Paste or type your Instagram post to see how many characters you have used out of 2,200, and how many are left.
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The count is by code points, the same as fanout uses before publishing. Instagram's own counter may differ slightly. Details are in the character limits guide.
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fanout enforces 2,200 characters per Instagram post, counted as Unicode code points. A post can carry up to 10 images, and it needs an image or a video to publish.
Yes. A simple emoji is one code point, so it counts as one here. Emoji built from several parts (skin tones, flags, family emoji) are several code points and count as several. Instagram may weight characters differently, so leave a little room if you are close to the cap.
fanout flags the post as too long for Instagram before it publishes, so nothing is cut off silently. Shorten it, or write a shorter version for Instagram and keep the long one for the other networks.
It is the count fanout uses when it checks a post, based on Instagram's documented limit as of 2026-10-25. Networks change limits and count some characters differently, so treat a post within a few characters of the cap as unconfirmed until Instagram accepts it.