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Only the first 50 to 60 characters of a Pin description appear under it in the feed. That is the tightest fold on any network here, and this preview draws it.
Last updated: 2026-08-03
Pinterest allows a 500 character Pin description and shows about 50 to 60 of it in the feed. The rest opens on the Pin page. That is roughly a tenth of what you are allowed, and by some distance the tightest fold of any network on this site, which makes the first half sentence the whole visible description.
The saving grace is that Pinterest is a search surface rather than a scroll surface. It reads the title and the description as search text, so plain keywords beat tag lists, and the part below the fold is still doing real work even though almost nobody reads it in the grid. Write the opening for a human and the rest for the index.
This preview lays the Pin out at 2:3, the ratio Pinterest designs the entire feed around, and cuts the description where the feed cuts it. Add your own image to see how a 1000 x 1500 crop reads. Nothing you type or upload leaves your browser.
260 of 500 characters on Pinterest, 210 of them below the fold
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This is an approximation, not a screenshot. Only the first 50 to 60 characters of the description appear under a Pin in the feed. The rest opens on the Pin page. Write as if the fold sits earlier than the number and you will never be surprised by it.
Where each network folds a caption
The character limit is the ceiling. The fold is the number that decides how much of your caption a scrolling reader ever sees, and it is far smaller on every network that has one.
| Network | Folds at | What happens at the cut |
|---|---|---|
| ~125 charsBehind "... more" | The feed collapses a caption after roughly 125 characters behind a "... more" link, so the opening line carries the hook. | |
| ~477 charsBehind "See more" | Desktop folds a post behind "See more" after about 477 characters. Mobile folds earlier depending on screen width. | |
| Threads | No fold500 character cap | Each post in a chain gets its own 500 characters, so longer thoughts are split across replies rather than stretched. |
| ~210 charsBehind "...see more" | Desktop cuts the post at about 210 characters behind "...see more". Mobile folds closer to 140, so write for the tighter number. | |
| X (Twitter) | No fold280 character cap | A standard post never folds. Premium posts longer than 280 characters collapse behind a "Show more" toggle in the timeline. |
| TikTok | ~100 charsBehind "more" | Only about the first line shows over the video, roughly 100 characters, before the "more" toggle. The exact cut depends on screen width. |
| YouTube | ~157 charsBehind "...more" | The watch page shows roughly the first 157 characters of the description before "Show more", and that opening usually seeds the search snippet. |
| PinterestThis page | ~50 charsBehind "more" | Only the first 50 to 60 characters of the description appear under a Pin in the feed. The rest opens on the Pin page. |
Fold points verified 2026-07-31. Every one of them moves with screen width, text size and language, so treat them as close rather than exact.
Writing above the fold
On Pinterest you are writing two things at once: a caption of up to 500 characters, and an opening of roughly 50 that has to work entirely on its own. Everything past that opening sits behind "more", and the tap rate on that control is nothing like the read rate on the line above it.
Put the claim in the first sentence
Not the setup, not the context, not the greeting. The sentence that would make someone stop has to be the one that survives the cut, because everything after it is behind a tap that most readers never make.
Never break a thought across the fold
A caption that stops mid-clause reads like a bug rather than like a teaser. Either finish the idea before the cut or place a deliberate cliffhanger there, but do not let the character count choose the break for you.
Push hashtags and credits to the end
A block of tags at the top spends the most valuable space on the page on text nobody reads as a sentence. Tags work the same anywhere in the caption, so they belong after the words that have to be seen.
The one thing no preview can do is tell you exactly where the cut lands on a given phone. The fold moves with screen width, with the text size a reader has chosen, and with the language: German runs longer than English for the same sentence and folds sooner. Treat every number on this page as a ceiling to write under rather than as a mark to write up to, and the caption reads the way you meant it on every device.
Pinterest preview tips
- Fit the idea into 50 characters. That is what shows in the feed, and it has to be the reason somebody opens the Pin rather than a partial sentence.
- Use the title as well. It stops at 100 characters, is read as search text, and gives you a second visible line to work with.
- Write plain keywords, not tag lists. Pinterest reads the title and the description as search text, so a natural sentence about the subject outperforms a row of hashtags.
- Keep hashtags to 0 to 5 and put them last. There is a 20 hashtag cap, but a tag block at the start of a description spends the only characters the feed displays.
- Export Pins at 1000 x 1500 at 2:3. Taller Pins are truncated in the grid rather than scaled down, so a very long infographic appears as the top of itself.
- Put any text in the top third of the image. That is the part guaranteed to be visible in the grid, and it does more work than the description does.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a real Pinterest screenshot?
No. It is a neutral HTML approximation: a 2:3 media box matching the 1000 x 1500 standard Pin, a username led identity line, and the description cut where the feed cuts it. There is no Pinterest branding or interface in the card.
Will the description cut at exactly this point on my screen?
Approximately. Only the first 50 to 60 characters of the description appear under a Pin in the feed, and the rest opens on the Pin page. The exact figure moves with column width and text size, so write to 50 rather than to 60.
Where does the image I upload go?
Nowhere. It becomes a local object URL rendered inside your browser. It is never uploaded to us and never reaches Pinterest until you upload it yourself, and the URL is released when you replace the image or close the tab.
Can I download the Pin mockup as an image?
Not yet. Copying the description takes one button, but there is no picture export. A screenshot covers it: Cmd, Shift and 4 on macOS, or the Windows key with Shift and S on Windows.
How long should a Pin description be?
Write the first 50 characters for the feed and use the remaining 450 for search. The field holds 500 characters in total, the title holds 100, and Pinterest reads both as search text, so the part below the fold is not wasted even though it is not displayed in the grid.
Does the description matter more than the image?
No. On Pinterest the image is the post: a 2:3 Pin at 1000 x 1500 with legible text in the top third does more than any description can. The description exists to explain the Pin to search and to give the tap a reason, in that order.
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