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Twitter Character Counter
Paste your tweet. Live 280-character count with green, amber, and red feedback. No signup, no upload.
- 280 chars
- Live
- Private
- Free
What counts toward the 280
Line breaks count as one character each. Hashtags and mentions count as their literal characters, including the # and @. Most emoji count as 2. Zero-width joiners inside compound emoji (family, profession) can push a single visible glyph up to 8 or more characters.
Posting rules
One tweet is 280 characters. Threads chain multiple tweets. A quote tweet adds up to 280 characters on top of the tweet you are quoting. Verified users on X Premium can post up to 25,000 characters in a single post; for anyone else, 280 is the ceiling.
Related counters
280 characters
Live count with the t.co URL rule (every URL is 23 characters).
2,200 characters
Feed caption limit. Bio is a separate 150-character counter.
3,000 characters
Feed post limit. Only the first two lines show above the fold.
Threads
500 characters
Meta-owned. Longer than a tweet, shorter than a LinkedIn post.
Common questions
Do line breaks count?
Yes. Every newline is one character.
Why does a short URL still count as 23?
Twitter rewrites every URL through t.co, and t.co links are 23 characters. Even if you paste a five-character bit.ly link, Twitter counts it as 23.
Do hashtags count?
Yes, at their literal length including the # sign.
What about emoji and family glyphs?
Most emoji count as 2. Compound emoji joined with zero-width joiners can count as 5 to 11 characters even though they render as one glyph.
Does the counter save what I type?
No. Everything is in your browser. Close the tab and it is gone.