Character Counter
An online tool for counting characters, words, sentences, lines, and other text metrics in real time. All indicators update instantly as you type — no need to press any buttons.
Available Metrics The tool counts: characters with and without spaces, words, sentences, paragraphs, lines. Additionally, it displays text size in bytes (UTF-8) and approximate reading time at 200 words per minute. This is useful for meeting character limits on social media, meta tags, SMS, and advertising platforms.
| Characters (total): | 0 |
| Characters (no spaces): | 0 |
| Words: | 0 |
| Sentences: | 0 |
| Paragraphs: | 0 |
| Lines: | 0 |
| Bytes (UTF-8): | 0 |
| Reading time: | 0 min |
Free online character counter with extended text statistics. All metrics update instantly in real time as you type. The tool counts: total characters, characters without spaces, words, sentences, paragraphs, and lines.
Additionally, it shows the text size in bytes (UTF-8 encoding) and approximate reading time at 200 words per minute. The counter correctly handles Cyrillic, Latin, and other Unicode characters — note that Cyrillic characters take 2 bytes in UTF-8, which is important to consider with size constraints.
Useful for copywriters meeting character limits on social media and advertising platforms, SEO specialists optimizing title and description meta tags, students counting words in essays, and anyone needing accurate text statistics.
How to use it
- Paste or type text — the counters update on every keystroke.
- See characters with and without spaces, words, sentences, paragraphs and lines, the size in bytes (UTF-8) and an estimated reading time.
- For platform limits use “characters with spaces” — that is how Twitter/X, Telegram and ad networks count.
When it helps
- Meta tags: fit a title into 60 characters and a description into 160.
- Social media and ads: check limits for posts, ad headlines and product descriptions.
- Study and work: estimate the length of an essay, article or talk and how long it takes to read.
- SMS and push: see whether a message fits one segment — non-Latin text is limited to 70 characters per part.
Frequently asked questions
Why are there more bytes than characters?
In UTF-8 a Latin letter takes 1 byte, a Cyrillic one 2, and an emoji 4. Database columns and some APIs limit bytes, not characters.
How is reading time calculated?
At 200 words per minute — the average reading speed for informational text.
What counts as a word?
Any run of letters or digits separated by spaces or punctuation. Hyphenated words such as “well-known” count as one.