How long can a Text Message can be?

A Standard Text message can be 160 characters long. Characters means letters, digits, spaces, special characters, punctuation. TxtImpact SMS marketing campaign and mass texting tools allow you to send up to 465 characters. However the longer messages will be split into 160 character long messages and sent as multiple part like 1/3, 2/3, 3/3 etc. Each part is considered as one message credit.