📝 Character Counter
Paste or type your text below to instantly count characters, words, lines, and bytes.
Total Characters
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chars
Without Spaces
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chars
Word Count
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words
Line Count
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lines
Bytes (UTF-8)
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B
Read Time
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min
📱 Social Media Limits
❓ FAQ
Every letter, number, space, punctuation mark, and symbol counts as one character. Emojis typically count as 1–2 characters depending on the platform.
X (Twitter) allows 280 characters per tweet. URLs are automatically shortened to 23 characters regardless of their actual length.
A character is a single unit of text (a letter, digit, or symbol). A byte is a unit of digital storage. ASCII characters use 1 byte, while characters like Korean, Chinese, or emoji may use 2–4 bytes in UTF-8.
Words are counted by splitting the text on whitespace (spaces, tabs, newlines). Consecutive spaces are treated as one separator.
Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute, which is an average adult reading speed. Actual reading speed varies by individual and content complexity.