Discrepancy in “plays” count between Instagram API and app for reels with shared posts
I’m using the Instagram Graph API to retrieve the “plays” count for reels using the ig_reels_aggregated_all_plays_count field from the IG Media endpoint (documentation here). However, I’ve noticed that the “plays” count returned by the API does not match the count shown in the Instagram app. The discrepancy is particularly significant when the reel has been shared by other accounts or is a joint post by two or more accounts. The count in the app is almost twice as high as the count returned by the API.