Character Counter
Count characters, words, and lines against current limits on every major platform.
Character counter
Platform limits
Limits checked July 2026. X counts links and media with platform-specific weighting, so treat its count as approximate.
How the counter works
The counter measures Unicode code points, which is how most platforms count: an emoji counts as one character even though it occupies multiple bytes. Word and line counts update live as you type or paste.
Limits checked July 2026: Instagram captions 2,200 and bios 150; TikTok captions 4,000; X posts 280 on the free tier, with links and media weighted platform-specifically; YouTube titles 100 and descriptions 5,000; Telegram messages 4,096 and media captions 1,024.
Practical tip: Instagram truncates captions around the first 125 characters behind the more fold, so front-load the hook even though 2,200 fit. On X, every link counts as roughly 23 characters regardless of its real length.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Instagram caption limit?
2,200 characters with up to 30 hashtags. Only about the first 125 characters show before the more fold, so put the hook first.
What is the TikTok caption limit?
4,000 characters since the 2023 expansion, still current in 2026. Longer descriptive captions help TikTok search surface your video.
How does X count characters?
280 per post on the free tier. Every link counts as about 23 characters and some non-Latin scripts count as two units per character, so X's own count can differ slightly from a raw count.
What is the Telegram message limit?
4,096 characters for a text message and 1,024 for a photo or video caption. Longer posts split into multiple messages.