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Presenters

Who presented the Top 2000, in which year, how often and how briefly? Click a name for general information about the presenter.

Please note: this is an indication. The presenters per edition have been compiled from public sources (B&G Wiki, Radiotrefpunt, Radiowereld and a KPN schedule for 2024). For most years only a period is given for each presenter, not a confirmed list for each broadcast. Especially for the early editions, a presenter who skipped a year in between may be missing or wrongly included. NPO does not publish a complete overview.

Who presented most often

Jan-Willem Roodbeen tops the list with 20 editions. These are the twelve presenters with the most editions in our sources.

PresenterEditionsFrom–toLongest run
Jan-Willem Roodbeen202005–202512 in a row
Stefan Stasse171999–201812 in a row
Hans Schiffers161999–201416 in a row
Bert Haandrikman142002–201514 in a row
Bert Kranenbarg121999–201210 in a row
Daniël Dekker121999–201310 in a row
Gijs Staverman112013–202311 in a row
Bart Arens112015–202511 in a row
Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte102001–20258 in a row
Wouter van der Goes102014–202310 in a row
Ruud de Wild102016–202510 in a row
Ron Stoeltie91999–20085 in a row
All 55 presenters, by surname

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, only photos with a free licence. Bart Arens: Joost Strootman, CC BY 3.0; Giel Beelen: Wer-Al Zwowe, CC BY-SA 3.0; Jurgen van den Berg: Sebastiaan ter Burg, CC BY-SA 2.0; Leo Blokhuis: Mieke Bonsang (uploaded with permission by Roelzzz, CC BY 3.0 nl; Carolien Borgers: Vera de Kok, CC BY 4.0; Cobus Bosscha: Hans Reefman, CC BY-SA 4.0; Evelien de Bruijn: RTV Utrecht, CC BY 3.0; Daniël Dekker: Henk Bezemer, CC BY-SA 4.0; Gerard Ekdom: Menno van der Horst, CC BY 2.0; Sjors Fröhlich: Beeld en Geluid, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl; Wouter van der Goes: Woutervdgoes, CC BY-SA 4.0; Bert Haandrikman: Sharon Kreuger, CC BY-SA 4.0; Tannaz Hajeby: Youcefkerboua, CC BY-SA 4.0; Tom Herlaar: Tom Herlaar, CC BY 3.0; Marisa Heutink: iDJ Bryan, CC BY 2.0; Jeroen van Inkel: REINIER RVDA, CC BY-SA 1.0; Ferry Maat: http://beeldengeluidwiki.nl, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl; Morad El Ouakili: Jonne Bekker, CC BY-SA 4.0; Riks Ozinga: Rikozi, CC BY-SA 4.0; Timur Perlin: Paul Somers, CC BY 2.0; Paul Rabbering: Lars Curfs (Grashoofd), CC BY-SA 3.0; Jan-Willem Roodbeen: Marlies Keizer, CC BY-SA 4.0; Hans Schiffers: Hans Schiffers, CC BY-SA 4.0; Annemieke Schollaardt: Martijn Reemst, CC BY-SA 2.0; Hans Smit: NOS, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl; Frits Spits: Beeld en Geluid, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl; Gijs Staverman: Maarten van Blokland, CC0; Rob Stenders: Serendipiteit, CC0; Ron Stoeltie: Radio 2, CC BY 3.0; Roderick Veelo: DWDD, CC BY 3.0; Rick van Velthuysen: Sylvia Van den Broek, CC BY-SA 4.0; Jasper de Vries: Lars Curfs (Grashoofd), CC BY-SA 3.0; Ruud de Wild: THMS (Flickr), CC BY 2.0. Where no photo is available, an LP with "Sorry, no photo" is shown.

Just once or twice

Once:

Twice:

How big was the team?

  • