The historical score shows how big an act was at the time of that edition, on a scale of 100 against the biggest acts of all editions. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
Chances for 2027
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 2012
- Albums
- Death Hilarious 2025
- Land of Sleeper 2023
- Viscerals 2020
- King of Cowards 2018
- Feed the Rats 2017
- Concerts per year
- 2026 21
- 2025 48
- 2024 23
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 2,475 times in a collection
- 689 on a wishlist
- 9 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Feed The Rats 2017 · 294
- King Of Cowards 2018 · 198
- Viscerals 2020 · 1.091
- Land Of Sleeper 2023 · 190
- Death Hilarious 2025 · 272
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 3 0,7 per week KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 153 1,5 per week since Nov 2024 KEXP 15 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 2 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI), and how many Discogs members own the record. Data provided by Discogs.
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum | Discogs collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death Hilarious | 2025 | – | – | – | 272 |
| Land of Sleeper | 2023 | – | – | – | 190 |
| Viscerals | 2020 | – | – | – | 1.091 |
| King of Cowards | 2018 | – | – | – | 198 |
| Feed the Rats | 2017 | – | – | – | 294 |
| The Cosmic Dead / Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs | 2013 | – | – | – | – |
Discogs: 2,475 times in a collection. 689 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | – | C | 37 / 85 | 100 | – | 12 | – | Wikipedia, search volume, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | Best Kept Secret 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Gezien en gezien worden | Dansende Beren | 15/06/2025 | dagverslag |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ▲Saturday, June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| KEXP | United States | Blockage 2 · Glib Tongued 2 · Mr Medicine 1 · Collider 1 · Stitches 1 |