United KingdomSub Focus is a Drum & Bass act from United Kingdom, ranked #164 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 4,000,000 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #28 in United Kingdom and #5 in Drum & Bass among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has slipped 7% over the 7 weeks we have tracked them, from 4.3M to 4M. Their tracked peak was 4,300,000 in Aug 10, 2026. They have 639,414 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 68/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Go Back (feat. Julia Church)”.
Who Sub Focus is
Nicolaas Douwe Douwma (born 13 April 1982), better known by his stage name Sub Focus, is an English DJ, music producer, songwriter and sound engineer. He has been releasing records since 2003. On 12 October 2009, he released his self-titled debut album. He released his second album, Torus, on 30 September 2013. Douwma's album in collaboration with Wilkinson titled Portals was released on 9 October 2020 through Casablanca Records. His fourth album, Evolve, was released on 12 May 2023.
Biography from the Sub Focus article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Sub Focus, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Go Back (feat. Julia Church)Comfort In Chaos · 2024732
On & On (feat. bbyclose)Contact · 2025633ElevateContact · 2025664
Solar SystemSolar System / Siren · 2019655![Desire (with Dimension) [Sub Focus & Dimension] cover art](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02967e9fb8c9f5bb2e9ce2f1bc){kind=small}
Desire (Sub Focus & Dimension)Desire (with Dimension) [Sub Focus & Dimension] · 2018646
Ready To FlyEvolve · 2023627WildfireContact · 2025598Push The Tempo (feat. Katy B)Contact · 2025579Vibration (feat. AR/CO)Evolve · 20235910Off The GroundEvolve · 202358Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Elevate (Remixes)2026 · singleContact2025 · album
So Many Colours2025 · single
Entwined2025 · single
Original Don (Extended Mix)2025 · single
Original Don2025 · single
Miracle (VIP Mix)2025 · single
On & On (Ely Oaks Remix)2025 · single
On & On (Taiki Nulight Remix)2025 · single
On & On (Y U QT Remix)2025 · single
On & On (Kanine Remix)2025 · single
On & On (nimino Remix)2025 · singlePost this ranking
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8 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 4.3M in the week of Aug 10, 2026.
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Sub Focus vs the field
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does Sub Focus have?
Sub Focus has 4,000,000 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Sub Focus's world ranking?
Sub Focus is ranked #164 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Sub Focus from?
Sub Focus is from United Kingdom, where they rank #28 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Sub Focus make?
Sub Focus is categorised as Drum & Bass in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as drum and bass, liquid funk.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.