diff --git a/webapp/components/ContributionForm/ContributionForm.vue b/webapp/components/ContributionForm/ContributionForm.vue
index c91ed9741..6fa5d705f 100644
--- a/webapp/components/ContributionForm/ContributionForm.vue
+++ b/webapp/components/ContributionForm/ContributionForm.vue
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
           />
         </hc-teaser-image>
         <ds-input model="title" class="post-title" placeholder="Title" name="title" autofocus />
+        <small style="width:100%;position:relative;left:90%">{{ form.title.length }}/64</small>
         <no-ssr>
           <hc-editor :users="users" :value="form.content" @input="updateEditorContent" />
+          <small style="width:100%;position:relative;left:90%">{{ form.contentLength }}/2000</small>
         </no-ssr>
         <ds-space margin-bottom="xxx-large" />
         <hc-categories-select
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ export default {
       form: {
         title: '',
         content: '',
+        contentLength: 0,
         teaserImage: null,
         image: null,
         language: null,
@@ -88,13 +91,14 @@ export default {
       },
       formSchema: {
         title: { required: true, min: 3, max: 64 },
-        content: { required: true, min: 3 },
+        content: { required: true, min: 3, max: 2000 },
       },
       id: null,
       loading: false,
       disabled: true,
       slug: null,
       users: [],
+      n: 0,
     }
   },
   watch: {
@@ -169,17 +173,15 @@ export default {
     },
     updateEditorContent(value) {
       // this.form.content = value
+      this.$refs.contributionForm.update('content', value)
+
       this.disabled = true
-      if (
-        value.replace(
-          /<p>|<\/p>|<h3>|<\/h3>|<h4>|<\/h4>|<ul>|<\/ul>|<ol>|<\/ol>|<li>|<\/li>|<blockquote>|<\/blockquote>|<strong>|<\/strong>|<em>|<\/em>|<a.*>|<\/a>/gm,
-          '',
-        ).length > 3
-      ) {
+      this.n = value.replace(/<\/?[^>]+(>|$)/gm, '').length
+      this.form.contentLength = this.n
+
+      if (this.n > 3 && this.n < 2000) {
         this.disabled = false
       }
-
-      this.$refs.contributionForm.update('content', value)
     },
     availableLocales() {
       orderBy(locales, 'name').map(locale => {