Character Counter
About this Tool
The Character Counter provides a detailed breakdown of your text's length. It calculates the number of characters including spaces, the number of characters excluding spaces, and the total byte size assuming UTF-8 encoding. This solves problems like fitting text into limited fields, such as social media posts or database entries, where character limits are strict.
How does it work? The tool iterates through each character in the input string, counting them directly. For byte size, it encodes the string in UTF-8 and measures the length, accounting for multi-byte characters like emojis or accented letters.
- Paste or type your text into the text area.
- The statistics for characters (with and without spaces) and bytes will update automatically as you type.
- Twitter users (now X) can check if their tweet fits within 280 characters.
- Developers ensure API payloads don't exceed size limits by checking bytes.
- Writers for SMS marketing verify messages under 160 characters to avoid splitting.
- Real-time counting of characters.
- Provides character count both with and without whitespace.
- Calculates the UTF-8 byte size of the text.
- Useful for social media post limits, SMS messages, and data size estimation.
Character counting involves understanding text encoding. In UTF-8, ASCII characters use 1 byte, while others use more. This tool highlights the difference between visual characters and storage size, crucial in computing and communication.
Why is byte size different from character count?
Non-ASCII characters like emojis use multiple bytes in UTF-8.
Does it include line breaks?
Yes, line breaks are counted as characters.
Is it accurate for all languages?
Yes, it supports Unicode fully.
All calculations and data processing for this tool are performed locally in your browser. We do not send any of your data to our servers, ensuring your information remains private and secure.