Instagram Character Counter

About This Tool

Count characters, words, and lines in your text in real-time. Essential for social media posts, meta descriptions, ad copy, SMS messages, and any content with character limits.

How to Use

1. Paste or type your text into the input field
2. See real-time character, word, and line counts update as you type
3. Trim your text to fit platform limits

Common Character Limits

• Instagram caption: 2,200 characters
• Instagram bio: 150 characters
• Tweet: 280 characters
• Meta description: 155-160 characters (recommended)
• YouTube title: 100 characters (recommended under 70)
• YouTube description: 5,000 characters
• SMS: 160 characters
• LinkedIn post: 3,000 characters

Why Character Count Matters

Staying within character limits ensures your full message is displayed without being truncated. For SEO, keeping meta descriptions and titles within recommended lengths improves click-through rates from search results.