Character Counter
The Character Counter reports the exact number of characters in your text — with spaces and without — which matters for social media limits, meta descriptions and SMS. It also counts words, sentences, lines and paragraphs, and shows the UTF-8 byte size of the text.
What this means
Every character — letters, digits, punctuation, spaces and even emoji — counts toward the total. The no-spaces count ignores every space, tab and line break. Byte size is how much storage the text really uses, which matters for databases and SMS gateways.
How we calculate it
Formula
Characters = length of the text including spaces. Bytes = UTF-8 encoded length.Worked example
A tweet-style message:
- 1Characters with spaces: 140
- 2Characters without spaces: 110
- 3UTF-8 size: 165 bytes
Important assumptions
- Emoji and other multi-byte characters count as one character each.
Frequently asked questions
Do spaces count as characters?
Yes — the main count includes every space, tab and line break. Use the 'characters without spaces' count when a limit ignores whitespace.
What is the UTF-8 byte size?
The number of bytes the text occupies after encoding. ASCII characters take 1 byte, while Arabic letters and many symbols take 2–4 bytes each.
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