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TikTok Bio Character Counter
TikTok bios cannot exceed 80 characters, which is one tight sentence. Paste yours in to see what is used, what is left and exactly where it stops fitting.
Last updated: 2026-10-25
TikTok's support page is blunt about it: bios cannot exceed 80 characters. That is about half of what an Instagram bio gets, so there is room for what you post and one reason to follow, and very little else.
This counter counts characters the way you see them. A flag, a skin tone emoji or a family emoji is one character here, even though it is built from several code points underneath. TikTok does not say how it counts emoji, so its own count may differ when a bio uses several. Spaces and line breaks count as well, and nothing is trimmed.
The count updates as you type, shows how many characters are left, and marks where the bio goes over so you know what to cut. It all runs in your browser, so nothing you type is sent anywhere.
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- Emoji and accented letters count as one character each, the way you see them.
The limit
TikTok bio: 80 characters.
SourceChecked on 2026-10-25
Tips
- Say what you post in plain words before anything clever. At 80 characters the bio has room for one idea, so make it the one a new visitor needs.
- Skip decorative symbols. Every sparkle or divider is a character you could have spent on a word, and fancy Unicode letters are harder for screen readers to read out.
- If your profile has a link, send it to one page that does the branching. Postify's link-in-bio page puts your socials, custom links and latest posts behind one URL, so the bio itself can stay one sentence.
Frequently asked questions
How many characters can a TikTok bio have?
80. TikTok's support page says bios cannot exceed 80 characters, and spaces, line breaks and emoji all count toward that.
Is the bio limit the same as the TikTok username or name limit?
No, each field has its own. A username takes 2 to 24 characters, using only letters, numbers, underscores and periods, and cannot end with a period. The name, which TikTok calls a nickname, takes up to 30 characters. The bio is the longest of the three at 80.
Do emoji count as one character in a TikTok bio?
This counter treats every emoji you see as one character, flags and skin tone variants included. TikTok does not publish how it counts emoji, and some are made of several code points, so leave a character or two of room if your bio uses several.
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