Characters
13
Limit
2200
Remaining
2187
How it works
TikTok captions have a 2,200-character limit — but the first 125–150 characters display before the "more" fold on most devices. The TikTok Caption Character Checker counts your caption in real time, shows exactly how many characters remain, and highlights the visible-above-fold portion so you know what viewers see without tapping.
Why caption length matters on TikTok: - Hook placement: the first line of your caption acts as a secondary hook, reinforcing the video's opening. If it reads "Watch this 🔥" viewers tap more; if it's buried context about the video, engagement drops. - Keyword searchability: TikTok's search indexes caption text. Placing target keywords in the first 150 characters improves discovery on the TikTok search tab. - Call-to-action visibility: "Follow for more" or "Link in bio" needs to appear in the visible portion — not buried 400 characters in.
How to use: 1. Paste or type your planned caption into the text box. 2. The counter updates live — green when safe, amber when approaching the fold, red when near or over the limit. 3. The preview shows exactly what appears above the "more" fold on mobile. 4. Adjust until your hook, key hashtags, and CTA all fit in the visible window.
Hashtag strategy: TikTok recommends 3–5 relevant hashtags per post. Stuffing 20 hashtags pushes your CTA and caption content below the fold. Place 2–3 highly specific hashtags before the 150-character mark and keep the rest for the end.
Privacy: all text processing runs in your browser. Your captions are never sent to any server.
Frequently Asked Questions
- TikTok shows approximately 125–150 characters before truncating with a 'more' button on most mobile devices. The exact cutoff varies slightly by device screen size and TikTok app version, but 125 characters is a safe working limit for text you want fully visible without a tap.
- Yes. Hashtags are part of the caption and count toward the 2,200-character limit. A hashtag like #fyp counts as 4 characters, including the # symbol. If you use 10 hashtags averaging 15 characters each, that's 150 characters — roughly the entire above-fold visible portion of your caption.
- Put your hook and CTA before the hashtags — in the first 125 characters where they're visible without tapping. Place hashtags after the main caption text. Hashtags are primarily a discovery signal; the visible text is what drives engagement before the viewer taps 'more'.
- TikTok does not algorithmically penalise long captions, but viewer behaviour does: most viewers don't tap 'more'. Captions under 200 characters tend to have higher engagement because more of the text is seen. Long captions work well for detailed tutorials or storytelling where the video hooks viewers enough that they want to read more.