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Character counter
Count characters against the limit that matters, from title tags to social posts, with a live meter.
Count characters against a limitYour text stays in this browser
Check againstAbout 60 characters or 600px
0 of 60 characters60 left
Width in search results: about 0px of 600px.
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Bytes (UTF-8)0
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Different places cut text at different lengths, so check against the right one.
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Trim to fit
Stay under the limit so nothing is cut off.
Characters are only part of the story.
Where text gets cut depends on the surface.
Search results use pixels
Titles are truncated by width, not character count, so the tool shows both.
Emoji and symbols count differently
Some platforms count them as more than one character, so leave a small buffer.
Bytes matter for some systems
Non-English text uses more bytes per character, which matters for SMS and some databases.
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