Meta (META): FY25 Q1 earnings call, Apr 30, 2025

Wed, Apr 30Earnings callSpeaker-labelled transcriptMeta

On its Apr 30, 2025 earnings call (FY25 Q1), Meta said 12 of the 20 words Kalshi listed; Parrot’s count agreed with 19 of 20 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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20 words · 12 settled yes · our count agreed on 19 of 20

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityMarket
Instagram Yes1313✓91%transcripts from the transcript model–
WhatsApp Yes1213✓90%transcripts from the transcript model–
Efficiency Yes88✓91%transcripts from the transcript model–
Europe / European Yes88✓73%transcripts from the transcript model–
Threads Yes77✓87%transcripts from the transcript model–
Generative AI / Gen AI / Gen-AI Yes55✓94%transcripts from the transcript model–
Reels Yes55✓91%transcripts from the transcript model–
Regulator / Regulatory / Regulation Yes33✓84%transcripts from the transcript model–
Metaverse Yes11✓74%transcripts from the transcript model–
VR / Virtual reality Yes11✓35%transcripts from the transcript model–
AI recommendation Yes11✓28%transcripts from the transcript model–
Election Yes11✓15%transcripts from the transcript model–
Quest 3 No11✗50%transcripts from the transcript model–
AR / Augmented Reality No00✓73%transcripts from the transcript model–
TikTok No00✓41%transcripts from the transcript model–
Moderation No00✓34%transcripts from the transcript model–
Ad targeting / Ad-targeting No00✓24%transcripts from the transcript model–
Hiring freeze No00✓22%transcripts from the transcript model–
Horizon Worlds No00✓15%transcripts from the transcript model–
Revenue per user / RPU No00✓15%transcripts from the transcript model–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

13 matches for “Facebook”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Mark Zuckerbergcompanyprepared

…recommendation systems have led to a 7% increase in time spent on Facebook, a 6% increase on Instagram, and 35% on Threads. Threads now also…

Mark Zuckerbergcompanyprepared

…now the vast majority of our business is advertising and feeds on Facebook and Instagram. But WhatsApp now has more than 3 billion monthly actives…

Susan Licompanyprepared

…the first quarter, we saw strong growth in video consumption across both Facebook and Instagram, particularly in the U.S., where video time spent grew double-digits…

Susan Licompanyprepared

…queries by better understanding their interests and preferences through their interactions across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Earlier this year, we began testing the ability for…

Susan Licompanyprepared

…it out to, and it is now built into Meta AI across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and our new standalone Meta AI app in the U.S.…

Where the listed words were said

Susan Licompany“Instagram” · prepared

…to spark conversations over each other's interests. These features all lean into Instagram's position at the intersection of entertainment and social connection. WhatsApp remains at…

Susan Licompany“WhatsApp” · prepared

…million, up 34%, driven mostly by business messaging revenue growth from our WhatsApp Business platform, as well as Meta Verified subscriptions. We continue to direct…

Susan Licompany“Efficiency” · prepared

…time. Now to the second driver of our revenue performance, increasing monetization efficiency. The first part of this work is optimizing the level of ads…

Susan Licompany“Europe / European” · prepared

…in Rest of World and North America at 19% and 18%, respectively. Europe and Asia-Pacific grew 14% and 12%. In Q1, the total number of…

Susan Licompany“Threads” · prepared

…of content leading to better recommendations. We began testing using Llama and Threads recommendation systems at the end of last year, given the app's text-based…

Susan Licompany“Generative AI / Gen AI / Gen-AI” · prepared

…performance insights. Edits has an ultra-high resolution short-form video camera and includes generative AI tools that enable people to remove the background of any video…

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“Reels” · prepared

…the last quarter, we are testing a new ads recommendation model for reels, which has already increased conversion rates by 5%, and we're seeing 30%…

Susan Licompany“Regulator / Regulatory / Regulation” · prepared

…we added were to support our priorities of monetization, infrastructure, generative AI, regulation and compliance, and Reality Labs. On infrastructure, we have two primary focuses…

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“Metaverse” · prepared

…platforms. Glasses are the ideal form factor for both AI and the Metaverse. They enable you to let an AI see what you see, hear…

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“VR / Virtual reality” · prepared

…On Quest, we are also seeing deeper engagement as Quest 3S makes VR accessible to more people, and more people are creating experiences in horizon…

Susan Licompany“AI recommendation” · prepared

…deliver similar gains in just six months’ time with improvements to our AI recommendations delivering 7% and 6% time spent gains on Facebook and Instagram,…

Susan Licompany“Election” · qa

…and politics vertical dropped sharply as expected with the conclusion of U.S. elections and but that continues to just be a very small vertical overall.…

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