Abstract: This paper use the sharing economy related literature in the Web of Science database as the research object, to analyze the high frequency keywords in the related literatures with the co-word analysis, visualization analysis and cluster analysis. It sums up the research status，research hotspots and existing problems in sharing economy research abroad, and also prospects the future development trend of related research. The aim of the paper is to enrich existing research and provide new ideas for future research on related topics.

Key words: Sharing economy, Physical sharing, Virtual resource sharing, New business model, Collaborative economy, Content analysis, Co-word analysis