Discord Character Counter
Use the Discord Character Counter to instantly check whether your text fits Discord’s character limits for messages (2,000, or 4,000 with Nitro), embeds, usernames, bios, slash commands, and polls. It counts UTF-16 units just like Discord. Free, no sign-up required, and runs entirely in your browser.
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Text
Limit check
Message
Embed
Profile & Server
Slash commands
Polls
Example result
How the Discord Character Counter counts emojis
You paste your text, and the tool counts it in UTF-16 units like Discord, showing visible characters and code points alongside. The two texts below are examples; your counts depend on your text.
Example · Two sample texts with emojis
Input 1
- Text
- Hello 👋
- 5 letters, a space and an emoji.
Output
- Characters (visual)
- 7
- How many characters you can see on screen.
- UTF-16 units (counted by Discord)
- 8
- The emoji counts as two characters on Discord because it consists of two UTF-16 units.
- Message (default 2000)
- 1992 still available
Input 2
- Text
- 👨👩👧
- Family emoji: three people joined by invisible zero-width joiners.
Output
- Characters (visual)
- 1
- Characters (code points)
- 5
- Three person emojis plus two zero-width joiners.
- UTF-16 units (counted by Discord)
- 8
- So one visible character can count as several characters toward Discord’s limit.
Discord Character Counter
What the Discord character counter checks
One text field with every Discord character limit alongside it: see instantly where your text fits and where it doesn’t.
Counts like Discord: UTF-16 code units
Discord measures text length in UTF-16 code units. The character counter uses that exact value for its limit check. You’ll also see visible characters, code points, and words.
19 Discord limits in 5 groups
Messages, six embed fields plus the total embed limit, username, server nickname, server name, channel name, channel topic, custom status, “About Me”, slash command name and description, and poll question and answer.
Standard or Nitro
A toggle sets the message limit to 2,000 or 4,000 characters. All other limits stay the same.
See at a glance if it’s too long or too short
If your text exceeds a limit, the row turns red and shows how many characters too many with (+X). For fields with a minimum length, (-X) shows how many characters are still needed.
Live as you type
All values update whenever you change the text field. No button or waiting required.
Free and entirely in your browser
No sign-up required. Counting runs in your browser; your text is not uploaded or stored.
How it works
How to check your Discord character limit
Six steps from pasted text to a message that fits in Discord.
Step 1
Paste text
Paste your text into the “Text” field or type directly into it. Counting starts immediately, with no button to press.
Step 2
Read the counts
Below the field, you’ll see visible characters, code points, UTF-16 code units, and words. Discord limits use UTF-16 code units.
Step 3
Choose message limit
In the “Message” group, select “Standard (2000)” or, if you have Nitro, “Nitro (4000)”.
Step 4
Find the right row
The “Limit check” is divided into Message, Embeds, Profile & Server, Slash Commands, and Polls. Each row compares your text against a different limit, such as the embed description, username, or poll answer.
Step 5
Understand red rows
Red with (+X) means X characters too many. Red with (-X) means X characters below the minimum length, such as a username with just 1 character. An empty field is never marked as too short.
Step 6
Adjust your text and paste it into Discord
Shorten or split your text until the row you need is no longer red. Then copy it from the field and paste it into Discord.
Limits
Discord character limits at a glance
These are the values the character counter uses. Fields with a minimum length show the allowed range; the others show the maximum length in UTF-16 code units.
| Field | Allowed length |
|---|---|
| Message | |
| Message (Message Content) | 2000 (with Nitro 4000) |
| Embed | |
| Embed title (title) | 256 |
| Embed description (description) | 4096 |
| Embed field name (field.name) | 256 |
| Embed field value (field.value) | 1024 |
| Embed footer text (footer.text) | 2048 |
| Embed author name (author.name) | 256 |
| Total embed (sum of all text fields) | 6000 |
| Profile & Server | |
| Username | 2–32 |
| Server nickname | 1–32 |
| Server name (guild name) | 2–100 |
| Channel name | 1–100 |
| Channel topic | 1024 |
| Custom status | 128 |
| "About me" / Bio | 300 |
| Slash commands | |
| Command Name | 1–32 |
| Command Description | 1–100 |
| Polls | |
| Poll question | 300 |
| Poll answer (per answer, max. 10 answers) | 55 |
Each row compares the same pasted text against a different limit. To check the 6,000-character total embed limit, paste the combined text from all embed fields. Custom status and “About Me” are Discord app fields and are not covered in Discord’s developer documentation. The “About Me” limit used to be 190 characters; this counter uses 300.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Discord Character Counter
Brief answers about Discord character limits and this tool.
2,000 characters with a regular account, 4,000 with Nitro. In the character counter, switch between “Standard (2000)” and “Nitro (4000)” in the “Message” group. The toggle changes only the message row; all other limits stay the same.
Discord counts UTF-16 units, not the characters you see. Most emojis take up 2 units; compound emojis such as flags or families take up even more. For example, “Hello 👋” has 7 visible characters but counts as 8 on Discord. The family emoji 👨👩👧 is 1 visible character made up of 5 code points and counts as 8 on Discord. The character counter shows visible characters, code points, and UTF-16 units side by side.
An embed title can have 256 characters, a description 4,096, a field name 256, a field value 1,024, footer text 2,048, and an author name 256. All text fields in an embed combined can have no more than 6,000 characters. Each of these has its own row in the limit check.
Usernames can have 2 to 32 characters, server nicknames 1 to 32, custom statuses up to 128, and “About Me” up to 300. For servers, server names can have 2 to 100 characters, channel names 1 to 100, and channel topics up to 1,024. Status and “About Me” are Discord app fields not listed in Discord’s developer documentation; the “About Me” limit used to be 190 characters.
A slash command name has 1 to 32 characters, and its description has 1 to 100. Poll questions can be up to 300 characters long, with up to 55 characters per answer and no more than 10 answers per poll.
Yes. Discord counts the raw text, not the formatted view: spaces, line breaks, and Markdown characters such as **, _, or the brackets in a link all count. The character counter counts your pasted raw text the same way.
Shorten the text until the message row is no longer red, or split it across multiple messages. The number in parentheses (+X) shows how many characters you are over the limit. For bots, an embed description allows up to 4,096 characters, which you can put together in the Discord Embed Builder. The character counter does not split text automatically.
The character counter is free and requires no sign-up. Counting runs entirely in your browser; your text is neither uploaded nor stored.
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