Stan Ventures
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Meta Title/Description Guide: 2026 Best Practices
November 4, 2025 - There is no official document from Google that says you must consider 70 as the meta title character limit and 160 characters as the recommended meta description length.
Rank Math
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What is the Ideal Meta Title Tag Length? » Rank Math
January 20, 2025 - The ideal length for the meta title is 50–60 characters. Google typically starts to cut off the title tag after 50-60 characters, though it may adjust based on pixel width (around 580 pixels).
The length of meta and title
Those are suggestions based on the pixel display that Google uses to show the info in the search results, if you have good rankings on the pages leave them alone. More on reddit.com
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October 18, 2023Title and meta description length
These are guidelines and best practices, not requirements. Is it wrong/bad to exceed these limits? Not necessarily. It’s that the most optimized titles and descriptions will adhere to those guidelines. That is part of “optimization”. Google also changes these elements automatically to fit search terms or intent, at times. So searchers may not even necessarily see the words you provided. That said, put your keywords as close to the beginning as possible and make sure that the title and description are related to the pages content. More on reddit.com
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June 6, 2021Knowing Your Limits: What is the maximum length of a question title, post, image and links used? - Meta Stack Exchange
We just released a new feature network-wide (including Stack Overflow for Teams) where users will be shown a character count starting when the Title hits 100 characters (this was originally requested by the Mathematics meta community in 2012…err…6-8 weeks ago). More on meta.stackexchange.com
How many of you using the website Meta Title Length more than 60 char?
The ideal length for the meta title is 50–60 characters. Google starts to cut off the title tag after 50-60 characters. Hence it is a good practice to keep your title tag around this length. More on reddit.com
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July 21, 2022How do you write a meta title and description?
A: Follow below mentioned tips to write a good meta title and description: · Use the targeted keywords but don't overuse it. · Give first priority to users, not search engines. · Use related keywords · Add call to action in the end of description.
countingcharacters.com
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Meta Title & Description (Pixel & Character) Length Checker
How long is a meta description?
A: The new meta description length is up to 923 pixels as per the Google webmaster guidelines, which might allow you to craft meta description up to 160 characters.
countingcharacters.com
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Meta Title & Description (Pixel & Character) Length Checker
How to view meta description on a website?
A: To view meta description of a webpage, press CTRL + U to open view source and search for <meta name="description". To extract meta description in bulk using Google Sheets, you can read this guide.
countingcharacters.com
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Meta Title & Description (Pixel & Character) Length Checker
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ToTheWeb
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Google Title & Description Tool → Measure in Pixels
September 26, 2014 - Google Says There’s No Limit on Title Tag Length → Page Title
MRS Digital
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Meta Length Checker - SERP Preview Tool 2025
3 weeks ago - If a title tag length exceeds 600 pixels or 60 characters it will likely truncate within the search engine results page (SERP), not providing the best first impression.
Webyurt
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Title Tag and Meta Description Length Tools
Useful tools for checking the length of meta titles and descriptions, as well as a quick character counter.
Search Engine Land
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What should the title tag length be in 2025?
April 29, 2025 - If we refer to Google’s documentation on SERPs titles (a.k.a., title links), there’s no recommended length or character limit specified for the title tag. Dig deeper: SEO for page titles and meta descriptions: How to win more clicks
Counting Characters
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Meta Title & Description (Pixel & Character) Length Checker
Lastly, the meta description length should not be more than 923 pixels and less than 430 pixels in size. Note: Google doesn't count the meta title and description in number of characters, it uses 'pixels' instead.
Zyppy Marketing
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The Best Title Tag Length for SEO (Latest Data)
July 12, 2022 - From our research, meta title tags should be between 50 to 60 characters long, or up to 575 pixels. This length is associated with higher search clicks and is less likely to be rewritten by Google.
Reddit
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r/SEO on Reddit: The length of meta and title
October 18, 2023 -
Hi:
I've just opened some of the pages optimized last year. Regarding YOAST SEO plugin, length of these two fields is longer than it should be. We are talking about maybe one world, or 10 characters on average.
Shall I change these fields? IU am afraid it will have negative effect on current positions.
thanks
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Those are suggestions based on the pixel display that Google uses to show the info in the search results, if you have good rankings on the pages leave them alone.
