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Character Counter

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Paste your text and every count updates as you type — with and without spaces, bytes, and how much room is left on each platform.

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Updated 2026.08
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Your Text

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Counts

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Characters, spaces included
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Breakdown
No spaces
0
Bytes (UTF-8)
0
Words
0
Lines
0
Ad · 728 × 90
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What Gets Counted

How it works

Platforms count differently — that is where posts get cut off.

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Spaces count too

Almost every platform counts spaces and line breaks as characters. Only style guides ignore them.

Hello world = 11 chars, 10 without spaces

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Korean eats bytes

In UTF-8 a Korean syllable is three bytes and an emoji is four. Byte limits bite far earlier than character limits.

한글 = 2 chars, 6 bytes

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Line breaks are characters

Every empty line you add for readability spends characters. On short limits that is the first thing to trim.

3 line breaks = 3 chars

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Links may not shrink

Some platforms shorten links to a fixed length, others count every character. Assume the full length unless you know otherwise.

https://… = counted in full

Ad · 728 × 90
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Questions

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Is my text uploaded anywhere?

No. The text never leaves this page — counting happens in your browser and nothing is stored.

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Why is the byte count higher than the character count?

UTF-8 uses one byte for English letters, three for Korean syllables and four for most emoji.

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Are the platform limits current?

They are checked against each platform’s published limits and updated when those change. Treat them as a guide, not a contract.