Character Count Checker
Count characters and words as you type, and check them live against the limits for title tags, meta descriptions, ads and social posts.
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Platform limits
Almost every place you write online has a character limit, and going over it means your text gets cut at the worst possible moment: a title truncated in Google, an ad disapproved, a tweet that will not send. This free character counter counts characters and words as you type and checks them live against the common limits, from SEO title tags and meta descriptions to Google Ads and social posts. It is built for SEOs, copywriters and social media managers who need to fit a limit exactly, without counting by hand.
How to use it
Type or paste your text
Drop your title, description, ad line or post into the box. The character and word counts update instantly, with nothing to submit.
Watch the platform limits
Each common limit shows your count against its maximum with a bar, and how many characters you have left or are over, so you can see at a glance where you fit and where you do not.
Trim until it fits
Edit against the bar that matters for your use, cutting or expanding until the count sits comfortably inside the limit, then copy your text out.
Why it's useful
Every limit in one place
Instead of memorising that a title tag is around 60 characters, an ad headline 30 and a tweet 280, you see them all at once with a live bar, so the same piece of text can be checked for several destinations in a single glance.
Characters and words together
Some limits count characters, some count words, and some ignore spaces entirely. The counter shows characters with and without spaces plus the word count, so you are reading the figure the platform actually uses rather than guessing.
Nothing leaves your browser
Counting happens entirely client-side. Your text is never uploaded or stored, so you can check unpublished copy, client drafts and confidential lines without signing in.
Why character limits matter for SEO and beyond
Where the common limits come from
Most character limits are not arbitrary: they are the point where a platform cuts your text or rejects it. A title tag is usually readable up to around 60 characters before Google truncates it in the results, a meta description to around 155 or 160, and a tweet stops hard at 280. Ad platforms are stricter still, with Google Ads headlines capped at 30 characters and descriptions at 90, enforced before your ad can run. Knowing the limit before you write saves a round-trip through a rejected ad or a truncated snippet.
The counter lists these side by side so one piece of text can be checked for several uses at once. A product name might need to work as an SEO title, an ad headline and a social caption, each with a different ceiling, and seeing all three bars together tells you immediately which versions fit and which need a shorter variant.
Characters, words and the pixel-width catch
Not every platform counts the same way. Most SEO and ad limits count characters, social platforms usually count characters too, and a few contexts count words or ignore spaces, which is why this tool shows characters with spaces, characters without spaces and the word count together. Read the figure the platform you are targeting actually enforces rather than assuming they all match.
There is one important catch for search results specifically: Google truncates titles and descriptions on rendered pixel width, not on character count. A line full of wide capitals is cut sooner than one of narrow letters at the same length. Use the character count here to stay in the right range quickly, then preview the real rendering for titles and descriptions so a line that passed the character check does not get cut in the results anyway.
Shorter is usually safer
Writing right up to a limit is risky, because the exact cut-off shifts with the device, the query and the font. Leaving a little headroom, a title comfortably under the ceiling rather than at it, means your text survives the small variations in how each platform renders it, and keeps its meaning when something does get trimmed.
Fit the limit without losing the message
The goal is never just to hit a number, it is to say the important thing inside the space you have. Put the words that matter first, so a title or description keeps its meaning even if the end is cut, and drop filler before you drop meaning. A tight line that reads well and fits the limit is what gets found and gets clicked, across every language you publish in, which is where Otorank picks up: it writes, publishes and tracks content built to be found across 150+ languages once you move from checking a line to running the whole channel.
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Questions
Which limits the tool checks, why platforms count differently, and how character count relates to pixel truncation.
A title tag is usually readable up to around 60 characters before Google truncates it on desktop. The real cut is on pixel width, so treat 60 as a guide and preview the rendering for anything close to the edge.
Around 155 to 160 characters. Below roughly 70 it leaves space unused; past the limit the end is dropped. Like titles, the display is cut on pixel width, so this is a guide rather than a hard line.
It shows both: characters with spaces and characters without spaces, plus the word count. Use the one the platform you are targeting enforces, since some ignore spaces and some do not.
Google truncates on rendered pixel width, not character count, so a title full of wide letters can be cut below 60 while a narrow one survives past it. Preview the real snippet to be sure.
No. Everything is counted in your browser; nothing is uploaded or stored, so you can check unpublished and confidential copy safely.