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Meta Platforms (META) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)

Meta Platforms (META) has disclosed Research & Development for 15 consecutive years, with $17.1 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development rose 40.68% to $17.1 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $57.4 billion, a 30.77% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $57.4 billion, up 30.77% from a year prior.
  • Research & Development was $17.1 billion for Q4 2025 at Meta Platforms, up from $15.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $17.1 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $5.2 billion in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $10.0 billion and a median of $9.6 billion in 2022 define the central range for Research & Development.
  • Peak YoY movement for Research & Development: soared 48.3% in 2022, then rose 0.77% in 2023.
  • Meta Platforms' Research & Development stood at $7.0 billion in 2021, then skyrocketed by 38.67% to $9.8 billion in 2022, then rose by 7.63% to $10.5 billion in 2023, then rose by 15.81% to $12.2 billion in 2024, then surged by 40.68% to $17.1 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for META's Research & Development are $17.1 billion (Q4 2025), $15.1 billion (Q3 2025), and $12.9 billion (Q2 2025).