Text Counter
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How to Use
- Paste or type text into the input area
- Watch characters, words, sentences, lines, paragraphs update live
- Toggle "include spaces" for platforms that count differently
- Hit copy when you're done
Real Limits You're Probably Writing Against
Most writing with a counter next to it is being squeezed into somebody else's budget. Here are the ones we see most often, with the rule the receiving system actually applies:
- X / Twitter post: 280 characters for standard accounts (Premium raises to 25,000). URLs always count as 23 characters regardless of actual length — per the t.co wrapping spec.
- Google search title tag: roughly 50–60 characters before truncation with an ellipsis on desktop SERPs. Pixel width matters more than character count, so capital letters and wide letters like M/W cost more.
- Google meta description: ~155 characters desktop, ~120 mobile. Go over and Google either truncates or rewrites it from your body copy.
- LinkedIn post: 3,000 characters, but engagement drops sharply after ~1,300 — the "see more" fold is at 210 characters on mobile.
- SMS (GSM-7): 160 characters per segment; one emoji or any non-GSM character silently flips you to UCS-2, which caps at 70 characters per segment. One accidental smart quote from autocorrect can double your SMS bill.
A caveat: word count here uses whitespace splitting, which over-counts hyphenated terms like "mother-in-law" (3 words in some academic styles, 1 in MLA). If you're hitting a strict thesis word budget, confirm your institution's counting rule — it's rarely what your text editor reports.