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Check your text length for all social media platforms to ensure your posts meet platform requirements.
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Social Media Character Limits Guide
Each social media platform has different character limits for posts, bios, and other text elements. Here's a comprehensive guide to help you optimize your content for each platform:
Twitter Character Limits
- Tweets: 280 characters (including spaces and most punctuation)
- Threads: Each tweet in a thread has the same 280-character limit
- Bio: 160 characters
- Direct Messages: 10,000 characters
Instagram Character Limits
- Caption: 2,200 characters (truncated in feed after ~125 characters)
- Bio: 150 characters
- Comments: 2,200 characters
- Hashtags: 30 per post
Facebook Character Limits
- Regular Posts: 63,206 characters (but engagement drops significantly after ~250 characters)
- Comments: 8,000 characters
- Page Description: 255 characters (shown in About section)
- Ads Headline: 40 characters (25 for display)
LinkedIn Character Limits
- Posts: 3,000 characters (1,300 for optimal engagement)
- Headline: 220 characters
- About Section: 2,600 characters
- Comments: 1,250 characters
Best Practice:
For most platforms, aim for concise posts (100-250 characters) for maximum engagement. Save longer content for blog posts or LinkedIn articles.