Starlecta cross-sector overview
Turkey influencer marketing on Instagram, October 2026: 11 sectors
A cross-sector read of the 11 weekly reports of 19–25 October 2026 and their nine-week series from 24 August
- Published
- Period
- 19–25 October 2026; nine weeks from 24 August 2026
- Sources
- 11 weekly sector reports, published 30 Oct 2026, counters read 29 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- Turkey
- Platform
This overview reads the 11 weekly sector reports for 19–25 October 2026 side by side. The tracked universe is the set of Turkish Instagram creator accounts Starlecta follows: about 12 thousand at the start of that week and about 51 thousand after 24–26 October.
- In the tracked universe on 19–25 October 2026, the ten reports other than Fashion add up to 60,139 contents; 55,827 of them are in the Marketplaces report (Trendyol, Hepsiburada, n11, Amazon TR), where the story share is 99%.
- In the tracked universe on 19–25 October 2026, a sector's story share ran from 99% in Marketplaces to 21% in Beauty, and was below 40% only in Beauty (21%), Grocery retail (33%) and Home and living (38%).
- In the tracked universe on 19–25 October 2026, campaigns landed as one- or two-day waves: 76 of Herbal Essences' 82 Stories on 19–20 October, 59 of Dyson's 70 Stories on 23–24 October, 24 of Samsung's 39 reels on 23 October, and 92 contents for one Embeauty mascara on 23–24 October.
- In the tracked universe on 19–25 October 2026, Instagram's paid-partnership label was 0% (rounded) for 31 of 38 brands and 8% at most, while ad disclosure (#reklam, #işbirliği, #tanıtım) ran from 0.0% at Biletix to 81.2% at CeraVe among the 18 brands with at least 40 posts and Reels.
- In the tracked universe on 19–25 October 2026, deal and news accounts produced 81.5% of Migros's 427 contents, 77.4% of A101's 288 and 71.2% of CarrefourSA's 66.
Volumes are lower bounds: the universe is not all of Instagram, it widened on 24–26 October, Stories exist only from the day an account is tracked, and a brand mention is not a paid partnership.
- Sectors11weekly reports, 19–25 October 2026
- Contents60,139unique Stories, Reels and posts naming a brand, summed across ten reports (Fashion left out)
- Without Marketplaces4,312contents in the other nine reports
- Reels1,6611,610 analysed from the video itself
The 11 sectors at a glance
Contents, creators, brands, leader and format per weekly report, 19–25 October 2026.
| Sector | Contents | Creators | Brands | Leader | Story share | Leader's format (story · reels · post) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty | 454 | 372 | Embeauty, The Purest Solutions, CeraVe, Calliel | Embeauty 179 | 21% | 23% · 77% · 0% |
| Hair care | 214 | 151 | Herbal Essences, Bioxcin, Pantene, Urban Care | Herbal Essences 92 | 74% | 89% · 11% · 0% |
| Consumer electronics | 193 | 149 | Philips, Samsung, Huawei | Philips 121 | 67% | 90% · 8% · 2% |
| Fashion † | 47 | 31 | Pierre Cardin, NetWork | Pierre Cardin 30 | — | 23% · 30% · 47% |
| Home and kitchen | 261 | 182 | Karaca, Tefal, Emsan | Karaca 134 | 56% | 41% · 51% · 8% |
| Home and living | 282 | 181 | English Home, IKEA, Madame Coco, Bella Maison | English Home 91 | 38% | 35% · 56% · 9% |
| Marketplaces | 55,827 | 5,950 | Trendyol, Hepsiburada, n11, Amazon TR | Trendyol 37,159 | 99% | 99% · 1% · 0% |
| Grocery retail | 781 | 236 | Migros, A101, CarrefourSA | Migros 427 | 33% | 51% · 44% · 5% |
| Fashion retail | 899 | 223 | Boyner, Zara, LC Waikiki, Mango | Boyner 504 | 84% | 95% · 2% · 3% |
| Event ticketing | 1,045 | 365 | Bubilet, Biletinial, Biletix, Passo | Bubilet 678 | 74% | 72% · 11% · 17% |
| Home electronics | 183 | 143 | Dyson, Kiwi, Grundig | Dyson 137 | 63% | 51% · 45% · 4% |
Contents are the unique Stories, Reels and posts that name one of the brands a report covers: the three or four brands with the most creator content in the sector that week, not the whole sector. Creators are the distinct accounts in that report; an account active in two sectors is counted in each. The leader is the brand with the most contents.
