Count characters as you type and see live bars for X, Instagram, LinkedIn, meta titles and descriptions, plus an SMS segment readout. The X bar uses the real weighted count.
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A Character Counter counts every character as you type, including spaces, and shows how your text fits real platform limits. ToolPeko checks X posts with the weighted count platforms actually use, plus Instagram, LinkedIn, meta tags and SMS segments, so you fix length before you post, not after a form rejects it.
Type or paste into the box and the counts update at once. Alongside the full live counter set of words, characters, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs and lines, this page adds a row of platform bars. Each bar fills as your text grows, shows how much room is left, and turns red when you pass that limit.
The X check is the one most counters get wrong. X does not count a post the plain way. A link counts as 23 characters no matter how long the address is, and most CJK characters and emoji count as 2. This page runs that weighted count for the X bar and also shows a plain character bar for X, so you can see both numbers and understand why they differ.
The bars on this page track the limits people hit most often. Instagram captions allow 2,200 characters. A LinkedIn post allows 3,000. For search listings, the page carries a 60 character guide for a meta title and a 160 character guide for a meta description. Those two are guides rather than hard cut-offs, since search engines crop by width on screen, but they remain the working numbers most writers draft to.
The SMS readout works on a different rule again. A standard text message holds 160 characters per segment. Switch to characters outside the standard set, such as many accented letters or emoji, and the message becomes unicode, which holds 70 characters per segment. A single emoji can split one cheap message into two billed segments, and the readout shows the segment count live so that cost never comes as a surprise on a phone bill or a bulk send.
Social captions reward the same habit as text messages. A caption trimmed to fit keeps its line breaks, hashtags and link placement intact.
Anyone who posts for work uses this page weekly. A social media manager drafting a week of posts, a shop owner writing product captions, or a founder announcing a launch all face the same wall. The post is written, the picture is picked, and the platform says it is too long. Counting while you draft ends that loop. The red bar appears while the words are still easy to move.
SEO writers use the meta guides daily. A title tag ten characters too long gets cropped in search results, often mid-word, and a description that runs past the guide loses its closing call to act. Checking both in the same box as the draft keeps the snippet you wrote the snippet people actually see.
Students and applicants meet character limits in forms that warn late or not at all. A personal statement box, a grant answer field or a job portal summary can cut text off at paste time. A quick count first protects the ending of an answer, which is often where the strongest line sits.
Platforms change their rules. Limits rise, fall and gain exceptions, and a bar on this page reflects the widely used figures named above at the time of writing. If a platform shows a different number in its own composer, trust the composer for that post. The weighted X count follows the public counting rules X publishes, including the flat 23 for links.
Counting itself runs in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded, stored or shared, and there is no sign-up and no daily cap. Paste a caption once or check fifty drafts in a row. The tool treats a private draft with the same care as a public post, because on this page there is no difference to treat.
X weighs characters instead of counting them flat. Every link counts as 23 characters however long it is, and most CJK characters and emoji count as 2. This page shows the weighted count and a plain bar so you can compare.
An Instagram caption allows 2,200 characters and a LinkedIn post allows 3,000. The bars on this page fill as you type, show the room left, and turn red once you pass either limit.
A standard message holds 160 characters per segment. If your text uses characters outside the standard set, it sends as unicode at 70 characters per segment. The readout shows your segment count live as you type.
No. They are guides of 60 characters for a title and 160 for a description. Search engines crop by pixel width, not by an exact count, but drafting inside the guides keeps most snippets whole in results.
Yes. The main character count includes spaces, and the page also shows characters without spaces right beside it.
No. The counting runs in your browser on your device. Nothing is sent to a server, stored or shared, and you need no account. Close the tab and the draft is gone from this page.
Same rules as this one: free, in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
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