Title and meta description length in characters and pixels, and where Google cuts them
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere. Updated on 24 Oct 2026.The Title Tag and Meta Description Checker counts characters and estimates pixel width from Arial's own glyph widths. Google desktop results usually cut a title near 580 px at 20 px Arial and a description near 920 px at 14 px. Google publishes no fixed limit, so both figures are estimates.
Type the title and description, or paste the page HTML.
Read the characters and estimated pixels against 580 px and 920 px.
Read the preview for where "..." would fall, then shorten.
Search results cut a page title by width, not by a character count. Google's own documentation says there is no limit on how long a title or meta description can be, but each is "truncated in Google Search results as needed, typically to fit the device width". A title of capital Ws runs out of room after about 30 characters; a title of narrow letters such as i and l fits 60 with space to spare. That is why this checker measures pixels as well as characters.
Each character's width comes from a table of Arial's advance widths, the font and sizes SEO tools use to model Google's desktop results: 20 px for the title and 14 px for the description. The total is compared with about 580 px for a title and 920 px for a description, the figures SEO tools commonly use for desktop results. Because the table is built in, the estimate is the same on a phone that does not have Arial. Letters outside basic English, such as accented letters or Hindi, are measured by your browser and the result is marked as an estimate.
It does not fetch a page from a web address: paste the HTML source instead (Ctrl+U in a browser shows it). It does not predict whether Google will rewrite your title or show other text from the page in place of your description, which Google says it often does. Mobile results wrap titles onto more lines and are not modelled. Kerning between letter pairs is ignored, which moves the result by a few pixels at most.
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Google sets no limit, but desktop results usually cut a title that is wider than about 580 pixels at 20 px Arial. For ordinary mixed-case text that is roughly 50 to 60 characters. Put the words that matter first, so a cut costs only the end, such as the brand name.
Truncation depends on width, not on the number of characters. Capital letters such as W and M are about four times as wide as i or l, so a title in capitals or with many wide letters runs out of room well before 60 characters. Check the pixel bar rather than the count.
Desktop results usually show about 920 pixels of description at 14 px Arial, roughly 150 to 160 characters of ordinary text. Google states there is no limit and often shows other text from the page instead of the meta description when that matches the search better.
No. Google publishes no pixel or character limit for titles or descriptions; it says only that they are truncated to fit the device width. The 580 px and 920 px figures are the widths SEO tools commonly measure on desktop results, so treat the result as a close estimate, not a guarantee.
No. The checker does not fetch pages. Open the page in a browser, press Ctrl+U to view its source, copy all of it and paste it under Page HTML; the first title element and the meta description are read from it, and duplicates are counted and flagged.
No. Google may write its own title link from headings, link text or other page content when the title tag is missing, too long, repeated across many pages, or does not match the page. A clear, unique title that fits the line makes a rewrite less likely.
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