Each night or seat booked on Airbnb in the third quarter of 2026 (three months to 30 September) was worth about $179: $27.7 billion of Gross Booking Value over 155 million Nights and Seats Booked, its 10-Q shows, up from about $171 a year earlier as GBV grew 21% and bookings 16%. Airbnb points to a moderate increase in its Average Daily Rate. For the full year 2025 the figure was about $171: $91.27 billion over 533 million Nights and Seats Booked.
How we source: the figures in the boxes and charts on this page come from Airbnb’s own annual and quarterly filings, with the period stated next to each number. Data checked 6 November 2026. The original article below may quote earlier periods. Our methodology.
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In 2023, Airbnb generated an average value per booking of $163.51, compared to 2022, when Airbnb generated an average value per booking of $161, compared to $156 in 2021 and $124 in 2020.
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