Title & Meta Length Checker
Type or paste your title tag and meta description to instantly see their character counts and whether they fit safely within Google's typical display limits.
How to Use This Tool
Paste or type your title tag
The counter updates live as you type.
Paste or type your meta description
Watch for the color to shift from warning to good as you land in range.
Click "Check lengths"
Get a clear pass/fail style summary for both fields at once.
Trim or expand as needed
Edit until both fields land in the green, safe range.
About the Title & Meta Length Checker
Google doesn't display an unlimited amount of text for a title or meta description in search results — both get truncated with an ellipsis (…) past a certain length, and a title cut off mid-word looks unpolished and can undercut your click-through rate.
The exact cutoff is technically based on pixel width rather than a strict character count, since wide letters like "W" and "M" take up more horizontal space than narrow ones like "i" and "l". Character-based guidelines (roughly 50–60 for titles, 120–158 for descriptions) are a reliable practical approximation that work well for the vast majority of normal English copy.
This tool gives you an instant, color-coded readout as you type — so instead of guessing and checking after publishing, you can write copy that's confirmed to fit before it ever goes live.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the character limit exactly 60 for titles and 158 for descriptions?
Not exactly — these are practical, widely-used approximations based on Google's typical pixel-width cutoff, which varies slightly depending on which specific letters are used. Staying comfortably under these numbers is a safe bet for the vast majority of titles and descriptions.
What happens if my title is too long?
Google truncates it with an ellipsis (…) at the cutoff point, which can cut off mid-word and look unpolished, or worse, cut off right before an important word like a number, discount, or key differentiator that was meant to drive clicks.
Can I have a longer title tag if my meta description is shorter?
They're evaluated independently — Google doesn't combine or trade off length between the two. Keep both within their own respective safe ranges rather than trying to compensate one for the other.
Does going over the limit hurt my search rankings directly?
Not as a direct ranking penalty — it's a display and click-through rate issue rather than a ranking factor. A too-long title still indexes fine, it simply gets visually truncated in the results, which can indirectly reduce clicks.
Why do two titles with the same character count sometimes get truncated differently?
Because Google's actual cutoff is based on pixel width, not character count. A title packed with wide letters like "W", "M" and capital letters takes up more horizontal space than one using mostly narrow letters like "i", "l" and "t", even at the identical character count.
Should mobile search results change how I think about length limits?
Mobile search results generally show similar or sometimes slightly different truncation points compared to desktop, so it's good practice to keep well within the standard safe ranges rather than pushing right up to the desktop limit, which gives you a buffer across devices.