Free Character Counter Online
Use this free character counter to count characters, words, and lines with live limits. Fast, private, and works in your browser.
What is Character Counter?
Character Counter shows the number of characters (with and without spaces), words, and lines in your text as you type. It is useful for social posts, SEO titles and meta descriptions, and forms with character limits. Counting happens in your browser.
How to use this tool
- Type or paste your text into the box.
- Read the live character and word counts.
- Watch the limit hints as you edit.
Features
- Characters with and without spaces
- Word and line counts
- Byte length (UTF-8)
- Common limit hints (Twitter/X, meta description)
- Updates live as you type
This tool runs in your browser. Your files and text are not uploaded to our servers, and we do not store your input.
Frequently asked questions
Does it count spaces?+
It shows both totals: characters including spaces and excluding spaces.
How is byte length useful?+
Some systems limit by bytes, not characters; UTF-8 multi-byte characters count for more.
Is my text uploaded?+
No. Counting happens entirely in your browser.
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