Shahram Shabpareh hits an all-time high of 171,938 listeners
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a new personal best — 171,938 monthly listeners
Monthly Spotify listeners reached 171,938 on 19 September 2026 — the highest figure in the 119 days FarsiChart has been tracking. Only 9 Persian traditional artists on FarsiChart carry more monthly listeners than Shahram Shabpareh.
How the numbers moved
Monthly listeners climbed by 6,224 over the week, worth 3.8%. Across thirty days the gain is 17,209 monthly listeners, or 11.1%. Measured on weekly gain alone, the week places 6th out of 93 in Persian traditional. That is 4 straight days of growth.
Spotify followers grew by 1,798 over the same 30 days, up 1.6%. Alongside that, a week ago the figure was 165,714; it has moved up 6,224 since. Over 30 days the reading swung 18,261 listeners, from 153,677 at its lowest to 171,938 at its highest. A month ago the reading stood at 154,729, 17,209 lower than now.
The biggest daily jump of the month landed on 19 September 2026 — 3,848 listeners in 24 hours. Meanwhile, thirty days of RadioJavan listening added 2.0M plays to a total of 265.0M. Seven days added 535 Spotify followers. Since tracking began, 17 days is the longest the count has climbed without a down day.
21 of the past 30 readings came in above the day before.
Where the chart stands
One place up the chart is Mahasti, 11,306 monthly listeners ahead. Moein leads the Persian traditional chart with 323,338 monthly listeners. That leaves 151,400 listeners to make up on Moein. The Persian traditional ranking is unchanged from a week ago at 10th.
Half the tracked Persian traditional artists are above 47,719 monthly listeners and half below; this reading is 260.3% over that line. A cushion of 7,857 monthly listeners holds off Viguen in the place below. That is 2.63% of the 6.5M monthly listeners the tracked Persian traditional chart holds in total.
The catalogue
Plays for “Vay Vay” now stand at 14.0M. FarsiChart indexes 240 Shahram Shabpareh songs, a catalogue of 270.8M plays. The split is 28.9M plays on Spotify against 242.0M on RadioJavan. RadioJavan's own counter, spanning every track it hosts by the artist, stands at 265.0M plays.
FarsiChart's record starts at 1 January 1988 — 38.7 years of releases. On Spotify the follower total is 115,438. Spread over 240 songs, the catalogue averages 1.1M plays each. Every number above comes from FarsiChart’s own daily tracking — 119 readings up to 19 September 2026.
The 171,938 monthly listeners is Spotify’s own figure; the 270.8M plays combine Spotify and RadioJavan.
Right now: 171,938 monthly Spotify listeners
