The next threat to Airbnb: Superhosts want to leave the platform and take their listings with them

Sat, 04/08/2023 - 06:50

Dozens of Airbnb listings are projected behind Brian Chesky talking onstage — Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on stage at a 2018 event in San Francisco, California.
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Airbnb may need to compete directly with its "best and largest hosts," according to a new report.
The top 1% of short-term-rental hosts control 23% of all active listings, according to AirDNA.
Some are looking to strike out on their own, setting up a showdown for the future of the platform.

The biggest hosts on Airbnb seem poised to bite the hand that feeds them, according to a new report published on April 6 in short-seller Edwin Dorsey's newsletter, The Bear Cave.