# Meta Platforms employees

entity: /record/meta.md  
predicate: employees  
page: /record/meta/employees  
as_of: 2026-10-31  

As of October 31, 2026, Meta Platforms's employee count on the AsOf record is 78,865, dated December 31, 2025, from a primary source (sec.gov). The record holds 5 claims on Meta Platforms's employee count, 1 still open and 4 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current employees

What the record asserts on 2026-10-31.

- [Meta Platforms](/record/meta.md) | employees | 78,865 | valid 2025-12-31 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_9A18E40DB43A](/claim/clm_9A18E40DB43A.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000162828026003942/meta-20251231.htm, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001326801/000162828026066700/meta-09302026xexhibit991.htm

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Meta Platforms](/record/meta.md) | employees | 2,431 | valid 2011-03-31 to 2012-03-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_3226CE9BF611](/claim/clm_3226CE9BF611.md) | [clm_C0696347138C](/claim/clm_C0696347138C.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000119312512240111/d287954d424b4.htm
- [Meta Platforms](/record/meta.md) | employees | 3,539 | valid 2012-03-31 to 2014-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_C4F1324F5974](/claim/clm_C4F1324F5974.md) | [clm_3226CE9BF611](/claim/clm_3226CE9BF611.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000119312512240111/d287954d424b4.htm
- [Meta Platforms](/record/meta.md) | employees | 17,048 | valid 2016-12-31 to 2017-03-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_C80398D3C51F](/claim/clm_C80398D3C51F.md) | [clm_22E133535EDB](/claim/clm_22E133535EDB.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680117000007/fb-12312016x10k.htm
- [Meta Platforms](/record/meta.md) | employees | 35,587 | valid 2018-12-31 to 2019-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_A76DF8E07F7F](/claim/clm_A76DF8E07F7F.md) | [clm_86DF9FC2180B](/claim/clm_86DF9FC2180B.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680119000009/fb-12312018x10k.htm
- [Meta Platforms](/record/meta.md) | employees | 78,865 | valid 2025-12-31 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_9A18E40DB43A](/claim/clm_9A18E40DB43A.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000162828026003942/meta-20251231.htm, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001326801/000162828026066700/meta-09302026xexhibit991.htm

## What replaced what

- 2,431 (2011-03-31 to 2012-03-31, [clm_C0696347138C](/claim/clm_C0696347138C.md)) was replaced by 3,539 from 2012-03-31 ([clm_3226CE9BF611](/claim/clm_3226CE9BF611.md))
- 3,539 (2012-03-31 to 2014-12-31, [clm_3226CE9BF611](/claim/clm_3226CE9BF611.md)) was replaced by [clm_C4F1324F5974](/claim/clm_C4F1324F5974.md)
- 17,048 (2016-12-31 to 2017-03-31, [clm_22E133535EDB](/claim/clm_22E133535EDB.md)) was replaced by [clm_C80398D3C51F](/claim/clm_C80398D3C51F.md)
- 35,587 (2018-12-31 to 2019-12-31, [clm_86DF9FC2180B](/claim/clm_86DF9FC2180B.md)) was replaced by [clm_A76DF8E07F7F](/claim/clm_A76DF8E07F7F.md)

## Questions this record answers

### What is Meta Platforms's current employee count?

78,865, dated December 31, 2025, from a primary source (sec.gov). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

### When did Meta Platforms's employee count last change?

The latest value on the record is 78,865, dated December 31, 2025; before it the record holds 35,587, dated December 31, 2018 and closed on December 31, 2019.

### What was Meta Platforms's employee count before 78,865?

35,587, valid from December 31, 2018 to December 31, 2019 (status superseded), from a primary source (sec.gov).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/meta/employees (this fact) · /v1/entities/meta?predicates=employees (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: entity_state(entity: "meta", predicates: ["employees"], scope: "all")
- Entity twin: /record/meta.md · timeline: /timelines/meta.md

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