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Caption Character Counter

Live character counter with per-platform limits across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, and LinkedIn. Catches overruns before you hit publish.

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About the Caption Character Counter

Type or paste your caption and see a live count against every short-form platform's character limit. Catches overruns before you hit publish.

✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere.

Counted when you post

The same check runs when you post from MakeAIVideo.

Post a finished video from MakeAIVideo and the caption counter is built in: pick TikTok and Instagram and it counts against the shorter limit and tells you which one it is. Make the video with Prompt to Video, then post it everywhere.

Shortest limit first.
With several platforms picked, the count runs against the tightest one.
A caption per platform.
Customise the caption for any platform with a smaller limit.
YouTube titles counted too.
Pick YouTube and the title gets its own 100 character count.

Pricing

Make the videos those captions go on

The counter stays free with no signup. Plans for making and posting videos start at $9 a month, and each one posts to 11 platforms.

Lite

The easy start. Every tool, one creator.

$9/mo

or $99 a year, 1 month free

600credits every month

Use them on any tool below

Start 7 day free trial

7 days free with 350 credits. Cancel before day 7 and you won't be charged.

  • Post and schedule to 2 social accounts
  • Videos up to 10 minutes
  • 1080p export, never a watermark
  • 1 user

Every tool included

Solo

For one creator posting every week.

$19/mo

or $190 a year, 2 months free

1,100credits every month

Use them on any tool below

Start 7 day free trial

7 days free with 350 credits. Cancel before day 7 and you won't be charged.

  • Post and schedule to 4 social accounts
  • Videos up to 10 minutes
  • 1080p export, never a watermark
  • 1 user

Every tool included

Most popular

Plus

Long-form, your branding and a team of three.

$29/mo

or $290 a year, 2 months free

1,750credits every month

Use them on any tool below

Start 7 day free trial

7 days free with 350 credits. Cancel before day 7 and you won't be charged.

  • Post and schedule to 6 social accounts
  • Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes
  • Brand Kit: your logo on every video
  • 3 team seats with admin and member roles

Every tool included

Pro

For teams and channels running at volume.

$49/mo

or $490 a year, 2 months free

3,000credits every month

Use them on any tool below

Start 7 day free trial

7 days free with 350 credits. Cancel before day 7 and you won't be charged.

  • Post and schedule to 10 social accounts
  • Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes
  • Brand Kit: your logo on every video
  • 10 team seats with admin and member roles

Every tool included

Run out in a busy month? Add credits any time, from $5. Credits you buy never expire. See pricing

Every plan includes

  • Captions, music and studio-quality voices, free on every video
  • Full HD 1080p export, never a watermark
  • Post and schedule to 11 platforms
  • Video in 24 languages
  • API, MCP server and CLI for ChatGPT, Claude or any AI agent

Caption Character Counter FAQs

Something else? Visit the help center

What's the TikTok caption character limit in 2026?

TikTok captions support up to 2,200 characters as of May 2026. Earlier limits were 300 and 4,000; the current cap matches Instagram. Hashtags count toward the limit.

Does this counter include hashtags?

Yes. The count is exactly what TikTok / Instagram / etc. count: every character in the caption field, including spaces, emoji (which often count as 2+), and hashtags.

Do emoji count as one character?

Mostly no. Most emoji count as 2 or more characters in platform-side counting because they're multi-byte sequences. The counter mirrors this so what you see is what each platform will count.

Why are platform limits different?

Each platform decides independently based on its product philosophy. X (Twitter) keeps the historical 280-char cap. Instagram and TikTok converged on 2,200 as long-form caption use grew. LinkedIn allows 3,000 to suit professional storytelling. Bios are always tighter.

What else helps with short-form video?

Pair this with the video hook generator for opening lines and the YouTube title generator for titles. All three are free, all three work without signup.

Want to actually make the video?

MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes.

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