Character Counter
Count characters with and without spaces, plus letters, words, and bytes.
Count characters as you type — with spaces, without spaces, and broken down into letters, words, and bytes. Useful for forms, bios, and any field with a strict character limit.
VerbCount counts user-perceived characters (grapheme clusters), so emoji like 👍 and family emoji count as one character, the way people expect.
Start typing to see keyword density, common phrases, and a readability estimate.
Private by design. Your text is processed entirely in your browser — it is never uploaded, logged, or stored on a server.
Characters vs. characters without spaces
"Characters" includes every visible character plus spaces and line breaks. "Characters without spaces" removes all whitespace, which is what some platforms and assignments mean by character count. VerbCount shows both so you always have the number you need.
Emoji, accents, and Unicode
Many basic counters miscount emoji and accented letters because they count the underlying code units instead of what you see on screen. VerbCount counts grapheme clusters by default, so a flag emoji or an accented é counts as one character. The Methodology page explains the difference between graphemes, code points, and bytes in detail.
Examples
| Example | Input | Result |
|---|---|---|
| With spaces | Hello world | 11 characters |
| Without spaces | Hello world | 10 characters |
| Emoji | Nice 👍 | 6 characters (👍 = 1) |
Frequently asked questions
Do spaces count as characters?
Yes, spaces and line breaks count toward the "characters" total. The "characters without spaces" metric excludes them.
How are emoji counted?
Emoji count as one character each, including combined emoji like 👨👩👧, because we count grapheme clusters rather than raw code units.
What does the bytes metric mean?
Bytes is the UTF-8 encoded size of your text. It matters for databases, SMS encoding, and APIs with byte limits, where a single emoji can use four bytes.
Will this match Twitter's or Instagram's counter?
Usually, but each platform has its own rules. Use the platform preview panel on the homepage for X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more.