Check a form field's character limit, gauge your blog draft's length, or make sure a social media post fits. Paste your text to see character count (with/without spaces), word count, sentence count, byte size, and reading time in real time. Set a character limit and a progress bar shows how much room you have left.
It depends on where the text is going. Social media limits (like X/Twitter) and most form fields count every character, spaces included, while some style guides leave spaces out. This tool shows both totals side by side, so you can match whichever rule applies.
Byte size is measured in UTF-8, where the byte count depends on the character. Standard English letters, digits, and basic punctuation are 1 byte each; accented letters like é or ñ are 2 bytes; and most emoji are 4 bytes. This matters when a field or database column limits bytes rather than characters.
It's a rough estimate based on an average reading speed, meant to gauge how long text takes to read. Times under a minute are shown in seconds — handy for sizing up a blog post, script, or presentation.
Entering a limit shows a progress bar with your current character ratio. It turns yellow as a warning at 80% or more, and red once you exceed 100%, showing how many characters you're over.