Document and Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Oct. 27, 2014 Class A Common Stock	Oct. 27, 2014 Class B Common Stock
Document Information
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Trading Symbol	FB
Entity Registrant Name	FACEBOOK INC
Entity Central Index Key	0001326801
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		2,223,936,268	563,911,667