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 2018
- Active since
- 2000
- Albums
- Later Than You Think 2025
- Addendum 2018
- Screen Memories 2017
- We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves 2011
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
FIP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 15 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 9 0,1 per week since Nov 2024 FIP 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 Willy 1 0,0 per week since Dec 2024
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Later Than You Think | 2025 | – | – | – |
| Addendum | 2018 | – | – | – |
| Screen Memories | 2017 | – | – | – |
| We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves | 2011 | – | – | – |
| Love Is Real | 2007 | – | – | – |
| Songs | 2006 | – | – | – |
| I Want to Live | 2003 | – | – | – |
| Love Letters from Hell | 2000 | – | – | – |
How popular is John Maus 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 2018 | – | C | 28 / 55 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2018 | Best Kept Secret 2018: Festivaldag 3 | Dansende Beren | 11/06/2018 | 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
- ▲Sunday, June 2018 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Willy | Belgium | Out Of Time 1 |
| FIP | France | Hey Moon 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Because We Built It 3 · Hey Moon 2 · I Hate Antichrist 2 · Bennington 1 · Walls of Silence 1 |