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Meta layoffs

We've tracked 5 rounds of Meta layoffs between Nov 2022 and May 2026, affecting 33,200 people in total. 37% of them lost their jobs in cuts that Meta or credible reporting tied to AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.

People affected

33K

Across tracked announcements

Announcements

5

Nov 2022 → May 2026

AI-attributed

37%

Of affected people

Every tracked announcement

  1. −8,000(10% of workforce)AI · likely

    Engineering and product hit hardest in cuts explicitly making 'room for AI spending'.

    Source: Computerworld

  2. −600AI · likely

    Restructuring inside Meta's AI unit itself, even AI teams are not immune to consolidation.

    Source: Axios

  3. −3,600(5% of workforce)AI · likely

    'Low performers' cut in a raise-the-bar exercise while Meta hired aggressively for machine-learning roles.

    Source: Bloomberg

  4. −10,000(13% of workforce)

    The 'Year of Efficiency': second mass layoff in five months, plus 5,000 closed open roles.

    Source: Company post

  5. −11,000(13% of workforce)

    Zuckerberg: 'I got this wrong', the first mass layoff in Meta's history opened the floodgates.

    Source: Company letter

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Part of the WorkforceSignal tech layoff tracker , every event curated from public reporting with conservative AI attribution. See methodology.