Guides and tips for social media character limits
2026-07-02
X does not count characters one for one. This guide explains the weighted counting rules — which scripts cost 2, why every URL costs exactly 23 — and lists every field limit.
2026-07-02
All Instagram character limits — 2,200 for captions, 150 for bio, and the 5-hashtag cap introduced in December 2025 — plus the 125-character cutoff that decides whether anyone reads the rest.
2026-07-02
Every LinkedIn character limit — 3,000 for posts, 220 for the headline, 2,600 for About — plus the ~140-character cutoff that decides whether a post gets expanded.
2026-07-02
The complete set of Threads character limits — 500 for posts, 150 for bio — plus how counting works, what media costs, and how Threads compares with X and Instagram.
2026-07-02
Every YouTube character limit in one place — titles, descriptions, tags, channel bios, Shorts, community posts and comments — plus where each field visibly truncates.
2026-07-02
TikTok's caption limit grew from 150 to 4,000 characters, but the visible portion did not. Here is every limit and how much of it viewers actually see.
2026-07-02
A guide to PostLen's character counter and post preview — how the weighted X counting works, what the preview shows, and why nothing you type leaves your browser.
2026-07-02
Google truncates meta descriptions by pixel width, not character count. This guide explains the real limits, why 155 characters is only a proxy, and how to write descriptions that survive.
2026-07-02
Every major platform's character limits side by side, including how each counts non-Latin text and URLs — the two differences that break cross-posted drafts.