Character Counter

Count characters with and without spaces, bytes, letters, digits and whitespace. Free online character counter.

Characters

No spaces

Letters

Digits

Whitespace

Bytes (UTF-8)

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What is the character counter?

Count characters with and without spaces, letters, digits, whitespace and UTF-8 bytes in real time. Ideal for social media limits, SMS, meta descriptions and form fields.

How to use the Character Counter

Paste or type your text.
Read the total characters and characters without spaces.
Use the byte count when a system limits size rather than length.

Common uses

Fitting posts within X, Instagram or LinkedIn limits
Writing meta titles and descriptions for SEO
Checking SMS and database field lengths

Frequently asked questions

Do emojis count as one character?

Yes, each emoji counts as one character, but it may use up to 4 bytes in UTF-8.

What is the difference between characters and bytes?

Characters are what you see; bytes are how much storage the text uses. Accented letters and emojis take more than one byte.

Is my text private?

Everything runs locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded or stored.

Also known as: letter counter, character count online, count characters with spaces, count characters without spaces, byte counter, twitter character counter, meta description length checker.