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Asia · #16 · 2025–2026

Türkiye: internet and everyday apps

Türkiye has about 77 million people online — a penetration rate of 87.5% and rank #16 worldwide. This page walks through the local digital scene, the app categories people lean on, and 106 apps worth knowing.

Internet users 77 million Penetration 87.5% World rank #16 Updated 2026-11-12
Language TürkçeEnglishKurdî
TL;DR
  • Türkiye has roughly 77 million internet users (77,000,000 people) — about 87.5% of the population and rank #16 globally.
  • The apps people open most: WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, BiP. They cover Messaging, Social, Video, Shopping, Payments, Food, News, Music, Travel, Tools, Classifieds, Mobility, Cloud storage, Security, AI assistants, Learning, Health, Parcels, Maps, Gaming, Reading, Public services and more.
  • The one to know first: WhatsApp — The most widely used messenger on earth.

Türkiye in numbers

2025–2026
Internet users
77 million77,000,000 · #16
Penetration
87.5%#73
Population
88 million88,000,000 · #18
GDP
$1.36T#17
GDP growth
+3.3%#107
GDP per person
$15,444#88
Land area
783.6k km²#37
Capital
Ankara
Region
Asia
Official languages
Turkish (official)

How Türkiye goes online

Turkey’s online market is young, mobile and fiercely domestic: Trendyol outgrew the global marketplaces at home, Instagram is the shopping window, and Istanbul has become a serious game-development hub.

Around 87.5%. With a population of about 88 million and 77 million online, roughly 11 million people are still offline — mostly because of rural coverage, device cost and age.

All 106 apps below are grouped by category.

What people actually use

106 Most-used apps

Messaging

4 Most-used apps →
WhatsApp Messaging · Meta · 2009 Telegram Messaging · Telegram FZ-LLC · 2013 Signal Messaging · Signal Foundation · 2015 BiP Messaging · Turkcell · 2013

Social

5 Most-used apps →
Instagram Social · Meta · 2010 Pinterest Social · Pinterest · 2010 Threads Social · Meta · 2023 Badoo Social · Badoo (Bumble Inc.) · 2006 Muzz Social · Muzz · 2015

Video

4 Most-used apps →
YouTube Video · Google · 2005 Netflix Video · Netflix, Inc. · 1997 CapCut Video · ByteDance · 2020 IMDb Video · Amazon · 1990

Shopping

10 Most-used apps →
Trendyol Shopping · Trendyol Group（阿里巴巴投资） · 2010 Hepsiburada Shopping · Hepsiburada · 2000 Alibaba.com Shopping · Alibaba Group · 1999 Zara Shopping · Inditex · 1975 n11 Shopping · n11 · 2013 Temu Shopping · PDD Holdings · 2022 BIM Shopping · BİM · 2010 A101 Shopping · A101 · 2010 Migros Turkey Shopping · Migros Ticaret · 2010 Sok Marketler Shopping · Şok · 2010

Payments

1 Most-used apps →
Papara Payments · Papara · 2016

Food

3 Most-used apps →
Getir Food · Getir · 2015 Uber Eats Food · Uber · 2014 Yemeksepeti Food · Delivery Hero · 2001

News

1 Most-used apps →
Hürriyet News · Demirören Group · 1997

Music

2 Most-used apps →
Spotify Music · Spotify AB · 2008 YouTube Music Music · Google · 2015

Travel

2 Most-used apps →
Booking.com Travel · Booking Holdings · 1996 Turkish Airlines Travel · Turkish Airlines · 2010

Tools

5 Most-used apps →
Google Maps Tools · Google · 2005 Gmail Tools · Google · 2004 Turkcell Tools · Turkcell · 2010 Vodafone Turkey Tools · Vodafone Group · 2010 Turk Telekom Tools · Türk Telekom · 2010

Classifieds

1 Most-used apps →
sahibinden.com Classifieds · Sahibinden · 2000

Mobility

2 Most-used apps →
BiTaksi Mobility · BiTaksi · 2013 Martı Mobility · Martı · 2018

Cloud storage

6 Most-used apps →
Google Drive Cloud storage · Google · 2012 iCloud Cloud storage · Apple · 2011 OneDrive Cloud storage · Microsoft · 2007 MEGA Cloud storage · Mega Limited · 2013 Yandex Disk Cloud storage · Yandex · 2012 TeraBox Cloud storage · Baidu（Flextech） · 2020

Security

7 Most-used apps →
ExpressVPN Security · ExpressVPN（Kape Technologies） · 2009 Surfshark Security · Surfshark（Kape Technologies） · 2018 Kaspersky Security · Kaspersky Lab · 1997 Authy Security · Twilio · 2010 NordPass Security · Nord Security · 2019 AVG Antivirus Security · AVG Technologies（Gen Digital） · 1991 ESET Security · ESET · 1992

AI assistants

11 Most-used apps →
ChatGPT AI assistants · OpenAI · 2022 Gemini AI assistants · Google · 2023 Claude AI assistants · Anthropic · 2023 Microsoft Copilot AI assistants · Microsoft · 2023 Grok AI assistants · xAI · 2023 Midjourney AI assistants · Midjourney · 2022 Suno AI assistants · Suno · 2023 Character.AI AI assistants · Character.AI · 2022 Poe AI assistants · Quora · 2022 Le Chat AI assistants · Mistral AI · 2024 Meta AI AI assistants · Meta · 2023

Learning

7 Most-used apps →
Duolingo Learning · Duolingo · 2012 Coursera Learning · Coursera · 2012 Khan Academy Learning · Khan Academy · 2008 Udemy Learning · Udemy · 2010 Quizlet Learning · Quizlet · 2005 Photomath Learning · Photomath (Google) · 2014 Anki Learning · Ankitects · 2006

