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
- Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 2011
- Albums
- Rarely Do I Dream 2025
- Heaven Is a Junkyard 2023
- Savage Hills Ballroom 2015
- Wondrous Bughouse 2013
- The Year of Hibernation 2011
- Concerts per year
- 2026 5
- 2025 48
- 2024 0
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 3,016 times in a collection
- 757 on a wishlist
- 5 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- The Year Of Hibernation 2011 · 2.307
- Wondrous Bughouse 2013 · 53
- Savage Hills Ballroom 2015 · 170
- Heaven Is A Junkyard 2023 · 266
- Rarely Do I Dream 2025 · 220
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
FluxFM 2 0,5 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 54 0,3 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 22 0,2 per week since Nov 2024 Studio Brussel 8 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 FluxFM 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 2 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 2 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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rarely Do I Dream | 2025 | – | – | – | 220 |
| Heaven Is a Junkyard | 2023 | – | – | – | 266 |
| Savage Hills Ballroom | 2015 | – | – | – | 170 |
| Wondrous Bughouse | 2013 | #106 (5 wk) | – | – | 53 |
| The Year of Hibernation | 2011 | #199 (1 wk) | – | – | 2.307 |
Discogs: 3,016 times in a collection. 757 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Youth Lagoon 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 | 52 / 85 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, 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 3): Rood stof | Dansende Beren | 16/06/2025 | 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
- ▲Sunday, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Football 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Football 2 · Prizefighter 1 · Speed Freak 1 · Cannons 1 · Neighborhood Scene 1 |