Airbnb reported a strong Q2 2026 with revenue up 17% YoY, driven by broad-based product improvements, AI-powered features, and successful expansion into hotels and services. Management raised full-year guidance, citing accelerated nights and seats booked growth. Revenue grew 17% YoY to $3.6 billion, beating expectations; GBV grew 16%.
Airbnb reported a strong Q2 2026 with revenue up 17% YoY, driven by broad-based product improvements, AI-powered features, and successful expansion into hotels and services. Management raised full-year guidance, citing accelerated nights and seats booked growth. Revenue grew 17% YoY to $3.6 billion, beating expectations; GBV grew 16%.
Demand is accelerating: nights and seats booked grew 10% year-over-year, accelerating from Q1, with first-time booker growth at 11%, the highest in four years. Expansion markets are growing about twice as fast as core markets, and many core markets (US, France, UK, Australia)…
Revenue grew 17% YoY to $3.6 billion, beating expectations; GBV grew 16%.
Management positioned AI as transformative, enabling faster iteration, more features shipped, and a 16% reduction in customer support costs per booking. AI-powered search, pricing, and support are driving growth and efficiency, with plans to expand AI search testing and…
Reported gross margin was 82.46%, reinforcing the quarter's better-than-guided profitability.
Management positioned AI as transformative, enabling faster iteration, more features shipped, and a 16% reduction in customer support costs per booking. AI-powered search, pricing, and support are driving growth and efficiency, with plans to expand AI search testing and introduce AI voice support.
Demand is accelerating: nights and seats booked grew 10% year-over-year, accelerating from Q1, with first-time booker growth at 11%, the highest in four years. Expansion markets are growing about twice as fast as core markets, and many core markets (US, France, UK, Australia) also accelerated. Bookings are being driven by higher conversion from many product improvements, not just one initiative.
Management said AI inference costs are de minimis relative to ROI, and they are not making major capital investments in GPUs. Absorbing increased AI spend is offset by customer service cost savings and efficiency gains.
Management expressed repeated, strong confidence in momentum, calling it durable, and raised full-year guidance.
“hotel nights are growing approximately three times faster than our homes business... 35% of people who come to Airbnb and book a hotel for the first time come back and book a home.”
| Metric | Period | Range | Midpoint | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Op margin | FY2026 | 35.5% | 35.5% | RAISED |
| Revenue | FY2026 Q3 | $4.69B–$4.77B | $4.73B | GUIDED |
| Revenue | FY2026 | 15% | 15% | RAISED |
| Issued | Metric | Target | Guide | Actual | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 Q1 | Revenue | FY2026 Q2 | $3.54B–$3.6B | $3.608B | Met / beat |
| FY2025 Q4 | Revenue | FY2026 Q1 | $2.59B–$2.63B | $2.678B | Met / beat |
Airbnb continues to partner with Expedia-owned CarTrawler for car rentals despite the acquisition, signaling an ongoing business relationship.
“you're probably referring to car trawler being acquired by Expedia. We still think that they're going to be a great partner for us with car rentals.”
… I do imagine that in the near term, in the near term being over the next year, year and a half, you will absolutely be able to get into Airbnb with a broad travel intent. Like I like to travel with my family Somewhere in Europe, can you recommend where I should travel? Can you put my whole trip together? And absolutely, Airbnb will be able to do that. And that is just the next phase. It's not the limiting phase. With regards to M&A, you're probably referring to car trawler being acquired by Expedia. We still think that they're going to be a great partner for us with car rentals. I do not think that that's, you know, I'm very confident in that partnership. I think we are going to be a major benefit. to that company. And I think that, you know, I'm expecting that they're going to want to continue to partner with us. And I do not think this has any impact on our M&A strategy. Our M&A strategy remains opportunistic as we go into a lot of new verticals. There's a lot of M&A opportunities. We have, we're sitting on quite a lot of cash. We generate a lot of cash. Entrepreneurs would love to be part of Airbnb and to hold stock. So I think there's a huge number of opportunities for us. …
Hotel supply is growing 3x faster than home supply on Airbnb, with 35% of first-time hotel bookers later booking homes, demonstrating a flywheel effect.