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Character Counter — Hit Every YouTube Character Limit
Paste any text and instantly see characters with and without spaces, plus words and lines — against title, description, and meta limits.
Character Counter
Count characters with and without spaces — and check any text against the exact limits of YouTube, Google, and social posts.
Introduction
YouTube runs on characters. A title is capped at 100, a description at 5,000, and a meta description worth writing sits near 155. Every character you use in the wrong place either wastes a precious slot or gets silently cut off in search results. The Thumbix Character Counter makes the numbers impossible to miss: paste any text and see characters with and without spaces, words, and lines in real time, with clear reference points for the limits that actually matter on YouTube. No more counting by hand, no more discovering a truncated title after it is already live.
How to use Character Counter
Open the tool
Go to thumbix.site and open the Character Counter.
Paste your text
A title, description, snippet, or caption.
Read both counts
Characters including and excluding spaces.
Check the limits
Compare against 100 and 5,000 character ceilings.
Trim or expand
Edit until the count matches the target.
Copy and publish
Paste the verified text into YouTube Studio.
What Is This Tool?
The Character Counter reports the character total of any pasted text — both including and excluding spaces — alongside word and line counts. It updates live as you type, so trimming a title or expanding a description shows the effect instantly.
It is built around the limits creators actually face: the 100-character title ceiling, the 5,000-character description ceiling, and the roughly 155-character meta description window that search results display.
How Does It Work?
The counter is a live scanner:
- It counts every character as you type or paste.
- It shows two totals — including spaces and excluding spaces.
- It adds word and line counts for extra context.
- It flags when you cross common YouTube and search limits.
Everything is local and instant — no server, no account.
Frequently Asked Questions
It counts every character in pasted text as you type, showing totals with and without spaces plus word and line counts.
The title field allows up to 100 characters, though shorter titles display more cleanly.
The description allows up to 5,000 characters — a budget, not a target.
Around 155 characters is the sweet spot for a snippet that displays in full.
Check the platform — YouTube and most web forms count spaces, so use the including-spaces total.
Longer titles display truncated in many surfaces — keep them near 60 characters for the cleanest result.
Yes, completely free with no signup and no upload.
No. Everything runs locally in your browser.
Yes, the tool is fully responsive.
Yes, and some emoji count as more than one character on certain systems.
No — use the space deliberately with a hook, value, links, and a focused hashtag set.
Publish metadata that fits every time
Count characters with and without spaces in any text, against the limits YouTube and search actually use. Free and private.
Try the Character Counter