What five companies does the tech acronym FAANG represent?

FAANG represents Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google, five influential technology companies.

The acronym was popularized in financial and technology media as a way to group major companies whose stock performance and products strongly influenced the internet economy. Jim Cramer originally used “FANG” for Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google; Apple was added later, producing FAANG.

Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta Platforms in 2021, but the older FAANG acronym remains widely used in discussions of technology stocks, software careers, and internet culture. In this context, “Facebook” refers to the company’s former corporate name, not a current legal name.

FAANG is not an official industry classification. Some writers now use alternatives such as MAMAA, which reflects Meta and Alphabet rather than their former names, so the exact acronym depends on the period and source.