Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Airbnb Target Market in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Airbnb in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Airbnb has an estimated audience of 1,959,943 people in South Africa.

#1among Travel website in South Africa
#19among Brand in South Africa
#32in Travel & Leisure

Airbnb has an estimated audience of 1,959,943 people in South Africa. 54.6% are female, 45.4% are male, average age 40.5. Top brand affinities: Booking.com, Package tour, Online marketplace, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Travel website.

Top brand affinities include Booking.com, Package tour, Online marketplace, with strongest over-indexing on Booking.com (3.04× the country average).

Demographically, the Airbnb audience skews balanced with an average age of 40.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Healthy Lifestyle, Travelling.

The typical Airbnb fan in South Africa is balanced, around 40.5 years old, with strong Healthy Lifestyle tendencies and a notable affinity for Booking.com.

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 South Africa.

Audience size
2M
in South Africa
Gender
54.6%
45.4% male
Age
40.5
average years
Country rank
#321
Brand in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+14%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Customer demographics of Airbnb

54.6% are female, 45.4% are male, average age 40.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.6%
Female
45.4%
Male
Demographic split for Airbnb audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female54.6%
Male45.4%
Average age40.5
Estimated audience size1,959,943
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.5
average years
Age distribution of the Airbnb audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2924%
30-3922%
40-4917%
50+24%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Airbnb audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Airbnb
CountryShare
United States23.9%
United Kingdom5.5%
Italy5.4%
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×
01Package tourTravel & Leisure4.44×
02CheapflightsTravel & Leisure4.05×
03Online marketplaceInternet & Social Media3.85×
04Booking.comTravel & Leisure3.04×
05Holiday cottageTravel & Leisure2.90×
06TripAdvisorTravel & Leisure2.53×
07Travel websiteTravel & Leisure2.48×
08Privately held companyBusiness & Career2.01×
09LodgingTravel & Leisure1.95×
10Travel AdventuresTravel & Leisure1.93×
11Victoria & Alfred WaterfrontPerson1.91×
12Kruger National ParkTravel & Leisure1.90×
13Safari lodgeTravel & Leisure1.81×
14Air travelTravel & Leisure1.64×
15Car rentalsCars & Mobility1.63×
16ApartmentBusiness & Career1.62×
17BathroomHome & Garden1.61×
18ResortTravel & Leisure1.56×
19GardenHome & Garden1.54×
20VacationsTravel & Leisure1.52×
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
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.49×
TravellingTHRILL1.48×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.25×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Airbnb audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.08×
Social Media UsageJOY1.11×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.25×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in South Africa 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 South Africa. 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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