Twitter/X Character Counter

Count characters for your tweets in real-time. Check against the 280 character limit and optimize your Twitter content for maximum engagement.

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Twitter/X Character Limits

Content Type	Limit
Tweet (Standard) Regular tweets for all users	280
Tweet (Premium) Extended tweets for X Premium subscribers	25,000
Bio Profile biography	160
Display Name Your visible name	50
Username Your @handle	15
Direct Message Private messages	10,000
List Name Twitter list names	25
List Description Description for your lists	100

Tips for Twitter/X

1Short tweets (under 100 characters) often get more engagement than longer ones.
2URLs always count as 23 characters, regardless of their actual length.
3Images, videos, and GIFs don't count against your character limit.
4Mentions (@username) count toward your character limit, so use them wisely.
5Emojis typically count as 2 characters each due to Unicode encoding.
6Use line breaks to make longer tweets more readable.
7Thread your content across multiple tweets if you have more to say.

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The Twitter Character Limit Story

280 characters. That's what you get now. Twitter doubled it from 140 back in 2017, and honestly? I kind of miss the old constraint. There was something elegant about forcing every thought into 140 characters.

If you pay for X Premium, you can write up to 25,000 characters per tweet. Basically a short blog post. Not sure why you'd want to, but the option exists. Most of my best-performing tweets are still under 100 characters though. Shorter tends to win.

The Counting Quirks

Letters, numbers, spaces, punctuation - one character each (the obvious stuff)
Emojis eat 2 characters each. Those add up faster than you'd think.
URLs always count as 23 characters, no matter how long they actually are. Twitter shortens everything.
Hashtags count at full length - #SocialMediaMarketing is 21 characters
@mentions count toward your limit too, so choose wisely who you tag