† Fashion without Nivoshe: Pierre Cardin (30 contents, 25 accounts) and NetWork (17 contents, 12 accounts), 6 accounts shared between them: 31 distinct accounts. The published Fashion report also counts Nivoshe, whose content that week was oral care, not fashion; this page leaves Nivoshe out. The published story share is not shown: it counts Nivoshe, which is left out.
Sector by sector
One short paragraph per weekly report, with the link to the full report. Every figure is for the tracked universe, 19–25 October 2026.
Beauty
Four beauty brands appeared in 454 contents from 372 accounts: Embeauty 179, The Purest Solutions 112, CeraVe 89 and Calliel 82. Reels lead: 91.0% of CeraVe's contents and 77.1% of Embeauty's are reels. CeraVe's content count rose from 31 in 12–18 October to 89, driven by reels for a new HA Water Gel (12 to 81). Embeauty's Velvet Volume mascara wave was 92 contents on 23–24 October. The most-played reel of the week, a CeraVe video, reached 4,894,602 plays.
Hair care
Four hair care brands appeared in 214 contents from 151 accounts: Herbal Essences 92, Bioxcin 70, Pantene 43 and Urban Care 12. Stories dominate: 89.1% of Herbal Essences' contents are Stories, and 76 of its 82 Stories came out on 19–20 October, one 25% discount sentence repeated in 63 of 73 analysed Story creatives. Urban Care is the reels-led brand (75.0%). Pantene's volume fell from 179 in 12–18 October to 43, with Stories dropping from 140 to 19.
Consumer electronics
Three consumer electronics brands appeared in 193 contents from 149 accounts: Philips 121, Samsung 55 and Huawei 19. Philips is story-led (90.1% Stories) and Samsung is reels-led (70.9% reels); 24 of Samsung's 39 reels were posted on 23 October, for the Galaxy Z Fold 8. All three brands were below their 12–18 October counts: Philips 149 to 121, Samsung 75 to 55, Huawei 32 to 19. Deal accounts supplied 44 of Philips' contents.
Fashion
The published report covers three brands. One of them, Nivoshe, had oral care content that week, not fashion, and this page leaves Nivoshe out of every conclusion and sum. The other two brands are post-led: posts are 46.7% of Pierre Cardin's contents and 76.5% of NetWork's. Both were visible through the outfit accounts of TV series (12 of Pierre Cardin's 23 non-story contents and 13 of NetWork's 16 are series-linked), and Pierre Cardin's series trailer was the most-played reel of the week with 3,501,232 plays.
Home and kitchen
Three home and kitchen brands appeared in 261 contents from 182 accounts: Karaca 134, Tefal 77 and Emsan 60. Formats diverge: reels are 50.7% of Karaca's contents, Stories 67.5% of Tefal's and 76.7% of Emsan's. Deal accounts supplied 50 of Karaca's 134 contents. In Karaca's week, 8 pressure-cooker and Swiss Crystal recipe reels drew 3,939,071 plays together, and all of them carried #reklam in the caption.
Home and living
Four home and living brands appeared in 282 contents from 181 accounts: English Home 91, IKEA 90, Madame Coco 72 and Bella Maison 38. IKEA is reels-led (82.2%); Madame Coco (70.8%) and Bella Maison (57.9%) are story-led. 28 of Madame Coco's 51 Stories came out on 20 October. Bella Maison's content count rose from 15 in 12–18 October to 38. Excluding deal and news accounts, 54 of English Home's 91 contents remain, against 78 of IKEA's 90.
