Meta Platforms (META) Research & Development (2011 - 2026)

Meta Platforms (META) has 16 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $17.7 billion in Q1 2026.

• Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $17.7 billion, up 45.67% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $62.9 billion (up 36.65% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $57.4 billion, up 30.77% from the prior year.
• Research & Development advanced to $17.7 billion in Q1 2026 per META's latest filing, from $17.1 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $17.7 billion in Q1 2026 and troughed at $7.7 billion in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of $11.3 billion and a median of $10.5 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Research & Development soared 48.3% in 2022, then climbed 0.77% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $9.8 billion in 2022, then advanced by 7.63% to $10.5 billion in 2023, then increased by 15.81% to $12.2 billion in 2024, then jumped by 40.68% to $17.1 billion in 2025, then climbed by 3.29% to $17.7 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows META's Research & Development at $17.7 billion in Q1 2026, $17.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $15.1 billion in Q3 2025.