Paste or type your text to count characters, bytes, words, and lines — with real-time platform limit checks.
Paste or type your text into the box above. The tool instantly counts characters (with and without spaces), bytes, words, lines, sentences, and paragraphs — all in real time. No button clicks needed.
Many platforms enforce strict character limits that affect visibility and delivery:
Unlike simple character counts, this tool also shows the exact UTF-8 byte size of your text. This matters for developers working with databases, APIs, or storage systems that enforce byte limits rather than character limits. Emojis and CJK characters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) use more than one byte each.
The top characters panel shows which characters appear most often in your text. Switch between All, Letters, and Numbers modes to filter the analysis. This is useful for detecting patterns, analyzing writing style, or debugging encoded text.
Your text never leaves your browser. All processing happens locally using JavaScript. We don't store, transmit, or log any text you enter.