What are the Superhost requirements in 2026

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  1. What are the four Superhost criteria?
  2. When does Airbnb check Superhost status?
  3. Is Superhost per listing or per account?
  4. Did the Superhost requirements change for 2026?
  5. What does Superhost give you?
  6. Superhost or Guest Favorite, which matters more?
  7. What should you prioritize if you are close to qualifying?
  8. How do you keep the badge through the next assessment?
  9. Questions hosts ask
  10. Sources

Superhost has four criteria, and Airbnb has not changed them for 2025 or 2026. Over the trailing 12 months you need a 4.8 overall rating and a 90% response rate. You also need a cancellation rate under 1% and 10 completed stays, or 3 stays totaling 100 nights. Airbnb checks all four on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, and 1 October.

What are the four Superhost criteria?

Airbnb lists the criteria on Help Center article 829. You must meet all four at the same time. The window is always the past 12 months, measured on the assessment date.

Criterion Threshold Window
Completed stays 10 reservations, or 3 reservations totaling at least 100 nights Past 12 months
Response rate Reply to 90% of new messages and answer requests within 24 hours Past 12 months
Cancellation rate Under 1% Past 12 months
Overall rating 4.8 or higher Past 12 months

The cancellation criterion has exceptions for Major Disruptive Events. Airbnb decides what qualifies, not you. A cancellation you consider justified still counts unless Airbnb waives it.

The response criterion for Superhost differs from the response rate on your dashboard. The dashboard figure covers the past 30 days. The Superhost figure covers the first reply to each new thread over the past 12 months. A bad week in March still counts on 1 July.

When does Airbnb check Superhost status?

Four times a year, on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, and 1 October. Each assessment looks back 12 months from that date. The badge can take up to a week to appear after you qualify.

Between assessments nothing changes. If your rating falls to 4.75 in May, you keep the badge until 1 July. If you recover to 4.8 by 30 June, you keep the badge past 1 July.

Your hosting dashboard shows your current standing against each criterion. Check the standing in the last week of March, June, September, and December. That is when a decline or a slow reply still costs you a quarter.

Is Superhost per listing or per account?

Per account. Airbnb evaluates the host, not the listing, and the badge shows on every listing where you are the listing owner. Co-hosts, experience hosts, and service hosts are not evaluated. A co-host who manages a Superhost's listing does not earn the status through that role.

The account level cuts both ways. One weak listing with a 4.6 rating pulls the account average down for all your listings. One cancellation on any listing counts against the shared under-1% threshold.

Did the Superhost requirements change for 2026?

No. The four criteria are the same in 2026 as in earlier years. Airbnb has announced no change for 2025 or 2026. Check your assessment dashboard against the four criteria above when planning your next improvements.

What does Superhost give you?

Airbnb states the badge, "added visibility", and access to rewards.

Use Superhost as a trust signal, not a forecast of extra bookings. Keep improving the photos, offer and guest experience after earning the badge.

Response rate does affect search placement on its own. Airbnb says so on Help Center article 430, and adds that response time "has less impact". Meeting the 90% threshold helps you twice, once for the badge and once for ranking.

Superhost or Guest Favorite, which matters more?

They measure different things and you can hold both. Superhost rewards the host account over a year. Guest Favorite rewards one listing, evaluated every day against other listings.

Criterion Superhost Guest Favorite
Level Account Listing
Evaluated 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, 1 October Every day
Window Past 12 months Reviews from the past 4 years, at least 1 in the past 2 years
Minimum activity 10 stays or 100 nights 5 reviews
Rating threshold 4.8 overall Airbnb publishes no cutoff
Response rate 90% within 24 hours Not listed as an input
Cancellations Under 1% Host cancellation rate is one input
Other inputs None Review text, messages, six category ratings, review removal rate, quality incidents
Tiers One badge Guest Favorite, plus Top 10%, 5%, and 1% labels

Airbnb's launch post for Guest Favorites said those homes averaged above 4.9. That is a description of the group, not a rule. Airbnb publishes no numeric cutoff for Guest Favorite.

Guest Favorite uses category ratings and review text. Superhost uses the overall star only. A listing with a 4.85 overall and a weak cleanliness category can hold Superhost. It can miss Guest Favorite in the same quarter.

For a host with one listing the two badges mostly move together. For a host with several listings Guest Favorite is the sharper signal, because each listing earns or loses it alone.

What should you prioritize if you are close to qualifying?

Check the assessment dashboard for the requirement you are missing. If response rate is the problem, arrange cover for new inquiries. If the rating is below the threshold, fix the recurring complaint behind the low scores.

Keep the badge in perspective. Superhost, Guest Favorites and a strong listing can support the same goal: giving the next guest a reason to book. Choose changes that improve the stay as well as the assessment.

How do you keep the badge through the next assessment?

  1. Open your hosting dashboard and read the four Superhost figures in the last week of each quarter.
  2. Answer every new inquiry and request within 24 hours, including declines. An expired request counts against you.
  3. Do not cancel. If you must, read the fee tiers and waiver grounds on Help Center article 990 first.
  4. Watch the overall rating, not the category stars. Only the overall star counts toward the 4.8.
  5. If a listing has under 10 stays, check the 100-night route. Three long stays qualify.

Hosts lose Superhost on response rate more often than on rating. One expired request in a quiet month counts against you for a year. Decline what you will not host, inside 24 hours, and let nothing expire. If you run several listings, fix or delist the weakest one before you polish the rest.

Questions hosts ask

Can I lose Superhost mid-quarter?

No. Airbnb assesses on the four dates only. What you lose between assessments is the margin you need on the next date.

Does a 4.79 rating fail?

Yes. The threshold is 4.8 or higher. Airbnb publishes no rounding rule, so treat 4.79 as a fail.

Do cancellations by the guest count against me?

No. The under-1% rate covers host cancellations. Guest cancellations are not part of the Superhost criteria.

I co-host a Superhost's listing. Do I get the badge?

No. Co-hosts are excluded from the evaluation. Only the listing owner earns and displays Superhost.

Is Guest Favorite harder to get than Superhost?

Airbnb publishes no cutoff for Guest Favorite, so there is no threshold to compare. Guest Favorite needs only 5 reviews, but it also weighs category ratings, review text, and quality incidents that Superhost ignores.

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