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title: "Free Character Counter for Social Media Posts"
description: "Paste a post and see the room left on 10 networks, from X’s 280 characters with every link counted as 23 to LinkedIn’s 3,000. Free, in your browser."
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markdown_url: "https://postqueen.ai/tools/character-counter.md"
last_updated: "2026-09-25"
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# Character counter for social posts.

Paste a post and see how much room it has left on X, Threads, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Instagram and more, counted the way each network counts.

Your post

Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded.

159 Characters

24 Words

136 No spaces

Fits on 9 of 10 networks

- X 280 126 left
- Threads 500 341 left
- Bluesky 300 141 left
- Mastodon 500 341 left
- LinkedIn 3,000 2,841 left
- Instagram caption 2,200 2,041 left
- TikTok caption 2,000 1,841 left
- YouTube title 100 59 over
- Pinterest description 800 641 left
- Google Business post Google Business Profile post 1,500 1,341 left

## Good to know

- X counts every link as 23 characters, whatever its length, and so does this counter.
- On Threads this counter counts bytes, as PostQueen does, so emoji and accented letters use 2 to 4 of the 500 each. Everywhere else they count as one character.
- Each limit is the one PostQueen checks before scheduling, taken from the network’s own documentation.

When the post is ready

## Schedule it with PostQueen, or ask your agent.

PostQueen counts each network’s limit as you write, and publishes to 30+ networks at the time you pick.

[Start 7-day trial for $0](https://app.postqueen.ai/auth?utm_source=postqueen.ai&utm_medium=landing&utm_campaign=trial&utm_content=tool-ready) $0 due today. Cancel in one click.

## Character counter questions, answered.

Anything else? Write to [support@postqueen.ai](mailto:support@postqueen.ai) and a person answers.

### What is the character limit on X?

280 characters for most accounts. Every link counts as 23 characters, however long it is. X Premium accounts can post longer.

### How long can an Instagram caption be?

Up to 2,200 characters, with at most 30 hashtags and 20 @mentions. Only the first lines show before “more”, so put the point first.

### Why does my count differ from the app?

Some networks weigh characters differently. X counts every link as 23 characters. On Threads, PostQueen counts text in bytes, so emoji and accented letters use 2 to 4 each, and this counter does the same.

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### [Bold text generator](https://postqueen.ai/tools/bold-text-generator)

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### [Hashtag extractor](https://postqueen.ai/tools/hashtag-extractor)

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### [UTM link builder](https://postqueen.ai/tools/utm-link-builder)

Tag your links so you know which post brought the visit.

### Write it here, post it everywhere.

Hand the posting to your AI agent and get your time back.

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