title: Facebook API versions returning different shared count
body: <p>Why is it that the Facebook API is returning a different <strong>shared_count</strong> and <strong>comment_count</strong> for the same URL depending on which version of the API I query? </p>
  
  <p><strong>Graph API 1.0 (deprecated)</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>https://graph.facebook.com/v1.0/fql?q=SELECT%20url,%20share_count,%20like_count,%20comment_count,%20total_count,%20click_count%20FROM%20link_stat%20where%20url=%27http://www.wikipedia.org/%27
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Results in</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
     "data": [
        {
           "url": "http://www.wikipedia.org/",
           "share_count": 73450,
           "like_count": 28937,
           "comment_count": 16637,
           "total_count": 119024,
           "click_count": 621935
        }
     ]
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Graph API 2.3 (current)</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>https://graph.facebook.com/v2.3/?id=http://www.wikipedia.org/&amp;access_token=SECRET_TOKEN_HERE
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Results in</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
     "og_object": {
        "id": "382267859091",
        "title": "Wikipedia",
        "type": "website",
        "updated_time": "2015-04-21T21:22:59+0000",
        "url": "http://www.wikipedia.org/"
     },
     "share": {
        "comment_count": 3,
        "share_count": 199005
     },
     "id": "http://www.wikipedia.org/"
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Also, sharedcount.com returns numbers which match the v1.0 API:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.sharedcount.com/#url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikipedia.org%2F" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.sharedcount.com/#url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikipedia.org%2F</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29680762/migrating-facebook-api-for-url-share-count-from-v1-0-to-v2-0">See my related question</a></p>