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.
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pinkpop 2025
- Active since
- 2023
- Concerts per year
- 2026 10
- 2025 49
- 2024 34
- 2023 18
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 1,737 times in a collection
- 299 on a wishlist
- 2 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Heavy Jelly 2024 · 1.159
- Are You Satisfied? 2025 · 578
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 1 51 0,3 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 25 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 24 0,2 per week since Oct 2024 NPO 3FM 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 KEXP 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
How popular is Soft Play compared with other countries?
Much bigger in the United Kingdom than you would expect.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkpop 2025 | 11 | C | 39 / 53 | 100 | – | 12 | 18 | Wikipedia, search volume, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkpop 2025 | Pinkpop 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Wereld van verschil | Dansende Beren | 22/06/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2025 | 6 hoogtepunten van de zaterdag van Pinkpop 2025 | Festileaks | 22/06/2025 | 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 · Pinkpop
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 | One More Day Won’t Hurt 1 |