Online Character Count – Free Text & Word Counter
Count characters, words, sentences and paragraphs instantly. Free, accurate and easy to use.
Character
Word
Sentence & Reading
Paragraph & Lines
Character Limit Checker
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SEO lengths are recommendations, not guaranteed search display limits. SMS encoding and segment limits vary by character set and provider.
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About Online Character Count
Online Character Count is a free, browser-based character counter and word counter. It helps writers, students, marketers and SEO professionals check text length and analyze writing instantly. Text is analyzed locally and is not uploaded by this tool.
How to Use the Character Counter
Type or paste text into the editor. The counters update automatically. Check characters with and without whitespace, words, sentences and paragraphs, then choose a character limit for your writing task. Copy or download the finished text when ready.
Useful for Writing and SEO
Check meta titles and descriptions, product descriptions, blog posts, academic assignments, social media captions, email messages and professional communications.
Counting rules: characters are Unicode grapheme clusters (visible characters, including emoji sequences); characters without spaces exclude all Unicode whitespace; words are Unicode letter/number sequences with internal apostrophes or hyphens; paragraphs are nonempty blocks separated by blank lines; lines are newline-delimited; sentence counts use punctuation (.!? and equivalent marks) with a best-effort heuristic. Reading and speaking times are estimates. Syllables use an English-language approximation and may be inaccurate for other languages.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an online character counter?
A tool that instantly measures text length, including characters, words and other writing statistics.
How do I count characters including spaces?
Use the Total Characters counter. It includes whitespace and visible emoji as characters.
How can I count characters without spaces?
Check Characters excluding whitespace in the Character panel.
Does the tool count emojis?
Yes. It uses grapheme segmentation when supported, so combined emoji sequences count as one visible character.
Is the character counter free?
Yes, no registration or payment is required.
Can I check my SEO meta description length?
Yes. Select the SEO description preset and edit the recommended limit if needed.
What is the difference between word count and character count?
Words measure lexical units; characters measure visible symbols, punctuation and spaces.
Is my text saved or uploaded to a server?
No. Text analysis runs locally in the browser; this page does not send entered text to a server.