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Character Counter for Twitter / X — Free

Character counter for Twitter / X — free, in your browser, with a live 280-character limit and warnings as you approach it. URLs count as 23 characters regardless of actual length. Premium users get 25,000 characters; this counter handles both. Also see our Instagram caption counter and meta description counter.

How to character counter for twitter / x

  1. Paste or type your text into the editor above.
  2. Counts and stats update live as you type — no button to press.
  3. Copy the result or save your work to a file when you're done.

Common use cases

  • Hitting word and character limits for academic, blog, and social posts
  • Estimating reading time for newsletters and articles
  • Cleaning up text pasted from Word, Notion, or Google Docs
  • Counting characters for SEO meta titles and descriptions
  • Tracking writing progress against daily or per-section goals

Frequently asked questions

What's the Twitter / X character limit?

280 characters for free accounts, 25,000 for X Premium.

Do URLs count as their full length?

No — every URL counts as 23 characters regardless of actual length, thanks to t.co shortening.

Does it count emoji as 1 character?

Most emoji count as 2 characters on Twitter / X due to UTF-16 encoding.