Leila Forouhar just passed Faramarz Assef
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#13 on the chart on September 3
Leila Forouhar has moved ahead of Faramarz Assef by 53 monthly listeners, which is close enough to change back. This is where Leila Forouhar stands as of 2 September 2026. The artist’s biggest track, “Vadeh”, has 23,329,731 plays for comparison. The artist’s highest reading on record is 134,990 monthly listeners, from 2 September 2026. One place up, Homayoun Shajarian is 6,713 monthly listeners ahead.
Faramarz Assef has given up ground to Leila Forouhar on the monthly listener count FarsiChart ranks by. Monthly Spotify listeners reached 134,990 on 2 September 2026 — the highest figure in the 102 days FarsiChart has been tracking.
How the numbers moved
Monthly listeners climbed by 4,863 over the week, worth 3.7%. Across thirty days the gain is 3,738 monthly listeners, or 2.8%. Daily readings have moved up 6 days in a row. But thirty days brought 1,698 new Spotify followers, taking the total to 121,695.
The starting point seven days back was 130,127, a difference of 4,863. Inside the last 30 days the count ran between 128,275 and 134,990, a spread of 6,715. Thirty days back the figure was 131,252 — a move of 3,738 since. The biggest daily jump of the month landed on 29 August 2026 — 1,130 listeners in 24 hours.
RadioJavan added 1.0M plays in the past 30 days. The weekly follower change is plus 487, against a total of 121,695. The longest unbroken run of daily gains in the 102 days on file is 17 days. Meanwhile, gains showed up on 16 separate days in the last month.
Where the chart stands
On the Persian traditional chart the ranking has gone from 14th a week ago to 13th today. 53 monthly listeners separated Leila Forouhar from Faramarz Assef on the day the order changed. Out of 63 Persian traditional artists FarsiChart ranks, Leila Forouhar is 13th. One place up the chart is Homayoun Shajarian, 6,713 monthly listeners ahead.
The Persian traditional leader is Moein, on 307,696 monthly listeners. Leila Forouhar has 172,706 listeners to make up on Moein. Against a chart median of 66,529, Leila Forouhar runs 102.9% ahead of the typical tracked Persian traditional artist. For context, one rank down sits Faramarz Assef, trailing by 53 monthly listeners.
Every tracked Persian traditional artist together holds 5.6M monthly listeners, and 2.43% of them are here.
The catalogue
“Vadeh” has passed 23.3M plays across Spotify and RadioJavan. FarsiChart indexes 164 Leila Forouhar songs, a catalogue of 237.5M plays. RadioJavan carries 207.5M of those plays and Spotify 30.0M — 12.6% of the total is Spotify. RadioJavan has logged 241.0M plays across all of the artist's music it hosts, which reaches wider than the songs indexed here.
The oldest release on file is dated 1 January 1992, which puts 34.7 years of music in the index. On Spotify the follower total is 121,695. Spread over 164 songs, the catalogue averages 1.4M plays each. Every number above comes from FarsiChart’s own daily tracking — 102 readings up to 2 September 2026.
Two sources sit behind those numbers: Spotify for the 134,990 monthly listeners, Spotify and RadioJavan together for the 237.5M plays.
Right now: 134,990 monthly Spotify listeners
