How to Get Your Twitter Share Counts Back

Who else was pissed when Twitter removed their share counts?

*raises hand*

You’re not alone.

A LOT of people got frustrated. They even created a #SaveOurShareCounts campaign.

Not to mention, according to a study by Shareaholic, overall shares to Twitter on 300,000+ sites decreased 11.28% after the change.

Personally, most of my shares and social proof come from Twitter. I was not happy.

Then I got an email from someone promoting an article. I checked out his site and, low and behold, he had tweet counts!

Then I checked out a few more sites, like SEMrush:

Buzzsumo:

And Social Media Examiner:

And saw they all had shares too.

So asked him how he did it, and he spilled the beans. Now I’ve got my Twitter shares back, and all is good in the world again:

(I lost that email, so if you’re reading this let me know and I’ll give you credit.)

In this quick guide, you’re going to learn how to get your Twitter share counts back for all of the major social sharing plugins, like SumoMe, Shareaholic, AddThis, AddToAny, and more.

Click the links below to skip down to each section:

• The Official Twitter Button
• SumoMe
• Shareaholic
• AddThis
• AddToAny
• Jetpack
• Simple Share Buttons
• Easy Social Share Buttons
• Super Socializer, Mashshare, AccessPress, Sassy Social Share, and Cresta
• Bonus Method

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The Official Twitter Button

To get your tweet counts back for Twitter’s official button, here are 2 options:

1) NewShareCounts

First, head over to NewShareCounts and type in your website’s URL:

This is how they track your site’s shares.

The next page will contain the following code:

Copy and paste this code anywhere within the HTML of your site. NewShareCounts will 1) pull up your Twitter shares for the past 7 days and 2) track all of your future shares.

(If it doesn’t work after this, follow these instructions.)

This code also works for any specific plugin that uses the standard tweet counter.

I pasted my code in my header, so my tweets are tracked on every page.

If you’re using WordPress and don’t have an option within your theme to edit your header/footer, check out this plugin.

2) TwitCount

First, head over to TwitCount and click “Give Me My Twitter Counts Back”:

Then sign in using your Twitter account and fill in your website details:

Select “Official Twitter Button” and click continue:

Finally, take the code it generates and paste it anywhere on your site within the HTML:

I prefer the header or footer. (WordPress users, try this plugin to edit your header/footer.)

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SumoMe

To get your SumoMe tweet counts back, here are 2 options:

1) NewShareCounts

First, head over to NewShareCounts and type in your website’s URL:

This is how they track your site’s shares.

Then, go ahead and place the following code within the HTML of your site:

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NewShareCounts will 1) pull up your Twitter shares for the past 7 days and 2) track all of your future shares.

I pasted my code in my header, so my tweets are tracked on every page.

If you’re using WordPress and don’t have an option within your theme to edit your header/footer, check out this plugin.

2) TwitCount

First, head over to TwitCount and click “Give Me My Twitter Counts Back”:

Then sign in using your Twitter account and fill in your website details:

Select “Supported Social Plugins” and click Continue:

Finally, take the code it generates and paste it anywhere on your site within the HTML:

I prefer the header or footer. (WordPress users, try this plugin to edit your header/footer.)

Boom! That’s it.

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Shareaholic

To get your Shareaholic tweet counts back, here are 2 options:

1) NewShareCounts

First, head over to NewShareCounts and type in your website’s URL:

This is how they track your site’s shares.

Then, go ahead and place the following code anywhere within the HTML of your site:

 ;

NewShareCounts will 1) pull up your Twitter shares for the past 7 days and 2) track all of your future shares.

I pasted my code in my header, so my tweets are tracked on every page.

If you’re using WordPress and don’t have an option within your theme to edit your header/footer, check out this plugin.

2) TwitCount

First, head over to TwitCount and click “Give Me My Twitter Counts Back”:

Then sign in using your Twitter account and fill in your website details:

Select “Supported Social Plugins” and click Continue:

Finally, take the code it generates and paste it anywhere on your site within the HTML:

I prefer the header or footer. (WordPress users, try this plugin to edit your header/footer.)

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AddThis

To get your AddThis tweet counts back, here are 2 options:

1) NewShareCounts

First, head over to NewShareCounts and type in your website’s URL:

This is how they track your site’s shares.

Then, go ahead and place the following code anywhere within the HTML of your site:

 ;

NewShareCounts will 1) pull up your Twitter shares for the past 7 days and 2) track all of your future shares.

I pasted my code in my header, so my tweets are tracked on every page.

