Character Counter

Character Counter is a comprehensive free online tool that provides detailed analysis of text by counting total characters, characters without spaces, letters, digits, punctuation, words, lines, and whitespace separately. Whether you're a social media manager checking Twitter's 280-character limit, a student ensuring your assignment meets specific character requirements, or a developer validating form input lengths, this tool gives you instant, accurate character counts with granular breakdowns. The counter processes everything client-side in your browser using JavaScript, ensuring complete privacy—your text never leaves your device or gets sent to any server. Unlike simple character counters that only show total characters, this tool breaks down your text into eight distinct metrics: total characters including all spaces and punctuation, characters without any spaces for understanding actual content length, letters only (A-Z, a-z) for analyzing alphabetic content, digits only (0-9) for counting numbers, punctuation and special characters for understanding formatting complexity, word count for context, line count for document structure, and whitespace characters for understanding spacing. Common use cases include checking social media character limits (Twitter 280 characters, SMS 160 characters, Instagram bio 150 characters), verifying meta description length for SEO (typically 155-160 characters), ensuring form field validation requirements, analyzing text complexity for content optimization, validating password character requirements, checking email subject line length (typically 50-60 characters optimal), monitoring content for specific length requirements in CMS platforms, and understanding text composition for data analysis. Social media platforms have specific character limits that this tool helps you stay within: Twitter posts have a 280-character limit, Twitter bios are limited to 160 characters, Instagram captions allow up to 2,200 characters but only show first 125 before truncation, Facebook posts have a 63,206 character limit but optimal length is 40-80 characters for engagement, LinkedIn posts are best kept under 1,300 characters, and YouTube video descriptions can be up to 5,000 characters. For SEO and web content, meta descriptions should be 155-160 characters to display properly in search results, title tags should be under 60 characters, and URL slugs should typically stay under 100 characters. The tool is also invaluable for developers checking input validation, form field limits, database column sizes (VARCHAR limits), API request body sizes, and JSON payload lengths. Students and writers use it for checking academic requirements, monitoring essay lengths, ensuring abstracts meet guidelines, and tracking writing progress. Content creators use it for optimizing headlines, verifying advertising copy limits, checking email preview text length, and ensuring call-to-action buttons fit properly. The real-time update feature means statistics refresh instantly as you type or paste text, providing immediate feedback without clicking any buttons. This makes it ideal for iterative content creation where you need to adjust text to meet specific character limits. The separate counting of letters, digits, and punctuation helps analyze text composition—useful for password validation where specific character type requirements exist, or for data analysis where you need to understand the makeup of text fields. The whitespace counter is particularly useful for identifying excessive spacing, understanding document formatting, and analyzing text that may have hidden characters. All calculations happen instantly using efficient JavaScript regex patterns and string methods, handling text of any length without performance issues. Copy and clear buttons provide convenient functionality for workflow integration. The tool works completely offline once loaded, making it reliable even without internet connectivity. No character limits, no usage restrictions, and no account required. The statistics are formatted with proper number separators for readability (e.g., 1,234 instead of 1234), making large counts easier to parse at a glance. The responsive design ensures the tool works perfectly on desktop computers, tablets, and mobile phones, adapting the 8-metric grid layout to fit any screen size. The tool is particularly useful for international users working with Unicode characters, emojis, and special symbols, as it accurately counts all character types regardless of language or character set. Understanding character counts is essential in modern digital communication where character limits are ubiquitous—from social media posts to SMS messages, from form validations to database constraints. This tool provides the detailed breakdown needed for precise text optimization and validation.