Marketplaces
Four marketplaces appeared in 55,827 contents from 5,950 accounts: Trendyol 37,159, Hepsiburada 16,297, n11 1,927 and Amazon TR 495. Almost all of it is Stories: the story share runs from 96.8% to 99.6% across the four, and reels number 278, 70, 5 and 16. Trendyol and Hepsiburada have 821 accounts in common. Deal and news accounts make up 57.0% of n11's contents and 7.3% of Trendyol's.
Grocery retail
Three grocery chains appeared in 781 contents from 236 accounts: Migros 427, A101 288 and CarrefourSA 66. Migros is story-led (50.8%); A101 is led by reels and posts (59.0% and 35.4%). Deal and news accounts produced 81.5% of Migros's contents, 77.4% of A101's and 71.2% of CarrefourSA's. A peanut butter that reached A101 shelves on 22 October was the subject of 19 reels from 18 accounts.
Fashion retail
Four fashion retailers appeared in 899 contents from 223 accounts: Boyner 504, Zara 179, LC Waikiki 160 and Mango 58. Boyner (95.0% Stories), Zara and Mango (all Stories) are story-led; only LC Waikiki is reels-led (59.4%). All 237 contents of Zara and Mango are shopping-link Stories. 43.5% of Boyner's 504 contents came from two accounts.
Event ticketing
Four ticketing platforms appeared in 1,045 contents from 365 accounts: Bubilet 678, Biletinial 213, Biletix 142 and Passo 97. Story share is 88.3% at Biletinial, 73.2% at Biletix and 71.8% at Bubilet; Passo is lowest (53.6%) and has the highest reels share (23.7%). The ticket link lives in the Story: 485 of Bubilet's 487 Story rows were link-matched to the platform. In 53 rows a caption names two or more platforms, so one reel can enter the count of three platforms.
Home electronics
Three home electronics brands appeared in 183 contents from 143 accounts: Dyson 137, Kiwi 26 and Grundig 20. Dyson is the only brand with a reels base (62 reels); 59 of its 70 Stories were posted on 23–24 October, from 47 accounts. Kiwi and Grundig are almost entirely Stories. Dyson's content count rose from 72 in 12–18 October to 137, but the report calls the Story comparison not like-for-like, because the tracked base widened.
Format patterns: Stories, Reels and posts
How the sectors split between Stories, Reels and posts, and what that means for what can be counted.
Format follows the sector more than the brand. The story share is the share of a sector's brand assignments that are Stories, as each report's tile states it (a content naming two brands counts once for each). In the tracked universe on 19–25 October 2026 it ran from 21% in Beauty to 99% in Marketplaces:
| Sector | Story share | Reels |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces | 99% | 331 |
| Fashion retail | 84% | 104 |
| Hair care | 74% | 48 |
| Event ticketing | 74% | 83 |
| Consumer electronics | 67% | 56 |
| Home electronics | 63% | 63 |
| Home and kitchen | 56% | 90 |
| Home and living | 38% | 152 |
| Grocery retail | 33% | 383 |
| Beauty | 21% | 351 |
Fashion is not ranked: its published story share counts Nivoshe, which is left out. Of its other two brands, posts lead: 46.7% of Pierre Cardin's contents and 76.5% of NetWork's.
Looked at brand by brand, the same three formats split the 38 brands of the 11 reports like this (shares from each report's comparison table, rounded to whole percent):
| Format | Brands, with their share of contents |
|---|---|
| Stories, 90% or more | n11 100%, Zara 100%, Mango 100%, Grundig 100%, Trendyol 99%, Hepsiburada 99%, Amazon TR 97%, Kiwi 96%, Boyner 95%, Philips 90% |
| Reels, 70% or more | CeraVe 91%, IKEA 82%, Embeauty 77%, Calliel 77%, Urban Care 75%, Samsung 71% |
| Posts, 33% or more | NetWork 76%, Pierre Cardin 47%, A101 35% |
Where the sales call sits
In the story-led sectors the reports find the call inside the Story itself. Event ticketing: 485 of Bubilet's 487 Story rows were link-matched to the platform. Grocery retail: 214 of Migros's 217 Stories were matched by link sticker. Home and kitchen: price, code or discount text appears in 22 of Karaca's 54 analysed Stories, 24 of Tefal's 41 and 23 of Emsan's 42. The Marketplaces report notes that Reels and posts are the only part of its volume that carries performance measurement.
