When every character counts
Some texts are measured in characters, not words, and going one over means the text gets cut, rejected or split. A web form refuses a field that is too long; a text message turns into two; a search result trims your description in the middle of a sentence; a profile won't save a bio that is one letter too long.
This page puts the character count first. As you type, it shows the characters including spaces and the characters without spaces, so you can trim a sentence a word at a time and see the result immediately.
With spaces or without?
Most online limits, including social networks, SMS and search snippets, count every character, spaces and punctuation included. Some forms, contests and translation quotes count characters without spaces, so a text that seems too long may actually fit. Because both numbers are always on screen, you can follow whichever rule you were given.
If the instructions don't say, assume spaces count. It is the stricter of the two, so a text that fits with spaces will fit either way.
Limits checked for you
Below the text you see how it compares with four common limits: 160 characters for an SMS, 280 for a post on X (Twitter), 155 for a page description that shows in full on Google, and 150 for an Instagram bio. Use it to write a meta description for your website, a product summary for a marketplace, a short reply for customer service, an ad headline or a bio that says what you do without being cut off.
The counter also shows words, sentences, paragraphs, lines, reading time and the most repeated words, in case you need them too.
Private by design
The counting runs in your browser. What you type is not sent to a server and is not saved anywhere, which matters when you are drafting a campaign that isn't public yet or a message for a client. It is free, with no account and no limit on use, on phones and computers.
When the text is ready, you can copy it straight from the box. To change capitals or remove double spaces, open it in “Case converter”; to compare two versions of the same text, use “Text compare”.