Skip to content

r/istanbul↗

Istanbul

Welcome to r/istanbul ! Please read the rules and be kind to each other. Posts in Turkish 🇹🇷 and English 🇬🇧 are welcome. - We have an auto moderator, so if you want your post approved, message the mods. - We have a subreddit wiki so please check that out before you post https://www.reddit.com/r/istanbul/wiki/index/

477k subscribers597 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)496 authors / mosince 2008

r/istanbul has 477k members (+4.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 597 posts a month from 496 people. Top topics: Turkish Cuisine, Stray Cats Istanbul and Istanbul, Turkey.

Free report

When to post on r/istanbul

You've used today's free reports

Visitors without an account can open 3 subreddit reports a day. The best time to post on r/istanbul, removal risk and the rest of the report are one step away.

Size and growth

How r/istanbul has grown

r/istanbul

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+4.0%in 12 months · +0.9% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026477k
Growing477k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/istanbul

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−22%vs Sep 2025 · +0.2% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026597
QuieterPeaked at 978 in Mar 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/istanbul

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Turkish Cuisine1.5%
  2. Stray Cats Istanbul0.7%
  3. Istanbul, Turkey0.6%
  4. ID Requests for Animals0.4%
  5. Ancient Discoveries in Turkey0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Sahibinden
  2. Booking
  3. GetYourGuide
  4. Lonely Planet
  5. METRO İSTANBUL

The full report

Everything else about r/istanbul

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research