Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Airbnb Target Market in Malaysia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Airbnb in Malaysia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Airbnb has an estimated audience of 2,121,869 people in Malaysia.

#1among Travel website in Malaysia
#25among Brand in Malaysia
#73in Travel & Leisure

The average Airbnb fan in Malaysia is 39.1 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Selangor.

The audience is concentrated in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor.

Top brand affinities include Public bank, Apartment, Real estate development, with strongest over-indexing on Public bank (1.5× the country average).

Demographically, the Airbnb audience skews balanced with an average age of 39.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Early Adopter Mentality, Travelling.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 16 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Airbnb fan in Malaysia is balanced, around 39.1 years old, with strong Early Adopter Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for Public bank.

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 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Airbnb profile in Malaysia.

Audience size
2.1M
in Malaysia
Gender
53.1%
46.9% male
Age
39.1
average years
Country rank
#607
Brand in Malaysia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-4%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Customer demographics of Airbnb

53.1% are female, 46.9% are male, average age 39.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.1%
Female
46.9%
Male
Demographic split for Airbnb audience in Malaysia
MetricValue
Female53.1%
Male46.9%
Average age39.1
Estimated audience size2,121,869
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.1
average years
Age distribution of the Airbnb audience in Malaysia
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2926%
30-3924%
40-4919%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Airbnb audience comes from Malaysia.

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 Malaysia average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Airbnb audience in Malaysia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Airbnb customers by region in Malaysia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Selangor~1M1.72×
02Kuala Lumpur~600K1.66×
03Johor~400K1.54×
04Penang~200K1.38×
05Malacca~90K1.22×
06Negeri Sembilan~100K1.09×
07Perak~200K1.05×
08Pahang~100K1.04×
09Putrajaya~10K1.00×
10Kedah~100K0.87×
11Terengganu~70K0.75×
12Sarawak~100K0.74×
13Sabah~100K0.59×
14Kelantan~60K0.59×
15Perlis~20K0.52×
16Labuan~8K0.45×
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×
01Housing estateHome & Garden2.66×
02Investment strategyBusiness & Career2.56×
03Real propertyHome & Garden1.98×
04Real estate developmentBusiness & Career1.97×
05BedroomHome & Garden1.87×
06Living roomHome & Garden1.84×
07ApartmentBusiness & Career1.77×
08LinkedInInternet & Social Media1.76×
09TaobaoShopping1.73×
10BathroomHome & Garden1.72×
11CabinetryHome & Garden1.71×
12InvestorBusiness & Career1.70×
13BedHome & Garden1.69×
14ChairHome & Garden1.67×
15VietnamTravel & Leisure1.59×
16RenovationHome & Garden1.59×
17IKEAHome & Garden1.53×
18MattressHome & Garden1.52×
19GardenHome & Garden1.51×
20Public bankBusiness & Career1.50×
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
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.36×
TravellingTHRILL1.25×
IndividualismJOY1.15×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Airbnb audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.42×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.80×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.81×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

Who is Airbnb's target market in Malaysia?

Airbnb's target market in Malaysia covers an estimated 2,121,869 people, concentrated in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

02

What is the gender split and age of Airbnb customers?

53.1% of the Airbnb audience are female, 46.9% are male, with an average age of 39.1 years.

03

Which brands do Airbnb fans like most?

Airbnb fans show strongest brand affinity for Public bank (1.5×), Apartment (1.77×), and Real estate development (1.97×) over the country average.

04

Where do Airbnb fans live in Malaysia?

Airbnb fans in Malaysia are most concentrated in Selangor (reach ~1M), Kuala Lumpur (reach ~600K), and Johor (reach ~400K). 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 (1.77×), Real estate development (1.97×), Real property (1.98×), and Investment strategy (2.56×) compared to the Malaysia average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Malaysia 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 Malaysia. 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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