In this article you can find all character count limits for the populair social medias and other platforms in 2022 to find the ideal length. You will also learn how to calculate the character count of your text easy with an online character counter.
A character count limit is the maximum number of characters that can be added to a post, tag, message or username on social media or other online platforms.
To make sure you don’t exceed a character limit, you can use online tools to count the length of characters, letters and words of your text. You could use our Character Counter where you can add your text and the tool will calculate the number of characters with and without spaces and (unique) words.
Character Limits
As a writer, influencer, marketeer or social media user you will quickly encounter that lot of social medias and other platforms are using character count limits. To get a good understanding of all character limits used, we created tables with character limits for the most populair platforms for 2022.
Google
Tag
Limit
Title
50-60 characters (600 pixels)
Meta Description
155–160 characters
Text Ad Headline
30 characters
Text Ad Description
90 characters
Twitter
Twitter
Limit
Tweet
280 characters
Username / Handle
15 characters
Profile Name
20 characters
DM
10000 characters
Facebook
Facebook
Limit
Status update
63206 characters
Username
50 characters
Page description
155 characters
Comment
8000 characters
Instagram
Instagram
Limit
Caption
2200 characters
Bio
150 characters
Username
30 characters
Hashtags
30 hashtags
LinkedIn
LinkedIn
Limit
Summary
2000 characters
Company update
700 characters
Company name
100 characters
Recommendation
3000 characters
YouTube
YouTube
Limit
Video title
70 characters
Video Description
5000 characters
Playlist title
60 characters
Tags
500 characters
Pinterest
Pinterest
Limit
Description
500 characters
Profile name
20 characters
GitHub
Github
Limit
Repository name
100 characters
Username
39 characters
Commit Message
50/72 rule 50 character + blank line + 72 characters 122 character
Git File name
4096 characters
Other limits
Type
Limit
Yelp Post
5000 characters
eBay Title
80 characters
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