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Character Counter — Count Characters, Words & Lines Online

The Character Counter gives you an instant character, word, and line count — with and without spaces — for any block of text. It's built for anyone who needs to count characters with and without spaces to meet a title, meta description, or form field limit, without switching to a separate word processor. Paste your text and every count updates immediately.

⚡ Key Takeaways

Reports character count two ways: with spaces and without spaces.
Word and line counts are included automatically alongside character counts.
Different platforms count emojis and special characters differently — treat this as a close estimate.
A fast way to confirm text fits a title, meta description, or form field limit.

What, Who, When & Why

What it's for	Counts characters (with and without spaces), words, and lines in a block of text.
Who it's for	Anyone writing content with a strict length limit — SEO titles, meta descriptions, social posts, or form fields.
When to use it	Before publishing or submitting text that has to fit a specific character or word limit.
Why it's needed	Guessing whether text fits a limit risks it being cut off or rejected; counting by hand is tedious and unreliable for anything longer than a sentence.
Best way to use it	Check the 'no spaces' count when a platform's limit is based on visible characters, and 'with spaces' when it's based on total keystrokes.

How to Use the Character Counter

Paste or type your text into the Input box.
Character, word, and line counts appear instantly in the Output box.
Counts are shown both with spaces included and with spaces excluded.

Example

For the text "Hello world, this is a test." the tool reports:

Metric	Count
Characters (with spaces)	29
Characters (no spaces)	23
Words	6
Lines	1

For a multi-line input like a short paragraph split across three lines, the line count would show 3, while word and character counts continue to reflect the entire block of text rather than resetting per line.

Example Text Breakdown — "Hello world, this is a test."

Chars (w/ sp)

Chars (no sp)

Words

Lines

Key Features

Character count with spaces and without spaces, shown side by side.
Word count and line count included automatically.
Updates live as you type or paste.
Works with multi-line text and paragraphs.

Practical Use Cases

Meta descriptions and SEO titles: confirm your text fits within a search engine's character limit before publishing.
Social media posts: check that a caption or post fits a platform's character limit before posting.
Form field limits: verify text fits within a database column or input field's maximum length before submitting.
Print materials: check line and character counts fit a fixed layout, like a business card or label.
Bio and profile fields: check a short bio or description against a platform's character cap.

Tips for Best Results

If you're targeting a specific platform's limit, check whether that platform counts emojis or special characters differently — this tool counts standard text characters.
Use the "no spaces" count when a limit is based on visible characters only, and the "with spaces" count for limits based on total keystrokes.
Trim trailing whitespace with the Whitespace Trimmer first if you suspect hidden spaces are inflating your count.

Related Terminology

Character count with spaces counts every keystroke, including spaces and punctuation. Character count without spaces excludes space characters, which is often the relevant number for limits based on visible text density rather than total keystrokes. A line count reflects how many separate lines your text spans, based on line breaks in the input.

Important Considerations

Different platforms count characters differently — some count certain special characters (like emojis, which can be represented by multiple underlying code points) as more than one character internally, so treat this as a close, standard-text estimate rather than a guaranteed match for every specific platform's exact limit calculation.

Related Tools

For a deeper breakdown including sentence and paragraph counts and average word length, see Text Statistics. To clean up extra whitespace that might be inflating your character count, use the Whitespace Trimmer. If you need to adjust capitalization too, try the Case Converter.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I count characters with and without spaces?

Paste your text into the Input box — both counts appear automatically in the Output box, no separate action needed.

Does it count words too, or just characters?

Yes, word count and line count are included alongside the character counts.

Is this useful for checking meta description length?

Yes, it's commonly used to verify SEO titles and meta descriptions fit within typical search engine display limits.

Does it count emojis the same way a social media platform would?

Not necessarily — some platforms count certain emojis or special characters as more than one character internally, so this tool's count is a close standard-text estimate rather than a guaranteed exact match for every platform.

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Compare two texts and see the differences highlighted.

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Differences

Click "Compare" to see differences highlighted.

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Text Statistics

Get detailed statistics about your text: words, characters, paragraphs, sentences, and more.

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📝 Words

🔤 Characters

📏 Characters (no spaces)

📄 Sentences

📑 Paragraphs

📃 Lines

📊 Avg word length

📊 Avg sentence length

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Ready-to-use boilerplate for common query patterns — CTEs, joins, date rollups, window functions, and stored procedures. Click Copy and adapt the table/column names.

CTE

Basic CTE (Common Table Expression)

Break a query into a readable, reusable named block.

