ActRankerNL
ActRanker is not an official source and has no connection with the festivals or their organisers. We announce nothing officially and everything is subject to errors. Chances are estimates, not announcements. More info
Latest update on the afternoon of 5 November 2026. May be temporarily behind.
Please note: ActRanker has just launched and the data is still incomplete. Not every concert or festival booking is in yet, so the points and chances are provisional.
Foster the People
Photo: Jason Persse, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Foster the People

Popularity today
52
Belgium 51 · the Netherlands 52 · Worldwide 58 · on a scale of 100
Score back then at Rock Werchter 2025
18
Belgium 15 · Netherlands 17 · Worldwide 32 · level C

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

Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.

No rumours, no inside knowledge. Tap Why? for the reasons.

(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festivalnothing suggests this act is in Europe at that timepopularity only, nothing that points to a booking
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festivalnothing suggests this act is in Europe at that timepopularity only, nothing that points to a booking
(Nearly) impossible
If this act plays this festival: 47 points (B), now 10 of 10 acts
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festivalplayed here two years ago, and returning that soon is rarenothing suggests this act is in Europe at that time
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festivalnothing suggests this act is in Europe at that timepopularity only, nothing that points to a booking
Figures
Spotify listeners
16.862.511
Deezer 1.115.533 · streams per day 1.430.798
Last.fm listeners
3.869.101
rank 561 in Belgium · rank 462 in the Netherlands
Instagram followers
639.236
@fosterthepeople · updated on 04/11/2026
Search volume per month
210
Belgium 210 · the Netherlands 500 · Worldwide 78.291
Wikipedia, 12 months
350.487
EN 341.187 · NL 1.518 · FR 7.782

indieindie popalternativeamericanindie rock

Career

Line-ups
Rock Werchter 2025
Active since
2009
Albums
  • Paradise State of Mind 2024
  • Sacred Hearts Club 2017
  • Supermodel 2014
  • Torches 2011
  • Torches (Redux) 2011
Concerts per year
  • 2026 45
  • 2025 80
  • 2024 16
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.

Stature

De Tijdloze 2024
  • 1 nummer, hoogste #2192 (Pumped Up Kicks)
  • in the list since 2021, 2 years
  • per song
Discogs
  • 5,310 times in a collection
  • 2,331 on a wishlist
  • 25 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection
  • Pumped Up Kicks 2010 · 405
  • Torches 2011 · 2.264
  • Broken Jaw 2012 · 675
  • Supermodel 2014 · 1.283
  • Sacred Hearts Club 2017 · 295
Biggest own venue
  • Ronda, Utrecht
  • ±2.000 plaatsen
  • 2025 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.

Today

Radio
Last 30 days
Studio Brussel61,4 per week
NPO 3FM61,4 per week
KINK61,4 per week
egoFM30,7 per week
Willy30,7 per week
RTL220,5 per week
FluxFM20,5 per week
VRT Radio 110,2 per week
Since we track the station
NPO 3FM4262,7 per weeksince Nov 2023
KINK3222,0 per weeksince Nov 2023
Studio Brussel2031,3 per weeksince Nov 2023
BBC Radio 11270,8 per weeksince Nov 2023
BBC Radio 6 Music1031,0 per weeksince Nov 2024
Willy760,8 per weeksince Dec 2024
KEXP280,2 per weeksince Nov 2023
egoFM30,6 per weeksince Oct 2026
Similar to
Two Door Cinema Club, Phoenix, Cage the Elephant, MGMT, Hippo Campus, Portugal. The Man

De Tijdloze on StuBru

De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.

SongFromYears in the list2024HighestLowest
Pumped Up Kicks20112 (2021–2024)#2192#1432 (2021)#2192 (2024)

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.

AlbumYearBelgian album chartDutch album chartGold/platinumDiscogs collections
Paradise State of Mind2024––––
Sacred Hearts Club2017–#85 (1 wk)–295
Supermodel2014#93 (3 wk)#57 (1 wk)–1.283
Torches2011#69 (9 wk)#53 (17 wk)–2.264
Torches (Redux)2011––––

Discogs: 5,310 times in a collection. 2,331 times on a wishlist.

How popular is Foster the People compared with other countries?

Poland×1,3968 per month
Spain×0,7824 per month
France×0,71,375 per month
Zweden×0,7313 per month
Denmark×0,6185 per month
United Kingdom×0,63,200 per month
Germany×0,51,441 per month
Italy×0,5591 per month
Netherlands×0,4500 per month
Belgium×0,3210 per month

Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.

Best-known songs (Deezer)

Pumped Up Kicks
Torches
op Deezer
Lamb's Wool
Lamb's Wool
op Deezer
Houdini
Torches
op 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.

EditionScoreLevelRankExceptionalBelgiumNetherlandsWorldSources
Rock Werchter 202518C46 / 9298151732Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature

Reviews and reports

Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.

EditionTitelBronDateSoort
Rock Werchter 2025Rock Werchter 2025 (Festivaldag 4): Rien ne va parapluDansende Beren07/07/2025dagverslag

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

2 earlier dates

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
StationCountryMost played
KINKNetherlandsPumped Up Kicks 3
NPO 3FMNetherlandsPumped Up Kicks 2
Qmusic NLNetherlandsPumped Up Kicks 1
Studio BrusselBelgiumPumped Up Kicks 103 · Houdini 4 · Helena Beat 1
VRT Radio 1BelgiumPumped Up Kicks 1
WillyBelgiumPumped Up Kicks 62
BBC Radio 1United KingdomPumped Up Kicks 1
FIP RockFranceDon't Stop (Color On the Walls) 1
FluxFMGermanySee You in the Afterlife 1
KEXPUnited StatesJET LAGGED 19 · Helena Beat 1 · Waste 1 · Pumped Up Kicks (Bonafique Macabi Mix) 1 · Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls) 1
Oui FMFrancePumped Up Kicks 1
RTL2FrancePumped Up Kicks 2
egoFMGermanyComing Of Age 1
Share this pageWhatsAppFacebookX