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Twitter Character Counter

Count weighted characters for Twitter or X, check the 280-character limit, analyze URLs and hashtags, and split long drafts into a thread.

About Twitter Character Counter

Count weighted Twitter or X characters, check post limits, analyze URLs, hashtags, mentions, emojis, and split drafts into threads.

A Twitter Character Counter is a browser-based writing tool that checks a draft against Twitter or X post limits using weighted character counting. It helps writers, marketers, creators, founders, social media managers, and agencies review posts before publishing. The tool counts weighted characters, remaining characters, plain characters, words, URLs, hashtags, mentions, emojis, lines, paragraphs, reading time, and thread items without connecting to an account or uploading draft text.

How to use Twitter Character Counter

Paste or type a draft into the textarea. The tool shows weighted characters used, remaining characters, status, URL contribution, hashtag and mention counts, duplicate tags, emojis, and reading time. Keep the standard 280-character mode for normal posts, choose extended mode only as an account-dependent planning aid, or enter a custom weighted limit for internal workflows. Use the thread splitter to divide long drafts into multiple posts with optional numbering, then copy the draft, copy each thread item, copy the full thread, or download TXT files.

Twitter Character Counter example

A social media manager can paste a launch announcement with a long URL, two hashtags, a mention, and several emojis. A normal character counter may show one length, while the Twitter Character Counter reports the parser-based weighted length, treats the URL with the configured shortened URL contribution, flags repeated hashtags, and shows whether the draft fits the 280-character limit. If it is too long, the thread splitter can divide it into numbered posts.

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Helpful questions

What is the Twitter character limit?

The standard public post limit is commonly treated as 280 weighted characters. Extended posting can depend on account type, product access, and platform changes, so this tool keeps 280 as the default and labels extended limits as planning aids.

Does this tool use weighted character counting?

Yes. It uses the twitter-text parser locally in the browser to calculate weighted length, URL contribution, emoji handling, and Unicode weighting based on the parser configuration.

Why is the Twitter count different from a normal character counter?

A normal counter usually measures string length or visible characters. Twitter or X counting uses weighted rules, so URLs, emojis, CJK characters, combining marks, and some Unicode text can differ from plain character length.

How are links counted on Twitter?

Detected URLs use the parser's configured shortened URL contribution, currently 23 weighted characters in this package configuration. The tool does not fetch, preview, validate remotely, or open links.