If you’re using WordPress and don’t have an option within your theme to edit your header/footer, check out this plugin.

2) TwitCount

First, head over to TwitCount and click “Give Me My Twitter Counts Back”:

Then sign in using your Twitter account and fill in your website details:

Select “Supported Social Plugins” and click Continue:

Finally, take the code it generates and paste it anywhere on your site within the HTML:

I prefer the header or footer. (WordPress users, try this plugin to edit your header/footer.)

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AddToAny

To get your AddToAny tweet counts back, here is one option:

1) NewShareCounts

First, head over to NewShareCounts and type in your website’s URL:

This is how they track your site’s shares.

Then, go ahead and place the following code anywhere (within the HTML) on your site:

 ;

NewShareCounts will 1) pull up your Twitter shares for the past 7 days and 2) track all of your future shares.

I pasted my code in my header, so my tweets are tracked on every page.

If you’re using WordPress and don’t have an option within your theme to edit your header/footer, check out this plugin.

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Jetpack

To get your Jetpack tweet counts back, here are 2 options:

1) NewShareCounts

First, head over to NewShareCounts and type in your website’s URL:

This is how they track your site’s shares.

Then, go ahead and place the following code anywhere within the HTML of your site:

 ;

NewShareCounts will 1) pull up your Twitter shares for the past 7 days and 2) track all of your future shares.

I pasted my code in my header, so my tweets are tracked on every page.

If you’re using WordPress and don’t have an option within your theme to edit your header/footer, check out this plugin.

2) TwitCount

First, head over to TwitCount and click “Give Me My Twitter Counts Back”:

Then sign in using your Twitter account and fill in your website details:

Select “Supported Social Plugins” and click Continue:

Finally, take the code it generates and paste it anywhere on your site within the HTML:

I prefer the header or footer. (WordPress users, try this plugin to edit your header/footer.)

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Simple Share Buttons

To get your Simple Share Buttons tweet counts back, here is one option:

1) NewShareCounts

First, head over to NewShareCounts and type in your website’s URL:

This is how they track your site’s shares.

This plugin has built-in integration with NewShareCounts. (Read the page here.)

Simply go to Settings –> Share Buttons and choose the Counters tab. Then turn on “Share Count” and “newsharecounts.com Counts for Twitter.”

NewShareCounts will 1) pull up your Twitter shares for the past 7 days and 2) track all of your future shares.

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Easy Social Share Buttons

To get your Easy Social Share Buttons tweet counts back, here is one option:

1) NewShareCounts

First, head over to NewShareCounts and type in your website’s URL:

This is how they track your site’s shares.

This plugin has built-in integration with NewShareCounts. (Read the page here.)

Simply choose “Display Counters” and in the “Additional Counter Options” section set “Twitter share counter” to “Using NewShareCounts.com.”

NewShareCounts will 1) pull up your Twitter shares for the past 7 days and 2) track all of your future shares.

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Super Socializer, Mashshare, AccessPress, Sassy Social Share, and Cresta

To get your tweet counts back for Super Socializer, Mashshare, AccessPress, Sassy Social Share, and Cresta, here is each option:

Super Socializer: Sign up at NewShareCounts so they can track your tweets. Then change plugin’s settings to “Use NewShareCounts to show Twitter share counts.” (Read the full page here.)

Mashshare: Sign up at NewShareCounts so they can track your tweets. Then, within the plugin, go to Settings –> General. Under “Share counts” select “MashEngine (including twitter count).” (Read the full page here.)

AccessPress: Sign up at NewShareCounts so they can track your tweets. Then, within the plugin, go to “Miscellaneous” and select “Yes” under “Social share counter enable?” Then choose “Use NewShareCounts to show Twitter share counts.” (Read the full page here.)

Sassy Social Share: Sign up at NewShareCounts so they can track your tweets. Then, within the plugin, go to “Standard Interface” and select “Show share counts.” Then choose “Use NewShareCounts to show Twitter share counts.” (Read the full page here.)

Cresta: Sign up at NewShareCounts so they can track your tweets. Then, within the plugin, go to  “Select buttons to display on website” and choose “Twitter.” Then go to “Display Settings” and select “newsharecounts.com for Twitter Counts.” (Read the full page here.)

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Bonus Method — Buzzsumo’s Chrome Extension

To view the Twitter shares for any web page (including your competitors) you can use Buzzsumo’s Google Chrome extension.

Download it here.

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Hope this helped you get your share counts back!

As you can see, NewShareCounts, TwitCount, and Buzzsumo are the ways to go.

If you know of any others, comment below and I’ll add them in.