In the first quarter of 2022, Meta's (formerly Facebook Inc.) lobbying expenses in the United States amounted to 5.39 million U.S. dollars, down from 5.42 in the fourth quarter of 2021, which saw the company's highest ever federal lobbying expenses.
Meta's federal lobbying expenses from 1st quarter 2011 to 1st quarter 2022
(in million U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Expenses in million U.S. dollars
2022 Q1
5.39
2021 Q4*
5.42
2021 Q3
5.09
2021 Q2
4.77
2021 Q1
4.79
2020 Q4
4.69
2020 Q3
4.9
2020 Q2
4.83
2020 Q1
5.26
2019 Q4
4.43
2019 Q3
4.77
2019 Q2
4.11
2019 Q1
3.4
2018 Q4
2.83
2018 Q3
2.82
2018 Q2
3.67
2018 Q1
3.3
2017 Q4
3.07
2017 Q3
2.85
2017 Q2
2.38
2017 Q1
3.21
2016 Q4
1.7
2016 Q3
2.02
2016 Q2
2.19
2016 Q1
2.78
2015 Q4
2.13
2015 Q3
2.59
2015 Q2
2.69
2015 Q1
2.44
2014 Q4
1.99
2014 Q3
2.45
2014 Q2
2.12
2014 Q1
2.78
2013 Q4
1.48
2013 Q3
1.44
2013 Q2
1.06
2013 Q1
2.45
2012 Q4
1.4
2012 Q3
0.84
2012 Q2
0.96
2012 Q1
0.65
2011 Q4
0.44
2011 Q3
0.36
2011 Q2
0.32
2011 Q1
0.23
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Meta Platforms, Inc. and various subsidiaries (fka Facebook, Inc. and var. subs)
Supplementary notes
*Up until Q3 2021, reported as Facebook Inc. From Q4 2021 onwards, reporting as Meta Platforms. Facebook's Q3 2012 lobbying expenses were amended from 980,000 U.S. dollars to 840,000 U.S. dollars on April 2, 2013.
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US House of Representatives. (March 31, 2022). Meta's federal lobbying expenses from 1st quarter 2011 to 1st quarter 2022 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/236969/quarterly-lobbying-expenses-of-facebook/
US House of Representatives. "Meta's federal lobbying expenses from 1st quarter 2011 to 1st quarter 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/236969/quarterly-lobbying-expenses-of-facebook/
US House of Representatives. (2022). Meta's federal lobbying expenses from 1st quarter 2011 to 1st quarter 2022 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/236969/quarterly-lobbying-expenses-of-facebook/
US House of Representatives. "Meta's Federal Lobbying Expenses from 1st Quarter 2011 to 1st Quarter 2022 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/236969/quarterly-lobbying-expenses-of-facebook/
US House of Representatives, Meta's federal lobbying expenses from 1st quarter 2011 to 1st quarter 2022 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/236969/quarterly-lobbying-expenses-of-facebook/ (last visited May 21, 2022)
