Character Counter
Count characters, words, and lines in your text with this free online character counter tool. Perfect for social media posts, essays, and content creation.
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How to Use Character Counter
Enter Your Text
Type or paste your text into the input area. The character counter will automatically update as you type.
View Statistics
Check the statistics panel to see character count, word count, line count, and more.
Monitor Limits
Use the character limit progress bars to see how your text fits within platform limits like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Copy or Clear
Use the "Copy Text" button to copy your text to clipboard, or "Clear Text" to start over.
About Character Counter
Our Character Counter is a free online tool that helps you count characters, words, lines, and more in your text. It's perfect for writers, social media managers, content creators, and anyone who needs to track the length of their text.
Key Features:
- • Real-time Counting: Counts update instantly as you type or paste text.
- • Multiple Metrics: Tracks characters, words, lines, sentences, and paragraphs.
- • Platform Limits: Shows how your text fits within Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram character limits.
- • Reading Time: Estimates how long it will take to read your text.
- • Easy to Use: Simple interface with copy and clear options.
Use Cases:
- • Writing social media posts
- • Creating meta descriptions for SEO
- • Writing essays and assignments
- • Preparing speeches and presentations
- • Meeting character count requirements
Did You Know?
Twitter's Character Limit
Twitter originally had a 140-character limit, which was doubled to 280 characters in 2017. This change was made to allow users to express themselves more fully in a single tweet.
Character Count vs. Word Count
Character count is often more important than word count for platforms with strict limits. For example, "I love coding" (11 characters) and "I adore programming" (18 characters) have the same word count but different character counts.
Meta Description Length
For SEO purposes, meta descriptions are typically cut off by search engines after 155-160 characters. This is why it's important to keep meta descriptions concise and within this limit.
Reading Speed
The average adult reads at a speed of about 200-250 words per minute. Our character counter uses this metric to calculate reading time estimates, helping you gauge how long your content will take to read.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Character count includes all characters in your text, including spaces, punctuation, and special characters. Character count (no spaces) excludes spaces but still counts punctuation and special characters. This distinction is useful for different platforms - some have limits on total characters, while others only count non-space characters.
Reading time is calculated based on the average adult reading speed of 200-250 words per minute. We use 225 words per minute as our standard rate. The calculation is simple: word count divided by 225, rounded up to the nearest minute. This gives you a reasonable estimate of how long it would take someone to read your text.
Yes, our character counter works entirely in your browser. Once the page is loaded, all counting happens locally on your device. You don't need an internet connection to use the tool after the initial page load. This also means your text is never sent to our servers, ensuring privacy.
Different platforms have different character limits: Twitter allows 280 characters per tweet, Facebook has a limit of 63,206 characters per post, and Instagram captions can be up to 2,200 characters. Our character counter shows progress bars for these limits to help you stay within them.
Since all processing happens in your browser, the limit depends on your device's memory and processing power. Generally, you can paste text up to 100,000 characters without issues. For very large texts (novels, etc.), the tool might become slower but should still function correctly.
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