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Count characters online for free. Get character count with and without spaces. Text length calculator.
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Generate comprehensive character breakdown
View detailed counts for different character types
UTF-8 uses 1-4 bytes per character (efficient for ASCII). UTF-16 uses 2 bytes per character (JavaScript native encoding).
Byte counts determine actual storage size and transmission size, important for databases, APIs, and bandwidth.
Yes, but emojis can be 1-4 characters depending on Unicode encoding. Byte counts reflect their actual size.
Special characters include punctuation, symbols, and characters that are not letters or digits.