Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Airbnb Target Market in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Airbnb in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Airbnb has an estimated audience of 15,520,157 people in Italy.

The average Airbnb fan in Italy is 43.8 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Online marketplace, Apartment, Immobiliare.it, with strongest over-indexing on Online marketplace (3.96× the country average).

Demographically, the Airbnb audience skews more female with an average age of 43.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Travelling, Quality Awareness.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 20 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Airbnb fan in Italy is more female, around 43.8 years old, with strong Travelling tendencies and a notable affinity for Online marketplace.

Category: Travel & Leisure · Type: Brand · Subtype: Travel website

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Airbnb profile in Italy.

Audience size
15.5M
in Italy
Gender
55.7%
44.3% male
Age
43.8
average years
Country rank
#228
Brand in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-7%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Customer demographics of Airbnb

55.7% are female, 44.3% are male, average age 43.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

55.7%
Female
44.3%
Male
Demographic split for Airbnb audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female55.7%
Male44.3%
Average age43.8
Estimated audience size15,520,157
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.8
average years
Age distribution of the Airbnb audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2915%
30-3920%
40-4924%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

5.4%

of the worldwide Airbnb audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Airbnb
CountryShare
United States23.9%
United Kingdom5.5%
Italy5.4%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Italy average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Airbnb audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Airbnb customers by region in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Tuscany~1.5M1.51×
02Lombardy~4M1.38×
03Piedmont~1.5M1.38×
04Liguria~600K1.33×
05Lazio~2.5M1.24×
06Veneto~1.5M1.15×
07Emilia-Romagna~1.5M1.12×
08Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~300K1.09×
09Sardinia~400K1.01×
10Campania~1.5M0.97×
11Marche~400K0.93×
12Aosta Valley~40K0.93×
13Umbria~200K0.92×
14Friuli-Venezia Giulia~300K0.91×
15Sicilia~1M0.90×
16Puglia~900K0.87×
17Abruzzo~300K0.76×
18Calabria~300K0.58×
19Basilicata~80K0.53×
20Molise~40K0.50×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Airbnb audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Airbnb audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sharing economyBusiness & Career4.38×
02Online marketplaceInternet & Social Media3.96×
03Vacation rentalTravel & Leisure2.18×
04Holiday cottageTravel & Leisure2.12×
05VillageTravel & Leisure2.05×
06TrivagoTravel & Leisure1.92×
07Immobiliare.itHome & Garden1.80×
08Casa.itHome & Garden1.80×
09Booking.comTravel & Leisure1.80×
10Living roomHome & Garden1.79×
11BedroomHome & Garden1.72×
12BaggageFashion & Accessoires1.68×
13Tour operatorTravel & Leisure1.66×
14LodgingTravel & Leisure1.65×
15ApartmentBusiness & Career1.61×
16GreeceTravel & Leisure1.61×
17SolidarityPolitics & Society1.59×
18Travel websiteTravel & Leisure1.56×
19TripAdvisorTravel & Leisure1.52×
20FlixBusCars & Mobility1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Airbnb audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Airbnb audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL1.22×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.16×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.15×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Airbnb audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.77×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.80×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.83×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

Who is Airbnb's target market in Italy?

Airbnb's target market in Italy covers an estimated 15,520,157 people, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Airbnb customers?

55.7% of the Airbnb audience are female, 44.3% are male, with an average age of 43.8 years.

03

Which brands do Airbnb fans like most?

Airbnb fans show strongest brand affinity for Online marketplace (3.96×), Apartment (1.61×), and Immobiliare.it (1.8×) over the country average.

04

Where do Airbnb fans live in Italy?

Airbnb fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~4M), Lazio (reach ~2.5M), and Campania (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Airbnb fans also like?

Beyond Airbnb itself, the audience over-indexes on Apartment (1.61×), Immobiliare.it (1.8×), Lodging (1.65×), and Vacation rental (2.18×) compared to the Italy average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Italy who actively search for Airbnb. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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