Character counter

Count visible characters with and without whitespace.

Maximum 100,000 text units. This tool runs in your browser.

How to use

Paste text to compare visible-character counts with and without whitespace.

Try an example

A combined family emoji counts as one visible character when Segmenter is supported.

Support & limits

A visible character is not necessarily one UTF-16 code unit or one byte.

Common questions

What should I check before using the result?

A visible character is not necessarily one UTF-16 code unit or one byte.

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