Free tool
X (Twitter) Character Counter
A plain character count gets X wrong: links, emoji and some alphabets are weighed differently. This counter weighs them as X does, so the number matches the composer.
- Counted
- 0
- Left
- 280
- Links
- 0
- # / @
- 0 / 0
This is over the limit. X will not let you post it until it is shorter.
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type here is sent to Reachism.
How it works
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1. Write or paste
Type the post here, or paste a draft from your notes app.
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2. Pick your account
Standard accounts have 280; X Premium subscribers can write longer posts.
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3. Trim to fit
The "left" box turns red when you are over. Cut words, not links: a long link costs no more than a short one.
How X counts characters
X publishes its counting rules in its open-source twitter-text library. Letters from Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts and common punctuation count as one; characters outside those ranges — Chinese, Japanese and Korean among them — count as two, and so does each emoji.
Every link is shortened to a t.co address, so it always counts as 23 characters however long or short you typed it.
Replies count the same way. An @mention at the start of a reply that X adds for you does not count, but one you type yourself does.
Questions about the X (Twitter) Character Counter
Most counters count every symbol as one. X weighs links, emoji and some scripts differently, so a post full of emoji or links will show a different number here — the one X uses.
X Premium lets subscribers write posts of up to 25,000 characters. Only the first part shows in the timeline, with "Show more" for the rest — so keep the opening within 280 anyway.
Yes, every character of them, the # and @ included. The counter shows how many you have so you can see what they cost.
No. The counting happens in your browser and the text never leaves this page.
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