Meta title & description length checker

See how your title tag and meta description will actually be truncated in search results — measured in rendered pixel width, not character count, because pixel width is what really determines the cut.

0 / 580px
0 / 920px
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example.com/page

Your title tag

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Why pixels, not characters

Character-count limits are wrong because letters don't take up the same space. "Illinois" and eight capital M's are both eight characters — and they render at very different widths, because an "i" is a sliver and an "M" is nearly as wide as it is tall. A limit measured in characters treats them as identical. A limit measured in rendered pixels, which is what actually determines where a search result gets cut, doesn't.

"Illinois"
"MMMMMMMM"

Social card previews

Facebook, Slack, X, and LinkedIn don't expose a rendering surface the way a browser canvas does, so these previews use character-count conventions instead of pixel measurement — see themethodology page for where each number comes from and how much to trust it.

Where these limits come from

Google doesn't publish an exact pixel limit for titles or descriptions, and it rewrites both frequently regardless of length — a title that fits can still get replaced if Google decides a different phrase matches the search intent better. The figures used here are observed conventions, not documented guarantees: roughly 580px for a desktop title, 920px on mobile, 920px for a desktop description, and 1,300px on mobile, measured in the approximate font Google renders results in. Full measurement assumptions, with the date they were last checked, are on the methodology page.

Truncation lands on a word boundary

When a title or description doesn't fit, this tool cuts it at the last space that keeps it under the limit, then appends an ellipsis — never mid-word. That's also roughly how Google truncates in practice, though Google's own algorithm isn't public either.

The brand suffix

Most content management systems append a site name to every title automatically (" | Your Site Name"). That suffix counts toward the same pixel budget as the rest of the title, so it's measured together with what you type — enter it separately above to see exactly how much room it's taking up.

Word Counter

Live word, character, and reading-time counts, plus common platform character limits.

Word Frequency & Repetition Finder

A frequency table plus words repeated unusually close together.

Learn: How Long Should a Meta Description Be?

Why the 155-character rule of thumb is a pixel limit wearing a character-count costume.

Learn: Why Google Rewrites Your Title Tag

Length is only one reason Google swaps out what you wrote — the others have nothing to do with truncation.