The first 125 characters sell
On Instagram and TikTok most people read only what is visible. Put the benefit or the hook there, not a greeting.
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Character counter for social media posts
Paste your text: see how much room is left in Instagram, X, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Telegram, YouTube and Pinterest, and what people see before “more”.
- Characters
- 0
- Words
- 0
- Lines
- 0
- Hashtags
- 0
- Mentions
- 0
- Links
- 0
What people see before “more”
Start typing to see the preview.
- Instagram caption 0 / 2,200 2,200
- X post 0 / 280 280
- Threads post 0 / 500 500
- LinkedIn post 0 / 3,000 3,000
- TikTok caption 0 / 4,000 4,000
- Facebook post 0 / 63,206 63,206
- Telegram message 0 / 4,096 4,096
- Telegram caption with media 0 / 1,024 1,024
- YouTube title 0 / 100 100
- YouTube description 0 / 5,000 5,000
- Pinterest description 0 / 500 500
- Bluesky post 0 / 300 300
How it works
Three steps, no sign-up
- 1Paste or type the textCounts update as you type: characters, words, lines, hashtags, mentions and links.
- 2Check the limitsEach network shows how much is left. Red means the network will not accept the text as is.
- 3Check the first linesPick a network in the preview: this is what people see before they tap “more”.
Limits
Character limits by network, 2026
| Format | Limit | Visible before “more” |
|---|---|---|
| Instagram caption | 2,200 | ≈ 125 |
| X post | 280 | whole text |
| Threads post | 500 | whole text |
| LinkedIn post | 3,000 | ≈ 210 |
| TikTok caption | 4,000 | ≈ 100 |
| Facebook post | 63,206 | ≈ 480 |
| Telegram message | 4,096 | whole text |
| Telegram caption with media | 1,024 | whole text |
| YouTube title | 100 | ≈ 70 |
| YouTube description | 5,000 | ≈ 150 |
| Pinterest description | 500 | whole text |
| Bluesky post | 300 | whole text |
Limits as of September 2026. Visible-before-“more” values are approximate: they depend on the screen, the app and line breaks. Telegram Premium allows longer captions; X Premium allows longer posts.
Writing to the limit
Length is not the goal. The first line is
One text, several versions
A 2 000-character caption will not fit X or Bluesky. Write a short version for them instead of cutting mid-sentence.
Telegram captions are short
A photo with text over 1 024 characters will not post as one message. Send the photo first and the long text as a separate post, or shorten it.
Write once, publish to 14 networks
AI SMM checks the length for each network before publishing and the AI studio can shorten a post for X or Telegram in one click.
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Questions
Do emoji count as one character?
Visually yes, and most networks count it as one. X counts every emoji as 2, and Telegram counts some emoji as 2 because it measures in UTF-16 units. The counter follows these rules.
Why does X show a different number?
X counts any link as 23 characters regardless of length, and emoji and some scripts (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) as 2. Latin and Cyrillic letters count as 1.
Do hashtags count toward the limit?
Yes, hashtags and mentions are part of the text and count toward the character limit.
Is my text stored?
No. Everything runs in your browser; the text is not sent anywhere.