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what was meta called before

Meta Platforms was previously called Facebook, Inc. before the corporate rebrand in 2021.

Quick Scoop: What Was Meta Called Before?

  • The company we now know as Meta started as TheFacebook, Inc. in 2004.
  • It was then renamed Facebook, Inc. in 2005, which remained its corporate name for many years.
  • In October 2021, Facebook, Inc. rebranded its parent company to Meta Platforms, Inc. to signal a strategic focus on the “metaverse.”
  • The social media app itself is still called Facebook ; only the parent company name changed, similar to how Google sits under Alphabet.

Mini timeline

  1. 2003–2004: Early project “Facemash” (Zuckerberg’s Harvard site) predates Facebook but is not the company Meta today.
  1. 2004: Company founded as TheFacebook, Inc.
  1. 2005: Name shortened to Facebook, Inc.
  1. 2021: Corporate rebrand to Meta Platforms, Inc. while the core product “Facebook” keeps its name.

SEO meta description

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, Inc., began as TheFacebook, Inc. in 2004 and rebranded its parent company name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in 2021 to emphasize its metaverse ambitions.

TL;DR: Meta was called Facebook, Inc. before 2021 (and originally TheFacebook, Inc. in 2004), and the Facebook app still keeps its name today.
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