Popularity today
39
Belgium 42 · the Netherlands 39 · Worldwide 38 · on a scale of 100
Score back then at Pinkpop 2026
30
Belgium 32 · Netherlands 26 · Worldwide 40 · level B
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 festival
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itplayed here last year, and two years in a row is rareno shows planned around the festival
Very unlikely
If this act plays this festival: 38 points (C), now 10 of 10 acts
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
Figures
Spotify listeners
968.120
Deezer 84.803 · streams per day 175.624
Last.fm listeners
631.492
rank 790 in Belgium · rank 1210 in the Netherlands
Instagram followers
734.963
@idlesband · updated on 02/11/2026
Search volume per month
1.883
Belgium 1.883 · the Netherlands 3.408 · Worldwide 545.500
Wikipedia, 12 months
258.746
EN 241.221 · NL 4.028 · FR 13.497
indiepost-punkCrank wavepost-hardcorepunknoise rock
Career
- Line-ups
- Rock Werchter 2018, Pukkelpop 2019, Rock Werchter 2022, Pinkpop 2022, Rock Werchter 2024, Pukkelpop 2025, Pinkpop 2026
- Active since
- 2009
- Albums
- TANGK 2024
- CRAWLER 2021
- Ultra Mono 2020
- Joy as an Act of Resistance. 2018
- Brutalism 2017
- Concerts per year
- 2026 24
- 2025 31
- 2024 106
- 2023 38
- 2022 104
- 2021 49
- 2019 119
- 2018 142
- 2017 88
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 25,058 times in a collection
- 8,252 on a wishlist
- 19 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Meat 2015 · 206
- Brutalism 2017 · 910
- Joy As An Act Of Resistance 2018 · 3.571
- Mercedes Marxist 2019 · 1.826
- A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live At Le Bataclan 2019 · 608
- Crawler 2020 · 5.094
- Ultra Mono 2020 · 4.855
- Model Village 2020 · 1.430
- Tangk 2023 · 5.484
- Grace 2024 · 307
All 19 releases
- Welcome 2011 · 79
- Meat 2015 · 206
- Well Done 2016 · 200
- Divide & Conquer 2016 · 197
- Brutalism 2017 · 910
- Stendhal Syndrome 2017 · 5
- Mother 2017 · 206
- Samaritans 2018 · 9
- Joy As An Act Of Resistance 2018 · 3.571
- A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live At Le Bataclan 2019 · 608
- Mercedes Marxist 2019 · 1.826
- Live At Ramsgate Music Hall 2020 · 42
- Ultra Mono 2020 · 4.855
- Model Village 2020 · 1.430
- Mr. Motivator 2020 · 10
- Crawler 2020 · 5.094
- Tangk 2023 · 5.484
- Grace 2024 · 307
- Caught Stealing (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2025 · 19
- Biggest own venue
- Lotto Arena, Merksem
- ±8.000 plaatsen
- 2024 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 10 2,3 per week KEXP 4 0,9 per week egoFM 2 0,5 per week Studio Brussel 1 0,2 per week RTL2 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 458 2,9 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 343 3,3 per week since Nov 2024 Studio Brussel 173 1,1 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 67 0,4 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 47 0,5 per week since Dec 2024 NPO 3FM 31 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 28 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 - Similar to
- Viagra Boys, Soft Play, Shame, Yard Act, Fontaines D.C., Lambrini Girls
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TANGK | 2024 | #2 (9 wk) | #13 (1 wk) | – | 5.484 |
| CRAWLER | 2021 | #15 (10 wk) | #43 (1 wk) | – | 5.094 |
| Ultra Mono | 2020 | #8 (7 wk) | #18 (1 wk) | – | 4.855 |
| Joy as an Act of Resistance. | 2018 | #20 (10 wk) | – | – | 3.571 |
| Brutalism | 2017 | – | – | – | 910 |
Discogs: 25,058 times in a collection. 8,252 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Idles compared with other countries?
