Airbnb - statistics & facts

Airbnb began in 2007 when roommates Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia started AirBed & Breakfast on the living room floor of their San Francisco apartment. In 2008, Nathan Blecharczyk joined AirBed & Breakfast and Airbedandbreakfast.com was launched (the website name was shortened to Airbnb.com shortly afterward). Airbnb is primarily an online accommodation rental marketplace that enables hosts to rent out their properties or rooms to guests. However, it has also expanded to offer “experiences” which are activities led by Airbnb hosts. In 2011, the company started its overseas expansion, opening its first international office in Hamburg, Germany. Though the company began as a privately owned business, it went public in 2020. Airbnb does not actually own the properties it offers for rent on its website, but rather generates its revenue through service fees to hosts and guests. In 2022, the global revenue of Airbnb was 8.4 billion U.S. dollars.

Where are Airbnb’s biggest markets?

Airbnb is currently one of the leaders in the home-sharing market and since its efforts to globalize began in 2011, the company has entered the accommodation market in most countries around the world. As of 2022, North America generated the majority of Airbnb’s revenue, by region, with a sum of 4.2 billion U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, the EMEA region, which consists of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, brought in 2.9 billion U.S. dollars. When looking at the total number of Airbnb nights and experiences booked by region, the EMEA region took the lead with 168 million bookings in 2022. This was over 30 million more bookings than in North America. In total, the number of Airbnb nights and experiences booked worldwide reached 393.7 million in 2022. That same year, Airbnb reported its highest gross booking value which amounted to 63.21 billion U.S. dollars.

How does Airbnb compare to other online travel companies?

Nowadays, many companies can assess their popularity by the amount of traffic on their website or the number of times their app has been downloaded. The same holds true for companies in the travel and tourism industry. In January 2023, Airbnb.com was the third most visited travel and tourism website worldwide. That month, Airbnb’s web page recorded 105.8 million visits. Meanwhile, the most visited travel and tourism website was Booking.com with a total of 564 million visits. Tripadvisor.com came in second with 161 million visits. When looking at the most downloaded travel apps worldwide in 2022, Airbnb came in fourth place with 52 million downloads. The company’s competitor, Booking.com, came in third place with around 30 million more downloads than Airbnb. Despite not having the most visited website nor the most downloaded app in the industry, Airbnb’s value in the stock market is considerable. As of April 2023, the market capitalization of Airbnb worldwide was 73.34 billion U.S. dollars.
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Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 31, 2023

Key insights

Market cap of Airbnb worldwide
73.34bn USD
Total assets of Airbnb worldwide
16.04bn USD
Airbnb revenue worldwide
8.4bn USD
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