The Graph API no longer reports the number of likes (share) or at least is not consistent with it:
It seems to be missing here: http://graph.facebook.com/?id=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/25/pope-christmas-eve-mass-god_n_2361399.html
but present in IMDB: https://graph.facebook.com/?id=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853728/
also the old file with the number of shares and comments can be found for old web pages.
Is this a deployment problem or is it a bug? From what I can collect, the issue began to change until around the 20th.
Looks like a mistake. FQL Query is an alternative that still works. Here is an example:
select comment_count, share_count, like_count from link_stat where url = "http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/12/facebook-comments-now-on-over-50k-sites-get-more-social-with-latest-upgrade/"
Try using the API Explorer here: http://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/?fql=select%20comment_count%2C%20share_count%2C%20like_count%20from%20link_stat%20where%20url%20%3D%20%22http % 3A% 2F% 2Ftechcrunch.com% 2F2011% 2F04% 2F12% 2Ffacebook-comments-now-on-over-50k-sites-get-more-social-with-latest-upgrade% 2F% 22
However, I would really love it if they changed the Graph API to return counts and comments again.
This official Facebook document (developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/comments/) still recommends using the Graph API to count comments, however it does not work with new pages like this one: https: //graph.facebook .com /? ids = http: //techcrunch.com/2012/12/27/the-last-imac-question-mark/
try it
http://graph.facebook.com/fql?q=select%20comment_count%2C%20share_count%2C%20like_count%20from%20link_stat%20where%20url%20%3D%20%22http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com% 2F2013% 2F01% 2F30% 2Ffacebook-twitter-blackberry-10% 2F% 22
Which will give results like
{ "data": [ { "comment_count": 3, "share_count": 91, "like_count": 5 } ] }
It was accepted as a mistake a few days ago,
http://developers.facebook.com/bugs/180781098727185?browse=search_50dda74e1870c8d60275326
hope they resolve this in the short future