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title: Social Media Post Lengths You Can Count On
description: As you plan out your social media posts here are a few tips to keep in mind.
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# Social Media Post Lengths You Can Count On

BY:  

[ Kristin Jones ](https://www.jonespr.net/eight-arms-blog/author/kristin-jones)

![Social Media Post Lengths You Can Count On](https://www.jonespr.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Blog_373_social_Media.jpg?width=1688&name=Blog_373_social_Media.jpg "Social Media Post Lengths You Can Count On")

 

Do you remember how long each social media post should be?

- [**Twitter**](https://twitter.com/kcjonespr): 140 characters max (but 100 is better).
- [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/pages/JONES-+We+Are+The+Joneses/339371666253250): Posts can be as long as you like, but the best response is for 40 characters, believe it or not.
- [**Google+**](https://plus.google.com/+JonesprNetWeAreTheJoneses): Pair a 60-character headline with 200-440 characters of content.
- [**Pinterest**](https://www.pinterest.com/JONESMarketing/): Keep pin descriptions to 200 characters for the most repins.
- [**LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjonespr): B2C can use a few more words than the B2B guidelines of 16-25 words per post.

It’s enough to make your brain swirl. Thankfully, ExpressWriters lays out all of those character count targets and more for us in this [infographic](https://expresswriters.com/an-infographic-guide-to-online-content-length/).

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Want to make it even easier? Use our free [social media scheduling worksheet template](https://www.jonespr.net/social-media-scheduling-worksheet). It will automatically calculate the character count as you plan out the schedules for each of your social media accounts.

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