🇫🇷 Hellfest 2026
Real-Time Online Performance (1st Showday to 5 days after last showday)199 postsi1.3m engagementsi3.4% Real-Time ERi14.8m video viewsi1.3m likesi11.0k commentsi11.3k sharesi9.5k savesiSentiment: 🔥🔥🔥i
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FESTIVAL ENGAGEMENT INDEX SCORE
63.3
2026
FEI
🌎 Ranked: #47 Worldwide
🇫🇷 Ranked: #1 in France
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🌎 Ranked: #5 in the World for Metal•🇫🇷 Ranked: #1 in France for Metal•🌎 Ranked: #26 in the World for Rock•🇫🇷 Ranked: #1 in France for Rock•🌎 Ranked: #5 in the World for Metal•🇫🇷 Ranked: #1 in France for Metal•🌎 Ranked: #26 in the World for Rock•🇫🇷 Ranked: #1 in France for Rock•
For Real-Time Posting Volume (199)
🌎 Ranked: #24 in the World
🇫🇷 Ranked: #1 in France
For Real-Time Posting Volume (199)
🌎 Ranked: #24 in the World
🇫🇷 Ranked: #1 in France
For # Total Engagements (1.3m)
🌎 Ranked: #23 in the World
🇫🇷 Ranked: #2 in France
For Real-Time Engagement Rate (3.4%)
🌎 Ranked: #94 in the World
🇫🇷 Ranked: #4 in France
For Sentiment Rating (🔥🔥🔥)
🌎 Ranked: #144 in the World
🇫🇷 Ranked: #2 in France
What's shaping this score?
Reaction powerhouse, comments still warming up
What's Working
Its posts caught more reactions across a single edition than almost any festival on the planet manages. Only two festivals in France landed a bigger haul. The sheer volume of engagement speaks to how widely the content travels and how many people stop to react when it appears.
The video punches through: its Reels and TikToks are watched far beyond the festival's own following. Hellfest's clips reach audiences who have never heard of the festival, a rare strength that compounds every post into genuine discovery.
Hellfest works on both platforms in a way most festivals do not. Instagram lands in the top half against other Instagram accounts. TikTok sits in the bottom half against other TikTok accounts. Most festivals lean hard on one channel and let the other drift; this one maintains real presence on both, which means the audience can find the content wherever they are.
The feed never went quiet: a steady run of real-time content kept the audience in the moment all weekend. During the PAW (peak attention window), Hellfest posted 39 times a day on Instagram, meeting the live coverage standard and holding the attention span of a festival audience across four days of shows.
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Most engaging posts, this edition
1Insta CarouselView post ↗Thank you for everything, Prince of Darkness. Ozzy now welcomes you at the entrance of Hellfest, and last nig
2Insta ReelView post ↗La Dispute a mis tout le monde d’accord avec leur concert au Hellfest ! Grâce à un savant mélange de spoken wo
3Insta ReelView post ↗HELLFEST The Gates of Hell officially opened this time, best crowd on the planet 🔥
4Insta ReelView post ↗THE ABSOLUTE EDITION - 17 > 20 JUNE 2027 Hellbangers, préparez vous à vivre l’Absolu. - MAINSTAGE 1 / MAINS
5TikTokView post ↗Un classique @Papa Roach 🙌🔥 #hellfest #hellfest2026
Relative position
42
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FEI64.5
43
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FEI64.2
44
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FEI64.2
45
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FEI64.1
46
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FEI63.4
47
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FEI63.3
48
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FEI63.2
49
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FEI63.2
50
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FEI63.0
51
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FEI62.8
52
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FEI62.6
Score history
First scored edition. The score history graph appears from the second edition, with annual change flags.