Tool
Character Counter
Count characters, words, sentences, and paragraphs. Supports Thai and English. Perfect for writing meta descriptions, title tags, and social media posts.
Platform limits
What Is the Character Counter?
The Character Counter is a free tool that counts characters, characters without spaces, words, sentences, and paragraphs in your text as you type. It works with both English and Thai text, including Thai script that has no spaces between words.
Its main job in SEO work: keeping text within platform limits. Title tags get cut off in Google around 60 characters, meta descriptions around 155, and every social network has its own ceiling. Writing to a limit is much faster when the count updates live instead of after you paste into the platform and see it truncated.
How to Use It
- 1Type or paste your text into the field above.
- 2Watch the counters update in real time: characters, characters without spaces, words, and paragraphs.
- 3Check the platform limit bars below the stats. Green means you fit, red means you are over the limit for that platform.
- 4Trim or rewrite until the bar for your target platform stays green, then copy the text out.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long should a meta description be?
Aim for 120 to 155 characters. Google truncates descriptions around 155 to 160 characters on desktop and slightly earlier on mobile. Shorter than 120 wastes space you could use to earn the click; longer gets cut off with an ellipsis mid-sentence.
Is the title tag limit really 60 characters?
Google actually truncates titles by pixel width (about 600 pixels), not by character count. 60 characters is a safe practical proxy: wide letters like W and M use more pixels, so a title full of wide characters may get cut earlier. If your title is exactly at the limit, test it in a SERP preview tool.
Does word count affect Google rankings?
No. Google has confirmed there is no target word count for ranking. Word count matters for readability and for matching search intent: a query that needs a quick answer is better served by 300 words than 3,000. Use the counter for consistency and platform limits, not as a ranking lever.