Skift Take
We're looking forward to the end of March, when Airbnb and the New York State Attorney General square off in court.
Earlier this month Skift took a deep data dive into Airbnb’s listings in New York City, in what was the first instance of a third-party taking a data-driven look at how hosts and guests interact on the site.
Our first story looked at the most popular types of listings on the site and found that while shared spaces represented only 2% of listings and private rooms 42%, listings for entire apartments made up 66% of active listings on the site. The second story looked at eleven hosts in the city that had listings to their name in the double-digits.
One conclusion from both stories is that Airbnb still relies on the type of short-term rentals that the state of New York has deemed illegal, and that leases, co-ops, and condo boards restrict. They're also the target of a probe by the New York State Attorney General.
But it also noted that the most popular neighborhoods were ones in which few hotels do business.
Listings Landscape
Unlike rooms sold by hotels, visitors are as likely to find a listing on Airbnb in some residential neighborhoods in Brooklyn or Queens as they are to find one in Midtown Manhattan. Much like the residents that make up the city, the listings on Airbnb are diverse, disparate, and at income levels that range from a sub-$30 shared bedroom in Bed-Stuy, to a $10,000 a night mansion on the Upper East Side.
Exactly how many are in New York is not clear. On the main New York neighborhoods page, Airbnb states that the