WITH recent_orders AS (
    SELECT
        customer_id,
        order_id,
        order_date,
        total_amount
    FROM orders
    WHERE order_date >= DATEADD(day, -30, GETDATE())
)
SELECT
    customer_id,
    COUNT(order_id)   AS order_count,
    SUM(total_amount) AS total_spent
FROM recent_orders
GROUP BY customer_id
ORDER BY total_spent DESC;

Recursive CTE (hierarchy / org chart)

Walk a parent-child tree, e.g. an employee/manager hierarchy.

WITH RECURSIVE employee_hierarchy AS (
    -- Anchor: top-level rows (no manager)
    SELECT
        employee_id,
        manager_id,
        employee_name,
        1 AS level
    FROM employees
    WHERE manager_id IS NULL

    UNION ALL

    -- Recursive: join children to their parent's result
    SELECT
        e.employee_id,
        e.manager_id,
        e.employee_name,
        eh.level + 1
    FROM employees e
    INNER JOIN employee_hierarchy eh
        ON e.manager_id = eh.employee_id
)
SELECT *
FROM employee_hierarchy
ORDER BY level, employee_name;
-- Note: SQL Server / Oracle: drop the RECURSIVE keyword (just WITH employee_hierarchy AS (...))

Joins

INNER / LEFT JOIN across multiple tables

Combine orders with customers and line items in one query.

SELECT
    o.order_id,
    c.customer_name,
    o.order_date,
    p.product_name,
    oi.quantity
FROM orders o
INNER JOIN customers c
    ON o.customer_id = c.customer_id
LEFT JOIN order_items oi
    ON o.order_id = oi.order_id
LEFT JOIN products p
    ON oi.product_id = p.product_id
WHERE o.order_date >= '2026-01-01'
ORDER BY o.order_date DESC;

GROUP BY / Dates

Monthly rollup with GROUP BY on a date

Aggregate a date column by month (swap the truncation line for your engine).

SELECT
    DATE_TRUNC('month', order_date) AS order_month,     -- PostgreSQL
    -- FORMAT(order_date, 'yyyy-MM')  AS order_month,    -- SQL Server
    -- DATE_FORMAT(order_date, '%Y-%m') AS order_month,  -- MySQL
    COUNT(*)          AS order_count,
    SUM(total_amount) AS revenue
FROM orders
GROUP BY DATE_TRUNC('month', order_date)
ORDER BY order_month;

Window Functions

ROW_NUMBER + running total

Rank each customer's orders and compute a running total.

SELECT
    customer_id,
    order_id,
    order_date,
    total_amount,
    ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
        PARTITION BY customer_id
        ORDER BY order_date DESC
    ) AS order_rank,
    SUM(total_amount) OVER (
        PARTITION BY customer_id
        ORDER BY order_date
        ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW
    ) AS running_total
FROM orders;

Stored Procedures

Parameterized stored procedure

A basic proc with optional date-range filters (T-SQL syntax).

CREATE PROCEDURE GetCustomerOrders
    @CustomerId INT,
    @StartDate  DATE = NULL,
    @EndDate    DATE = NULL
AS
BEGIN
    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    SELECT
        order_id,
        order_date,
        total_amount
    FROM orders
    WHERE customer_id = @CustomerId
        AND (@StartDate IS NULL OR order_date >= @StartDate)
        AND (@EndDate   IS NULL OR order_date <= @EndDate)
    ORDER BY order_date DESC;
END;
-- Call it: EXEC GetCustomerOrders @CustomerId = 101, @StartDate = '2026-01-01';

Upsert / Merge

MERGE (upsert) from a staging table

Insert new rows and update matching ones in a single statement.

MERGE INTO customers AS target
USING staging_customers AS source
    ON target.customer_id = source.customer_id
WHEN MATCHED THEN
    UPDATE SET
        target.customer_name = source.customer_name,
        target.email         = source.email,
        target.updated_at    = GETDATE()
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
    INSERT (customer_id, customer_name, email, created_at)
    VALUES (source.customer_id, source.customer_name, source.email, GETDATE());

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RGB Percent

rgb(98%, 80%, 8%)

HSL

hsl(46, 96%, 53%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(46, 92%, 98%)

CMYK

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⚙️ Settings

Character Counter — Count Characters, Words & Lines Online

⚡ Key Takeaways

What, Who, When & Why

How to Use the Character Counter

Example

Key Features

Practical Use Cases

Tips for Best Results

Related Terminology

Important Considerations

Related Tools

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I count characters with and without spaces?

Does it count words too, or just characters?

Is this useful for checking meta description length?

Does it count emojis the same way a social media platform would?

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