X/ Twitter Character Counter

Stay within Twitter's character limits! This tool helps you count characters for different types of Twitter content - posts, direct messages, bio, and more. Type or paste your text below to see real-time character counts for all Twitter text fields.
POST
0 / 280
X PREMIUM
0 / 25000
DM
0 / 10,000
Bio
0 / 160
Username
0 / 15
Profile name
0 / 50

This page provides a comprehensive X/ Twitter character counter tool that helps users track character limits for all types of Twitter content in real-time. The tool displays character counts for regular tweets (280 characters), X Premium posts (25,000 characters), direct messages (10,000 characters), bio text (160 characters), usernames (15 characters), and profile names (50 characters). Users can type or paste text to see instant character counts across all Twitter content types simultaneously, with visual indicators when limits are exceeded. This makes it essential for social media managers, content creators, marketers, or anyone who needs to optimize their Twitter content to fit within platform constraints while maximizing message effectiveness.

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Twitter Character Counter by Snaplytics

Snaplytics' Twitter character counter – your essential tool for optimizing social media content. Our counter helps you track character counts in real-time for all types of Twitter content, ensuring your messages fit perfectly within Twitter's limits.

Complete Guide to Twitter Character Limits:

Understanding Twitter's character limits is essential for effective communication. Here are the current limits for different content types:

  • • Regular Tweets: 280 characters for standard posts
  • • Twitter Premium: 25,000 characters for premium users
  • • Direct Messages (DMs): 10,000 characters
  • • Bio: 160 characters to describe your profile
  • • Display Name: 50 characters for your public name
  • • Username (@handle): 15 characters maximum

Free vs. Premium Twitter Character Limits:

  • • Free Twitter: Standard 280-character limit for regular tweets
  • • Twitter X Premium: Extended 25,000-character limit for longer posts
  • • Thread Creation: Both can create threads for longer content

How to Use Our Twitter Character Counter:

  1. Type or paste your text into the counter box
  2. Watch the real-time character count update automatically
  3. Monitor different limits for posts, DMs, bio, and profile information
  4. Use the copy/paste buttons for quick text management

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, our Twitter character counter tool is completely free to use.

The current character limit for a regular tweet is 280 characters. Twitter doubled the limit from 140 to 280 characters in 2017 to give users more space to express themselves.

Regular users can write up to 280 characters in a tweet. If you have Twitter X Premium (formerly Twitter Blue), you can write up to 25,000 characters per tweet.

Simply type or paste your text into our counter box above. The character count updates automatically in real-time, showing you how many characters you've used and how many remain.

Twitter won't allow you to post tweets that exceed the character limit. Our counter helps you avoid this by showing when you've reached the limit, with the count turning red when you exceed it.

Twitter counts characters, not words. With the 280-character limit, you can typically fit about 40-50 words in a regular tweet, depending on word length. Premium users can fit significantly more with their 25,000-character limit.

Yes, spaces count as characters on Twitter. Each space takes up one character in your tweet's character count.

You have several options: 1) Upgrade to Twitter X Premium for 25,000 characters, 2) Create a thread of multiple tweets, or 3) Use our counter to optimize your message to fit within the standard 280-character limit.

You can use a maximum of 15 characters for a Twitter username (handle).

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