Character Counter
Count characters with and without spaces, bytes and lines, and check limits for titles, posts and SMS.
Runs in your browser. Your input is processed on your device and is not uploaded to our server.
0Characters
0Without spaces
0Letters
0Digits
0Lines
0UTF-8 bytes
0SMS parts
How to use the Character Counter
- Paste or type your text.
- See characters with and without spaces, letters, digits, lines and UTF-8 bytes.
- Set a custom limit to see how many characters remain.
Why character counts differ
Different systems count differently. This tool counts user-perceived characters, so an emoji such as 👍🏽 counts as one character even though it is stored as several code units. The byte count shows the size of the text in UTF-8, which matters for databases and some APIs.
SMS messages use 160 characters per message in the GSM-7 alphabet, but only 70 when the message contains characters outside it, such as emoji. The SMS estimate takes this into account.
Frequently asked questions
Are spaces counted?
Both totals are shown: characters including spaces and characters excluding all whitespace.
Why does my emoji count as one character here but two elsewhere?
Some software counts UTF-16 code units. This counter groups them into the characters you actually see, using your browser’s text segmentation.