Twitter character counterValidators

Twitter (X) character counter. Counted the way X counts.

Paste or type your post. The count follows X's own rules as you type: every link counts as 23, every emoji as 2, Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters as 2. You see what is left of 280 and of a long post, and nothing leaves your browser.

Cost to you

Free

Runs in your browser. No signup, no API call, no limit per hour.

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Use the Twitter (X) character counter here

It runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere, there is no signup and no limit.

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Run it from your agent

Copy one prompt, give it to your agent.

Fill in the placeholder, paste it, and the agent runs the same job with current data on your looot account and shows the cost.

  • You give it: the text of a post.
  • Billed per call, nothing while your agent is idle.
  • The agent shows the price before it calls.
Prompt: Twitter (X) character counter
Use looot to check my X drafts before I post them: [drafts]. 1. Set up https://looot.ai/skill.md. 2. Count each draft the way X does: a link counts as 23, an emoji as 2, Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters as 2, everything else as 1. 3. Flag drafts over 280. 4. Return each draft with its count and a shorter version of any that run over.

Give this to your agent
Setup command
set up looot - https://looot.ai/skill.md

What comes back

What your agent gets from twitter character counter

Field names as the providers return them. The exact set varies by endpoint, and your agent reads it from the catalog.

  • X character count
  • characters left of 280
  • characters left of a long post
  • links
  • emoji
  • characters counted as 2

Use it for

What people do with twitter character counter

  • Fit in one post

    Trim a draft until it fits, without guessing how X counts the link.

  • Plan a thread

    Check each part of a thread before you schedule it.

  • Write in any script

    See how Chinese, Japanese or Korean text eats the limit twice as fast.

  • Agent drafts

    Paste what your agent wrote and check it fits before you post.

Set up once

Three steps. Your agent does the rest.

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FAQ

Questions about twitter character counter

A standard post holds 280. Accounts on X Premium can write long posts of up to 25,000 characters. The counter shows what is left against both.

X weights characters. A link counts as 23 whatever its length, an emoji counts as 2, and Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters count as 2. A plain counter counts each of those as typed.

Every link counts as 23, because X wraps it in a t.co link. A long link and a short one cost the same. A bare domain counts as a link only for common endings such as .com or .io.

Each emoji counts as 2, even one built from several parts, such as a family or a flag.

This counter counts a mention like any other text, one per character. X can leave mentions at the start of a reply out of its count, so a reply may have a little more room than shown.

The weights here are X's. Other platforms count characters their own way, so use it for X posts.

Yes. It runs in your browser with no account and no limit, and the text never leaves your device.
For agents
tool
Twitter (X) character counter
category
Validators
input
The text of a post
output
X character count, characters left of 280, characters left of a long post, links, emoji, characters counted as 2
price
per call, read live from the catalog on the web page
web tool
runs in the visitor's browser, no API call, free and unlimited
schedule
on demand
setup
https://looot.ai/skill.md
llms.txt
https://looot.ai/llms.txt
updated
2026-10-14
markdown /free-tools/twitter-character-counter.md

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