The ENTIRE History of Facebook in 20 Minutes

You open it without thinking. But Facebook began as a prank in a Harvard dorm room, and before that as a printed booklet of faces. This is the full story of how it became a habit for billions, and why the company behind it is now paying for that habit in court while spending a fortune to reshape it with AI. In this video: The dentist’s office in Dobbs Ferry where Mark Zuckerberg wrote his first messaging program Facemash, the prank site that crashed Harvard’s network and nearly ended things before they began The billion-dollar offer Zuckerberg turned down, and the Microsoft deal that followed The News Feed protest that spread on Facebook itself The Beacon flop, the stock market debut that sank below its offering price, and the rebuild for phones The Cambridge Analytica data scandal, and why it was not a hack The $5 billion FTC fine, the renaming to Meta, and the layoffs and lawsuits that followed Where Meta stands now: $200.97 billion in 2025 revenue, $64.60 billion in the third quarter of 2026, a $9.89 billion legal charge, and $135 billion to $145 billion in planned AI spending this year Financial figures come from Meta’s filings and earnings release for fiscal year 2025 and the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Some early-history details, such as the Yahoo offer and Peter Thiel’s investment terms, come from press reports and are described as reported. Tell us in the comments: what was the first thing you ever posted on Facebook? #Facebook #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #BusinessHistory #CompanyDocumentary