Maximum length of a Facebook status update has just been increased to 63,206 characters.
In July 2011, Facebook already stretched the limit to 500 characters, followed by an increase to 5,000 in September. Starting yesterday, you can post status updates that are roughly equivalent to:
- 32 pages (the size of a standard picture book)
- 8800 words
- A 9th of a standard novel
- 451 maxed out Tweets