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title: "Twitter to Count Emoji as Equal Characters in Word Count"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/95a4458f-d6d1-4e21-9b88-2c79cbf22c9d
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/twitter-to-count-emoji-as-equal-characters-in-word-count-2708162
category: "Technology"
topics: ["Technology"]
published: 2018-10-12T22:17:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:44:08.963Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/bc43e851d7a5f508d86726c68a853d607179.jpg
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# Twitter to Count Emoji as Equal Characters in Word Count

**TL;DR:** Twitter will count emojis as equal characters in word count, saving users several characters for other content. Twitter has announced that all emojis will have an equal and set character count, equivalent to two characters within the 280-character limit.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-12. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/twitter-to-count-emoji-as-equal-characters-in-word-count-2708162).*

## Story

Twitter has announced that emoji’s will all have an equal and set character count. According to a recent article in Mashable , the social media platform has ruled them all as the equivalent of two characters within the 280-character limit, regardless of content. This change will save users several characters that can be used for other content.

Previously, changing an emoji’s gender or skin tone meant using additional characters. If one were to change both features in a pre-set emoji, this would cost nine characters for a single emoji. With the help of Unicode, the platform can now offer consistency and allow all users to express themselves for an equal number of characters.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Twitter (company)
- social media platform (topic)
- emoji update (topic)
- character count (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/twitter-to-count-emoji-as-equal-characters-in-word-count-2708162). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/95a4458f-d6d1-4e21-9b88-2c79cbf22c9d).