META 2026 Q2

Management highlighted that Meta's ads business is now growing revenue faster year-over-year on a dollar basis than any other company's reported ad business, framed as a standout result of AI investment.

“On a dollar basis, our ads business is reporting faster year-over-year revenue growth than any other company's reported ad business.”— Mark Zuckerberg, CEO

Family of Apps other revenue crossed $1 billion for the first time in a quarter, growing 73% year-over-year, driven primarily by new WhatsApp paid messaging and subscriptions revenue streams.

“quarterly Family of Apps other revenue reached $1 billion and grew 73% year-over-year”— Susan Li, CFO

Reality Labs revenue growth of 16% was driven by strong AI glasses revenue growth that offset a decline in Quest headset sales, marking a mix shift within the segment's product portfolio.

“strong growth in AI glasses revenue, partially offset by lower Quest headset sales”— Susan Li, CFO

Early sales of the new Meta Glasses line with EssilorLuxottica have exceeded management's own expectations, a positive surprise versus internal plans for the new hardware category.

“Early sales have been strong, exceeding our expectations”— Mark Zuckerberg, CEO

Daily interactions with the Meta AI assistant rose 60% after rebuilding it around Muse Spark, and management said engagement continues to accelerate week-over-week, signaling a strengthening adoption trajectory.

“we have seen a 60% increase in the number of people interacting with the assistant each day”— Mark Zuckerberg, CEO

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Advantage+ end-to-end AI ad solutions reached a new milestone of over $75 billion in annual revenue run rate this quarter, a notable scale increase management called out.

“Our AI-powered Advantage+ end-to-end solutions continue to grow, reaching over $75 billion in annual revenue run rate this quarter.”— Susan Li, CFO

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Meta introduced Meta Generative Recommender, described as a paradigm shift in ad ranking, which drove an 8.3% increase in ad clicks and 15.7% uplift in conversions on Facebook and a 1% conversion gain on Instagram.

“a paradigm shift in how our ad system works”— Susan Li, CFO

Meta launched Meta One, a new subscription offering with AI tools across apps, and plans to expand into multiple pricing tiers as demand grows, a new monetization line versus prior quarters.

“We also just launched Meta One, a new subscription offering that provides more tools and AI features across our apps.”— Mark Zuckerberg, CEO

Business agents were made globally available on WhatsApp and Messenger this quarter with over one million businesses now using them weekly, and rollout is expanding to Instagram, a new and growing monetization surface.

“there are already more than one million businesses using them to talk to their customers or complete sales every week”— Mark Zuckerberg, CEO

Meta expanded Muse Spark model API distribution via OpenRouter for U.S. developers and plans to broaden availability to more countries, channels, and enterprises, a new enterprise monetization push.

“We soon expect to roll out the model API to more distribution channels, make it available in more countries and open it up for enterprises.”— Susan Li, CFO

GAAP operating income declined 8% year-over-year due to $2.4 billion in legal charges and $1.2 billion in severance costs, but would have increased 9% year-over-year excluding those one-time items, indicating underlying margin strength.

“Excluding the Q2 legal charges and severance expenses, our second quarter operating income would have increased 9% year-over-year.”— Susan Li, CFO

Total expenses rose 55% year-over-year, driven partly by one-time $2.4 billion legal charges and $1.2 billion severance tied to a new May 2026 headcount reduction program.

“Q2 total expenses were $42 billion, up 55% compared to last year”— Susan Li, CFO

Meta reduced headcount 3% sequentially, including about 8,000 employees from a May 2026 reduction, with the majority expected to exit the headcount count by end of Q3 2026, signaling continued cost discipline.

“We expect the majority of impacted employees will no longer be captured in our head count by the end of Q3 2026.”— Susan Li, CFO

Meta raised the low end of its full-year 2026 expense outlook to $165-169 billion to incorporate the new $2.4 billion legal charge, an increase versus its prior guidance range.

“We now expect full year 2026 total expenses to be in the range of $165 billion to $169 billion.”— Susan Li, CFO

Management flagged a new slate of youth-related trials scheduled in the U.S. this year that could result in a material loss, an escalation of regulatory/legal risk versus prior periods.

“we have a number of youth-related trials scheduled for this year in the U.S., which may ultimately result in a material loss.”— Susan Li, CFO

Meta announced a new strategic venture with BlackRock to build a 1 gigawatt data center in El Paso, Texas, a new financing structure for infrastructure capacity expansion.

“we announced a new strategic venture with BlackRock to develop a new 1 gigawatt data center in El Paso, Texas.”— Mark Zuckerberg, CEO

Meta narrowed its 2026 capital expenditure outlook to $130-145 billion, raising the low end from the prior $125-145 billion range, reflecting greater confidence in near-term infrastructure spending needs.

“narrowed from our prior outlook of $125 billion to $145 billion”— Susan Li, CFO

Meta is shifting its capital structure toward a greater mix of debt and broader financing partnerships like the BlackRock deal to lower its cost of capital for long-duration AI infrastructure investments.

“we've also been evolving our capital structure to include a greater mix of debt as we work to bring down our cost of capital”— Susan Li, CFO

Management attributed part of the 12% year-over-year rise in average price per ad to improved macro conditions relative to Q2 of last year, indicating a more favorable macro backdrop than a year ago.

“improvements in macro conditions relative to Q2 of last year”— Susan Li, CFO