Social Character Counter
Count characters and see what is left against the limit of each social network, post type and meta tag.
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Characters
0
Code points
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UTF-16 units
- X (Twitter) post280 left
0 / 280
- X (Twitter) Premium post25000 left
0 / 25000
- LinkedIn headline220 left
0 / 220
- LinkedIn post3000 left
0 / 3000
- Instagram bio150 left
0 / 150
- Instagram caption2200 left
0 / 2200
- Facebook post63206 left
0 / 63206
- TikTok caption2200 left
0 / 2200
- YouTube title100 left
0 / 100
- YouTube description5000 left
0 / 5000
- Pinterest description500 left
0 / 500
- SEO title tag (60 for search results)60 left
0 / 60
- Meta description160 left
0 / 160
- SMS (one GSM-7 message)160 left
0 / 160
The limits are each platform's own published numbers and change without notice. Characters are counted as graphemes, so an emoji counts as one — some platforms count UTF-16 units instead, which is why all three figures are shown.
What does this tool do?
Writes once, checks everywhere. Paste a post, a bio, a title tag or an SMS and the tool shows, for each platform, how many characters you have used and how many are left — or how many you are over.
Characters are counted the way a reader counts them
Three figures are shown because they genuinely differ:
- Graphemes — what a reader sees. A flag emoji is one, a family emoji is one.
- Code points — Unicode characters. A flag is two.
- UTF-16 units — JavaScript’s
string.length. That same flag is four.
Most editors and most platforms count closer to the first figure; a few database columns and an old SMS gateway count the last. Having all three on screen is what stops a text that looks short from being rejected on paste.
Keep in mind
The limits are each platform’s own published numbers, collected in October 2026, and they change without notice: treat the numbers as a guide and the platform as the authority. Nothing is sent anywhere — the counts are computed in your browser.