Meta

Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, is an American multinational technology conglomerate that owns and operates

Facebook,

Instagram,

Threads,

WhatsApp, and other products and services.

Meta ranks #5 among the web technology companies we track.
The company's technologies are present on 66.9% of websites.

Statistics based on 3.6M+ analyzed websites. About this data

🔍 Overview

🏠 Website
- meta.com #203
💼 Legal name
- Meta Platforms, Inc.
🏤 Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California, United States
🗓️ Founded
- 4 January 2004 (22 years ago)
🏷️ Previous name
- Facebook, Inc.
🔗 Links
- Wikipedia

📁 Technology Categories

JavaScript libraries ⁴Legacy ⁴Social media ⁴Widgets ⁴Instant messaging ²Social sharing ²Standards ²Ad trackingAppsAuthenticationClassified adsCommenting systemsCustomer reviewsDatabasesFrontend frameworksMarketplacesOnline collaborationPlatformsProgramming languagesSemantic markupStatic site generatorsURL shortenersWeb serversWebmaster tools

⚡ Technologies

We track 29 technologies owned or developed by Meta Platforms, Inc. that are used across the web.

#	Technology	Reach
1	Open Graph A web metadata standard that defines how webpages are described as structured objects for use in social graphs and enables their consistent representation.	52%
2	Facebook A popular social media platform owned by Meta. Free	41.3%
3	Instagram A photo and video sharing social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. Free	32.1%
4	Facebook SDK A library that provides client-side tools for Social Plugins, Login, and Graph API calls. Free	11%
5	Meta Pixel A tracking tool that allows advertisers to measure visitor activity and conversions from ads on Facebook and Instagram.	7.2%
6	React A popular open-source JavaScript library for building dynamic user interfaces through reusable and stateful UI components, originally created by Facebook. FreeOpen source	6.2%
7	Meta Domain Verification Allows companies to claim ownership of their domains in Meta Business Suite or Business Manager. Free	4.4%
8	WhatsApp A cross-platform instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta that enables private messaging, media sharing, and internet-based voice and video communication. Free	4.1%
9	Regenerator A JavaScript library from Facebook that allows the use of ES6 generators in older browsers. FreeOpen source	3.5%
10	Facebook Share Lets people add a personalized message to links before sharing on their timeline, in groups, or to their friends via a Facebook Message.	2.5%
11	Facebook Apps Third-party software applications that integrate with Facebook and use its APIs to access data and interact with its social features. Free	2.4%
12	Facebook Page Plugin Lets you easily embed and promote any public Facebook Page on your website.	1.3%
13	GraphQL A data query and manipulation language for APIs typically used for remote client-server communications.	1%
14	Facebook Like A social plugin that allowed websites to embed a button for visitors to like and share web pages on Facebook. Legacy	0.9%
15	Messenger An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms. Free	0.8%
16	Messenger Customer Chat The website chat widget from Meta that was retired in May 2024. Legacy	0.5%
17	Threads A microblogging and social media platform from Meta designed for sharing text updates and participating in public conversations. Free	0.3%
18	Facebook Like Box A plugin that allowed admins to promote their Facebook Pages and embed a simple feed of content from a Page into other sites. Legacy	0.2%
19	Facebook Login A convenient way for Facebook's billions of global users to log into your app or website. Free	0.1%
20	StyleX An open-source styling system and CSS-in-JS library developed by Meta for building and maintaining large-scale web applications. FreeOpen source	0.07%
21	Facebook Reviews A review platform integrated into Facebook Pages that allows users to recommend businesses and share feedback on products or services. Free	0.07%
22	Fb.me A Facebook URL shortener that can be used for profiles and pages.	0.06%
23	Facebook Comments A website plugin that lets visitors post and reply to comments using their Facebook accounts. Free	0.03%
24	Docusaurus A static site generator for React-powered documentation websites that uses MDX and a React-based theme system. FreeOpen source	0.02%
25	Facebook Marketplace A digital marketplace within the Facebook platform where users can buy and sell items.	0.001%
26	RocksDB An embeddable, persistent key-value store that is optimized for fast, low-latency storage, such as flash drives and high-speed disk drives. FreeOpen source	0.001%
27	HHVM An open-source virtual machine designed to execute programs written in the programming language, originally developed for Facebook and still used by Meta.	0.001%
28	Hack A PHP-based programming language designed for the virtual machine and developed by Meta to build large-scale web applications with improved type safety.	0.001%
29	Workplace Meta's all-in-one business communication platform that combines chat, video, and groups. $4/user/monthLegacy

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 3,606,256 websites.
Statistics were last calculated on August 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.