Character Counter

A character limit counts every letter, digit, space and punctuation mark. Without spaces leaves out spaces, tabs and line breaks. Both numbers are shown, along with the word count, so one paste answers any form that asks for either.

Platforms count differently. X counts each link as 23 characters and each emoji or Chinese, Japanese or Korean character as 2, within a 280 limit, while Hindi counts 1 a character. Instagram captions allow 2,200 characters, LinkedIn posts 3,000, YouTube titles 100 and descriptions 5,000, and these count line breaks too. The page works out each platform's own count, so a caption that fits here fits there.

An SMS fits 160 plain characters, or 153 per part when longer. A single Hindi letter, emoji or ₹ sign makes the whole message Unicode, which fits 70, or 67 per part. The counter shows which kind your message is and how many parts it needs.

In Hindi and Marathi a syllable such as कि is two Unicode characters but one letter on screen. The page shows both, so you can match what your form or app counts.

Character limits turn up in many everyday places: a Google Business description of 750 characters, a meta description for a web page that search engines cut off after about 155 to 160, a job portal summary, an exam form's address box or an app store listing. Set your own limit next to Limit, choose characters, and the line under the counts tells you how many are left or how many to cut. The count keeps updating as you edit, so you can shorten a sentence and see the result straight away, without pressing anything again.

Large texts are fine too. A chapter, a whole thesis or a long transcript in a .docx, .pdf or .txt file is read and counted on your own device in about a second on a laptop, and the page stays quick because very long texts are counted without being shown in the box.

The text you paste stays in this browser tab. TaskNinja never receives or stores it, there is no account, and counting carries on even if you go offline after the page has loaded. Files you open are read on your device, not sent anywhere. Only anonymous usage events are counted, never your words.

When you close or reload the tab, the text is gone. Nothing is saved in your browser either.