Writing tool

Character Counter

Count characters instantly, with and without whitespace, plus lines and UTF-8 bytes. Your text stays on your device.

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Your text30 / 100,000

Counts update instantly. Your text stays on this device.

Live counts

Characters: 30
Without whitespace: 25
Lines: 1
UTF-8 bytes: 30

Characters count Unicode code points, including spaces. Word boundaries and reading time are estimates; languages without spaces may need a language-specific counter.

How to use it

Paste text to check length constraints in forms, metadata, and social copy.

Try this example

A clear headline for Matrix OS

What to check

Some platforms count emoji and composed characters differently from this browser calculation.

Review the result before using it in a published page, application, or agent configuration.

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

Are emoji counted as one character?

Not always. The tool counts Unicode code points, while some platforms count grapheme clusters or UTF-16 units. Check the target platform's rule.

What does the UTF-8 byte count tell me?

It shows how many bytes the text uses when encoded as UTF-8. Multilingual characters and emoji may use several bytes each.

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