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Free Character Count Tool

Count characters, words, sentences, and paragraphs instantly, and check your text against email subject, meta description, SMS, and social post limits.

Characters
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Without spaces
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Words
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Sentences
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Paragraphs
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Reading time
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Fits common limits?

  • Email subject line (60)60 left
  • Page title (SEO) (60)60 left
  • Meta description (160)160 left
  • Image caption (125)125 left
  • SMS message (160)160 left
  • X (Twitter) post (280)280 left

How it's calculated

Running an email campaign and need to know how many characters your email should be? Or how many you have? Use our character count tool!

Our Character Counter tool is a useful aid for individuals in marketing and advertising domains, particularly where character constraints are critical for engagement. In digital marketing, where attention spans are notoriously short, every character counts. For instance, best practices recommend capping email subject lines at a succinct 60 characters, ensuring the message is concise yet compelling enough to prompt the recipient to open the mail. Similarly, when it comes to website content, H1 headers, often the first piece of content a visitor sees, should ideally also be limited to 60 characters to remain both impactful and SEO-friendly. For visual content such as infographics or social media posts, image captions play a big role in contextualizing the visual for the audience. A recommended length here is approximately 125 characters, long enough to convey the essence of the image, but short enough to keep the viewer’s attention. Our Character Counter tool is designed to make adherence to these standards effortless, ensuring your content is always optimized for maximum impact.

A recommended length here is approximately 125 characters, long enough to convey the essence of the image, but short enough to keep the viewer’s attention. Our Character Counter tool is designed to make adherence to these standards effortless, ensuring your content is always optimized for maximum impact.

This tool is about enhancing the effectiveness of your content, not only about conformity. By keeping within the recommended character limits, you ensure that your message remains sharp, digestible, and more importantly, memorable. When you’re crafting the perfect headline for your next blog post, fine-tuning a pitch email to a potential client, or captioning a powerful image for your brand’s social media, this Character Counter tool ensures you hit the sweet spot every time. Remember, less is often more.

Frequently Asked Questions

›Do spaces count as characters?

Yes, for most limits, including email subjects, meta descriptions, SMS, and social posts. The tool shows counts with and without spaces.

›How long should a meta description be?

About 150 to 160 characters. Google truncates longer descriptions in search results, typically around 155 to 160 characters on desktop.

›What is the ideal email subject line length?

Keep it under about 60 characters so it isn’t cut off on desktop, and put the key words in the first 30 to 40 for mobile inboxes.

›How are emojis counted?

Each emoji counts as one character here. Some platforms, like X and SMS, count certain emojis as two characters, so leave a little room.

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