🔢 Character Counter
Count characters for Twitter, LinkedIn, SMS limits
0 words
Platform Limits
Twitter/X
0 / 280
280 left
0 / 3000
3000 left
SMS
0 / 160
160 left
Meta Description
0 / 160
160 left
Statistics
Characters (with spaces)
0
Characters (without spaces)
0
Words
0
Sentences
0
Paragraphs
0
Lines
1
Reading Time
~0 minutes
SEO Guidelines
Title Tag
50-60 characters recommended
Meta Description
150-160 characters recommended
URL Slug
Under 75 characters recommended
Count characters live as you type, with limits for common platforms like Twitter/X posts and SMS messages shown alongside. Perfect for trimming a bio, tweet, meta description or text message to fit — everything is counted in your browser.
Frequently asked questions
How many characters can a tweet or SMS have?
A post on X (Twitter) allows 280 characters for most accounts. A single SMS is 160 characters using the basic GSM alphabet — but adding an emoji or special character switches the message to Unicode encoding and drops the limit to 70 per segment.
Why do longer texts get split into multiple SMS segments?
When a message exceeds one segment, carriers split it and reserve a few characters per part for reassembly headers — so multi-part GSM messages fit 153 characters per segment (67 for Unicode). Each segment is typically billed as a separate message.
Do emoji count as one character?
Not always. Many emoji are made of multiple Unicode code units, and platforms count them differently — X counts most emoji as two characters. If you are right at a limit, test with the actual platform before posting.