🇬🇧 On The Waterfront 2026
Real-Time Online Performance (1st Showday to 5 days after last showday)46 postsi42.4k engagementsi5.0% Real-Time ERi669.8k video viewsi38.2k likesi730 commentsi2.6k sharesi867 savesiSentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥i
GenresRock · Alternative · Indie
Daily capacity10,000
OwnershipCompany: Live Nation UK / Group: Live Nation
FESTIVAL ENGAGEMENT INDEX SCORE
55.4
2026
FEI
🌎 Ranked: #87 Worldwide
🇬🇧 Ranked: #5 in United Kingdom
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🌎 Ranked: #42 in the World for Rock•🇬🇧 Ranked: #2 in United Kingdom for Rock•🌎 Ranked: #21 in the World for Alternative•🇬🇧 Ranked: #1 in United Kingdom for Alternative•🌎 Ranked: #18 in the World for Indie•🇬🇧 Ranked: #1 in United Kingdom for Indie•🌎 Ranked: #42 in the World for Rock•🇬🇧 Ranked: #2 in United Kingdom for Rock•🌎 Ranked: #21 in the World for Alternative•🇬🇧 Ranked: #1 in United Kingdom for Alternative•🌎 Ranked: #18 in the World for Indie•🇬🇧 Ranked: #1 in United Kingdom for Indie•
For Real-Time Posting Volume (46)
🌎 Ranked: #163 in the World
🇬🇧 Ranked: #20 in United Kingdom
For Real-Time Posting Volume (46)
🌎 Ranked: #163 in the World
🇬🇧 Ranked: #20 in United Kingdom
For # Total Engagements (42.4k)
🌎 Ranked: #169 in the World
🇬🇧 Ranked: #23 in United Kingdom
For Real-Time Engagement Rate (5.0%)
🌎 Ranked: #37 in the World
🇬🇧 Ranked: #7 in United Kingdom
For Sentiment Rating (🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥)
🌎 Ranked: #16 in the World
🇬🇧 Ranked: #3 in United Kingdom
What's shaping this score?
Warmth without reach, balance without scale
What's Working
Read the comments and it is overwhelmingly people who had a good time, a warmer response than three quarters of festivals worldwide get. Its comments run warmer than at any other Alternative festival, and rank among the three warmest in the United Kingdom and among Indie festivals anywhere.
The content travels by hand. Fans send these posts to friends more than at almost any festival in the world, which is reach On The Waterfront never had to pay for.
This festival works on both platforms. Instagram lands in the top 25% against other Instagram accounts and TikTok in the top half against other TikTok accounts. Most festivals lean on one channel and let the other drift; this one does not.
People stop and react when a post appears at a rate above the worldwide average for festivals, with Instagram performing particularly strongly among accounts on that platform.
Private to the festival team
7 findings for On The Waterfront — the honest negatives and the recommendations that fix them — are visible only to the festival's authorised representatives, free of charge.
Most engaging posts, this edition
1TikTokView post ↗"Show Me Love" LIVE with the one and only Robin S - What an anthem.
2Insta ReelView post ↗What a finale, celebrating 10 Years of Cream Classical 🎉
3TikTokView post ↗What a finale, celebrating 10 Years of Cream Classical 🎉
4Insta ReelView post ↗"Show Me Love" LIVE with the one and only @iamtherobins - What an anthem 🤩
5TikTokView post ↗So good to be back! Paul Weller headlines day one as we celebrate 5 Years of On the Waterfront. See you tomorr
Relative position
82
🇺🇸 Forbidden Kingdom (Insomniac / Live Nation)
FEI56.8
83
🇫🇷 Main Square Festival (Live Nation France / Live Nation)
FEI56.7
84
🇩🇪 Deichbrand (FKP Scorpio / CTS Eventim)
FEI56.5
85
🇬🇧 Mighty Hoopla (Superstruct)
FEI55.7
86
🇺🇸 Buckeye Country Superfest (AEG Presents / AEG)
FEI55.6
87
🇬🇧 On The Waterfront (Live Nation UK / Live Nation)
FEI55.4
88
🇺🇸 Minnesota Country Club Festival (C3 / Live Nation)
FEI55.3
89
🇬🇧 Blackweir (Live Nation UK / Live Nation)
FEI55.0
90
🇬🇧 Parklife (Parklife Manchester Ltd, Live Nation-Gaiety / Live Nation)
FEI54.6
91
🇨🇭 Openair Frauenfeld (Live Nation Switzerland / Live Nation)
FEI53.9
92
🇬🇧 Love Saves The Day (Independent)
FEI53.8
Score history
First scored edition. The score history graph appears from the second edition, with annual change flags.