Meta (META): FY26 Q2 earnings call, Jul 29, 2026

Wed, Jul 29Earnings callSpeaker-labelled transcriptMeta

On its Jul 29, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q2), Meta said 9 of the 28 words Kalshi and Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 28 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.

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28 words · 9 settled yes · our count agreed on 28 of 28

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 speakersAgreesProbabilityClipMarket
AI / Artificial Intelligence 30+ timesYes4444✓76%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:45, AI / Artificial Intelligence 30+ times–
Quarter 15+ timesYes1717✓59%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 0:06, Quarter 15+ times–
Revenue 5+ timesYes1616✓86%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 3:05, Revenue 5+ times–
Facebook 10+ timesYes1212✓70%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 1:59, Facebook 10+ times–
Reality Lab Yes11✓88%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 14:06, Reality Lab–
Cloud Yes11✓83%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 15:23, Cloud–
Silicon Yes12✓57%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 27:46, Silicon–
World Cup Yes11✓20%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:11, World Cup–
Advertising Yes01✓72%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Expense 10+ timesNo77✓50%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 14:30, Expense 10+ times–
Hiring No00✓85%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Ray-Ban No00✓80%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Oakley No00✓63%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
VR / Virtual Reality No00✓62%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Algorithm No00✓58%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Llama No00✓57%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Metaverse No00✓55%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Dividend No00✓49%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Orion No00✓35%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
UK / United Kingdom No00✓26%transcripts from the transcript model–
Anthropic No00✓26%transcripts from the transcript model–
Louisiana No00✓26%transcripts from the transcript model–
Hyperion No00✓18%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Age Verification No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
Nebius No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
Prediction Market / Kalshi No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
TikTok No00✓13%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
SAM No00✓11%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–

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 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

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

3 matches for “Threads”; 3 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Mark Zuckerbergcompanyprepared · 1:55Hear it 1:55, Mark Zuckerberg

…each day. We reached several milestones. Instagram reached 2 billion daily actives. Threads crossed 500 million monthly actives, making it the fastest-growing conversation app ever.…

Mark Zuckerbergcompanyprepared · 6:15Hear it 6:09, Mark Zuckerberg

…to the people who will find them interesting, as we've done with Threads. It's been a little more than a year since we launched Meta…

Susan Licompanyprepared · 20:39Hear it 20:33, Susan Li

…ads on our newer surfaces, including completing our global ads expansion on Threads. On WhatsApp, we have introduced support for more types of ad destinations…

Where the listed words were said

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“AI / Artificial Intelligence (30+)” · prepared · 2:47Hear it 2:44, Mark Zuckerberg

…massive. First, we are now at a point where our investments in AI are accelerating every major part of our core business. They're improving the…

Operatoroperator“Quarter (15+)” · prepared · 0:08Hear it 0:04, Operator

…At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Meta's second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to…

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“Revenue (5+)” · prepared · 3:07Hear it 3:01, Mark Zuckerberg

…that will be the foundation for our next wave of products and revenue lines in the months and years ahead. Third, we see a large…

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“Facebook (10+)” · prepared · 3:38Hear it 3:37, Mark Zuckerberg

…are seeing strong and promising results in several areas. In Instagram and Facebook, I am very optimistic about our work to integrate large language models…

Susan Licompany“Reality Lab” · prepared · 14:08Hear it 14:08, Susan Li

…year-over-year, driven primarily by WhatsApp paid messaging and subscriptions revenue. Within our Reality Labs segment, Q2 revenue was $431 million, up 16% year-over-year due to…

Susan Licompany“Cloud” · prepared · 15:25Hear it 15:19, Susan Li

…cost was driven by higher depreciation, data center operating costs, and third-party cloud spend. We ended Q2 with over 75,000 employees down 3% from Q1.…

Susan Licompany“Silicon” · prepared · 27:48Hear it 27:43, Susan Li

…we have been making strategic investments in areas like our internal custom silicon effort, which will provide long-term strategic flexibility and supply chain leverage. This…

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