Gendered Representations in Türkiye's Most-Streamed Spotify Songs (2024)

39 songs were coded across 10 categories for gendered representations. Women are most frequently depicted in separation narratives (46.15%) and as objects of bodily reduction (43.59%). The dataset by Mustafa Işıkgöz includes a coding matrix, reliability scores, song list, lyrics, and R scripts for analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyze gender representation frequencies based on the 10 coding categories.
• Calculate inter-rater reliability based on the provided κ values.
• Perform co-occurrence analysis of gendered themes across song lyrics.
• Replicate content analysis workflows using the included R scripts.
• Study the prevalence of female agency (10.26%) versus objectification in Turkish pop music.

Strengths

• Includes a coding matrix for 39 songs across 10 distinct categories.
• Provides inter-rater reliability metrics (κ values) for methodological transparency.
• Contains full lyrics for the analyzed songs.
• Offers reproducible analysis scripts for frequency, co-occurrence, and reliability calculations.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2024 most-streamed list.

Provenance

Source

Mustafa Işıkgöz via figshare

Collection Method

Content analysis coding of most-streamed songs on Spotify in Türkiye.

Time Range

2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 18:36:35

Geography

Türkiye