Netherlands3 Steps Ahead is a Techno act from Netherlands, ranked #1203 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 262,700 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #119 in Netherlands and #154 in Techno among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has held around 263K over the 6 weeks we have tracked them. They have 29,060 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 44/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Drop It - Original Mix”.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for 3 Steps Ahead, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Drop It - Original MixDrop It · 1996572Drop It - Happy MixDrop It · 1996443
In The Name Of LoveMost Wanted and Mad · 1997414
Hardcore (Album Version)Junkie · 2000405Thunderdome Till We DieJunkie · 2000406Drop It - EditHardcore Legends · 2023377Money In My PocketMost Wanted and Mad · 1997378It's DeliciousMost Wanted and Mad · 1997369Gabbers UniteMost Wanted and Mad · 19973510Gangster (Feel So Good)Most Wanted and Mad · 199732Latest releases
9 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
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7 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 263K in the week of Sep 28, 2026.
Scene ranks
Around them in the chart
Artists to compare
Acts at a similar level in techno, and the biggest names from Netherlands.
3 Steps Ahead vs the field
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3 Steps Ahead in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does 3 Steps Ahead have?
3 Steps Ahead has 262,700 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is 3 Steps Ahead's world ranking?
3 Steps Ahead is ranked #1203 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is 3 Steps Ahead from?
3 Steps Ahead is from Netherlands, where they rank #119 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does 3 Steps Ahead make?
3 Steps Ahead is categorised as Techno and Hardstyle in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as gabber, happy hardcore, hardcore, hardcore techno.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.