What is Airbnb?

Founded in 2008, Airbnb is a global travel community that offers magical end-to-end trips, including where you stay, what you do and the people you meet. Airbnb uniquely leverages technology to economically empower millions of people around the world to unlock and monetize their spaces, passions and talents to become hospitality entrepreneurs. (source)

Airbnb History

• 2008 – Airbnb launches
• 2009 – Airbedandbreakfast.com becomes Airbnb.com
• 2015 – Airbnb partners with Deutsche Telekom for mobile phone app pre-installation
• 2016 – Airbnb launches experiences feature
• 2017 – Airbnb acquires Tilt
• 2018 – Airbnb Plus is announced
• 2020 – Airbnb goes public

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Airbnb User Count

How many people use Airbnb?

150 million Airbnb users

Last updated 9/12/18

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How many Airbnb hosts are there?

4 million Airbnb hosts

Last updated 1/29/22

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Airbnb Revenue Totals

Airbnb Revenue (annual):

• FY 2021: $5.991 billion
• FY 2020: $3.378 billion
• FY 2019: $4.805 billion

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Airbnb net loss (annual):

• FY 2021: $352 million
• FY 2020: $4.584 billion
• FY 2019: $674 million

Additional Airbnb Statistics

Number of Airbnb listings:

5.6 million Airbnb listings

Last updated 1/29/22

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Number of times ‘I’m Flexible’ has ben used on Airbnb:

500 million times

Last updated 11/9/21

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Airbnb’s economic impact in 2018 (total):

$100 billion

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Airbnb’s economic impact in 2018 (by country):

1. US: $33.8 billion
2. France: $10.8 billion
3. Spain: $6.9 billion
4. Italy: $6.4 billion
5. UK: $5.6 billion
6. Australia: $4.4 billion
7. Canada $4.3 billion
8. Japan: $3.5 billion
9. Mexico: $2.7 billion
10. Portugal: $2.3 billion
11. Germany: $2.3 billion
12. China: $2.3 billion
13. Brazil $2.1 billion
14. Greece: $1.4 billion
15. Netherlands: $1.3 billion
16. Korea: $1.2 billion
17. Thailand: $1.1 billion
18. New Zealand: $912 million
19. Croatia: $910 million
20. Ireland: $832 million
21. Malaysia: $734 million
22. South Africa: $685 million
23. Argentina: $664 million
24. Denmark: $654 million
25. Switzerland: $651 million
26. Austria: $625 million
27. Indonesia: $593 million
28. Philippines: $586 million
29. Colombia: $560 million
30. Czech Republic: $555 million

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Amount that Airbnb hosts have earned to date:

$110 billion

Last updated 10/1/20

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Number of cities that Airbnb is active in:

100,000 cities

Last updated 10/27/21

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Number of countries that Airbnb is active in:

220 countries

Last updated 10/27/21

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Total number of Airbnb guest arrivals all time:

1 billion

Last updated 10/27/21

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Average number of daily Airbnb bookings:

2 million

Last updated 5/5/19

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Number of companies that use Airbnb for Work:

700,000

Last updated 8/6/18

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Number of Airbnb listings in the U.S.:

660,000

Last updated 8/10/17

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Top city for active Airbnb listings:

London

Last updated 8/6/18

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Number of nights and experiences booked on Airbnb in FY 2020:

193.2 million

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Airbnb gross booking value (GBV) in FY 2020:

$23.9 billion

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Number of nights booked on Airbnb in Q1 2019:

91 million nights

Last updated 8/16/19

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Airbnb’s growth rate in 2018:

40% growth

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Number of Airbnb guest arrivals in 2016:

80 million

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Number of cities Airbnb offers experiences in:

1,000 cities

Last updated 3/27/19

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Number of experiences listed on Airbnb:

25,000

Last updated 3/27/19

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Percentage of Airbnb traffic that comes through mobile devices:

50%

Last updated 8/13/18

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Average number of new Airbnb hosts per month:

14,000

Last updated 3/23/19

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Airbnb’s most-visited listing:

The Mushroom Dome Cabin

Last updated 3/27/19

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Average number of nightly Airbnb stays:

800,000 stays per night

Last updated 3/23/19

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Number of Airbnb listing nights booked in the US in 2018:

73.8 million

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Total number of Airbnb guest arrivals from China:

5.3 million

Last updated 3/21/17

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Estimated number of Airbnb listings in China:

100,000 listings

Last updated 8/16/17

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Number of Airbnb employees in China:

60 employees

Last updated 3/21/17

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Percentage of Airbnb users in China that are under the age of 35:

80%

Last updated 10/23/17

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Number of Airbnb listings in the US:

660,000

Last updated 3/25/18

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Number of Airbnb listings in France:

485,000

Last updated 3/25/18

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Number of Airbnb listings in Italy:

340,000

Last updated 3/25/18

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Number of Airbnb listings in Spain:

245,000

Last updated 3/25/18

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Number of Airbnb listings in the UK:

175,000

Last updated 3/25/18

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Number of active Airbnb listings in Paris:

38,522

Last updated 8/6/18

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Number of Airbnb listings in Los Angeles:

18,200

Last updated 8/6/18

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Number of active Airbnb listings in London:

77,000

Last updated 5/5/19

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Number of active Airbnb listings in New York:

35,000

Last updated 8/6/18

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Number of active Airbnb listings in Rio De Janeiro:

30,300

Last updated 8/6/18

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Number of active Airbnb listings in Barcelona:

20,700

Last updated 8/6/18

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Number of active Airbnb listings in Rome:

25,700

Last updated 8/6/18

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Number of active Airbnb listings in Moscow:

30,600

Last updated 8/6/18

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Number of active Airbnb listings in Madrid:

16,200

Last updated 8/6/18

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Number of active Airbnb listings in Berlin:

15,700

Last updated 8/6/18

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Number of active Airbnb listings in Sydney:

21,200

Last updated 8/6/18

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Reported amount Airbnb purchased HotelTonight for:

$400 million

Recent Airbnb News

• Airbnb commits to fully remote workplace: ‘Live and work anywhere’, 04/28/2022
• Airbnb beats on earnings and gives strong guidance, 02/16/2022
• Airbnb Had Best Year in the Company’s History: CEO, 02/16/2022
• Airbnb offers to house 40K refugees after reaching original goal, CEO says, 02/24/2022
• Airbnb tightens ‘anti-party’ rules for rentals as New Year’s Eve approaches, 12/21/2021
• Amrita Ahuja to Join Airbnb Board of Directors, 12/16/2021
• Airbnb’s new experiment in combatting rental bias means swapping names for initials, 01/05/2022

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Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these Airbnb stats come from their own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. No information contained on DMR should be relied upon to make investment decisions. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100%.

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