emoji.

Best for

  • Fitting meta titles and descriptions into SEO limits.
  • Checking bios, posts and headlines against platform caps.
  • Estimating SMS segments before sending a campaign.

Limits

  • Some platforms count bytes or UTF-16 units instead of characters, so an emoji-heavy text may count higher there than it does here.
  • Grapheme clusters (like a flag emoji made of two symbols) count as their separate code points.

Privacy notes

  • Your text is processed locally in your browser and is never uploaded to a server.
  • Counting is instant and entirely local to your browser.

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Character Counter FAQ

What is the difference between characters with and without spaces?

The first counts every character including spaces and line breaks. The second strips all whitespace, which is the number many submission forms and character-limit checkers actually enforce.

How are emojis counted?

Each emoji counts as one character (one Unicode code point), even compound ones made with joiners may count as more than one — the tool reports code points, and the Limits section explains the edge cases.

Can I count characters for an X (Twitter) post?

Yes for a rough check, but note that X weights some characters (like CJK and emoji) as two. Use this counter for drafting and X's own composer for the final number.