# Canonical recap data for Facebook Founded (2004)
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slug: facebook-founded
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/2004/facebook-founded"
title: Facebook Founded
subtitle: Facebook's launch from a Harvard dorm room reshaped social communication and became the blueprint for social media dominance.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 2004-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 2004
decade: 2000
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. The name Facebook derives from the
summaryLong: Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. The name Facebook derives from the face book directories often given to American university students.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Facebook_user_page.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Facebook"
importance: 87
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook"
  title: Facebook
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
metaDescription: Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along
wikidataQid: Q355
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20050128061313/http://en.wikipedia.org:80/wiki/Facebook"
  capturedAt: 2005-01-28
  label: Facebook
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook"
