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Online character counter

Paste your text to see characters with and without spaces, words and SMS count. And check right away whether it fits a Google Ads headline, Meta Ads primary text or your page title.

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Does it fit?
Google Ads · Headline 0 / 30
Google Ads · Description 0 / 90
Google Ads · Display path 0 / 15
Meta Ads · Primary text 0 / 125
Meta Ads · Headline 0 / 40
Meta Ads · Description 0 / 30
SEO · Title in search results 0 / 60
SEO · Meta description in search results 0 / 160

Google Ads limits are hard limits. Meta Ads numbers are recommended lengths before text gets cut off. SEO numbers are guidelines for the visible part of search results, not strict limits.

Ad platform character limits

Copy that goes over the limit either won’t save in the ad platform or gets cut off with an ellipsis in search results. Put the key message in the first 30–40 characters: that’s all people see on a phone.

Google Ads

Headlines up to 30 characters, descriptions up to 90, and each display path field up to 15. A responsive search ad takes up to 15 headlines and 4 descriptions.

Meta Ads

Primary text up to 125 characters, headline up to 40 and description up to 30. These are recommended lengths: anything longer hides behind “See more”.

SEO

A title of about 60 characters and a meta description of about 160. Anything longer gets cut off with an ellipsis in search results.

Short copy isn’t just for ads

Quiz questions, buttons and form labels get read on a phone too. Shorter wording means fewer abandoned forms.

Quiz question

One idea per question, no lead-in. People answer in a second and move on.

Button

A verb and a result: “Get my price”, not “Submit”. Two or three words.

SMS and push notifications

A single emoji drops an SMS to 70 characters. Keep an eye on the counter so you don’t pay for two parts instead of one.

Your traffic is tagged. Now turn it into leads

A LeadForms quiz asks visitors a few questions and collects their contact details along with the answers. UTM parameters are saved with every lead, and quiz progress shows up as events in Google Analytics 4.

UTM tags in every lead

Source, campaign and ad arrive with the contact details in your email, Telegram, Kommo, Bitrix24 or via webhook.

Google Analytics 4 events, no code

Paste your measurement ID into the quiz settings and track progress with events: opened the quiz, started answering, submitted their details. How to connect it.

A quiz in 10 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

It shows both numbers: with spaces and without. Ad platforms and SEO limits count spaces, while copywriters are often paid per character without spaces.
In a responsive search ad, each headline can be up to 30 characters and each description up to 90. You can add up to 15 headlines and 4 descriptions. The two display path fields allow up to 15 characters each. If you go over the limit, Google Ads won’t let you save the ad.
Meta recommends up to 125 characters for primary text, up to 40 for the headline and up to 30 for the description. You can write more, but in the feed the text gets cut off behind “See more”, so put the key message first.
Search engines have no hard limit, but results usually cut the title after about 60 characters and the description after about 160. The counter shows these guidelines so your key message stays in the visible part.
An SMS with standard characters is encoded in GSM-7: 160 characters fit in one message, and a long message gets 153 per part. Emojis, curly quotes and many accented letters are not in that alphabet. A single one switches the whole message to UCS-2: 70 characters, and 67 per part in a long message.
No. Counting happens right in your browser, and your text never leaves your device.

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