What is TikTok’s character limit for a caption?

TikTok’s caption limit is 2,200 characters, counted as what you see (grapheme clusters), including multi-part emoji, rather than raw code points. It updates automatically if TikTok changes the number, since the counter reads it from the same limit table SkedCast’s composer uses.

Is the limit different for a TikTok bio, comment or ad than for a caption?

This counter measures the caption limit specifically. TikTok’s bio, comments, ads and other surfaces often carry their own separate limits that this tool does not check — use the TikTok row above only for the caption you are counting.

Can I post text only on TikTok?

No. Every TikTok post needs at least one image or video; the caption rides along with the media.

Will TikTok cut off a long caption?

TikTok does not truncate the text in the feed, so the whole post shows; the limit that matters is the 2,200-character maximum.

How many hashtags can a TikTok post have?

SkedCast enforces no hashtag cap for TikTok; the practical limit is the 2,200-character text limit and what reads well.

What happens to a link in a TikTok post?

The link counts at its real length, and TikTok shows no link-preview card for it.

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TikTok character counter

TikTok’s caption limit is 2,200 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 TikTok does. It checks the same text against every other network at once, so you can see where one version fits. TikTok posts take up to 2,200 characters.

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 TikTok character counter?

Paste or type your TikTok caption. Put your draft TikTok caption or post text into the box; nothing you type is uploaded anywhere.
Read the TikTok row first. Find TikTok 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 TikTok row shows over-limit, shorten the caption or write a separate version just for TikTok instead of cutting every version to the tightest limit.

What are the TikTok rules to know?

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

Text limit	2,200 characters
How length is counted	As you see it: one emoji or accented letter counts as one character
Hashtags	No hashtag cap enforced
Where the caption is cut off in the feed	Not truncated in the feed
Text-only posts	Not allowed: every post needs an image or video
Links in the text	No link-preview card
First comment	Not offered for this platform
Feed crop	9:16 in the feed preview
Images	up to 35 per post · JPEG, WEBP, PNG

Good to know

TikTok cannot post text without media (no text-only post type).
TikTok does not support GIF posts.
TikTok does not support link/URL preview cards — links are plain caption text.
TikTok does not support polls, threads, or a separate title field.
TikTok Stories and LIVE are not available via the Content Posting API.

What does it look like in practice?

A long post on TikTok

TikTok does not fold the text behind "…more", so a 280-character post shows in full; the hard stop is 2,200 characters.

TikTok’s real character limit

TikTok’s caption limit is 2,200 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 TikTok row, and the same rule SkedCast’s own composer enforces before a post ships.