Trouble pinpointing traffic spike from Facebook

[visitphilly]

We noticed in Google Analytics and Moz that our blog uwishunu.com got a major traffic spike to this particular post:  http://www.uwishunu.com/2013/11/roundup-top-places-to-view-holiday-lights-in-and-around-philadelphia-this-season/ (you can see the like button currently says 35k likes!)

In Moz and GA we can see that this traffic is from Facebook.  We suspect that a brand page or local celebrity with a lot of followers shared this link with their fans.  Is there any way to see who that may have been so we can thank them (and see if they'll do it again sometime!) ??

[Alex-Harford]

One way in GA is to go to Acquisition, then click on facebook.com and you'll see the list of referring URLs. Most of the visits will probably come from / (the homepage), but there should hopefully be some that have a URL of a group or Facebook page.

You might get a clue from some of the places that have linked to your post today too: http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/just-discovered?site=www.uwishunu.com%2F2013%2F11%2Froundup-top-places-to-view-holiday-lights-in-and-around-philadelphia-this-season%2F - if they have a high DA there's a good chance they'll have a popular Facebook page.

Edit - you can also search Facebook's public posts to see some of the links to you: https://www.facebook.com/search/results.php?init=quick&q=www.uwishunu.com&tas=0.3013083119876683&type=eposts (you need to be logged into Facebook to see that link)

Well done!