Social Media Character Counter
Count characters, words, and check limits for Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and more. Stay within platform limits every time.
By Tayyab, Founder
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Frequently asked questions
What are the character limits for each platform?
An X post is 280 characters, an Instagram caption 2,200, a LinkedIn post 3,000, a Threads post 500, a Bluesky post 300 and a YouTube title 100. The tool checks your text against all of them at once.
Do emoji count as one character?
Not on every platform. X counts emoji and CJK characters as two, so six emoji cost you twelve characters. Most other platforms count them as one, which is why the same text can pass on Instagram and fail on X.
Do links count toward the limit?
On X every link counts as exactly 23 characters no matter how long the URL is, because links are wrapped. Shortening a URL therefore saves you nothing. Other platforms count the literal characters.
Why was my post rejected when the counter said it fit?
Almost always because the counter used raw string length while the platform bills a weighted count. Check the X post preview if you need weighted counting, which applies the 23-character link rule and the double-width emoji rule.