What is the Discord character limit?

2,000 characters per message, or 4,000 with Nitro.

Does markdown count toward the Discord limit?

Yes. Formatting characters like **, __ and > are counted.

What is the Discord bio character limit?

190 characters for the About me section.

Is this character counter free?

Yes, with no account and no limit. Counting happens in your browser, so nothing you type is sent anywhere.

Discord character counter

Discord messages are limited to 2,000 characters, or 4,000 with Nitro. Usernames are 2–32 characters and bios 190.

of 2,000 on Discord

0 characters0 words0 lines

Discord

2,000/ 2,000

X (Twitter)

280/ 280

Bluesky

300/ 300

Threads

500/ 500

Mastodon

500/ 500

Instagram

2,200/ 2,200

TikTok

2,200/ 2,200

3,000/ 3,000

4,096/ 4,096

YouTube (description)

5,000/ 5,000

Facebook

63,206/ 63,206

Discord character limits

Discord character limits
	Limit
Message	2,000
Message (Nitro)	4,000
Username	2–32
Display name	1–32
Bio (About me)	190
Channel topic	1,024
Embed description	4,096

Writing within the Discord limit

Bots and webhooks are held to 2,000 characters per message, even if you have Nitro.
Markdown symbols like ** and > count as characters.
Split long announcements into a few messages, or use an embed for structured info.

How to schedule Discord messages

Questions people ask

What is the Discord character limit?: 2,000 characters per message, or 4,000 with Nitro.
Does markdown count toward the Discord limit?: Yes. Formatting characters like **, __ and > are counted.
What is the Discord bio character limit?: 190 characters for the About me section.
Is this character counter free?: Yes, with no account and no limit. Counting happens in your browser, so nothing you type is sent anywhere.

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Discord character counter

Discord messages are limited to 2,000 characters, or 4,000 with Nitro. Usernames are 2–32 characters and bios 190.

of 2,000 on Discord

0 characters0 words0 lines

Discord

2,000/ 2,000

X (Twitter)

280/ 280

Bluesky

300/ 300

Threads

500/ 500

Mastodon

500/ 500

Instagram

2,200/ 2,200

TikTok

2,200/ 2,200

3,000/ 3,000

4,096/ 4,096

YouTube (description)

5,000/ 5,000

Facebook

63,206/ 63,206

Discord character limits

Discord character limits
	Limit
Message	2,000
Message (Nitro)	4,000
Username	2–32
Display name	1–32
Bio (About me)	190
Channel topic	1,024
Embed description	4,096

Writing within the Discord limit

Bots and webhooks are held to 2,000 characters per message, even if you have Nitro.
Markdown symbols like ** and > count as characters.
Split long announcements into a few messages, or use an embed for structured info.

How to schedule Discord messages

Questions people ask

What is the Discord character limit?: 2,000 characters per message, or 4,000 with Nitro.
Does markdown count toward the Discord limit?: Yes. Formatting characters like **, __ and > are counted.
What is the Discord bio character limit?: 190 characters for the About me section.
Is this character counter free?: Yes, with no account and no limit. Counting happens in your browser, so nothing you type is sent anywhere.

Character counters for other networks

Write once, fit every network

Tesselith flags Discord's limit as you compose, lets you tailor each network's version, and schedules them all.

Join the waitlist