Character Count Checker
Count characters with live limits for Twitter, meta tags, Instagram, LinkedIn, SMS, and Open Graph
Free tool by Hyperleap AI — AI customer service chatbots for small businesses.
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Why platform character limits matter
Every platform truncates content at a specific character count. Going over the limit means:
- Meta titles > 60 chars: Google truncates with “…” in search results — you lose your call to action.
- Meta descriptions > 160 chars: Truncated on desktop, 120 on mobile.
- X posts > 280 chars: Truncated in feed; only X Premium accounts can post longer.
- SMS > 160 chars: Splits into multiple messages, each charged separately.
- Open Graph > recommended: Facebook and LinkedIn truncate previews, hurting share CTR.
Characters vs. bytes — when it matters
For ASCII-only English text, characters = bytes. For everything else, bytes can be much higher:
- An emoji (😀) is 4 bytes but 1 character.
- Most accented Latin characters (é, ñ) are 2 bytes.
- Chinese, Japanese, Korean characters are 3-4 bytes each.
- SMS gateways measure bytes — a 160-character message with one emoji can fail to send as one part.
For meta tags, also check the meta tag analyzer for full SERP previews.
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