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Social Media Character Counter

Check your text against character limits for Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, and Threads.

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What is Social Media Character Counter?

The Social Media Character Counter is a free tool that checks your text against character limits for 8 major social media platforms. It counts characters, words, lines, hashtags, mentions, and emojis, then shows whether your text fits within the limits for Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, and Threads.

Use cases

  • Tweet optimization — ensure your post fits within Twitter's 280-character limit
  • Instagram caption writing — check against the 2,200-character cap before posting
  • LinkedIn article previews — optimize headline and post length
  • Cross-platform posting — prepare one text and see how it fits across all platforms
  • Bio writing — check name and bio length limits for each platform

Key features

Character counting against 8 platform limits (Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, Threads)
Visual progress bars showing how close you are to each limit
Word, line, hashtag, mention, and emoji counting
Instagram hashtag limit checker (max 30 hashtags)
Export analysis results as JSON, CSV, or Excel

Frequently asked questions

Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, and Threads — with all their specific character limits for posts, bios, and more.

Yes, emojis are counted separately and character counts include emoji characters.

Twitter: 280 (tweet), Instagram: 2,200 (caption), TikTok: 2,200, LinkedIn: 3,000 (post), YouTube: 100 (title) / 5,000 (description), Facebook: 63,206, Pinterest: 500 (description), Threads: 500.