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Character / Byte Counter

Count characters (as people see them), characters without spaces, UTF-8 bytes, words and lines — with an optional limit for SMS, tweets or form fields.

In-browser · no upload

Characters
0
Without spaces
0
Bytes (UTF-8)
0
Words
0
Lines
0
UTF-16 units (JS length)
0

Runs entirely in your browser. Your files and text are not uploaded to our servers.

To count characters, type or paste text. You’ll see visible characters, characters without spaces, UTF-8 bytes, words and lines. Set a limit (for example 160 for an SMS or 280 for a post) to see how many characters remain.

How to use the Character / Byte Counter

  1. 1

    Paste text

  2. 2

    Optional: set a limit

  3. 3

    Read the counts

How it works

“Characters” counts what you see: an emoji or a Hindi letter with a matra counts as one (grapheme clusters). “Bytes” is the UTF-8 storage size — important for databases and APIs — where an English letter is 1 byte, most Indian-script characters 3 bytes and emoji 4. “UTF-16 units” is what JavaScript’s .length reports.

Features

  • Grapheme-aware

    Emoji and combined characters count once.

  • Byte size

    For database column limits.

  • Limit tracker

    Remaining characters turn red when over.

Privacy and file handling

Where it runs
Runs in your browser

Runs entirely in your browser. Your files and text are not uploaded to our servers.

Frequently asked questions

Why do bytes differ from characters?

In UTF-8, non-English characters take 2–4 bytes each. A 100-character Hindi sentence can be about 300 bytes.

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