title: facebook API: any public way to get the count of followers for a specific page within a global page hierarchy?
body: <p>In the facebook API, for a page, <code>fan_count</code> gives the number of users who like the Page. For Global Pages this is the count for all Pages across the brand. ( <a href="https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/page/" rel="noreferrer">https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/page/</a>) To get the specific count of fans of a particular global page (not the sum across the brand), we have used /{page-id}/insights/page_fans_country to get the count of followers of the specific page, via this public insights metric. </p>
  
  <p>I see that "starting on February 5th, 2018, a Page access token with the read_insights permission will be required for Page-owned Post insights" (<a href="https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2.10/insights" rel="noreferrer">https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2.10/insights</a>) -- including the two metrics that have long been public, page_fans_country and page_storytellers_by_country. </p>
  
  <p>Moving forward, is there any other public way to get the count of followers for a specific page within a global page hierarchy, i.e. without having a read_insights token for the page? </p>
  
  <p>I see the <code>country_page_likes</code> field for pages, but it doesn't seem to be publically available either (requires a token with, i believe, admin access). </p>
  
  <p>Thanks! </p>