Genre in a city
The 42 most-read pop artists based in Istanbul, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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42 artists are tagged pop in Istanbul. The biggest move was Nez, up 11 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Mustafa Sandalpop | 1,729 | 0 |
02 | Gülçin Ergülpop | 933 | +10 |
03 | Nilüferpop | 822 | 0 |
04 | Gülşenpop | 806 | -2 |
05 | Aşkın Nur Yengipop | 700 | +2 |
06 | Simgepop | 688 | -2 |
07 | Özkan Uğurpop | 674 | +1 |
08 | Onno Tunçpop | 667 | +1 |
09 | Emre Altuğpop | 650 | -4 |
10 | Gülben Ergenfantezi, pop | 626 | -4 |
11 | Deniz Sekipop | 436 | +5 |
12 | Serhat Hacıpaşalıoğludisco, pop | 405 | -2 |
13 | İrem Dericipop | 385 | -2 |
14 | Şebnem Pakerpop | 329 | +8 |
15 | Kerimcan Durmazdance-pop, pop | 327 | -2 |
16 | Kerim Tekinpop | 301 | +1 |
17 | Yalınpop | 291 | 0 |
18 | Yonca Evcimikpop | 288 | -4 |
19 | Tülây Germanfolk, contemporary folk | 254 | 0 |
20 | Gökselpop | 243 | 0 |
21 | Ozan Doğulupop | 240 | +2 |
22 | Yeşim Salkımpop | 238 | +3 |
23 | Merve Özbeypop | 235 | +3 |
23 | Nezpop | 235 | +11 |
25 | Ayten Alpmanvocal jazz, pop | 231 | +4 |
26 | Grup Vitaminpop | 214 | +6 |
27 | Ece Seçkinpop | 190 | -6 |
28 | Ayşegül Aldinçpop | 186 | -13 |
29 | Şenaypop | 165 | -3 |
30 | Mirkelampop | 160 | 0 |
31 | Hakan Pekerpop | 151 | -7 |
32 | Melih Kibarpop | 145 | -4 |
33 | Gülserenpop | 111 | +1 |
34 | Semiha Yankıpop | 109 | +2 |
35 | Emirpop | 97 | -2 |
36 | Arzu Ecepop | 87 | +2 |
37 | Gökhan Tepepop | 79 | 0 |
38 | Banupop | 65 | -7 |
39 | Serpil Barlaspop | 48 | +2 |
40 | Rüçhan Çamaypop | 40 | -1 |
41 | Selçuk Alagözpop | 26 | -1 |
42 | Can Uğurluerpop | 22 | 0 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.