Airbnb UX Case Study
This is a case study of Airbnb’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 193 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Airbnb’s overall e-commerce UX performance is decent. Airbnb has decent performances across the board with neither any great nor any broken performances.
First benchmarked in April 2022 and reviewed once in June 2024.
Desktop Web
193 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Main Navigation
9 Guidelines · Performance:
Travel "Booking" Search
46 Guidelines · Performance:
Property & Room Detail Pages
45 Guidelines · Performance:
"Booking" Checkout Process
61 Guidelines · Performance:
Customer Accounts
18 Guidelines · Performance:
Site-Wide Features & Design
14 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
197 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Homepage & Main Navigation
9 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Travel "Booking" Search
44 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Property & Room Detail Pages
42 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile "Booking" Checkout Process
66 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Customer Accounts
14 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Site-Wide Features & Design
22 Guidelines · Performance:
To learn how we calculate our performance scores and read up on our evaluation criteria and scoring algorithm head over to our Methodology page.
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Airbnb’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
16 pages of Airbnb’s e-commerce site, marked up with 148 best practice examples:
Airbnb’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
18 pages of Airbnb’s e-commerce site, marked up with 163 best practice examples:
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