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As a general rule of thumb in the results page, Google provides up to 65 characters for title tags and 160 characters for meta descriptions before they are truncated with an ellipses. Yoast's "yellow" indicator is right around these limits. Yoast's "green" indicator for title tags and meta descriptions are quite a bit below this limit. As other's have mentioned, if you're performing well (top 3 positions) then leave the title tag and meta description as is. Otherwise, shortening these can help improve your CTR.
ICECUBE DIGITAL
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Free Meta Title & Description Pixel Length Checker Tool 2025
June 23, 2025 - Use our Free Meta Title & Description Length Checker Tool 2025 to measure in pixels and characters. Preview how your Meta looks in Google SERPs.
SE Ranking
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Title Checker: Check Title and Meta Description for Free
February 20, 2025 - Title & Meta Description Checker provides data on: Length of title and description (characters and pixel count).
Yoast
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How to create a good meta description • Yoast
June 23, 2025 - The meta description is an HTML tag you can set for a post or page of your website. In it, you can use roughly 155 characters to describe what your page is about. If you’re lucky, Google will show it beneath your page’s title ...
AirOps
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How to Write a Meta Title: Definition, Format & Best Practices
January 28, 2025 - The ideal meta title length is 50–60 characters to avoid truncation in search results and improve click-through rates.
VELOX
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Title Tag & Meta Description Pixel Length Tool | VELOX
March 10, 2025 - Readability: The title tag should be written using clear language and proper capitalization. Length: While meta descriptions can be any length you choose, it's important to stick to a max meta title length of 150-160 characters or about 920 pixels.
Reddit
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r/SEO on Reddit: Title and meta description length
June 6, 2021 -
It is bad to have a title of 62 characters if the good practices are 60 maximum.
The same for the meta description, if it exceeds 5-10 characters it is wrong not to follow this guideline?
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These are guidelines and best practices, not requirements. Is it wrong/bad to exceed these limits? Not necessarily. It’s that the most optimized titles and descriptions will adhere to those guidelines. That is part of “optimization”. Google also changes these elements automatically to fit search terms or intent, at times. So searchers may not even necessarily see the words you provided. That said, put your keywords as close to the beginning as possible and make sure that the title and description are related to the pages content.
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Also worth noting that it's pixel width that counts more than character count. If you have text that contains a lot of ls, it's going to take up much less space than the same text with ws in place of the ls
Core Resource Hub
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Writing effective meta titles | FIU Core Resource Hub
According to Moz, 90 percent of title tags under 60 characters are displayed correctly on the SERPs. A good meta title is descriptive, concise, unique and easy to understand.
LBHQ
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Free Title Tag & Meta Description Length Checker Tool | LBHQ
September 3, 2025 - It captures page info within 4-10 words and can be used as clickbait for people searching for a targeted keyword. To understand the ideal length of the title, use our meta title checker tool above.
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The maximum length of a post, question or answer, on Stack Overflow is 30,000 characters. This includes markdown and any other formatting. The limit on the question title is 150 characters.
I don't believe there are any upper limits on the number of links and images. I challenge you to make a post so heavy on links and images that we're tempted to add some. ;)
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As was already answered, the limit on titles is 150 characters. We just released a new feature network-wide (including Stack Overflow for Teams) where users will be shown a character count starting when the Title hits 100 characters (this was originally requested by the Mathematics meta community in 2012…err…6-8 weeks ago).
The count will appear above the right end of the Title input box and will function in the same way as the character counter used elsewhere on the site (most prominently with comments):
When you go over the limit, an error state will show on the box. The character count will update as changes are made to the title. The counter will count actual text in the box (so if you are including something like LaTeX in the title, it will count the number of character before rendering it).
Wpslimseo
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Meta Title Tag - Slim SEO Documentation
If you want to set custom meta ... status icon showing if the description has a good length. The meta title should not be longer than 60 characters....
Mangools
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SERP Simulator: Free SERP Snippet Preview Tool - Mangools
October 22, 2025 - Add the meta description you would like to try. SERP simulator will then show you how your title tag would realistically look in Google Search and check whether individual parts of the snippet have an optimal length (and won’t get trimmed by Google).