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Denver Airbnb Host Statistics (2026): Response Times, Superhosts, Reviews

Original Inside Airbnb data for Denver: how fast hosts respond, the Superhost gap by response speed, and how 4,302 reviewed listings score on communication.

By Jake Sheff, founder of Rezi Updated July 3, 2026 3 min read

The short answer

In Denver, 79.7% of Airbnb hosts with a measured response time reply within an hour and 20.3% take longer, based on Inside Airbnb data covering 4,910 listings. About 9.7% of reviewed Denver listings score below 4.8 on communication.

Airbnb does not publish host response metrics, but Inside Airbnb captures the response-time badge from public host profiles along with review subscores. This page covers Denver: 4,910 listings, response-time data as of the 2025-09-29 snapshot, with review subscores from the 2025-09-29 snapshot. For the three-market national picture, see the full Airbnb host response time statistics analysis.

How fast Denver hosts respond

Response timeShare of measured listingsListings
Within an hour79.7%3,338
Within a few hours13.1%550
Within a day5.7%238
A few days or more1.5%62

20.3% of measured Denver hosts take more than an hour, faster than the 28.2% average across the three large markets in our flagship analysis. Another 14.7% of Denver listings report no response time at all, which Airbnb shows when a host has had no recent inquiries.

The Superhost gap in Denver

Denver hosts who respond within an hour are Superhosts at a 69.7% rate (n=3,232), versus 16.1% for hosts who take a few days or more (n=62, a small sample, so treat the exact figure loosely). Part of that gap is mechanical, since Airbnb requires a 90% response rate for Superhost status, but it makes the point: response speed is one of the few host habits Airbnb formally measures and badges.

Communication scores in Denver reviews

Of 4,302 reviewed Denver listings, 9.7% (417) score below 4.8 on the communication subscore, faster than the 17.7% three-market average, and 9.6% score below 4.8 on check-in. The mean communication score is 4.912, and 41.9% of scored listings hold a perfect 5.0, so a listing under 4.8 sits well behind the local pack.

What Denver guests write

Denver listings carry 352,162 guest reviews all-time. In reviews written since January 2024, the word "responsive" appears in 13.91%, while explicit communication-failure phrases like "never responded" or "could not get in" appear in 110 reviews from that period. Guests notice and record response behavior in both directions.

What this means if you host in Denver

  • The within-the-hour bar is the visible one: 79.7% of measured Denver hosts already clear it, so being slower is a competitive disadvantage guests can see on your profile.
  • The complaints guests actually write are dominated by unanswered messages, and those cluster at predictable times: overnight, during work hours, mid-travel.
  • Multi-day silence is what reliably drags overall ratings down; a fast reply system removes that failure mode entirely.

Why we publish this data

The unanswered-message problem is what Rezi exists to remove: an AI co-host that answers guest texts and phone calls in seconds, 24/7, on a dedicated number per listing, for a flat $45 per listing per month.

Methodology and sources

Data from Inside Airbnb (insideairbnb.com), licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Denver snapshots used: 2025-09-29 for response-time and Superhost fields (the most recent snapshot with those fields populated), and 2025-09-29 for review subscores. Listings with no reported response time are excluded from response-time denominators. Scripts and outputs are preserved in the analysis repository. Three caveats: response-time data reflects its snapshot date, the Superhost correlation is partly mechanical, and one city is not a national sample. Analysis by Rezi.

What percentage of Denver Airbnb hosts respond within an hour?
79.7% of Denver listings with a measured response time show hosts responding within an hour, per Inside Airbnb data (snapshot 2025-09-29). 20.3% take longer.
Does response time affect Superhost status in Denver?
The correlation is strong: 69.7% of within-the-hour Denver hosts are Superhosts versus 16.1% of multi-day responders. Airbnb requires a 90% response rate for the badge, so part of the gap is built in.
How do Denver hosts score on communication?
The mean communication subscore in Denver is 4.912, with 41.9% of reviewed listings holding a perfect 5.0 and 9.7% sitting below 4.8, based on the 2025-09-29 Inside Airbnb snapshot.

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