Free Character Counter
Count characters, words, sentences, and paragraphs instantly. Perfect for social media posts, SEO titles, and meta descriptions.
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Platform Character Limits
Why Use a Character Counter?
Every social media platform has different character limits. Exceeding these limits means your content gets cut off or won't post at all. Our character counter helps you stay within limits while maximizing your message.
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With CrossPostingPal, you can prepare platform-specific versions of a post and schedule them to X, Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, Mastodon and Dribbble from one place — with character limits visible while you write.
Start Your Free TrialSocial Media Character Limits in 2026
Every platform enforces its own limit, and most count spaces, line breaks, emoji and hashtags as characters. Use this reference to plan one core message across platforms — then adapt length and phrasing per network instead of copy-pasting a caption that fits only one of them.
| Platform | Post Type | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Twitter/X | Standard Post | 280 |
| Twitter/X | Bio | 160 |
| Caption | 2,200 | |
| Bio | 150 | |
| TikTok | Caption | 2,200 |
| Post | 3,000 | |
| Headline | 220 | |
| Post | 63,206 | |
| YouTube | Title | 100 |
| YouTube | Description | 5,000 |
| Threads | Post | 500 |
| Bluesky | Post | 300 |
| Mastodon | Post (default) | 500 |
| Pin Description | 500 | |
| Post Title | 300 | |
| SEO Title (safe length) | 60 | |
| Meta Description (safe length) | 160 |
Limits are the platforms' published maximums for standard accounts and can change — X allows longer posts for Premium subscribers, and Mastodon instances may configure their own post length. Google's title and description lengths are not hard limits; they are the points where SERP snippets typically truncate.
Character Counter FAQ
Does the character count include spaces?
The main "Characters" number counts everything — spaces, line breaks, punctuation and emoji — because that is how social platforms measure their limits. Use the "No Spaces" counter when you need the count without whitespace, for example when an editor or ad platform quotes limits without spaces.
How many characters can a tweet have?
A standard post on X (Twitter) is limited to 280 characters, and links count as 23 characters regardless of their actual length. X Premium subscribers can publish longer posts. If your draft is over the limit, split it with our Twitter thread maker.
What is the Instagram caption limit?
Instagram captions allow up to 2,200 characters, but only the first ~125 characters appear before the "more" fold, so front-load the hook. Instagram bios are limited to 150 characters, and hashtags count toward the caption limit.
How long should an SEO title and meta description be?
Keep titles under roughly 60 characters and meta descriptions under roughly 160 characters. These are not hard limits — Google truncates by pixel width — but staying within them prevents your snippet from being cut off in search results.
Why do emoji count as more than one character on some platforms?
Emoji are encoded as multiple Unicode code points, and platforms count them differently — X weighs most emoji as two characters, while Instagram's counter handles them as single graphemes. If a post is close to a limit, verify the final count in the platform's own composer before publishing.
Is this character counter free?
Yes — it is completely free, requires no sign-up, and the counting happens entirely in your browser, so your text is never uploaded anywhere.
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