Character Counter

Know exactly how many characters your text has — and whether it fits the limit you're writing for.

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Social posts, SEO titles, meta descriptions, SMS messages and form fields all have character limits. The RIZONI TOOLS Character Counter counts characters the way people see them (including emoji and accented letters), shows the count without spaces, and compares your text with common limits.

Everything runs in your browser. Your text is not uploaded.

How to use Character Counter

  1. Enter your textType or paste into the box.
  2. Check the countsSee characters, characters without spaces, words and UTF-8 bytes.
  3. Compare with limitsProgress bars show how your text fits common limits and turn red when you go over.
  4. Copy your textEdit until it fits, then copy it with one click.

Features

  • Character count with and without spaces
  • Emoji and accents counted as one character
  • Word count
  • UTF-8 byte count for developers
  • X (Twitter) 280-character check
  • SEO title and meta description guides
  • SMS length with GSM-7 / Unicode detection
  • Instant, private and free

Why use Character Counter?

  • Write posts and ads that fit on the first try.
  • Keep SEO titles and descriptions from being cut off in search results.
  • Avoid SMS messages splitting into several parts.
  • Check database and form field lengths in bytes.

Characters, bytes and SMS parts

A character is what you see on screen. Some characters, like emoji or letters with accents, take several bytes in UTF-8 — which matters for databases and some APIs, so we show both counts.

SMS messages that use only basic Latin characters (GSM-7) can hold 160 characters. If your message contains any other character — including Arabic letters or most emoji — it switches to Unicode, which allows only 70 characters per message. Longer messages are split into parts.

About SEO limits

Search engines cut titles and descriptions by pixel width rather than a strict character count. Around 60 characters for titles and 150–160 for descriptions are widely used guidelines, not hard rules.

Privacy and security

This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your files are processed on your own device and are not uploaded to our servers. When you close the page, the data is gone.

Frequently asked questions

Do spaces count as characters?

Yes, in the main count. We also show the count without spaces.

How are emoji counted?

Each emoji you see counts as one character, even if it's made of several code points.

What's the character limit on X (Twitter)?

Standard posts allow 280 characters. Some characters, such as CJK characters, may count double on X.

Why does my SMS say Unicode?

Your text contains characters outside the GSM-7 set (for example Arabic letters or emoji), which reduces the limit to 70 characters per message.

Is my text stored?

No. Nothing leaves your browser.

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