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TikTok character counter

Counts the way TikTok counts, and shows you the exact text that gets cropped. Nothing you type or attach leaves your browser.

TikTok180 / 2,200 Unicode code pointsshows in full

TikTok can't publish without a video.

Counted in Unicode code points: one plain character is one, and a link costs its full length.

TikTok needs a videoAttach one below and it renders here.
FollowingFor You
328.7K1,24212.1K4,510
@samrivera
Original sound - Sam Rivera

Nothing you type or attach leaves this tab - no upload, no account, no server.

What actually costs characters on TikTok

The 2,200 characters are the caption on a video, and TikTok reads them as UTF-16 runes. There is no text post to count: the upload is a video, and the caption becomes the post's title field on the way in. Length is rarely what bites here - the caption is competing with the video for the same screen, so the useful ceiling is a sentence, not 2,200 characters.

Three posts TikTok cuts

  1. A description written for a blogThree paragraphs of context under the video.It fits the 2,200 and none of it is read. The whole paragraph past the first line is behind a tap that a scrolling feed rarely earns.
  2. A caption ending in a linkText, then a URL.The URL is plain text here - TikTok does not make a caption link tappable. It costs characters and sends nobody anywhere.
  3. A 4.2 GB exportA high-bitrate render straight out of the editor.Refused: uploads run in 5 MB to 64 MB chunks up to 4 GB. Re-encode before the caption is the problem you are solving.

Only on TikTok

  • One video per post through the Content Posting API - photo carousels are a separate flow we do not use.
  • The caption becomes the post's title field, not a separate description.
  • A visibility choice is mandatory; without one the upload defaults to private.
  • Video uploads are chunked: 5 MB minimum chunk, 64 MB maximum, up to 4 GB total.

Questions

Is this TikTok character counter free?
Yes. There is no login and no upload: it runs entirely in your browser, and nothing you type or attach leaves your device.
How long can a TikTok post be?
2,200 characters. Counted in Unicode code points: one plain character is one, and a link costs its full length.
How long should a TikTok caption actually be?
The field takes 2,200 characters and the screen shows about one line over the playing video. Anything past that first line is behind a tap that competes with a swipe, so the working length is a sentence - the rest of the 2,200 is room for tags, not for writing.
What happens if a TikTok post goes over the limit?
TikTok crops or refuses it. The counter marks the exact tail that would be lost, so you can cut the right words instead of guessing.

Where these numbers come from: our sourced TikTok spec page, every figure carrying its citation and the date we last checked it.

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We built these because our own agents count against exactly these limits before they publish. Let them write the post too.