Where the reach is measured
Plays exist only for Reels. Every one of the 11 reports names a most-played Reel of the week: from 1,055,838 plays (Dyson, Home electronics) to 4,894,602 (CeraVe, Beauty). In five of the reports the ranking leaves deal accounts out.
The co-author feature, a post published jointly with the brand's account, is used for 10% or more of contents by 5 brands: Passo 27.9%, Biletix 20.1%, LC Waikiki 18.1%, Pierre Cardin 13.3% and NetWork 11.8%. No other brand in the 11 reports reaches 10%.
Ad disclosure and Instagram's own label
Ad disclosure is the share of posts and Reels that carry #reklam, #işbirliği or #tanıtım. Stories are not part of it, so in a story-led sector it covers a small part of the contents: for Trendyol, 363 posts and Reels out of 37,159 contents. Among the 18 brands with at least 40 posts and Reels, the rate ran from 0.0% at Biletix to 81.2% at CeraVe. Instagram's own paid-partnership label is a separate field: it was 0% (rounded) for 31 of the 38 brands and 8% at most, at Urban Care.
Campaign waves in the nine-week series
When brands peaked between the week of 24 August and the report week, and the waves the reports name.
Each report prints the peak week of every brand in its nine-week series, which starts with the week of 24 August 2026. Counting the stated peaks of the 38 brands of the 11 reports (Nivoshe left out):
| Week starting | Brands at their peak |
|---|---|
| 24 Aug | 4 |
| 31 Aug | 3 |
| 7 Sep | 2 |
| 14 Sep | 1 |
| 21 Sep | 1 |
| 28 Sep | 0 |
| 5 Oct | 5 |
| 12 Oct | 15 |
| 19 Oct | 7 |
27 of the 38 brands peaked in one of the three weeks that start in October, 15 of them in the week of 12 October, before the tracked universe widened. The 7 brands whose peak is the report week, 19–25 October, overlap the widening of 24–26 October; the reports caution that Story counts are not comparable across it, and that early weeks may look low because the number of tracked accounts grew.
Waves the reports name
- Beauty, Embeauty: a Velvet Volume mascara wave of 92 contents on 23–24 October.
- Beauty, CeraVe: reels for a new HA Water Gel rose from 12 to 81 between 12–18 and 19–25 October.
- Hair care, Herbal Essences: 76 of its 82 Stories on 19–20 October.
- Hair care, Bioxcin: 49 of its 58 Stories on 19 October, from one invitation.
- Consumer electronics, Samsung: 24 of its 39 reels on 23 October, for the Galaxy Z Fold 8.
- Home and kitchen, Karaca: 8 pressure-cooker and Swiss Crystal recipe reels with 3,939,071 plays together.
- Home and living, Madame Coco: 28 of its 51 Stories on 20 October.
- Grocery retail, A101: a peanut butter that reached shelves on 22 October, with 19 reels from 18 accounts.
- Home electronics, Dyson: 59 of its 70 Stories on 23–24 October, from 47 accounts.
Week over week
For 36 brands the reports state a count for 12–18 October and for 19–25 October, counted with the same matching: 14 rose, 21 fell and 1 stayed level. The reports count contents or account-content rows, as the table below shows, and note that Story counts are affected by the widening of the tracked universe on 24–26 October.
