Free Character Counter

A standard Twitter/X post is capped at 280 characters, counting letters, numbers, spaces, punctuation, hashtags and mentions. Every link counts as 23 characters no matter its real length, and most emoji count as two. Photos, videos and polls do not count. Paste your draft above and the Twitter/X preset shows exactly how many of the 280 characters you have left.

Aim for about 150 to 160 characters. Google truncates descriptions wider than roughly 920 pixels on desktop, which averages 158 characters, and closer to 120 on mobile, so front-load your key message. Description length is not a Google ranking factor and Google often rewrites it, but a tight 150 to 160 characters earns a better click-through rate.

Keep title tags under about 60 characters. Google displays roughly 600 pixels of a title on desktop before truncating, and 60 characters is the practical rule that keeps it visible. There is no hard character limit, but longer titles get cut off or rewritten. Lead with your keyword so it survives even if the end is trimmed.

On most platforms, yes. Twitter/X, SEO title tags and meta descriptions all count spaces toward their limit, so watch the with-spaces number for those jobs. Some academic, grant and legal submissions specify characters without spaces instead. This counter shows both at once, with and without spaces, so you can match whichever limit you are working against.

Yes. There is no account, no email and no usage cap, and the counting runs entirely in your browser with JavaScript, so your text is never uploaded, stored or logged. It keeps working offline once the page has loaded, which makes it safe for confidential drafts and client work. RankFirst publishes these free tools as a sample of what the product does at scale.