Airbnb Says It Has Hosted More Than Half a Billion Travelers Since Its Launch
Photo Credit: A promotional photo from Airbnb featuring two guests. The company recently released new statistics about its business. Airbnb
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Context is everything, and it’s hard to have that when the company reporting a bunch of facts and figures makes it hard to have comparisons to past data. We can’t wait to see that S-1 filing, eventually.
Airbnb, the San Francisco-based homesharing giant valued at some $35 billion, is touting its strength with new statistics about its business — but do they really tell the whole story of the company’s growth and evolution?
Here’s a rundown of what the company reported on Wednesday:
Airbnb Guest Arrivals and Listings
Airbnb has hosted more 500 million guests since the company launched in 2008. Airbnb previously reported that on August 26, 2018, the company had seen a total of 400 million guest arrivals, meaning that its total number of guest arrivals jumped by 100 million in just the last eight months.
The company has more than 6 million listings in 191 countries and 81,000 cities worldwide. Airbnb released this statistic on March 1, days after its rival, Booking.com, announced it had a total of 5.7 million alternative accommodation listings.
Three Airbnb guests check into an Airbnb listin
