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.