Social Media Character Counter
Type your text below to see the character limits for various platforms.
Description: Character Counter for Social Media Platforms
This tool is a modern and visually appealing character counter designed to help users monitor and optimize their text content for various social media platforms. It includes individual progress bars for popular platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Pinterest, and Threads. Each progress bar is color-coded to match the respective platform's branding and displays character limits for each platform.
The tool provides real-time feedback to ensure users do not exceed platform-specific character limits, making it ideal for content creators, social media managers, and anyone optimizing posts for different platforms.
Features:
Text Input Box: Type or paste your content into the input box.
Progress Bars: Each platform has a progress bar that:
- Updates in real time as you type.
- Changes colors (e.g., green, yellow, red) based on how close you are to the character limit.
Platform-Specific Limits: The tool displays maximum character limits for each platform:
- Facebook: 63,206 characters
- Instagram Caption: 2,200 characters
- Twitter (X): 280 characters
- LinkedIn Post: 3,000 characters
- TikTok Caption: 150 characters
- YouTube Description: 5,000 characters
- WhatsApp Status: 700 characters
- Snapchat Text: 80 characters
- Pinterest Description: 500 characters
- Threads: 500 characters
Color Indicators:
- Green: Safe zone (text is well within the limit).
- Yellow: Approaching the character limit.
- Red: Exceeded the character limit.
How to Use the Tool:
- Input Your Text: Start by typing or pasting your text into the input box at the top of the tool.
- Real-Time Updates:
- The progress bars for each platform will update dynamically as you type.
- Each progress bar will display the character count relative to its platform's limit.
- Monitor Limits: Pay attention to the colors:
- Green: You’re within the limit.
- Yellow: You’re nearing the limit; consider shortening your text.
- Red: You’ve exceeded the limit and need to edit your text.
- Optimize Your Content: Adjust your text based on the feedback to ensure it meets the requirements for your target platform(s).
Benefits:
- Save time by checking multiple platform limits simultaneously.
- Avoid truncation or formatting issues on social media.
- Ensure your posts are optimized for each platform's guidelines.
This tool is perfect for content creators, marketers, businesses, and anyone managing social media posts across multiple platforms! Let me know if you need further enhancements or a working script for this functionality.