How to use it
1. Paste textAdd the content you want to measure.
2. Compare countsReview characters, bytes, words, and lines.
3. Copy the summaryPaste the result into a document or message if needed.
CHARACTER AND BYTE COUNTER
Count characters and bytes
as you type.
Check text for applications, social posts, manuscripts, forms, or storage limits with several counting rules at once.
0 characters · 0 bytes · 0 lines
Characters with spaces0
Characters without spaces0
UTF-8 bytes0
Words0
Lines0
UTF-8 byte size can differ from the visible character count, especially for non-Latin scripts and emoji.
Examples
Multibyte text
Many Korean characters occupy three UTF-8 bytes even though each is one visible character.
Emoji sequences
When browser support allows, joined emoji are counted as one user-perceived character.
Whitespace-separated words
Words are groups separated by spaces, tabs, or line breaks rather than a linguistic analysis.
How the counts work
Platforms may count visible characters and storage size differently, so each metric is shown separately.
User-perceived characters
Modern browsers group combining marks and emoji sequences when possible. Older support falls back to Unicode code points.
Bytes use UTF-8
English letters usually use one byte, while many other characters use more. Compare bytes when an API or database has a size limit.
Words use whitespace
Groups separated by spaces, tabs, or newlines count as words. Results can differ from a publisher's own rules.