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Check a 100-Character Limit
Use this page when a headline, short bio, form field, label, or snippet needs to stay under 100 characters. The counter includes spaces by default because most real character limits count spaces.
Common Uses
- Short headlines: Keep titles compact before they wrap or truncate in a layout.
- Bios and summaries: Draft a concise description before pasting it into a profile or form.
- UX copy: Check button labels, helper text, notifications, and short prompts.
Editing Tips
- Put the most important words first.
- Remove filler words before cutting useful details.
- Check both the with-spaces and no-spaces counts if your brief is unclear.
Free Character Counter and Word Counter
Whether you're writing a meta description, editing a social post, preparing an SMS, or checking an essay word count, knowing exactly how many characters and words your text contains helps you publish with fewer surprises. This character counter and word counter updates instantly as you type.
SEO Title and Meta Description Length
Search engines can rewrite or truncate snippets based on query, device, and pixel width, but character targets are still useful for drafting concise SEO copy.
- Meta title (SEO): 50–60 characters
- Meta description (SEO): 150–160 characters, with 155 characters as a practical target
Twitter/X Character Limit
Standard Twitter/X posts allow 280 weighted characters. Most Latin letters, punctuation, and common symbols count as one character, while emoji and some Unicode characters may count as two. URLs can also be counted differently by the platform, so leave a buffer when your post is close to the limit.
Instagram Character Limit
Instagram captions can be much longer than a tweet, but the opening line matters most. Use the 2,200-character limit to draft longer captions, and keep the first 125 characters strong because that is the part users are most likely to see before expanding the caption.
SMS Character Limit
A single SMS segment is 160 characters with GSM-7 text. Emoji, smart quotes, and many non-Latin characters can switch a message to Unicode encoding, which reduces a single segment to 70 characters. Longer messages are split into multiple billable segments.
Character Count vs Word Count
Character count is best for platform limits, form fields, SEO titles, meta descriptions, captions, and SMS messages. Word count is better for essays, articles, speeches, reading time, and writing assignments. This tool shows both, plus counts with and without spaces.
Exact Character Limit Pages
Working toward a fixed length? Use the dedicated 100 Character Counter, 155 Character Counter, or 4000 Character Counter pages to open the tool with that limit preselected.
Specialized Text Analysis Tools
Need detailed sentence analysis? Our Sentence Counter provides in-depth sentence metrics including average sentence length, readability scores, and individual sentence breakdowns.
How Reading & Speaking Time Work
Reading time is calculated at 238 words per minute, the average adult silent reading speed. Speaking time uses 150 words per minute, useful for preparing speeches, presentations, and podcasts.
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