Count Characters Online

Count characters with and without spaces — perfect for tweets, SEO titles and bios.

Count characters with and without spaces in any text. Free online character counter. Every character is counted, including spaces, punctuation and line.

Count Characters Online examples

InputOutput
Hello world11 characters, 10 without spaces, 2 words

How the count characters online works

  1. Every character is counted, including punctuation and spaces.
  2. A separate count excludes whitespace.
  3. Useful for Twitter/X, SMS and meta description limits.

Rules and edge cases

  • Every character is counted, including spaces, punctuation and line breaks, with a separate total that excludes whitespace.
  • An emoji may count as more than one character because it is stored as several code points — which is also how many platforms count it.
  • Live counting means you can paste a draft and trim against a limit as you edit.

Frequently asked questions

Which limits should I check against?

Common ones are 280 characters for a post on X, 150 for an Instagram bio, about 155-160 for a meta description and 60 for a page title.

Do platforms count emoji as one character?

Not always. X counts most emoji as two, and SMS switches to a 70-character limit as soon as one non-GSM character appears.