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# Facebook acquires content sharing tracking tool CrowdTangle
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2016/11/facebook-crowdtangle/
- Published: 2016-11-12T22:43:45.000Z
- Updated: 2016-11-12T22:43:45.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: content sharing, Facebook, metrics, sharing

[Alex Heath for *Business Insider*](http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-buys-crowdtangle-social-media-tracking-tool-2016-11?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> Facebook has acquired CrowdTangle, a four-year-old tool used by publishers like Vox, BuzzFeed, and Mic to track how their content is shared on social media.

Click through to [CrowdTangle’s customer list](http://www.crowdtangle.com/customers?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) and look at the balance of digital publishers and traditional ones. Revealing, isn’t it?