About the Character Counter
Count characters with and without spaces, letters, digits and bytes. Set a limit, or use a preset for a tweet, SMS, title tag or Instagram caption, and see how many characters remain.
How to use it
- Type or paste your text.
- Optionally choose a limit preset or enter your own.
- Read the remaining or excess character count.
Frequently asked questions
- Are emoji counted as one character?
- Yes. Characters are counted as visible symbols, though some platforms count emoji differently.
- What is the UTF-8 byte count for?
- It shows storage size, which matters for database fields and some APIs that limit bytes instead of characters.
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