Count characters, words, lines, sentences, paragraphs, and UTF-8 bytes in real time. Includes platform-specific limits: Twitter/X (280), SMS (160), SEO title (60), and meta description (160).
| Twitter/X (280) | Counts Unicode code points (not UTF-16 code units). URLs count as 23 characters regardless of length (t.co wrapped). CJK characters count as 2. This counter shows raw character count. |
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| SMS (160) | Standard GSM-7 encoded SMS maxes at 160 characters. Messages using non-GSM characters (like CJK, emoji) are UCS-2 encoded and limited to 70 chars. Multi-part SMS split at 153 chars (GSM-7) or 67 chars (UCS-2). |
| SEO title (60) | Google's display limit for title tags in SERPs. Titles longer than ~600px (roughly 60 chars) get truncated with "—. Pixel width matters more than character count —W is wider than i. |
| Meta description (160) | Google displays up to ~920px (roughly 155-160 chars) of meta description in search results. Longer descriptions are truncated. In 2026, Google may dynamically generate snippets from page content regardless. |
UTF-8 bytes matter for database storage, API payloads, and CSV encoding. ASCII characters are 1 byte, Latin-1 supplement characters are 2 bytes, CJK characters are 3 bytes, and emoji/supplementary characters are 4 bytes. A 140-character tweet with emojis could be 500+ bytes in UTF-8.
See also: Markdown Preview · Character Counter