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... The massive settlement made headlines when it was granted final approval in 2023 because of its size and scope. Basically anyone who had a Facebook account in the U.S. between 2007 and 2022 qualified for a piece of the huge sum.

At the time of final approval, Angeion was still working through approximately 28 million claims, verifying which claims were valid and throwing out fraudulent or duplicative ones.

"As far as we can tell that's the largest number of claims ever filed in a class action in the United States," Lesley Weaver, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the case, said in court.

In late 2023, Angeion confirmed it had validated at least 17 million of the 28 million claims filed. That means at least 17 million people should be receiving a payment starting over the next 10 or so weeks.

But because so many people qualified, the size of each individual payout was expected to be relatively small. The exact amount depends on how long you've had an active Facebook account, but lawyers told Judge Vince Chhabria they expected the median payment to be around $30. ...