Facebook has raised this number 12 times to accommodate user’s status and feedback.įacebook wall posts have a 63,206 character limit same with status, but truncation begins at 477 characters. For both instant and regular messaging, there is a 20,000 character limit.Ī Facebook status may have character limits, but considering that it is at 63,206 characters, unless you are writing War and Peace, you should be fine. This type of direct messaging can be either an instant message, or a regular email-type message. Private messaging via Facebook Messenger is one of the main ways that people interact on Facebook. Understanding how many characters you can use, enables you to more effectively use Facebook as a business or campaign tool. Like any other social media site Facebook has length requirements when it comes to writing on the wall, providing status, messaging and commenting. One line break ( carriage return) is a 'character' consequently, a new paragraph generates two 'characters'. N.B : A space or punctuation is a 'character'. Instagram captions and comments can fetch 2,200 characters. Pinterest pins can have up to 500 characters. Snapchat's caption character limit is 250.

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