Frequently Asked Questions

SharedCount is a service that looks up the number of times a given URL has been shared on major social networks.

We query it directly from the services.

SharedCount has been around since 2010, we currently version our API to periodically update the current supported APIs.
As of April 2018, the following is the status of the networks we've ever queried:

Working:

Facebook

Pinterest

Discontinued:

Google+

Twitter

Google Buzz

Digg

Reddit

Delicious

LinkedIn

Depending on the caching involved, it can range from between 20 minutes to an hour for any given URL.

By default, no. However, paid users can opt-in to enable quota overages by logging in and clicking "Enable Overages".

SharedCount is for looking up URLs that get shared on the internet (like articles and websites), not for internal things within Facebook or any social network. Sometimes you'll see results for those types of URLs.

No. In order to do so, you'll need to either query directly from the services, or use a social listening tool.