Health

7 Most-used apps →
MyFitnessPal Health · MyFitnessPal · 2005 Strava Health · Strava · 2009 Headspace Health · Headspace · 2010 Calm Health · Calm.com · 2012 Fitbit Health · Google · 2007 Samsung Health Health · Samsung · 2012 Nike Run Club Health · Nike · 2010

Parcels

3 Most-used apps →
17TRACK Parcels · 17TRACK · 2010 AfterShip Parcels · AfterShip · 2012 DHL Parcels · DHL Group · 1969

Maps

6 Most-used apps →
Google Maps Maps · Google · 2005 Yandex Maps Maps · Yandex · 2004 Organic Maps Maps · Organic Maps · 2021 Citymapper Maps · Citymapper · 2011 HERE WeGo Maps · HERE Technologies · 2012 TomTom GO Navigation Maps · TomTom · 2015

Gaming

10 Most-used apps →
Steam Gaming · Valve · 2003 Epic Games Store Gaming · Epic Games · 2018 PUBG Mobile Gaming · Krafton · Level Infinite · 2018 Garena Free Fire Gaming · Garena · 2017 Genshin Impact Gaming · HoYoverse · 2020 Clash of Clans Gaming · Supercell · 2012 Xbox Gaming · Microsoft · 2001 PlayStation Gaming · Sony Interactive Entertainment · 1994 Minecraft Gaming · Mojang Studios · 2011 Honkai: Star Rail Gaming · HoYoverse · 2023

Reading

8 Most-used apps →
Kindle Reading · Amazon · 2007 Audible Reading · Amazon · 1995 Scribd Reading · Scribd · 2007 Storytel Reading · Storytel · 2005 Rakuten Kobo Reading · Rakuten · 2010 Perlego Reading · Perlego · 2016 Blinkist Reading · Blinkist · 2012 WEBTOON Reading · Naver · 2004

Public services

1 Most-used apps →
e-Devlet Public services · Republic of Türkiye · 2011

Websites people in Türkiye actually use

21

The 21 sites locals open most often — news, shopping, search, banking and government services. Every link goes to the official site.

News3Shopping3Food3Transport2Education2Search1Classifieds1Government1Telecom1Banking1Mail1TV & media1Jobs1
HürriyetNewshurriyet.com.trOne of the most-read papers, quick to push a headline. MilliyetNewsmilliyet.com.trAn established daily covering politics, sport and celebrity in one place. NTVNewsntv.com.trNews and live broadcast. TrendyolShoppingtrendyol.comThe default place to shop online, whose sale days turn into events. HepsiburadaShoppinghepsiburada.comReliable for electronics and appliances, with a painless returns process. n11Shoppingn11.comA marketplace of brand stores, with campaigns people actually track. YemeksepetiFoodyemeksepeti.comWhere dinner gets ordered, and where the office orders lunch. GetirFoodgetir.comGroceries delivered in minutes. Trendyol YemekFoodtrendyolyemek.comFood ordering, paid with the Trendyol account. Turkish AirlinesTransportturkishairlines.comThe airline flying to more countries than any other. TCDDTransporttcdd.gov.trTrain times and high-speed tickets. Boğaziçi UniversityEducationbogazici.edu.trOne of the hardest universities to get into. Middle East Technical UniversityEducationmetu.edu.trThe big technical university in Ankara. Google TurkeySearchgoogle.com.trWhere searching starts, and it copes with Turkish characters without complaint. SahibindenClassifiedssahibinden.comUsed cars, flats and furniture — the first place anyone looks. e-DevletGovernmentturkiye.gov.trOfficial paperwork with a single password: tax, driving licence, military service. Türk TelekomTelecomturktelekom.com.trThe former monopoly for landlines and home broadband. Central Bank of TurkeyBankingtcmb.gov.trPolicy rates and the inflation reports. PTTMailptt.gov.trPost, cargo and bill payments at the same counter. TRTTV & mediatrt.net.trThe public broadcaster, with a deep news and documentary archive. Kariyer.netJobskariyer.netJob ads, and the CV pool.

2808 websites →

Frequently asked questions

6 Q&A
How many people in Türkiye are online?

About 77 million (77,000,000 people). That works out to roughly 87.5% of the population, which puts Türkiye at #16 in the world for total internet users. Figures come from DataReportal’s Digital 2026, which draws on ITU and national statistics.

Which apps do people in Türkiye use most?

Mostly WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, BiP — they cover Messaging, Social, Video, Shopping, Payments, Food, News, Music, Travel, Tools, Classifieds, Mobility, Cloud storage, Security, AI assistants, Learning, Health, Parcels, Maps, Gaming, Reading, Public services. The full list, grouped by category, is further down this page.

What is the leading Messaging app in Türkiye?

WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, BiP dominate this space. The best-known is WhatsApp — The most widely used messenger on earth.

How high is internet penetration in Türkiye?

Around 87.5%. With a population of about 88 million and 77 million online, roughly 11 million people are still offline — mostly because of rural coverage, device cost and age.

Where do these app facts come from?

Usage figures come from DataReportal’s Digital 2026 (Kepios, based on ITU and national statistics); app details come from each product’s official site. Updated 2026-11-12.

Which websites are most popular in Türkiye?

The everyday ones are Google Turkey, Hürriyet, Milliyet, plus the other 21 sites listed above. They cover news, shopping, search, banking and official paperwork, and every link points to the official site.

Sources

Updated 2026-11-12
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