Character Counter

Paste text to count its characters, with and without spaces.

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A paragraph of text with a counter showing the number of words and characters

Why count characters?

Many places limit length by characters, not words: a post on X (280), a Google meta description (about 155–160 before truncation), SMS messages (160 per segment for plain text), page titles (about 60), and many form fields. The count here includes every letter, digit, symbol and space, while emoji count as one character each.

The “no spaces” figure is helpful for translation pricing and some academic limits. Words, sentences and reading time are shown as well.

Need more options? Open the full Word Counter.

Frequently asked questions

How many characters are in my text?

Paste it above. The characters figure includes spaces and the no-spaces figure excludes them.

How long should a meta description be?

Aim for roughly 120–155 characters so it is not cut off in search results.

Do emoji count as one character?

Here yes. Some platforms count emoji as two or more, so check the platform’s own rules.

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