Social Media Share Counter
Social share counting is not currently available.
Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and Pinterest each discontinued the public, unauthenticated endpoints that used to return share counts for a URL. Producing real counts today requires authenticated, permissioned API access on each platform, which ProURLMonitor does not operate or pay for. Rather than generate estimated or random numbers, this page explains the limitation directly.
To see what a URL will actually look like when shared — its title, description, and preview image — use the Meta Tag Checker to inspect its real Open Graph and Twitter/X Card tags.
What changed on each platform
- Facebook: the public Share Count API was removed; share and reaction counts now require an authenticated Graph API call with page-level permissions.
- X (Twitter): the public retweet/share count endpoint was retired; the current API requires an authenticated, paid tier to query post metrics.
- LinkedIn: the public share-count endpoint was discontinued; share analytics are only available through authenticated access to content you manage.
- Pinterest: the public pin-count endpoint was discontinued; Pinterest Analytics requires an authenticated business account.
- Reddit: a public JSON endpoint still exists, but only for a specific submission URL you already have — it cannot total shares of an arbitrary URL across the platform.
Frequently asked questions
Why doesn’t this tool show social share counts anymore?
Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and Pinterest all discontinued their public share-count endpoints years ago. Getting real counts today requires authenticated, permissioned API access that ProURLMonitor does not have and does not pay for, so we removed the counter rather than show simulated numbers.
Can any platform’s share count still be checked for free?
Not reliably across platforms. Reddit exposes a public JSON endpoint, but only for a specific post you already have a link to — it cannot tell you how many times a URL has been shared across all of Reddit. There is no equivalent public endpoint left for Facebook, X, LinkedIn, or Pinterest.
What can I check about a URL’s social presence instead?
Use the Meta Tag Checker to see the actual Open Graph and Twitter/X Card tags a URL serves — the title, description, and image that will appear when the link is shared. That is real, verifiable data pulled from the live page, not an engagement count.
Did this tool ever show real share counts?
No. The previous version generated random numbers for every platform on every check. It has been removed so this page does not mislead anyone about what data is actually available.
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