Live character counts for X, Threads, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, and Google SERP — all at once.
Type once, see how your post fits across every platform. Grapheme-aware counting (emoji families like 👨👩👧 count as 1). Highlights both the hard cap and the sweet-spot length recommended for maximum engagement on each platform. Persists your draft locally so you can come back to it.
Got questions? We’ve got answers. Here are some of the most common inquiries about Social Media Character Counter.
Social media character counter
Grapheme-aware counting (emoji like 👨👩👧 = 1 character).
Grapheme-aware counting
We count user-visible characters (graphemes), so emoji and ZWJ sequences like 👨👩👧 count as 1. Most platforms do the same. X (Twitter) applies extra weighting for non-Latin scripts — always sanity-check there.