What Is the Character Calculator?
The Character Calculator is a simple, free online character counter application that runs in your browser. For any text, it counts characters (with and without spaces), words, paragraphs, and sentences. It also shows unique words, keywords by frequency, and estimates for reading time and speech time.
How to Use the Character Calculator
Just type or copy and paste your text into the text box above. The Character Calculator will count the characters and other data. Calculations refresh on the fly.
Why Should You Use the Character Calculator?
The Character Calculator lets you count characters (with and without spaces) and line breaks. Use it to
- Ensure your social posts keep within character limits
- Count characters in edited text or translation to stay within a certain number of characters
Maximum characters allowed on social media (2026)
- Facebook status: 63,206 characters
- Instagram caption: 2,200 characters
- X tweet: 280 characters for normal users and up to 25,000 characters for premium users
- Bluesky post: 300 characters
- Pinterest board description: 500 characters
- Reddit title: 300 characters
- YouTube title: 100 characters
- HTML title tag: Recommended up to 60 characters.
Related Tools
- Word Counter: Count the number of words and unique words in a text.
- Readability Checker: Get an estimate of how easily a text can be understood based on word count, character count, and other factors.