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Meta Platforms, Inc. reported Research And Development Expense of $57.37 billion for the year ending 2025.
- Meta Platforms, Inc. showed an increase of +30.8% in Research And Development Expense from 2024 to 2025.
- This data is from Meta Platforms, Inc.'s annual report (Form 10-K), filed with the SEC on January 29, 2026.
- XBRL data for this metric is available from 2010 to 2025 (16 years of filings). Earlier data may not exist in machine-readable XBRL format as companies adopted electronic filing at different times.
- Quarterly values from 10-Q filings: Q2 2011: $99.00 million | Q3 2011: $108.00 million | Q1 2012: $153.00 million | Q2 2012: $705.00 million | Q3 2012: $244.00 million | Q1 2013: $293.00 million | Q2 2013: $344.00 million | Q3 2013: $369.00 million | Q1 2014: $455.00 million | Q2 2014: $492.00 million | Q3 2014: $608.00 million | Q1 2015: $1.06 billion | Q2 2015: $1.17 billion | Q3 2015: $1.27 billion | Q1 2016: $1.34 billion | Q2 2016: $1.47 billion | Q3 2016: $1.54 billion | Q1 2017: $1.83 billion | Q2 2017: $1.92 billion | Q3 2017: $2.05 billion | Q1 2018: $2.24 billion | Q2 2018: $2.52 billion | Q3 2018: $2.66 billion | Q1 2019: $2.86 billion | Q2 2019: $3.32 billion | Q3 2019: $3.55 billion | Q1 2020: $4.02 billion | Q2 2020: $4.46 billion | Q3 2020: $4.76 billion | Q1 2021: $5.20 billion | Q2 2021: $6.10 billion | Q3 2021: $6.32 billion | Q1 2022: $7.71 billion | Q2 2022: $8.69 billion | Q3 2022: $9.17 billion | Q1 2023: $9.38 billion | Q2 2023: $9.34 billion | Q3 2023: $9.24 billion | Q1 2024: $9.98 billion | Q2 2024: $10.54 billion | Q3 2024: $11.18 billion | Q1 2025: $12.15 billion | Q2 2025: $12.94 billion | Q3 2025: $15.14 billion.
- Over the full 16 years of available data (2010 to 2025), Meta Platforms, Inc.'s Research And Development Expense has grown by 39,741.7%.
- Historical annual values: Fiscal year 2025: $57.37 billion | Fiscal year 2024: $43.87 billion | Fiscal year 2023: $38.48 billion | Fiscal year 2022: $35.34 billion | Fiscal year 2021: $24.66 billion | Fiscal year 2020: $18.45 billion | Fiscal year 2019: $13.60 billion | Fiscal year 2018: $10.27 billion | Fiscal year 2017: $7.75 billion | Fiscal year 2016: $5.92 billion | Fiscal year 2015: $4.82 billion | Fiscal year 2014: $2.67 billion | Fiscal year 2013: $1.42 billion | Fiscal year 2012: $1.40 billion | Fiscal year 2011: $388.00 million | Fiscal year 2010: $144.00 million.
- Data sourced from SEC EDGAR public filings as of August 7, 2026.
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