Character Counter

Enter your text: Type or paste your content into the text area.

Review the statistics: Check the live counts for characters, words, lines, sentences, paragraphs, and UTF-8 bytes.

Check reading time: Use the estimate to get an idea of how long your text may take to read.

Set a character limit: Choose a preset or enter your own limit.

Review your progress: Check the progress indicator to see how close you are to the limit.

Copy or download: Copy your text or download it when you want to save a local version.

Clear the text: Start again whenever you need to count another piece of content.

Count characters, words, letters, emoji, lines, and more with this free online Character Counter. Whether you are preparing a social media post, writing a short description, editing an article, or checking a text limit, this tool gives you a detailed breakdown of your text.

Paste or type your content to see the counts update as you work. Check the number of visible characters, characters without spaces, UTF-8 bytes, and other text statistics. You can also estimate reading time and track your progress against a preset or custom character limit.

The tool provides several metrics to help you understand the length and structure of your text.

Graphemes, Characters, and Bytes: What's the Difference?

A character count and a UTF-8 byte count measure different things.

A grapheme cluster represents a character as people generally perceive it on screen. Some visible characters are made from more than one Unicode code point. For example, an accented letter may be represented as a base letter combined with an accent mark.

A UTF-8 byte count measures how much space the encoded text occupies in bytes. Different characters require different numbers of bytes:

The exact grapheme count can depend on how Unicode characters are represented and whether the tool supports grapheme-cluster segmentation. Some emoji combinations, such as a family emoji, may contain several code points but appear as one visible symbol.

This is why a text containing emoji or accented characters can have a different byte count from its visible character count.

The Character Counter updates its measurements as you type or paste text. You can use the results to check several aspects of your content:

Character count: See the number of grapheme clusters where supported.

Characters without whitespace: Check the length of the text without spaces and other whitespace.

Word and letter counts: Review the number of detected words and alphabetic characters.

Digits and whitespace: See how many numbers and whitespace characters appear.

Lines, sentences, and paragraphs: Understand how your text is structured.

UTF-8 bytes: Check the encoded size of the text.

These measurements are useful when preparing short messages, editing website content, writing product descriptions, or checking text for publishing requirements.

The tool estimates how long it may take to read your text based on its word count and an assumed reading speed.

For example, a text containing 600 words would take approximately 3 minutes to read at an estimated speed of 200 words per minute.

Reading time is only an estimate. Actual reading speed depends on the reader, language, subject, and complexity of the text.

Use the character-limit feature to check whether your text fits a required length.

You can choose a preset limit or enter a custom number. The progress indicator shows how much of the available limit you have used.

This is useful for:

Social media captions and posts

Short descriptions and page titles

Advertising copy

Form fields with character restrictions

Short messages and profile descriptions

Presets are reference values, not guarantees of compatibility with a particular platform. Social networks and other services may count links, emoji, formatting, or special characters differently. Always check the platform's own limit before publishing.