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How Meta Platforms, Inc. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$201.0B · 100%Cost of revenue$36.2B · 18%Gross profit$164.8B · 82%Operating income$83.3B · 41%Income before tax$85.9B · 43%Income tax$25.5B · 13%Net income$60.5B · 30%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$201.0B100%
Cost of revenue$36.2B18%
$164.8B82%
$83.3B41%
Income before tax$85.9B43%
Income tax$25.5B13%
$60.5B30%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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