Week-over-week counts and peak weeks by brand
12–18 October to 19–25 October, as the reports count them
| Sector | Brand | 12–18 Oct | 19–25 Oct | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty | Embeauty | 87 | 179 | contents |
| Beauty | The Purest Solutions | 338 | 112 | contents |
| Beauty | CeraVe | 31 | 89 | contents |
| Beauty | Calliel | 107 | 82 | contents |
| Hair care | Herbal Essences | 14 | 92 | contents |
| Hair care | Bioxcin | 60 | 70 | contents |
| Hair care | Pantene | 179 | 43 | contents |
| Hair care | Urban Care | 25 | 12 | contents |
| Consumer electronics | Philips | 149 | 121 | contents |
| Consumer electronics | Samsung | 75 | 55 | contents |
| Consumer electronics | Huawei | 32 | 19 | contents |
| Fashion | Pierre Cardin | 30 | 30 | contents |
| Fashion | NetWork | 33 | 17 | contents |
| Home and kitchen | Karaca | 200 | 136 | account-content rows |
| Home and kitchen | Tefal | 147 | 77 | account-content rows |
| Home and kitchen | Emsan | 84 | 60 | account-content rows |
| Home and living | Bella Maison | 15 | 38 | account-content rows |
| Home and living | IKEA | 134 | 90 | account-content rows |
| Home and living | Madame Coco | 81 | 72 | account-content rows |
| Marketplaces | Trendyol | 30,237 | 37,162 | account-content rows |
| Marketplaces | Hepsiburada | 27,800 | 16,305 | account-content rows |
| Marketplaces | n11 | 1,623 | 1,927 | account-content rows |
| Marketplaces | Amazon TR | 563 | 495 | account-content rows |
| Grocery retail | Migros | 482 | 428 | account-content rows |
| Grocery retail | CarrefourSA | 84 | 68 | account-content rows |
| Fashion retail | Boyner | 382 | 506 | account-content rows |
| Fashion retail | Zara | 126 | 179 | account-content rows |
| Fashion retail | Mango | 53 | 58 | account-content rows |
| Fashion retail | LC Waikiki | 180 | 160 | account-content rows |
| Event ticketing | Bubilet | 654 | 687 | account-content rows |
| Event ticketing | Biletinial | 192 | 213 | account-content rows |
| Event ticketing | Passo | 87 | 104 | account-content rows |
| Event ticketing | Biletix | 184 | 149 | account-content rows |
| Home electronics | Dyson | 72 | 137 | contents |
| Home electronics | Kiwi | 29 | 26 | contents |
| Home electronics | Grundig | 24 | 20 | contents |
Peak week of every brand in the nine-week series
| Sector | Brand | Peak week | Peak (account-content rows) | Rows in 9 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty | Embeauty | 24 Aug | 301 | 1,024 |
| Beauty | The Purest Solutions | 12 Oct | 338 | 1,131 |
| Beauty | CeraVe | 24 Aug | 93 | 486 |
| Beauty | Calliel | 12 Oct | 107 | 567 |
| Hair care | Herbal Essences | 19 Oct | 92 | 233 |
| Hair care | Bioxcin | 5 Oct | 113 | 442 |
| Hair care | Pantene | 12 Oct | 179 | 435 |
| Hair care | Urban Care | 5 Oct | 158 | 460 |
| Consumer electronics | Philips | 31 Aug | 168 | 1,073 |
| Consumer electronics | Samsung | 7 Sep | 157 | 719 |
| Consumer electronics | Huawei | 31 Aug | 109 | 420 |
| Fashion | Pierre Cardin | 12 Oct | 30 | 173 |
| Fashion | NetWork | 12 Oct | 33 | 133 |
| Home and kitchen | Karaca | 7 Sep | 346 | 2,038 |
| Home and kitchen | Tefal | 12 Oct | 147 | 793 |
| Home and kitchen | Emsan | 12 Oct | 84 | 335 |
| Home and living | English Home | 12 Oct | 103 | 663 |
| Home and living | IKEA | 12 Oct | 134 | 897 |
| Home and living | Madame Coco | 12 Oct | 81 | 344 |
| Home and living | Bella Maison | 19 Oct | 38 | 122 |
| Marketplaces | Trendyol | 14 Sep | 44,352 | 284,851 |
| Marketplaces | Hepsiburada | 12 Oct | 27,800 | 163,328 |
| Marketplaces | n11 | 31 Aug | 2,151 | 14,220 |
| Marketplaces | Amazon TR | 5 Oct | 2,189 | 7,534 |
| Grocery retail | Migros | 24 Aug | 494 | 3,628 |
| Grocery retail | A101 | 5 Oct | 342 | 2,697 |
| Grocery retail | CarrefourSA | 12 Oct | 84 | 466 |
| Fashion retail | Boyner | 24 Aug | 777 | 5,122 |
| Fashion retail | Zara | 19 Oct | 179 | 1,023 |
| Fashion retail | LC Waikiki | 21 Sep | 222 | 1,427 |
| Fashion retail | Mango | 19 Oct | 58 | 349 |
| Event ticketing | Bubilet | 19 Oct | 687 | 5,450 |
| Event ticketing | Biletinial | 5 Oct | 230 | 1,471 |
| Event ticketing | Biletix | 12 Oct | 184 | 1,312 |
| Event ticketing | Passo | 19 Oct | 104 | 648 |
| Home electronics | Dyson | 19 Oct | 137 | 815 |
| Home electronics | Kiwi | 12 Oct | 29 | 169 |
| Home electronics | Grundig | 12 Oct | 24 | 122 |
Method and limitations
What the figures are, how they were added up, and what they do not say.
