Review (August 2025)

Stay in a hostel and meet the real world, not the tourist brochure. read millions of hostel reviews from fellow travellers & book your next adventure today. #meettheworld

36.05M

Estimated Revenue

4.11M

Website Visitors

4/5

Trustpilot Score

What do we know about Hostelworld Group?

Estimated Revenue (2020)

$36.05M

Total Employees

320

Founded

1999

Industry

Leisure Travel Tourism

About

Hostelworld Group: Stay in a hostel and meet the real world, not the tourist brochure. Read millions of hostel reviews from fellow travellers & book your next adventure today. #MeetTheWorld

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Alexa Ranking: 49644

What is Hostelworld Group's Revenue?

Hostelworld Group's estimated revenue for 2024 is $36.05M.

What does Hostelworld Group do?

Hostelworld Group is the global hostel-focussed online booking platform. Our travellers are a unique, passionate breed; they want to see the world, make new connections and crave the adrenaline of new adventures. They want to Meet The World, and it's the social nature of hostels that turbo-charges their journeys and creates unforgettable memories. Fifty-one per cent of hostel travellers say that the most important factor in a great trip is meeting new people and experiencing new cultures. Hostelworld aims to ignite those social travel experiences through superior booking options and a mobile app that helps travellers make the most of their journeys. Forty-five per cent of Hostelworld travellers use the app while on a trip. Hostelworld has more than 13 million reviews across 17,800 hostels in 179 countries, making the brand the leading online hub for social travel. The website and mobile app operates in 19 different languages. Headquartered in Dublin, Hostelworld has offices around the world in London, Shanghai, Sydney and Porto. If you are a job applicant for our Dublin office and would like to review our Candidate Data Protection Notice please click https://blog.corp.hostelworld.com/data-protection-notice-dublin-office/ If you are a job applicant for our London office and would like to review our Candidate Data Protection Notice please click https://blog.corp.hostelworld.com/hostelworld-services-ltd-application-data-protection-notice/

What are the monthly traffic metrics for Hostelworld?

6/mo Traffic Growth

92.10%

All Time Traffic Growth

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Monthly Hits

4M

Time on Site

4.6Mins

Bounce Rate

42%

How fast is Hostelworld growing?

Hostelworld has grown by -59.9% in the last 6 months according to SimilarWeb.

How do people interact with Hostelworld?

Last month, Hostelworld received 4M visitors who spent an average of 4.6 minutes on the website and visited 4.0 different pages per session. Overall, 42% of people bounce on the first visit.

How do people find Hostelworld?

1.7M people (43%) visit Hostelworld directly. 2.2M (54%) people search for them in Google. Whereas, 35.8k (1%) discover Hostelworld through Facebook, Reddit, and YouTube. 25.9k (1%) visitors come from Hostelworld's email newsletters. Finally, 11.4k (0.3%) people come from affiliates and or paid referrals.

Who uses Hostelworld?

Hostelworld's top market is the United States and they receive 675.4k (16.4%) people.
Then the 2nd is United Kingdom with 431.4k (10.5%).
The 3rd is is Germany with 316.9k (7.7%).

Traffic Growth (last 6 months)

All Traffic Source

Country Share

Traffic Growth (last 12 months)

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What do Hostelworld's customers say about them?

Review Score

4/5

Total Reviews

13211

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Hostelworld
5 Star
85.0%
4 Star
5.0%
3 Star
0.0%
2 Star
0.0%
1 Star
10.0%
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Louise clark

Good selection

Reviewed on 2021-05-22T12:36:03

Good selection, easy booking system. Reviews are usually accurate.
Narendrakumar Purohit

Very good experience with hostelsworld…

Reviewed on 2021-05-22T02:00:06

Very good experience with hostelsworld in getting super accommodation at right price.Also clean and nice hostels around.I really enjoyed wherever I stayed. The website and services are also very good.
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노정택

Good reminder and good timing

Reviewed on 2021-05-22T01:43:58

Good reminder and good timing
Daniele

A very good service for hostels

Reviewed on 2021-05-21T20:26:27

A very good service for hostels. I thing that is the best site of hostels!
seid maajid

The room was clean and the bathrooms as…

Reviewed on 2021-05-21T14:34:04

The room was clean and the bathrooms as well. The staff was super nice. Its close to the MercedesBenz Arena and the funky and lively Warschauer Park
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Paul Cressend Jr

First trip using Hostelworld app

Reviewed on 2021-05-20T12:20:14

I had a great experience using hostelworld. The place I stayed in Mexico it was fantastic and so was with staff.I will continue to use this app for all my future travels around the world.
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Travelling Lady Bug

I absolutely love the convenience

Reviewed on 2021-05-19T12:46:44

I absolutely love the convenience, information and overall ease when using 'Hostelworld'; highlyrecommend!
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Chiara Valentina Hicks

So easy to book

Reviewed on 2021-05-19T12:37:36

So easy to book, they give a wide variety of hostels and good reviews. Thank you

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