Last updated: April 2026
The Character Counter gives you a real-time breakdown of your text the moment you start typing or paste content. It counts total characters, characters without spaces, words, sentences, paragraphs, lines, letters, digits, spaces, and special characters all at once. This tool is perfect for writers working within character limits on platforms like Twitter (280 characters), Instagram bios (150 characters), or meta descriptions (155 characters). Students can use it to check essay length requirements, and SEO professionals can track title tag and description lengths. It even includes a letter frequency analysis feature that shows how often each letter appears in your text. Everything runs locally in your browser with no data stored anywhere.
Enter your content in the text area at the top. The tool immediately starts counting characters, words, sentences, and all other metrics as you type.
Check the grid of stat cards below the text area. You will see total characters, characters without spaces, words, sentences, paragraphs, lines, letters, digits, spaces, and special characters.
Click the Show Letter Frequency button to see a breakdown of how many times each letter appears in your text. Letters are sorted from most to least frequent.
Click the Copy Stats button to copy a formatted summary of your character count, word count, and other metrics to your clipboard.
Character Counter is the fastest way to count characters and letters online. Key advantages include real-time updates, 10 different text metrics, letter frequency analysis, and full privacy with no data collection.
Characters counts every single character in your text including spaces, punctuation, and line breaks. Characters without spaces counts only the visible characters, excluding all whitespace. Many platforms like Twitter count spaces as characters, so the total character count is usually the number you need.
Twitter (now X) allows up to 280 characters per tweet for regular users. URLs count as 23 characters regardless of their actual length. This character counter helps you stay within that limit by showing your exact character count in real time as you type your tweet.
Google typically displays up to 155-160 characters for meta descriptions on desktop and around 120 characters on mobile. For title tags, aim for 50-60 characters. Use this counter to make sure your SEO content fits within these limits so nothing gets cut off in search results.
The letter frequency feature scans your entire text and counts how many times each letter (A through Z) appears. Results are sorted from most frequent to least frequent. This is useful for cryptography exercises, linguistic analysis, or just satisfying your curiosity about your writing patterns.
Yes. This tool counts all Unicode characters, so it works with text in any language including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and more. Each Unicode character counts as one character regardless of its byte size.