Does it count spaces?

Yes — the tool shows both counts side by side: characters including spaces, and characters with all whitespace removed.

Is there a limit to how much text I can paste?

No limit at all. Paste as much text as you like and the counts will update instantly.

Does it count line breaks as characters?

Yes, line breaks count toward the "with spaces" character total, since most platforms count them as characters too.

Is my text saved or sent anywhere?

No — everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored, or sent to a server.

What counts as a "word" in the word count?

Any sequence of non-whitespace characters is counted as one word, so numbers, hyphenated terms, and punctuation-attached words are each counted individually.

Character Counter

Count characters with and without spaces.

TL;DR: Character Counter is a free, browser-based tool that lets you count characters with and without spaces.

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What Is the Character Counter?

Character Counter tracks exact character counts with and without whitespace, byte lengths in UTF-8 encoding, and line counts, providing instant threshold meters for SMS messages (160 chars/segment), Twitter/X tweets (280 chars), and SEO title tags (60 chars).

Step-by-Step: Using This Tool

Enter your text into the input area.
View total characters, characters excluding whitespace, and total UTF-8 byte payload size.
Monitor visual progress meters against specific social media and SEO character ceilings.
Copy your formatted text with one click.

Maximize Your Results

SMS Segmentation Rules: Standard GSM-7 SMS messages allow 160 characters; using a single emoji switches encoding to UCS-2, reducing the limit to 70 characters per segment.
SEO Title Ceiling: Google search results truncate title tags beyond 60 characters or ~580 pixels width.
Multi-Byte Characters: Accented letters and emoji count as multiple bytes in UTF-8, which is crucial for database VARCHAR budget planning.

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100% Client-Side Privacy Guarantee

All processing runs locally inside your browser using JavaScript and HTML5 APIs. Your data, files, and inputs are never uploaded to any remote server. Complete privacy by design.

Frequently Asked Questions

: Yes — the tool shows both counts side by side: characters including spaces, and characters with all whitespace removed.
: No limit at all. Paste as much text as you like and the counts will update instantly.
: Yes, line breaks count toward the "with spaces" character total, since most platforms count them as characters too.
: No — everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored, or sent to a server.
: Any sequence of non-whitespace characters is counted as one word, so numbers, hyphenated terms, and punctuation-attached words are each counted individually.

Cite This Tool

Referencing this tool in a paper, article, or bibliography? Copy a ready-made citation below.

NexLove.org. (2026). Character Counter [Software]. https://nexlove.org/tools/character-counter.html

“Character Counter.” NexLove.org, 2026, nexlove.org/tools/character-counter.html.

NexLove.org (2026) Character Counter. Available at: https://nexlove.org/tools/character-counter.html (Accessed: 2026).

@misc{nexlove_character_counter,
  title = {Character Counter},
  author = {{NexLove.org}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nexlove.org/tools/character-counter.html}
}

Embed This Tool

Add the live Character Counter tool to your own website with this snippet — it loads the real, working tool in an iframe, not a static screenshot.

<iframe src="https://nexlove.org/embed/character-counter.html" width="100%" height="600" style="border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:12px" title="Character Counter — NexLove.org" loading="lazy"></iframe>

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