Meta's profit doubled while headcount faces a reset
Meta’s hiring is a reckless roller coaster 😂.
If it happens, Meta’s headcount will drop back to pre-2021 levels.
In other words:
a full reset of the massive hiring spree during the post-COVID tech frenzy.
But wait a sec...
While headcount is going backwards, profits are through the roof. Meta’s net income jumped from $29.1B in 2020 to $60.46B in 2025.
That’s a 108% increase! 🤯 Roughly the same scale of workforce-> Twice the profit!
So let’s stop with the comfortable narrative:
"Tech is just correcting excessive hiring."
Productivity is exploding.
Fewer people.
More output.
If this isn’t AI-driven productivity, I’m not sure what is.
Chart courtesy of Claude: Meta headcount between 2019 and 2026.
