INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
year that should bring us a direct listing from home-sharing giant Airbnb, a technology company valued at tens of billions of dollars
mind that we are looking at a guest figure which is at best a proxy for revenue
Airbnb is growing now compared to how fast it grew in the past
And given recent news that the company has ditched profitability in favor of boosting its sales and marketing spend (leading to sharp,
regular deficits in its quarterly results), how fast Airbnb can grow through higher spend is a key question for the highly-backed, San
their resulting year-over-year growth rates:2009: 1,4002010: 6,000 (+329%)2011: 3,1000 (+417%)2012: 108,000 (248%)2013: 250,000 (+131%)2014:
540,000 (+116%)2015: 1,100,000 (+104%)2016: 2,000,000 (+82%)2017: 3,000,000 (+50%)2018: 3,700,000 (+23%)2019: 4,500,000 (+22%)In chart form,
At the same time the firm managed to re-accelerate its gross guest growth in 2019
