Meta (META): FY26 Q3 earnings call, Oct 21, 2026

Wed, Oct 21Earnings callSpeaker-labelled transcriptMeta

On its Oct 21, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q3), Meta said 11 of the 24 words Kalshi and Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 24 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.

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24 words · 11 settled yes · our count agreed on 24 of 24
Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability published before the event
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityClipMarket
Muse 10+ timesYes9797✓35%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:07, Muse 10+ times–
Muse 3+ timesYes9197✓54%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:07, Muse (3+ times)–
AI / Artificial Intelligence 30+ timesYes3535✓79%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 3:31, AI / Artificial Intelligence 30+ times–
Revenue 5+ timesYes3232✓88%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 4:50, Revenue 5+ times–
SI / Super Intelligence Yes1212✓86%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:02, SI / Super Intelligence–
Facebook 10+ timesYes1010✓73%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 1:39, Facebook 10+ times–
Reality Lab Yes55✓88%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 10:20, Reality Lab–
Advertising Yes56✓62%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 21:09, Advertising–
VR / Virtual Reality Yes44✓44%n=5+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 11:18, VR / Virtual Reality–
Cloud Yes11✓81%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 15:15, Cloud–
Dividend Yes11✓31%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 29:04, Dividend–
Silicon No00✓65%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Ray-Ban No00✓60%n=5+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Hiring No00✓58%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
World Cup No00✓42%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Oakley No00✓42%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Algorithm No00✓38%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Llama No00✓29%n=5+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
UK / United Kingdom No00✓20%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Nebius / Hyperion No00✓19%transcripts from the transcript model–
Hyperion No00✓12%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
TikTok No00✓12%n=5+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Age Verification No00✓11%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Nebius No00✓11%n=1+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 22, 2026 15:30 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

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

5 matches for “Reality Lab”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Mark Zuckerbergcompanyprepared · 10:22Hear it 10:18, Mark Zuckerberg

…on, our work on personal superintelligence is now also the focus of Reality Labs. Muse is coming to Meta Glasses starting next month, and that…

Mark Zuckerbergcompanyprepared · 11:54Hear it 11:50, Mark Zuckerberg

…first. So with these factors combined, we expect that the P&L of Reality Labs to improve from here with operating loss coming down to around…

Susan Licompanyprepared · 14:23Hear it 14:22, Susan Li

Within our Reality Labs segment, Q3 revenue was $443 million, down 6% due to lower Quest headset sales, which were partially offset by continued strong…

Susan Licompanyprepared · 26:33Hear it 26:31, Susan Li

…be above 2025 operating income. At a segment level, we now expect Reality Labs losses to decline compared to 2025 to a range of $18…

Susan Licompanyprepared · 28:44Hear it 28:42, Susan Li

…strong overall revenue growth throughout 2027. Separately, we remain focused on improving Reality Labs profitability. As Mark mentioned, we expect losses to narrow next year…

Where the listed words were said

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“Muse (10+)” · prepared · 2:09Hear it 2:06, Mark Zuckerberg

…everyone. We had one of our most successful launches ever with the Muse personal agent. We shipped Muse Wonder as our first frontier model, and…

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“Muse (3+)” · prepared · 2:48Hear it 2:48, Mark Zuckerberg

…business, create new things, or anything else that you can dream of. Muse is the product form of this vision. Now, we have the foundational…

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“AI / Artificial Intelligence (30+)” · prepared · 3:33Hear it 3:27, Mark Zuckerberg

…the level that Threads started at, or where we believe that other AI apps started at as well. The most common use case for Muse…

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“Revenue (5+)” · prepared · 4:52Hear it 4:49, Mark Zuckerberg

…for this next phase play to many of Meta's strengths. We need to do three things: scale the product, grow revenue, and optimize compute costs.

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“SI / Super Intelligence” · prepared · 9:07Hear it 9:02, Mark Zuckerberg

…now. Muse Wonder is state-of-the-art across many dimensions that matter for personal superintelligence. This validates the importance of training models ourselves to deliver the best…

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“Facebook (10+)” · prepared · 1:41Hear it 1:35, Mark Zuckerberg

…each day, and we are seeing all-time highs in engagement on both Facebook and Instagram, driven by strong growth in video. Threads has now overtaken…

Susan Licompany“Advertising” · prepared · 21:11Hear it 21:05, Susan Li

…5% more conversions at the same cost per conversion and increased their advertising investment by 9% compared with similar non-adopters. We are rolling out additional…

Mark Zuckerbergcompany“VR / Virtual Reality” · prepared · 11:20Hear it 11:17, Mark Zuckerberg

I also shared at Connect that we are changing our approach to virtual reality to only ship new devices when we have major breakthroughs like…

Susan Licompany“Cloud” · prepared · 15:17Hear it 15:12, Susan Li

…token costs. The growth in infrastructure costs was driven by higher third-party cloud spend, depreciation, and data center operating costs. We ended Q3 with over…

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