Does the character count include spaces?

"Characters" includes spaces, while "Excl. spaces" excludes all whitespace characters.

What encoding is the byte count based on?

It's based on UTF-8 encoding. Non-ASCII characters like Korean typically take up 3 bytes per character.

Is my text stored anywhere?

No. It's calculated in real time entirely within your browser.

🔢 Character Counter

Counts characters, bytes, lines, and words as you type.

Text Input

Chars 0 Excl. spaces 0 Bytes (UTF-8) 0 Lines 0 Words 0

How to use

Type your text.
Character, byte, line, and word counts update automatically as you type.

🎯 Use Cases

Check character limits for social media or other platforms — stay within limits like X's (Twitter) 280 characters or a blog title's 100 characters
Check document or manuscript length — verify a submission or assignment meets a required character count
Check UTF-8 byte size for storage sizing — confirm text fits within a DB column length (VARCHAR) or an SMS byte limit
Validate meta description/title length — keep SEO fields within the recommended length so they don't get truncated in search results

Example

Input

Hello, 세계!
D3v 2026

Output

Chars 19
Excl. spaces 16
Bytes (UTF-8) 23
Lines 2
Words 4

Counts for a two-line input mixing Korean, English, and digits. The Korean word "세계" is 3 bytes per character, so the 19 characters total 23 bytes in UTF-8, and 16 characters remain once whitespace is excluded.

UTF-8 bytes per character type

Character type	Bytes per char	Example
ASCII letters/digits/basic symbols	1 byte	A, 1, !
Korean (Hangul syllables)	3 bytes	가, 세, 계
Most emoji	4 bytes	😀, 🎉
Japanese Hiragana/Katakana	3 bytes	あ, ア
Chinese characters (Hanzi)	3 bytes	中, 文

Character count and byte count aren't the same thing. In systems that enforce byte-based limits — DB columns, SMS sending — keep in mind that non-ASCII text like Korean or Chinese can take up nearly 3× the space of English text.

FAQ

Does the character count include spaces?: "Characters" includes spaces, while "Excl. spaces" excludes all whitespace characters.
What encoding is the byte count based on?: It's based on UTF-8 encoding. Non-ASCII characters like Korean typically take up 3 bytes per character — different from encodings like EUC-KR (2 bytes).
Are emoji and special characters counted correctly as one character?: In most cases, yes. This tool counts using the spread syntax ([...text]), which respects surrogate pairs — so characters made of two UTF-16 code units, like many emoji, are still correctly counted as one character.
Is my text stored anywhere?: No. It's calculated in real time entirely within your browser.