Character Counter
Character Counter is a free web tool that counts characters, lines, and manuscript pages in real-time. With options to exclude spaces and line breaks, it's perfect for managing text length in blogs, reports, and social media posts.
What You Can Do
Character Counter is a tool that instantly measures character count, line count, and manuscript pages in real-time as you type. Perfect for checking SNS post character limits and managing essay/paper word counts. All processing happens in your browser for complete privacy.
- ✅ Real-time Counting: Instantly displays character count, line count, and manuscript pages as you type
- ✅ Whitespace Exclusion Options: Simultaneously check character count with/without line breaks and spaces
- ✅ Manuscript Page Conversion: Automatically calculates 400-character manuscript paper equivalents
Options to exclude line breaks and spaces. Check character counts with and without whitespace simultaneously.
💼 Use Cases
- Check essay or paper word count - Instantly verify if you meet character limits
- Manage SNS post length - Check character limits for Twitter, Instagram, etc.
- Calculate manuscript pages - Count pages for school assignments or writing contests
- Track article word count - Monitor character count while writing in real-time
- Adjust email length - Ensure appropriate length for business emails
How to Use
📌 Basic Usage
Type text into the text area and character count, line count, and manuscript pages will be calculated automatically.
⚙️ Optional Features
- Exclude line breaks: Remove line break characters from count
- Exclude spaces: Remove both half-width and full-width spaces from count
💡 Practical Uses
- Check essay or paper character count
- Verify SNS post character limits (Twitter, Instagram, etc.)
- Calculate manuscript page count for submissions
- Adjust email body length
- Manage article character count while writing
📱 Major SNS Character Limits
Each social media platform has character limits for posts. Use this tool to check beforehand.
| Service | Character Limit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Twitter (X) | 280 characters | Japanese/Chinese count as 2 characters each (effectively 140 characters) |
| Caption: 2,200 chars Bio: 150 chars |
Including hashtags | |
| 63,206 characters | Virtually unlimited | |
| LINE | 10,000 characters | Per message |
| Post: 3,000 chars Article: 110,000 chars |
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| Threads | 500 characters | Meta's new SNS platform |
* Information as of December 2025. Please check official guides for the latest information.
📄 What are 400-Character Manuscript Pages?
In Japanese education, the standard manuscript paper format is 20 characters × 20 lines = 400 characters per page. This format has been a tradition since the Meiji era and is still used today for assignments specified as "○ manuscript pages or less."
This tool automatically calculates how many manuscript pages your text equals. For example, a 1,200-character text equals 3 pages (1,200÷400=3) of manuscript paper.
Unicode Character Counting (Emoji & Special Characters)
This tool counts emoji and special characters as 1 character each. For example, "😊" and "™" count as 1 character. However, some services (like Twitter) may count emoji as 2 characters, so we recommend verifying before posting.
What is Character Counter?
Character Counter is a free online tool that counts characters, lines, and manuscript page equivalents in real time. It also supports SNS character limit checks and Japanese manuscript paper (genko yoshi) conversion.
Who is this for?
Students and professionals checking essay or report character counts, social media users verifying post length limits, writers who need real-time character tracking, and anyone needing manuscript page conversion.
Key Features
- Real-time counting of characters, lines, and manuscript pages
- Flexible counting with line break and space exclusion options
- Completely free with no registration required
- All processing is done in your browser - no data is sent to any server
FAQ
"Characters (All)" includes spaces and line breaks in the total count. "Characters (No Whitespace)" excludes spaces and line breaks, giving you the pure character count ideal for essays and papers with character limits. You can toggle line break and space exclusion individually via the options.
It divides the total character count by 400. The standard Japanese manuscript paper (genko yoshi) has 20 characters x 20 lines = 400 characters per page. For example, a 1,200-character text equals 3 manuscript pages.
This tool counts emoji and special characters (e.g., 😊, ™) as 1 character each. However, some services like Twitter may count emoji as 2 characters, so we recommend verifying before posting.
No, all processing is done in your browser. Your input data is never sent to a server.
It's completely free with no usage limits. No user registration is required.
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