ADE 2026 · 21–25 Oct · recap
ADE 2026 in numbers
For three weeks the ADE Planner matched people's playlists against the Amsterdam Dance Event program. This is what 582 searches showed: who people came for, who they wished was playing, and what they did next. Counts only: never who searched.
582
searches
153
playlists read
32,493
tracks scanned
814
event details opened
266
ticket clicks
212
events saved to a plan
Day by day
Busiest: Thu 22 Oct (163 searches). The Reddit launch on 1 Oct, then the run-up to ADE.
Show
Thu 1 OctMon 12 OctFri 23 Oct
When people plan
00:0006:0012:0018:0023:00
How people searched
- Pasted a playlist195 · 34%
- Typed artist names255 · 44%
- Asked in words (from 22 Oct)122 · 21%
- Daytime search10 · 2%
Playlists: Spotify 187, Apple Music 4, YouTube Music 3, Tidal 1, Deezer 0.
Who people came for
Artists on the lineup, by how many searches found them (a playlist searched twice counts once).
- 1Camelphat41
- 2Eric Prydz33
- 3Adriatique32
- 4Joris Voorn29
- 5David Guetta28
- 6ARTBAT27
- 7Tinlicker27
- 8Kaskade26
- 9Armin van Buuren25
- 10Mau P24
- 11Marlon Hoffstadt24
- 12Interplanetary Criminal23
- 13Black Coffee23
- 14Sammy Virji23
- 15WhoMadeWho22
Was my artist searched?
Typed by name most
- 1Eric Prydz18
- 2Camelphat12
- 3Adriatique11
- 4Black Coffee10
- 5Arodes10
- 6Dax J8
- 7Silva Bumpa8
- 8ARTBAT8
Wanted, but not at ADE
Acts in people's playlists and searches who weren't on the 2026 lineup, by how many searches had them. A wish list for 2027.
- Fred again.. 37
- FISHER 33
- BICEP 28
- Chris Lake 27
- Calvin Harris 27
- Tiësto 27
- Ben Böhmer 27
- RÜFÜS DU SOL 25
- Elderbrook 25
- Daft Punk 25
- Swedish House Mafia 24
- John Summit 23
- Rampa 23
- Four Tet 22
- Skrillex 22
- ANOTR 21
- Disclosure 21
- Adam Port 21
- Alok 20
- DJ Koze 20
- &ME 20
- deadmau5 19
- Empire Of The Sun 19
- Tame Impala 19
Where searches led
Events shown by the most separate searches.
- 1AMF: Johan Cruijf Arena 2026Sat 21:00 · Johan Cruijff ArenA74
- 2Camelphat presents EXPERIENCE x LovelandSat 23:00 · Theater Amsterdam57
- 3Mystic Garden Festival ADESat 13:00 · Havenpark53
- 4Dockyard Festival ADESat 13:00 · Havenpark53
- 5Into the Woods Festival SaturdaySat 12:00 · NDSM51
- 6DGTL | Friday NightFri 23:30 · NDSM Warehouse47
- 7Audio Obscura ADE x The Moment by WhoMadeWhoSat 14:00 · G-Star RAW C.V45
- 8DJ Bone presents: FURTHER x Homeless Homies ADE 2026Fri 11:00 · RADION40
- 9DGTL ADE | Shimza & CoSat 14:00 · NDSM Warehouse40
- 10Into the Woods FestivalFri 13:00 · NDSM38
Sound of the searches
Genres of the events people's searches found, weighted by how often.
- 1House3227
- 2Techno2165
- 3Trance1085
- 4Tech-house855
- 5Deep House626
- 6Elektro389
- 7Electro & Wave381
- 8Melodic376
- 9Bass & UK327
- 10Progressive323
What people used
Per day from Tue 13 Oct (when feature counting started). Brighter is busier, per column.
| Day | Events opened | Ticket clicks | Saved to a plan | Ask | Schedule | On a budget | What's left | Map | From search engines | QR stickers | Calendar, story, link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 14 Oct | 4 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Thu 15 Oct | 18 | 16 | 29 | · | · | 6 | · | · | 6 | 1 | · |
| Fri 16 Oct | 51 | 22 | 8 | · | · | 5 | · | · | 18 | · | · |
| Sat 17 Oct | 10 | 3 | 10 | · | · | 2 | · | · | 3 | · | · |
| Sun 18 Oct | 35 | 19 | 7 | · | · | 1 | · | · | 7 | · | · |
| Mon 19 Oct | 110 | 12 | 25 | · | · | 11 | · | · | 15 | 2 | 4 |
| Tue 20 Oct | 75 | 37 | 7 | · | · | 16 | · | · | 26 | · | · |
| Wed 21 Oct | 52 | 9 | 11 | · | · | 8 | · | 5 | 8 | · | · |
| Thu 22 Oct | 227 | 43 | 27 | 36 | 26 | 8 | · | 4 | 29 | · | · |
| Fri 23 Oct | 80 | 29 | 2 | 13 | 34 | · | 4 | 4 | 13 | · | · |
What the planner learned
Big playlists stopped at 100 tracks
Spotify only served the first 100 tracks of a playlist, so artists deep in long playlists were missed. The planner switched to reading up to 1,000 tracks.
Typos lose people
"enrico sanguiliano" found nothing. "Did you mean Enrico Sangiuliano?" fixed that, for typed names and daytime searches.
Daytime never took off
The daytime tab was opened often, but only 2% of searches were daytime, with 4 event opens against 301 for parties. Curiosity is not use: watch actions before building.
Tickets are expensive
ADE publishes no prices. Free parties and Under €25 / €50 filters (prices read from ticket shops) were used every day of the festival.
Cold starts cost searches
On ADE day 1, searches that first loaded the whole program timed out. Reading a bundled copy first fixed it the same morning.
Count what people do
Per-day counters for every feature (map, budget, Ask, QR stickers) made every decision a number, not a guess.
Next: any city, any weekend
The planner is becoming a general event planner: pick a city, see what's on, paste a playlist to find your artists. Want it for your city, festival or venue? Get in touch.
Data: ADE Planner search log and counters, Thu 1 Oct to Fri 23 Oct 2026. Based on ADE's public program. Not affiliated with Amsterdam Dance Event.