Number next to the Facebook share button on a post doesn't match site stats

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  waldroplaura · Member · Feb 22, 2015 at 11:09 pm

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  I am confused about what the number next to the Facebook Share button at the bottom of a post means. I have read other forum threads which make it sound like that is the number of people who went to my site and clicked that button.

  However, it doesn’t match the number of Facebook shares in my Site Stats. For one post the number on the button says 92 and the number on my stats page says 3 (which feels more realistic). If it’s 3, what does the 92 mean? If it’s 92, why doesn’t that show up under site stats?

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  abouddandachi76 · Member · Feb 22, 2015 at 11:29 pm

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  Can you point to a post where you’re seeing this issue?

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  waldroplaura · Member · Feb 22, 2015 at 11:32 pm

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  Thanks for the quick response! Here’s the post I referenced (but there seems to be a discrepancy across any posts with shares): http://ratherthecouch.com/2015/02/06/im-singing-on-the-internet-take-two/

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  abouddandachi76 · Member · Feb 22, 2015 at 11:39 pm

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  Yep, that seems to be a very popular post. Basically what the Facebook buttons on WordPress blogs do (at least all the ones Im familiar with), is count the total number of likes, shares and comments for that post and then displays that number on your webpage.

  So using HowManyShares.com , we can see that your post got 35 likes, 3 shares and 54 comments, which add up to 92. Plus 3 tweets.

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  waldroplaura · Member · Feb 22, 2015 at 11:44 pm

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  Ahhhh, shares AND likes AND comments. Thank you so much for clarifying!