What is Threads’s character limit for a post text?

Threads’s post text limit is 500 characters, counted as what you see (grapheme clusters), including multi-part emoji, rather than raw code points. It updates automatically if Threads changes the number, since the counter reads it from the same limit table SkedCast’s composer uses.

Can I post text only on Threads?

Yes. Threads accepts a text-only post, up to 500 characters.

Will Threads cut off a long caption?

In the feed, yes: Threads shows roughly the first 200 characters and hides the rest behind "…more", so put the hook and any call to action first.

How many hashtags can a Threads post have?

SkedCast flags anything over 1 hashtags on a Threads post before it publishes, so a post never goes out with tags Threads would drop.

What happens to a link in a Threads post?

The link counts at its real length, and Threads shows a link-preview card for it.

Is this a separate counter built just for Threads?

It is the same counter as our general caption and character counter, which checks every network at once; this page explains Threads’s own limits.

Free tool

Threads character counter

Threads’s post text limit is 500 characters. Paste or type your text and this counter shows how many characters you have used and how many are left as you type, counting emoji and spaces the way Threads does. It checks the same text against every other network at once, so you can see where one version fits. Threads posts take up to 500 characters, shows about 200 before "…more", and allows up to 1 hashtags.

Your caption

Characters: 138
Words: 20
Hashtags: 3

Fits on each platform

X (Twitter)Post text · 280 max · weighted (links 23, emoji 2)142 left
BlueskyPost text · 300 max162 left
ThreadsPost text · 500 max362 left
PinterestPin description · 800 max662 left
Google Business ProfilePost description · 1,500 max1,362 left
InstagramCaption · 2,200 max2,062 left
TikTokCaption · 2,200 max2,062 left
LinkedInPost text · 3,000 max2,862 left
TelegramMessage text · 4,096 max3,958 left
YouTubeDescription · 5,000 max4,862 left
Facebook PagesPost text · 63,206 max63,068 left

How do you use the Threads character counter?

Paste or type your Threads caption. Put your draft Threads caption or post text into the box; nothing you type is uploaded anywhere.
Read the Threads row first. Find Threads in the per-platform list to see its exact limit, the characters left, and whether you are over.
Check every other platform too. Scroll the same list to see the identical caption measured against every other platform SkedCast supports, all in one pass.
Watch words and hashtags. The summary above the list also counts total words and hashtags, so you can keep your hashtag set deliberate.
Trim or write a platform-specific variant. If the Threads row shows over-limit, shorten the caption or write a separate version just for Threads instead of cutting every version to the tightest limit.

What are the Threads rules to know?

The limits SkedCast’s composer checks for Threads before a post goes out, read from the same rules table the composer uses.

Text limit	500 characters
How length is counted	As you see it: one emoji or accented letter counts as one character
Hashtags	Up to 1 per post; extras are flagged before publishing
Where the caption is cut off in the feed	About 200 characters before "…more", so lead with the point
Text-only posts	Allowed
Links in the text	A pasted URL shows a link-preview card
First comment	Supported: SkedCast can post a first comment right after publishing
Feed crop	4:5 in the feed preview
Images	up to 20 per post · JPEG, PNG · max 8 MB each · aspect ratio 1:10 to 10:1

Good to know

Threads carousels are images-only — a video posts alone, never inside a carousel.
Threads has no native scheduling — SkedCast controls the publish time.
Threads links only one hashtag per post; extra hashtags appear as plain text and still eat into your 500 characters.
Threads has no Stories, no documents/PDF posts, and no separate title field.
Polls and reply-threads cannot be composed through SkedCast.

What does it look like in practice?

A 400-character caption on Threads

Threads shows about the first 200 characters before "…more", so 200 of the 400 are hidden until someone taps. Put the hook in those first 200.

6 hashtags on Threads

That is 5 over the 1 SkedCast allows for Threads, so the post is flagged before it publishes rather than going out with tags dropped.

Threads’s real character limit

Threads’s post text limit is 500 characters, counted as what you see (grapheme clusters), including multi-part emoji, rather than raw code points. That is the same number shown in the counter’s Threads row, and the same rule SkedCast’s own composer enforces before a post ships.