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Instagram bio character limit

Bios are 150 characters. Captions go to 2,200 but only the first ~125 characters show before “more.” Count the bio and the first line of the caption separately.

Bio

150 characters including spaces and line breaks. Line breaks eat the budget fast. Put the handle, location, or shop link in the dedicated fields when Instagram offers them, not in the bio text.

Captions

2,200 character cap. Hashtags in the first line look noisy; many accounts put them after a line break. Use the Instagram Character Counter so you do not discover the cap inside the app.

Steps

  1. Draft the bio in plain text.
  2. Count characters with the Instagram tool.
  3. Stay under 150, then paste into Instagram.

Frequently asked questions

Open the Instagram Character Counter

The guide is the rule. The tool does the count. No account.

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