8 Takeaways on How Airbnb Lost Hosts During the Pandemic

Faced with the constant challenge of having to recruit new hosts, Airbnb this past year saw hosts with single properties, among all types of hosts, shut down their listings at the fastest rate, according to new data. Here's breakdown of the trends in the host ranks thinning out. 1. One in 10 Hosts With Single Properties Left Airbnb While, as a group, hosts with 6-20 properties actually saw their property numbers rise 1.73 percent in the 12 months ending March 31, 2021, hosts with single properties saw their numbers plunge 9.8 percent. That's one in 10 hosts with one property removing  them from Airbnb. These are the latest Airbnb host figures from Transparent, the short-term rental data analytics platform, which pointed out that hosts of a single property still made up more than 70 percent of Airbnb's host ranks at the end of March. "You will see that the host population peaked during Q1 2020 and then dropped across the board," said Matthieu Bertho, senior business developer at Transparent. "The number of hosts has stabilized in most categories. It even rebounded for 6 to 20 properties hosts. However, the number of individual hosts is still decreasing." As Airbnb supposedly continues its drive to return to its "roots," it has to grapple with the decimation among its single-property hosts. Airbnb responded to thi