X character limits in 2026

Free and Premium accounts don't get the same length, and the numbers live on X Help. This page is a dated facts table, not a character counter. It covers how links and other tokens count, and it mentions Premium length at most once. Re-check current X Help and label any third-party figure as reported.

What is the X character limit in 2026?

X counts a weighted length, not a raw character count. The official twitter-text configuration, version 3, sets maxWeightedTweetLength to 280.

Last checked: 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles, at twitter-text config v3.json.

The same library's configuration README says version 2 introduced weighted code point ranges and 280-character "long" tweets. Last checked: 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles, at twitter-text config README.

A 29 October 2026 Wayback Machine snapshot of X Help, About X Premium, also refers to posting "more than 280 characters." Last checked: 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles.

Live help.x.com pages for About X Premium, and https://docs.x.com/resources/fundamentals/counting-characters, returned 403 Forbidden on 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles. Re-check those pages on the day you write.

Do free and Premium accounts get the same length?

No. The archived About X Premium page lists longer posts among features available to every Premium tier. It says everyone will be able to read longer posts, but only Premium subscribers can create them. The longer-post character cap is in the dated table above. Confirm what your own account can publish, or check current X Help, because live Help could not be re-read on 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles.

Evenpost is an app for X (Twitter) for solo founders. You and your agent draft, you approve each post in the Evenpost app, and it posts with natural spacing, or right away if you choose Post now. Updates: @evenpost.

How do links, mentions, and other tokens count?

A recognized URL counts as 23 characters toward the weighted length, whatever its real length. That figure comes from twitter-text v3 transformedURLLength. Last checked: 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles. The live link-fee page says the same thing: "A link also counts 23 characters toward X's length limit, whatever its real length" (Does a link make an X post cost more?, updated 7 November 2026; last checked 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles). For the link post fee itself, read that page. This guide does not reprint the fee discussion.

X's twitter-text configuration README says Tweet length is weighted length divided by scale. Last checked: 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles. Version 3 uses a scale of 100 and a defaultWeight of 200, so characters outside the four weight-100 ranges in twitter-text v3 (0-4351, 8192-8205, 8208-8223, and 8242-8247) count as 2. When emojiParsingEnabled is true, the README says the weighted length "considers all emoji as a single code point (with a default weight of 200), including longer grapheme clusters combined by zero-width joiners." After dividing by the scale of 100, that is a weight of 2.

The public tool list describes the same weighted length: "a link counts 23, an emoji 2" (What your agent can do, updated 7 November 2026; last checked 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles).

How reply auto-mentions are counted is not guessed here. Check X Help or your composer.

Third-party roundups such as Repli's X limits page (updated 3 November 2026; checked 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles) also list daily action caps and other figures. Those extra numbers are reported, not copied here as official character limits.

How is a long post different from a thread?

A long post is one continuous post in the feed. A thread is a sequence of posts, each its own unit.

Format interpretation belongs on the article-versus-long-post-versus-thread answer once that page ships. This page lists length facts. It will not become that guide.

If you want current API pricing context, not length, see X API pricing: what does it cost to post on X?.

Why is this not a character-counter tool?

This page lists dated facts from official X sources. It will not count your draft, score it, or estimate remaining room.

A tweet character counter is a different job. That work is reserved for a planned preflight tool, which is not live yet and is not linked here.

Re-open X Help and copy the current numbers into your own notes before you write a long post.

FAQ

How many characters can an X post have on a free account?

The official twitter-text v3 configuration sets a maximum weighted length of 280. Last checked 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles. Confirm in your composer or on current X Help, because live Help returned 403 on that date.

How many characters can a Premium account post?

Premium subscribers can create longer posts. The official longer-post cap is in the dated table above. Confirm in your own account or on current X Help. That number is only in the dated table above.

Does a link count as 23 characters?

Yes. Official twitter-text v3 sets transformedURLLength to 23, and the live link-fee answer says a link counts 23 characters toward X's length limit, whatever its real length. Last checked 9 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles.

Is this page a tweet character counter?

No. This is a dated facts table. It will not count a draft. A character counter is a different page.

Should I use a long post or a thread if I am over the short limit?

Use a long post when the argument should stay in one piece. Use a thread when each step should stand alone. Confirm you can publish a longer post before you draft one.