Character Counter
Character Counter is a free tool that counts characters, words and reading time, and checks your text against limits for Google titles, X posts and emails.
- Free
- No sign-up
- Runs in your browser
Count characters, words and reading time, and check your text against the limits that matter — a Google title, a meta description, an X post, a LinkedIn preview, an email subject line. Counting is done by code point, so emoji and Devanagari characters count as one rather than several.
Your workspace
Fill in the details above, then press the button to see your result.
Guide
How to use it
- 1Paste or type your text.
- 2Check the counts, and the reading time if it is longer copy.
- 3Look at the limit bars to see which platforms will cut it off.
- 4Trim until the important part survives the shortest limit you care about.
Common questions
Why does my character count differ from another tool?
Most tools count code units, so an emoji counts as two and some Hindi characters count as several. We count what a person would call one character. Platforms differ too — X counts most emoji as two.
Is anything I paste stored?
No. It never leaves your browser. There is no server involved in this tool at all.
Guides on this topic
- DLT SMS Template Rejected? Reasons and How to Fix ThemWhy DLT SMS templates get rejected in India: untagged variables, brand and header mismatch, wrong category, unlisted links. How to fix each and get approved.
- Character Limits Cheat Sheet for Google, Ads and SocialVerified character limits for Google titles, Business Profile, Google Ads, Instagram, X and YouTube as of October 2026, and why Google cuts titles by width.