Character Counter
Quick Tips
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Count characters with and without spaces.
Words
Characters
No Spaces
Sentences
Paragraphs
Lines
Reading Time (200 wpm)
Speaking Time (150 wpm)
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Examples
Hello World
11 chars (10 without spaces)
Why Use This Tool?
What problems does this solve?
Social media platforms, SMS, and many systems enforce strict character limits. Exceeding limits causes truncation and broken messages. Counting characters manually is impractical.
Common use cases:
- Crafting tweets and social posts within platform limits (280 for Twitter/X)
- Writing meta descriptions under 160 characters for SEO
- Composing SMS messages that fit within 160-character segments
Who benefits from this tool?
Social media managers crafting posts across platforms. SEO specialists optimizing meta tags. Marketers writing SMS campaigns. Developers working with database field constraints.
Privacy first: All processing happens in your browser. Your content never leaves your device, protecting confidential marketing copy and messages.
Frequently Asked Questions
Shows both: total characters and characters without spaces.
Twitter: 280, SMS: 160, Meta description: 155-160, Title: 50-60.
Yes, though emojis may count as multiple characters on some platforms.
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