(Last updated: August 7, 2017)

Each link downloads a zip file of the data for a named city or region. The zip file holds one or more csv files. Each csv file represents a single “survey” or “scrape” of the Airbnb web site for that city. The data is collected from the public Airbnb web site without logging in and the code I use is available on GitHub.

Here is the data provided for each listing. Please note that while other data can be collected from the site, and while other sites (especially the excellent Inside Airbnb) collect richer data about the host and the details of each listing, I have no plans to expand the scope at the moment:

• room_id: A unique number identifying an Airbnb listing. The listing has a URL on the Airbnb web site of http://airbnb.com/rooms/room_id
• host_id: A unique number identifying an Airbnb host. The host’s page has a URL on the Airbnb web site of http://airbnb.com/users/show/host_id
• room_type: One of “Entire home/apt”, “Private room”, or “Shared room”
• borough: A subregion of the city or search area for which the survey is carried out. The borough is taken from a shapefile … Continue reading