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Below is a table of the META shares outstanding history going back to 4/22/2022:
Also see: META Market Cap History META YTD Return |
As of 4/24/2026 Meta Platforms has 2.20 billion META shares outstanding. Investors often track the META shares outstanding history to compare shareholder return trends against the change in share count over time.
This page shows META share count trends over time, with 17 historical shares outstanding datapoints presented, dating back to 4/22/2022.

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Below is a table of the META shares outstanding history going back to 4/22/2022:
Also see: META Market Cap History META YTD Return |
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META Historical Shares Outstanding: -1.08% CAGR
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| About Meta Platforms Inc |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. builds technology that helps people connect and share, find communities, and grow businesses. Co.'s products enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) headsets, and wearables. It operates through two segments: Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL). The FoA segment includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads and WhatsApp. The RL includes augmented, mixed and virtual reality related consumer hardware, software, and content. We show 17 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of META's shares outstanding history. Understanding the changing numbers of META shares outstanding — and comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like META versus peers — is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies. Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history. With this page we aim to empower investors researching META by allowing them to research META shares outstanding history as well as any other stock in our coverage universe. |
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