Meta Platforms, a leading company by market capitalization, adopted the name “Meta” in 2021.
Facebook, Inc. announced its corporate rebranding to Meta Platforms on October 28, 2021. The change reflected chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's emphasis on building the metaverse, a collection of immersive and interconnected digital experiences.
The rebranding changed the parent company's name, not the name of its flagship social network. Facebook remained the name of the social-networking service, alongside Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, which continued operating as major Meta products.
The company had originally been called Facebook, Inc. since its 2004 founding. Meta's stock-market ticker remained META after the rebrand, while the company continued reporting its Family of Apps business separately from its Reality Labs hardware and virtual-reality operations.