These Airbnb statistics detail how fast Airbnb is currently growing and where it’s going in the future.

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The majority of guests on Airbnb are women. Most Airbnb guests are aged 25 to 34.

Airbnb has a total of 6,132 employees that work for the company. 52.5% of Airbnb workers are male and 47.5% are female.

In New York City, one of the United States’ most iconic destinations, Airbnb has established itself as a key player in the accommodation market. In 2025, Airbnb customers booked an average of 47 nights per stay, with an average price of 119 U.S. dollars per night. Meanwhile, the average income per property was 7,062 U.S. dollars that year. Are Airbnb rentals expensive in New York City? As of early 2024, the most expensive Airbnb properties per night in the United States were in San Francisco. This was followed by Los Angeles and San Diego. In comparison, the average cost of a night’s stay at an Airbnb property in New York City is less than half of the cost of a night in San Francisco. How many Airbnb properties are there in New York City? In early 2024, the Airbnb market in New York City offered more than 39.7 thousand properties accommodating to the different needs of visitors to the city. There are a variety of types of Airbnb properties in New York City, the most common of which were entire homes and apartments, followed by private rooms. The majority of Airbnb listings also catered to longer-term stays, in light of city regulations on housing.

The average host on Airbnb earns $13,800 annually. The fastest-growing host demographic is seniors.

London is the city with the most Airbnbs listings in the world at 156,511.

New York City accounted for 37,784 Airbnb listings in late 2024. Meanwhile, Los Angeles had 46,621 listings, making it the city with the most Airbnb listings in the ranking.

The most Airbnb listings are in the US, with an average of 2.25 million active listings throughout 2021.

As of January 2025, the number of Airbnb listings in New York City in the United States amounted to 37,784. Entire homes and apartments represented the highest number of listings in the city, totaling 20,160.

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These are the Airbnb statistics on gross revenue by country.

According to a September 2024 analysis, Rome reported the highest number of Airbnb listings among the selected Italian cities. As of that month, there were over 34,000 establishments listed on Airbnb in the Italian capital. Milan and Florence followed behind, with roughly 23,700 and 12,700 listings on Airbnb. What are the leading brands for accommodation bookings in Italy? According to the Statista Consumer Insights Global survey, Airbnb was the second most popular brand for hotel and private accommodation online bookings in Italy in 2024, with over a quarter of respondents having booked accommodation via that website. Meanwhile, Booking.com topped the ranking that year, with almost three-quarters of the sample reporting using that provider. Booking Holdings vs. Airbnb Booking Holdings, which operates the Booking.com brand, and Airbnb are among the biggest companies in the online travel market. In 2024, Booking Holdings had the highest market cap of the leading online travel companies worldwide, while Airbnb ranked second. Both companies experienced a significant annual increase in earnings in 2023 over the previous year. In 2023, the revenue of Booking Holdings worldwide peaked at over 21 billion U.S. dollars. Similarly, the global revenue of Airbnb reached its highest point that year.

These are the cities that had the most demand. London is the most popular city.

As of December, 2024, there were over 95 thousand listings for room and apartment rentals in London on the Airbnb website, the highest of any other major European city. Airbnb listings were also high in Paris, Rome and Madrid. Paris accounted for around 91 thousand listings, while Rome and Madrid had over 35 and 26 thousand, respectively. Controversy of Airbnb in Europe Airbnb has become an increasingly popular option for tourists looking for local accommodation. Visitors are attracted to using Airbnb properties instead of hotels and other traditional travel accommodation mainly due to cheaper prices, but also for the location, and to gain an authentic experience. However, the site is facing ongoing legal problems, with some destinations moving to ban or restrict rentals from the site due to them worsening housing problems and undermining hotel regulations. Many European cities, including Amsterdam and Paris, have placed limits on the length of rentals, and others such as Barcelona have introduced strict regulations for hosts. The rise of Airbnb Airbnb is one of the most successful companies in the global sharing economy. The company was founded in San Francisco, California in 2008, after being conceived by two entrepreneurs looking for a way to offset their high rental costs. Airbnb was developed as an online platform for hosts to rent out their properties on a short-term basis. It now competes with other online travel booking websites including Booking.com and Expedia.

The current average price per night globally on Airbnb is $137 per night.

These are the top 10 cities in terms of gross revenue on Airbnb:

Airbnb, a home sharing economy platform, gives users an alternative to traditional hotel accommodation by allowing them to rent accommodation from people who are willing to share their homes. In addition, it allows consumers to book "experiences" in the regions they visit. In 2024, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) had the largest share of number of nights and experiences booked on the Airbnb platform at 41 percent.

Listings per region on Airbnb declined from 2020 to 2021. Globally in 2021, there were a total of 12.7 million listings.

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