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Characters as you see them
An emoji, a flag or an accented letter counts as one character, even when it is several code points underneath.
Free tool · Character countRuns in your browser, nothing is uploaded.
WhatsApp character counter with real limits
Paste a message, a profile name or an About line. The counter shows characters, words and emoji as you type, and how much room is left under each limit WhatsApp or Meta publishes.
How many characters can you use on WhatsApp?
WhatsApp’s help pages give 25 characters for your profile name and an emoji plus 50 characters for your About. For businesses on the WhatsApp Cloud API, Meta allows 4,096 characters in a text message and 1,024 in a media caption.
- Characters
- 0
- Without spaces
- 0
- Words
- 0
- Emoji
- 0
- Lines
- 0
Characters are counted as you see them: an emoji counts once.
WhatsApp limits
- Profile name0 / 25 · 25 left
The name people see on your profile and in groups. WhatsApp Help Center: How to edit your profile
- About text0 / 50 · 50 left
Plus one emoji, which you pick separately. WhatsApp Help Center: How to edit your About
- Business API text message0 / 4,096 · 4,096 left
WhatsApp Cloud API, for businesses sending through Meta. Meta for Developers: Cloud API text messages
- Business API media caption0 / 1,024 · 1,024 left
Caption on an image or video sent through the Cloud API. Meta for Developers: Cloud API image messages
Runs in your browser, nothing is uploaded.
How it counts
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Words in any language
Words are counted with your browser’s word breaker, so Chinese and Japanese text is counted by word, not by space.
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Only sourced limits
Each limit links to the WhatsApp or Meta page that states it. Numbers we could not find in an official source are left out.
Sources
| Profile name | 25 | WhatsApp Help Center: How to edit your profile |
|---|---|---|
| About text | 50 | WhatsApp Help Center: How to edit your About |
| Business API text message | 4,096 | Meta for Developers: Cloud API text messages |
| Business API media caption | 1,024 | Meta for Developers: Cloud API image messages |
Left out on purpose: the 65,536-character message limit, the 700-character text status and the 139-character About that other counters list. WhatsApp and Meta don’t publish them, and WhatsApp’s help page now gives 50 characters for About.
Questions
Is there a limit on a normal WhatsApp message?
WhatsApp doesn’t publish one for chats in the app, so the counter doesn’t guess. Very long messages are cut into a “Read more” preview in the chat.
Why is the About limit 50 and not 139?
Many sites still quote 139 characters. WhatsApp’s current help page says you can choose an emoji and add up to 50 characters of text, so the counter uses that.
Do emoji count as one character?
Here they do, because that is how they look. Some systems count an emoji as two or more, so leave a little room when you are close to a limit.
Is my text sent anywhere?
No. The counter runs in your browser. Nothing you paste leaves this page.
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