--- title: Facebook Marks 20 Years of Harry Potter With an Easter Egg description: In a nod to the 20th anniversary of J.K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Facebook presented its users with an easter egg canonical: https://time.com/4832382/harry-potter-anniversary-facebook/ author: Joseph Hincks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-26T06:54:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:50.707Z og:title: Facebook Celebrates 20 Years of Harry Potter With Easter Egg og:description: Users discovered a magical surprise when they typed the names of Hogwarts houses og:url: https://time.com/4832382/harry-potter-anniversary-facebook/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25658626eccdc1f5/6988d2aefb4eac479289290f/harry-potter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: harry-potter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Facebook Celebrates 20 Years of Harry Potter With Easter Egg twitter:description: Users discovered a magical surprise when they typed the names of Hogwarts houses twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25658626eccdc1f5/6988d2aefb4eac479289290f/harry-potter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Facebook Celebrated the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter With This Magical Easter Egg by [Joseph Hincks](https://time.com/author/joseph-hincks/) ## Joseph Hincks Jun 26, 2017 6:54 AM UTC  Actor Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter. Actor Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter.Warner Bros. by [Joseph Hincks](https://time.com/author/joseph-hincks/) ## Joseph Hincks Jun 26, 2017 6:54 AM UTC It’s been exactly 20 years since readers around the world were first introduced to Harry Potter, the bespectacled boy wizard who lived beneath the stairs of No. 4, Privet Drive, in an imaginary England. In a nod to the 20th anniversary on Monday of J.K Rowling’s _Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone_ — titled _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone_ in the United States — Facebook presented its users with an[ easter egg,](http://mashable.com/2017/06/25/facebook-harry-potter-easter-egg/#CfUzl1Ld.aqG) Mashable reports. **Read more:** [The ultimate Harry Potter quiz — find out which house you truly belong in](http://time.com/4809884/harry-potter-house-sorting-hat-quiz/) Here’s how it works: type the name of any of the four Hogwarts houses — Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff — into a post or comment and it appears in that house’s color. An animated wand appears when users click on the names, casting a colorful spell. The word Harry Potter also appears in the red hue of the young wizard’s house, Gryffindor. The words Albus Dumbledore, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Draco Malfoy appear in the usual muggle manner. \[[Mashable](http://mashable.com/2017/06/25/facebook-harry-potter-easter-egg/#CfUzl1Ld.aqG)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4832382/harry-potter-anniversary-facebook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4832382/harry-potter-anniversary-facebook/"},"headline":"Facebook Celebrated the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter With This Magical Easter Egg","datePublished":"2017-06-26T06:54:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:50.707Z","description":"Users discovered a magical surprise when they typed the names of Hogwarts houses","url":"https://time.com/4832382/harry-potter-anniversary-facebook/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Harry Potter","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25658626eccdc1f5/6988d2aefb4eac479289290f/harry-potter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joseph Hincks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joseph-hincks/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25658626eccdc1f5/6988d2aefb4eac479289290f/harry-potter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"harry-potter","caption":"DANIEL RADCLIFFE (Harry Potter) in Warner Bros. 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