Free Social Media Character Counter for All Platforms

The FlowShorts Social Media Character Counter is a free tool that counts characters, words, sentences, hashtags, and emojis in real time. It shows platform-specific character limits with visual progress bars for TikTok (2,200), Instagram (2,200), YouTube titles (100), YouTube descriptions (5,000), X/Twitter (280), LinkedIn (3,000), and Facebook (63,206). No signup required.

How It Works

Type or paste your text into the editor. The tool instantly counts characters, words, sentences, hashtags, and emojis. Platform-specific progress bars show how much of each limit you have used, turning yellow at 80% and red when you exceed the limit. Use this to craft perfectly-sized posts for every platform.

Platform Character Limits 2026

TikTok captions: 2,200 characters. Instagram captions: 2,200 characters (first 125 visible). YouTube titles: 100 characters (60 visible in search). YouTube descriptions: 5,000 characters. X/Twitter posts: 280 characters. LinkedIn posts: 3,000 characters (first 140 visible). Facebook posts: 63,206 characters. These limits are current as of 2026.

Optimizing Caption Length for Engagement

Shorter is not always better. Instagram carousel posts with longer educational captions (800-2,200 characters) outperform short ones. TikTok captions between 50-150 characters drive the most engagement. X/Twitter sweet spot is 71-100 characters. LinkedIn posts perform best between 1,200-1,600 characters. Use this tool to hit the optimal length for each platform.