Instagram Character Counter
Check your caption against Instagram's 2,200-character limit, your bio against 150, and count hashtags toward the 30-per-post cap — live, as you type.
Instagram truncates captions after roughly 125 visible characters in the feed ("… more"), allows 2,200 characters in total, 150 in a bio, and 30 hashtags per post.
Feed preview
Instagram shows about the first 125 characters (or up to the first line break) in the feed before “… more”. Put the hook before the fold.
Preview applies to captions only — bios don't fold.
Worked example: hashtags inside the 2,200-character caption limit
A travel caption like «Golden hour at the coast 🌅 nothing beats ending the day like this. Save this spot for your next trip! #travel #sunset #coastline #goldenhour #wanderlust» uses 5 of the 30 allowed hashtags and sits well under the 2,200-character caption cap — but only the first ~125 characters show before Instagram's “… more” cut, so the hook («Golden hour at the coast») needs to land before that point, not the hashtags at the end.
Caption vs. bio vs. hashtag count: pick the right meter
Use the caption meter (2,200 cap, ~125-character preview cut) for post text, the bio meter (150 characters, counts line breaks) for your profile description, and the hashtag meter (30 max, caption + comments combined) to keep a hashtag-heavy caption compliant. Switching between them here never clears your draft.
Where the limit numbers come from
2,200 characters (caption), 150 (bio), the ~125-character feed preview cut and the 30-hashtag cap are Instagram's own published limits, applied identically here — not re-derived or guessed. These platform numbers change rarely; if Instagram updates them, this page's caps need updating to match, since there's no live per-visitor API call to re-check them.
What is the Instagram caption character limit?
2,200 characters, including hashtags and emoji. The feed shows only about the first 125 characters before the "… more" cut, so put the hook in the first line.
How long can an Instagram bio be?
150 characters. Line breaks and emoji all count. This counter's bio meter tracks the same 150 limit as you type.
How many hashtags can I use?
Up to 30 per post (caption and comments combined). The hashtag meter counts every #tag in your text so you stay under the cap.
Do emoji count as one character on Instagram?
Some emoji count as more than one, because Instagram counts Unicode code units — a family emoji can cost 7 or more characters. This counter counts them the same way, so the meter matches what Instagram accepts.
Is my caption uploaded anywhere?
No. Counting happens entirely in your browser — your caption or bio is never sent to a server, stored, or logged.