Meta Platforms (META) Operating Expenses (2011 - 2026)

Meta Platforms (META) has 16 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $33.4 billion in Q1 2026.

• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $33.4 billion, up 35.06% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $126.4 billion (up 29.95% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $117.7 billion, up 23.73% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses declined to $33.4 billion in Q1 2026 per META's latest filing, from $35.1 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $35.1 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at $19.4 billion in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of $24.8 billion and a median of $23.7 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Operating Expenses declined 7.91% in 2023, then soared 40.47% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $25.8 billion in 2022, then slipped by 7.91% to $23.7 billion in 2023, then rose by 5.45% to $25.0 billion in 2024, then surged by 40.47% to $35.1 billion in 2025, then retreated by 4.86% to $33.4 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows META's Operating Expenses at $33.4 billion in Q1 2026, $35.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $30.7 billion in Q3 2025.