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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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2022
- Active since
- 2015
- Albums
- Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for Me 2024
- Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky 2022
- Every Bad 2020
- Bad Breath 2017
- Rice, Pasta and Other Fillers 2016
Stature
- Biggest own venue
- Cactus Club, Brugge
- ±400 plaatsen
- 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 76 0,7 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 75 0,5 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 4 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 Studio Brussel 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for Me | 2024 | – | – | – |
| Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky | 2022 | – | – | – |
| Every Bad | 2020 | – | – | – |
| Bad Breath | 2017 | – | – | – |
| Rice, Pasta and Other Fillers | 2016 | – | – | – |
| misery radio | 2016 | – | – | – |
| i'm not sure anymore | 2016 | – | – | – |
| Hello Dog Friendly | 2016 | – | – | – |
How popular is Porridge Radio 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 2022 | – | C | 46 / 50 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2022 | Best Kept Secret (Festivaldag 3): En we leefden nog lang en gelukkig… | Dansende Beren | 13/06/2022 | 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
- ●04/12/2022 · Cactus Club, Brugge
- ▲Saturday, June 2022 · 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 | God Of Everything Else 2 · Don't Want To Dance 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Machine Starts to Sing 2 · Born Confused 2 · Sweet 1 · 7 Seconds 1 · Give/Take 1 |