Threads · verified 15 September 2026

Threads character counter

Paste your text and see it counted live against Threads’s 500-character limit — and the length that actually performs. No sign-up.

Quick answer Threads allows 500 characters per post. For engagement, the ideal length is 280–400 — one paragraph. Paste your text into the live counter below to check it.

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Ideal: 280–400 — one paragraph

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Threads character limit — the key facts

Up to 500 characters per post.
All 500 characters are visible — no truncation.
For longer thoughts, Threads lets you attach up to 10,000 characters of text to a post.
One tight paragraph of 280–400 characters reads best.

Metric	Threads
Character limit	500
Visible before “more”	500 (all shown)
Ideal length	280–400 — one paragraph
Hashtags	0–1

Threads character limit FAQs

What is the Threads character limit?

A Threads post allows up to 500 characters, and all of them are visible with no “more” cut-off.

Can a Threads post be longer than 500 characters?

The post itself stays at 500, but since September 2025 Threads lets you attach a text attachment of up to 10,000 characters, which opens in its own view.

What is the ideal length for a Threads post?

One tight paragraph of 280–400 characters tends to read best and matches how the feed is skimmed.

Do hashtags work on Threads?

Threads supports a tag per post rather than stacks of hashtags — keep it to zero or one, focused tag.

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