Poland×1,57,675 per month
Italy×1,410,250 per month
Denmark×1,02,000 per month
Spain×0,96,900 per month
France×0,811,000 per month
Zweden×0,72,275 per month
United Kingdom×0,623,900 per month
Germany×0,611,391 per month
Netherlands×0,43,408 per month
Belgium×0,41,883 per month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2018 | – | D | 59 / 82 | 38 | – | 10 | – | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2019 | 15 | C | 42 / 111 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 14 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pinkpop 2022 | 28 | B | 24 / 49 | 45 | 31 | 26 | 31 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2022 | 32 | B | 31 / 83 | 38 | 32 | 30 | 32 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | 38 | B | 18 / 94 | 12 | 40 | 35 | 41 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2025 | 37 | B | 7 / 128 | 17 | 37 | 32 | 44 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pinkpop 2026 | 30 | B | 14 / 71 | 23 | 32 | 26 | 40 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkpop 2026 | 8 must-sees voor de zaterdag van Pinkpop 2026 | Festileaks | 17/06/2026 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2026 | Pinkpop 2026 (Festivaldag 2): Orangepop | Dansende Beren | 21/06/2026 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2025 | Pukkelpop 2025 (Festivaldag 3): A volonté | Dansende Beren | 17/08/2025 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | Rock Werchter 2024 (Festivaldag 4): Sterren tellen | Dansende Beren | 08/07/2024 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2022 | Rock Werchter 2022 (Festivaldag 2): Onvoorziene omstandigheden deluxe | Dansende Beren | 02/07/2022 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2022 | Volle bak op Pinkpop 2022: 70.000 bezoekers op vrijdag en zaterdag | Festileaks | 16/06/2022 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2022 | Pinkpop (Festivaldag 1): Gitaren en beats onder een stralende zon | Dansende Beren | 18/06/2022 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2019 | Pukkelpop 2019 (Dag 2): Topdag onder een muzikale vlag | Dansende Beren | 17/08/2019 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2018 | Rock Werchter 2018: Festivaldag 4 | Dansende Beren | 09/07/2018 | 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 2026 · Pinkpop
- ▲Saturday, August 2025 · Pukkelpop
- ▲Sunday, July 2024 · Rock Werchter
- ●09/03/2024 · Lotto Arena, Merksem
- ●08/03/2024 · AFAS Live, Amsterdam
- ●01/02/2024 · VRT Radio Marconi Studio, Schaarbeek / Schaerbeek
24 earlier dates
- ●24/08/2022 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ▲Friday, July 2022 · Rock Werchter
- ●08/07/2022 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●07/07/2022 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ▲Friday, June 2022 · Pinkpop
- ●16/08/2019 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ▲Friday, August 2019 · Pukkelpop
- ●21/04/2019 · Manegeclub De Molenheide, Schijndel
- ●11/04/2019 · Doornroosje, Nijmegen
- ●10/04/2019 · De Helling, Utrecht
- ●09/04/2019 · Trix, Borgerhout
- ●06/11/2018 · Vera, Groningen
- ●04/11/2018 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●01/11/2018 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ▲Sunday, July 2018 · Rock Werchter
- ●10/07/2018 · Ekko, Utrecht
- ●09/07/2018 · Rotown, Rotterdam
- ●04/05/2018 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●10/02/2018 · Grote Zaal, The Hague
- ●24/11/2017 · Ekko, Utrecht
- ●21/07/2017 · Valkhofpark, Nijmegen
- ●02/07/2017 · Zuiderpark, Rotterdam
- ●08/04/2017 · Rotown, Rotterdam
- ●12/01/2017 · Vera, Groningen
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Model Village 14 · Danny Nedelko 10 · Danny Nedelko (live) 9 · Dancer 8 · Mr. Motivator 6 |
| Willy | Belgium | Grace 25 · Dancer 3 · Gift Horse 3 · Mother 2 · Model Village (Ft Slowthai) 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Dancer 27 · The God of Lying 22 · Rabbit Run 20 · Danny Nedelko 16 · Television 12 |
| RTL2 | France | The God of Lying (feat. IDLES) 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Mercedes Marxist 1 |