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Three years ago, we launched Facebook Share to make it easy to instantly share content back to Facebook with just a couple clicks of a mouse. From news articles to photos and videos, people now share more than 2 billion pieces of content on Facebook each week, many of which are through Facebook Share. Beginning today, we're making that experience richer by keeping count of the popularity of what people are sharing.

You now will begin seeing a new version of the Facebook Share button that includes a live counter, which shows the number of times... that a particular article, video or piece of content has been shared.

For instance, if you come across an interesting news story on The Huffington Post or the latest gadget on Chip Online, you'll be able to watch the number on the counter climb as more people share the item with their friends. This makes it easy to see what is being shared the most.

The next time you're watching a video of Filippo Inzaghi trying to score on Raul Gonzalez's turf on Real Madrid, you not only can share it instantly with your friends through the Facebook Share button, you also can track the popularity of the video.



Start conversations with your friends in just a few clicks whenever you see a Facebook Share button, and see their reactions through comments in your News Feed. The Share button enables you to take content from across the Web and share it with your friends on Facebook, where it can be re-shared over and over so the best and most interesting items get noticed by the people you care about.

Any website can add the new Facebook Share button. Our launch partners don't cover all the sites you use on a daily basis, so if you want to see this list grow then get in touch with your favorite websites, developers, and services, and tell them that you want to see the new Facebook Share button. If you are a developer, you can learn more about how to add the new version of Share to your website on our developer blog. With your help, we can all share more information across the web.


Mark, a Facebook product manager, is watching the Facebook Share counter climb on Huffington Post articles.