Check if your meta description hits the 150–160 character sweet spot. See character count, estimated pixel width and a live SERP preview — all updating in real time as you type.
Type or paste your meta description into the input area. The character count, pixel width and status update instantly as you type — no button click needed.
A green indicator means your description is in the optimal 150–160 character range. Yellow means it is close to the limit. Red means it is too short (under 100 characters) or too long (over 165 characters).
Adjust your description until the indicator turns green. The live SERP preview shows exactly how it will render in a Google search snippet, including where truncation would occur.
Google truncates meta descriptions at approximately 920 pixels wide on desktop, which equates to around 155–160 characters for average mixed-case text. This checker measures both character count and estimated pixel width.
Google measures descriptions by pixel width, not character count. Narrow characters like i, l and t take less space than wide characters like m, w and capital letters. Pixel width is the more accurate measurement.
Google truncates it with an ellipsis (…) at the display limit, cutting off the end of your description — often including your call to action. Keep your most compelling copy within the first 150 characters as a safety measure.
Google does not enforce a minimum, but descriptions under 100 characters often look thin in SERPs and fail to give searchers enough information to click. Descriptions under 50 characters are frequently replaced by Google with on-page content snippets.
Always count with spaces — Google includes spaces in its character and pixel width measurements. A 160-character count without spaces would vastly exceed the display limit once spaces are added.
Length is not a direct ranking factor, but it affects CTR, which is a behavioural ranking signal. A perfectly-lengthed description consistently outperforms a truncated or too-short description in click-through rate.
