Character Counter
Count characters with and without spaces, track social media limits for Twitter, Instagram, SMS and LinkedIn in real-time.
- 100% free
- No sign-up
- No limits
- Instant results
- Characters with and without spaces
- Word and line counts
- Twitter, Instagram, SMS and LinkedIn limits
- Visual progress bars for each platform
- Free, no signup, no limits
What is Character Counter?
A character counter is a tool that tells you exactly how many characters your text contains, both including and excluding spaces.
This is critical when writing for platforms with strict character limits like Twitter (280 characters), Instagram bios (150 characters), SMS messages (160 characters), and LinkedIn headlines (120 characters). Our character counter runs entirely in your browser, processes text in real-time as you type, and shows visual progress bars so you can see at a glance how close you are to each platform's limit. No signup required, no data stored, no rate limits.
How to use Character Counter
- 1
Enter your text
Type or paste your content into the text area. Counts update instantly as you type.
- 2
Check your counts
View characters (with/without spaces), word count, and line count in the stat cards.
- 3
Monitor platform limits
The progress bars show how close you are to Twitter, Instagram, SMS, and LinkedIn limits. Bars turn red when you exceed a limit.
- 4
Copy your stats
Click Copy stats to copy all counts to your clipboard.
Everything this tool
does for you
- Real-time character counting as you type
- Characters with and without spaces
- Word and line counts
- Twitter / X (280), Instagram bio (150), SMS (160), LinkedIn headline (120) limits
- Visual progress bars with over-limit warnings
- 100% client-side — no data sent to any server
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