How are words and characters counted?

Characters are counted by the individual letters, numbers, and symbols in your text, with and without spaces. Words are counted by groups of characters separated by spaces or punctuation.

What are the social media character limits?

Different platforms have varying limits. For example, Twitter/X has a 280-character limit, Instagram captions allow up to 2,200 characters, and LinkedIn posts can have up to 3,000 characters.

Is this tool different from a basic word counter?

Yes, besides word count, it provides real-time social media limit tracking, reading time, speaking time, and most used words frequency analysis.

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Character Counter

Count characters, words, sentences, and paragraphs in real-time. Check social media limits.

Input Text

Social Media Limits

Twitter/X0 / 280

Instagram Caption0 / 2200

LinkedIn Post0 / 3000

TikTok Caption0 / 2200

YouTube Title0 / 100

YouTube Description0 / 5000

Facebook Post0 / 63206

Statistics

Chars (with spaces)

Chars (no spaces)

Words

Sentences

Paragraphs

Reading Time< 1 min

Speaking Time< 1 min

Top Words

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