diff --git a/src/utils/html-content-length.js b/src/utils/html-content-length.js
index 517f5efc..0de30c2a 100644
--- a/src/utils/html-content-length.js
+++ b/src/utils/html-content-length.js
@@ -2,5 +2,10 @@ const div = document.createElement('div');
 export default function htmlContentLength(html) {
   if (!html) return 0;
   div.innerHTML = html;
+  // .invisible spans for links
+  // e.g. <span class="invisible">https://</span>mastodon.social
+  div.querySelectorAll('.invisible').forEach((el) => {
+    el.remove();
+  });
   return div.innerText.length;
 }