What is the Pinterest description character limit?

500 characters. Pinterest search reads all of them, so describe what the Pin shows with the words people search for.

How long can a Pin title be?

100 characters, but the feed shows about the first 40. Put the main words first.

How long can a board name and alt text be?

A board name takes 50 characters and the alt text of a Pin 500.

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Pinterest character counter.
500 in a Pin description.

A Pin title can be up to 100 characters long and a description up to 500. The feed shows only about the first 40 characters of a title and 50 of a description.

105 characters17 words

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105 / 500Folds after 50
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Where	Limit
Title	100
Description	500
Alt text	500
Board name	50

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