Title & Meta Description Checker .
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Paste a URL to pull the live tags, or write your own. Either way you see exactly how Google renders the result on desktop and mobile, measured in real pixels rather than character guesses.
Google desktop · 600px title · 920px description
Shown at Google’s real 652px desktop width. Swipe the panel sideways to see all of it.
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What we measure against
Google has never published a character limit for titles or meta descriptions. It cuts snippets by rendered width, so the same 60 characters can fit or get chopped depending on which letters you use. That’s why this title tag checker measures pixels.
| Element | Measured at | Desktop | Mobile | Roughly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title tag | Arial 22px | 600 px | 540 px | 50–60 characters |
| Meta description | Arial 14px | 920 px | 680 px | 120–155 characters |
Why the font matters. Google shows desktop titles at about 20px and descriptions at 14px. We measure with Arial because it runs a touch wider than Google’s own font, so if the tool says it fits, it fits.
Why pixels beat characters. Forty capital W’s blow straight past the title limit. Sixty lowercase i’s use less than half of it. A character count treats both the same, so it gets one of them wrong every time.
Titles on mobile. The column is narrower, and Google cuts titles earlier than on desktop. Keep your title under 540px and it shows in full on both.
Descriptions on mobile. This is where most snippets get cut. Google gives you about 920px on desktop but only around 680px on a phone. Put the important part of your meta description in the first 120 characters, because that’s all a mobile searcher sees.
The safe zone. Keep your SEO title length under 540px and your description under 680px, and both survive on any screen. Go longer if the extra words are worth losing on mobile.
Google may still rewrite it. Studies over the last few years found Google changes about 60% of titles and most descriptions. Staying inside these widths won’t force Google to use your copy. It just means your copy doesn’t get cut off when Google does use it.
These limits come from observation, not from Google. It changes how results render without warning, so we re-check the numbers against live results once a year.
These are measured observations, not published limits. Google has never documented a length cap and the rendering changes without notice. Worth re-checking against a live result page once a year.