Rarest Ottoman Sultan — All 36 Answers Ranked by Rarity

36 answers are accepted for “Name an Ottoman sultan”. Suleiman II is the rarest Ottoman sultan in this ranking, with 5,910 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Osman III is the second-rarest with 61,793 monthly Wikipedia views, 10.5× the figure for Suleiman II. Suleiman the Magnificent is the most common Ottoman sultan in this ranking, with 897,497 monthly Wikipedia views, 151.9× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 36 answers: 8,022,543. Suleiman II is under 0.1% of that total. 8 answers are Epic or Legendary: Suleiman II (Legendary), Osman III (Legendary), Ahmed II (Legendary), and 5 more.

Quick answer

Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

36 answers to “Name an Ottoman sultan”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	Suleiman II on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	5,910
2	Osman III on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.971	61,793
3	Ahmed II on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.943	73,380
4	Mustafa III on Wikipedia	Epic	0.914	73,404
5	Mahmud I on Wikipedia	Epic	0.886	74,230
6	Mustafa IV on Wikipedia	Epic	0.857	78,062
7	Mustafa II on Wikipedia	Epic	0.829	86,785
8	Abdul Hamid I on Wikipedia	Epic	0.800	91,139
9	Ahmed III on Wikipedia	Rare	0.771	101,878
10	Selim III on Wikipedia	Rare	0.743	110,513
11	Osman II on Wikipedia	Rare	0.714	112,923
12	Murad V on Wikipedia	Rare	0.686	119,636
13	Abdülmecid I on Wikipedia	Rare	0.657	123,594
14	Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire on Wikipedia	Rare	0.629	138,628
15	Abdulaziz on Wikipedia	Rare	0.600	147,591
16	Mustafa I on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.571	156,643
17	Mehmed I on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.543	168,913
18	Mehmed IV on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.514	180,580
19	Mehmed V on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.486	199,880
20	Murad IV on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.457	205,728
21	Mahmud II on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.429	211,326
22	Mehmed III on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.400	218,017
23	Murad III on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.371	223,845
24	Murad I on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.343	227,906
25	Murad II on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.314	238,887
26	Bayezid I on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.286	251,301
27	Ahmed I on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.257	257,604
28	Bayezid II on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.229	268,849
29	Selim II on Wikipedia	Common	0.200	293,129
30	Orhan on Wikipedia	Common	0.171	318,292
31	Selim I on Wikipedia	Common	0.143	350,777
32	Mehmed VI on Wikipedia	Common	0.114	364,468
33	Abdul Hamid II on Wikipedia	Common	0.086	377,453
34	Osman I on Wikipedia	Common	0.057	437,138
35	Mehmed II on Wikipedia	Common	0.029	774,844
36	Suleiman the Magnificent on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	897,497

FAQ

What is the rarest Ottoman sultan?

Suleiman II is the rarest Ottoman sultan in this ranking, with 5,910 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many Ottoman sultans are there?

There are 36 Ottoman sultans in this ranking, from Suleiman II (rarest) to Suleiman the Magnificent (most common).

What is the most common Ottoman sultan?

Suleiman the Magnificent is the most common Ottoman sultan in this ranking, with 897,497 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.