Meta Platforms (META) Q3 2026 results
Q3 2026: quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (13 weeks)/Release accepted Oct 21, 2026 4:03 PM ET
2nd straight quarterly revenue record
Records measured over filed history since Q1 2012 (59 comparable quarters).
- Revenue
- $64.6Bup +26.1% YoY
- Net income
- $9.9Bup +264.0% YoY
- Diluted EPS
- $3.83up +264.8% YoY
Q3 2026 = quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Data as of
Meta Platforms reported revenue of $64.6B for Q3 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), +26.1% year over year. That is the highest quarterly revenue in 59 comparable quarters since Q1 2012, and the 2nd record in a row.
Informational only. Not investment advice or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security. Figures are from company filings retrieved via SEC EDGAR; press-release (preliminary) figures may be revised in the 10-Q/10-K. Data as of Oct 21, 2026 8:00 PM ET.
Net income was $9.9B; diluted EPS was $3.83. Every figure here comes from 10-Q filed Oct 22, 2026. The earnings release reached the SEC at Oct 21, 2026 4:03 PM ET, and this is the latest Meta Platforms quarter on the site. Longer history: META earnings history.
Revenue, last 12 quarters
Revenue at its highest in 59 quarters
Meta Platforms quarterly revenue, Q4 2023 to Q3 2026 (bar chart)
Bars: revenue. Labels: change from the same quarter a year earlier.
- Q3 2026
- Earlier quarters
- * Derived: fiscal year minus nine months (Q4 is inside the 10-K)
Quarterly revenue for the last 12 quarters, Q3 2026 highlighted; the bars are labelled with each quarter's year-over-year change. Derived values (fiscal year minus nine months): Q4 2023, Q4 2024, Q4 2025.
Show these 12 quarters as a table
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026ended Sep 30, 2026 | $64.6B | up +26.1% |
| Q2 2026ended Jun 30, 2026 | $60.8B | up +28.0% |
| Q1 2026ended Mar 31, 2026 | $56.3B | up +33.1% |
| Q4 2025*ended Dec 31, 2025 | $59.9B | up +23.8% |
| Q3 2025ended Sep 30, 2025 | $51.2B | up +26.2% |
| Q2 2025ended Jun 30, 2025 | $47.5B | up +21.6% |
| Q1 2025ended Mar 31, 2025 | $42.3B | up +16.1% |
| Q4 2024*ended Dec 31, 2024 | $48.4B | up +20.6% |
| Q3 2024ended Sep 30, 2024 | $40.6B | up +18.9% |
| Q2 2024ended Jun 30, 2024 | $39.1B | up +22.1% |
| Q1 2024ended Mar 31, 2024 | $36.5B | up +27.3% |
| Q4 2023*ended Dec 31, 2023 | $40.1B | up +24.7% |
What the numbers mean
Revenue of $64,601M was $13.4B, or 26.1%, above the $51,242M reported for Q3 2025. It grew by more than a quarter in a year. On Q2 2026 it was up 6.2%, or $3.8B.
Net income of $9,860M was up 264.0% on $2,709M a year earlier: more than double, a gain of $7.2B. Net income took 15.3% of revenue, about 15 cents in every dollar; a year ago it took 5.3%, so the margin widened by 10.0 pp.
Diluted EPS came to $3.83, up 264.8% on $1.05 a year earlier, in step with net income (+264.0%). The diluted share count (2,573M) moved by less than 1%, so EPS and net income tell much the same story.
Over the last four quarters, to Sep 30, 2026, revenue totals $241.6B and net income $75.2B, a 31.1% margin; the latest quarter's 15.3% is below that average.
The numbers
| Metric | Q3 2026ended Sep 30, 2026 | Q3 2025ended Sep 30, 2025 | Q2 2026ended Jun 30, 2026 | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $64,601M3 | $51,242M3 | $60,801M1 | up +26.1% | up +6.2% |
| Net income | $9,860M3 | $2,709M3 | $15,848M1 | up +264.0% | down −37.8% |
| Diluted EPS | $3.833 | $1.053 | $6.181 | up +264.8% | down −38.0% |
What stands out
- Revenue is the highest of the 59 comparable quarters since Q1 2012: a record for that span.
- Revenue is 26.1% above Q3 2025.
- Revenue is 6.2% above the previous quarter, Q2 2026.
- Net margin is 15.3% in Q3 2026, up 10.0 pp from 5.3% a year earlier.
Bottom line
At Meta Platforms, revenue (+26.1%) and net income (+264.0%) both rose from a year earlier. Revenue of $64.6B is the highest of the 59 comparable quarters since Q1 2012.
Editor's note
Meta Platforms earned $9.9B in Q3 2026 against $2.7B a year earlier, which produces the +264.0% year-over-year figure. The sequential view is the counterweight: Q2 2026 net income was $15.8B, so profit fell 37.8% from the prior quarter even as revenue rose 6.2% to $64.6B. The 10-Q data show a large gain over a low year-ago base, not a straight climb.
Questions
What was META's revenue in Q3 2026?
Meta Platforms reported revenue of $64,601M for the quarter that ended Sep 30, 2026, +26.1% from $51,242M a year earlier. The figure is taken from the 10-Q filed Oct 22, 2026.
What was META's earnings per share for Q3 2026?
Diluted EPS under US GAAP was $3.83 on net income of $9,860M. This is the GAAP figure as filed, not an adjusted or non-GAAP number.
Where is the META earnings report for Q3 2026?
The 10-Q with the financial statements was filed on Oct 22, 2026 under accession number 0001628280-26-066773; it is linked in the source list below. The earnings release itself, a Form 8-K, was accepted on Oct 21, 2026 4:03 PM ET (accession 0001628280-26-066700).
Where can I see META earnings history?
The META earnings history page lists all 61 quarters on record (59 of them a like-for-like run since Q1 2012), with annual totals and the timestamps of past earnings releases.
Is the Q3 2026 data for META final?
The META Q3 2026 numbers come from 10-Q filed Oct 22, 2026. A company can restate prior periods in later filings; if that changes a figure here, the page is updated and the change is listed on the corrections page.
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Sources and method
Source: company filings on SEC EDGAR. Each figure traces to one of these documents:
Method: year-over-year change compares the same fiscal quarter of the prior year, for 13-week quarters only.
Figures are GAAP as filed; percentages are rounded to one decimal.