Twitter / X Character Counter
Count characters in real time for Twitter and X posts. See how many characters remain from the 280-character limit, with URL shortening accounted for.
Your Tweet
280 left0
Characters used
280
Characters left
0
Words
0
URLs detected
Getting close! You have fewer than 20 characters remaining.
Over limit! Your tweet exceeds the 280-character limit.
How Twitter counts characters
- Every character (letter, emoji, space) counts as 1, regardless of language.
- All URLs — no matter how long — are shortened by Twitter to 23 characters (t.co link).
- The total limit is 280 characters.