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X character counter

Type or paste your tweet and see the length instantly — using X's real weighting, where every link counts as 23 characters no matter how long it is.

X character limits

Free accounts get 280 characters; X Premium extends that to 25,000. Links are always 23 characters (t.co shortens them), and every letter, number, space, emoji, and hashtag counts as one. If you're running long, that's often a sign the idea wants to be a thread instead.