This page quotes and adds up figures printed in the 11 weekly sector reports, published on 30 October 2026 for 19–25 October 2026 (counters read on 29 October), and in their nine-week series from the week of 24 August. It adds no estimate, no market size and no new measure; where a figure is added up or compared, the text says how.
- Scope. Every figure is for the tracked universe, the Turkish Instagram accounts Starlecta follows. It is not all of Instagram, so volumes are lower bounds.
- The universe grew from about 12 thousand to about 51 thousand accounts on 24–26 October 2026. For the new accounts, posts and Reels were completed 90 days back; their Stories exist only from the day each account was added. Story counts are therefore not comparable across weeks that straddle the widening, and weekly trends show direction.
- What a sector figure covers. Each report covers the three or four brands with the most creator content in its sector that week, not the whole sector. A content that names more than one brand is counted for each of them.
- Sums. Totals across sectors add up the ten reports other than Fashion: 60,139 contents, 55,827 of them in Marketplaces and 4,312 in the other nine. A content that names brands of two sectors is counted in each report. The Home and kitchen report and the Marketplaces report give the same counters for their most-played reel of 24 October excluding deal accounts: 1,577,722 plays, 3,196 likes and 111 comments from a 15,108-follower account in Home and kitchen; 1,577,722 plays, 3,196 likes and 111 comments from a 15,108-follower account in Marketplaces. Identical counters point to one content counted in both reports. Account counts are therefore not added across reports.
- Reels. Of the 1,661 Reels in the ten reports, 1,610 were analysed from the video itself (frames and audio).
- Fashion. The published Fashion report counts Nivoshe, whose content that week was oral care, not fashion. Nivoshe is left out of every conclusion, sum and tally on this page, and Fashion is left out of the cross-sector sums.
- Deal and news accounts, the accounts that share discounts or sector news, are counted in the volumes, flagged separately in the reports, and not read as collaborations.
- A mention is not a paid partnership. A brand name, tag or link in a post, Reel or Story is a mention. Ad disclosure is the share of posts and Reels that carry #reklam, #işbirliği or #tanıtım; Instagram's paid-partnership label is a separate field.
Links
The 11 weekly reports behind this overview, and the pages around it.
- BeautyWeek of 19–25 October 2026MarkdownPDF
- Hair careWeek of 19–25 October 2026MarkdownPDF
- Consumer electronicsWeek of 19–25 October 2026MarkdownPDF
- FashionWeek of 19–25 October 2026MarkdownPDF
- Home and kitchenWeek of 19–25 October 2026MarkdownPDF
- Home and livingWeek of 19–25 October 2026MarkdownPDF
- MarketplacesWeek of 19–25 October 2026MarkdownPDF
- Grocery retailWeek of 19–25 October 2026MarkdownPDF
- Fashion retailWeek of 19–25 October 2026MarkdownPDF
- Event ticketingWeek of 19–25 October 2026MarkdownPDF
- Home electronicsWeek of 19–25 October 2026MarkdownPDF
Definitions as of 24 October 2026
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