SMS Length Calculator

Type or paste your message to see its encoding, character count, and how many SMS segments it will use.

SMS segments

1

0
Raw Characters
0
Effective Length
GSM-7
Encoding
160
Remaining in Segment

GSM-7 allows 160 chars per single segment (153 per segment when concatenated). Unicode messages — those with emoji or certain accented/non-Latin characters — allow 70 chars (67 when concatenated).

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