Check if your title tag is within Google's optimal 50–60 character and 600-pixel display limit. Real-time character count, pixel width estimate and a live SERP preview update as you type.
Enter your meta title in the input field. The character count, estimated pixel width and status indicator all update live as you type — no need to click anything.
Green means your title is in the optimal 50–60 character range. Amber indicates it is just outside the ideal range. Red means your title is too short (under 30 characters) or too long (over 65 characters) and is likely to be truncated.
The live SERP preview below the input renders your title exactly as it will appear in Google search results. Adjust until it fits and reads compellingly.
Google truncates title tags at approximately 600 pixels wide in desktop search results. This equates to roughly 55–60 characters for average mixed-case English text. However, pixel width is the true measurement — a title with many wide characters can be truncated at fewer than 55 characters.
Google measures titles by the rendered pixel width of the text, not character count. Characters have different widths in the font Google uses for SERPs. The letter W is roughly three times wider than the letter i.
The soft minimum is around 30–40 characters. Very short titles leave the SERP result looking sparse, miss opportunities to include the keyword and brand, and may signal thin content to Google.
Google wraps titles across two lines on mobile rather than strictly truncating them, so mobile is slightly more forgiving. However, optimising for the desktop 60-character limit generally results in clean mobile display too.
Titles that fit exactly within the visible space consistently outperform truncated titles in click-through rate studies. Every character counts in the 60-character budget.
Placing the keyword later in the title is less ideal but acceptable. The beginning of the title carries slightly more weight and is scanned first by users reading down SERPs.
