Tweet Character Counter

Count characters for X/Twitter posts. Live 280-character limit indicator, URL and emoji counting, thread splitter. 100% private. 100% free and private.

Free Tweet Character Counter

Count characters for X (formerly Twitter) posts in real time. The counter follows X's rules — URLs count as 23 characters and emojis as two — so the number you see matches the post composer.

Common Uses

  • Plan tweets within the 280-character limit
  • Split long thoughts into numbered threads
  • Audit URL-heavy posts before publishing
  • Estimate ad copy that fits as a single tweet
  • Teach concise writing to students and marketers

How It Works

The tool counts code points and applies X's special rules: each detected URL contributes 23 characters and emoji codepoints above U+FFFF contribute two. When you exceed the limit, the splitter breaks your text on word boundaries and adds numbering so each thread piece fits.

Privacy

Your tweet text never leaves your browser. There are no analytics on the input and no third-party calls.

Related: Word Counter, Text Length Analyzer, Hashtag Generator.

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