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
- Hard Times Furious Dancing 2025
- Forest Of Your Problems (Parasite Sessions) 2021
- Forest of Your Problems 2021
- Four Album Bundle 2020
- Stunning Luxury 2019
- Concerts per year
- 2026 11
- 2025 68
- 2024 18
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 2,286 times in a collection
- 716 on a wishlist
- 17 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Come Play The Trees 2017 · 369
- Stunning Luxury 2019 · 237
- 21 Metres To Hebden Bridge 2020 · 437
- Forest Of Your Problems 2021 · 293
- Blurtations 2023 · 281
Today
- Radio
- Since we track the station
BBC Radio 6 Music 97 0,9 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 29 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 7 0,1 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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hard Times Furious Dancing | 2025 | – | – | – | – |
| Forest of Your Problems | 2021 | – | – | – | 293 |
| Four Album Bundle | 2020 | – | – | – | – |
| Stunning Luxury | 2019 | – | – | – | 237 |
| Come Play the Trees | 2017 | – | – | – | 369 |
Discogs: 2,286 times in a collection. 716 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Snapped Ankles 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 | 50 / 85 | 100 | – | – | – | 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 1): Subtropisch zweten | Dansende Beren | 14/06/2025 | 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
- ▲Friday, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Willy | Belgium | Raoul 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Personal Responsibilities 2 · Jonny Guitar Calling Gosta Berlin 2 · Pay the Rent 2 · Smart World 2 · Shifting Basslines Of The Cornucopians 1 |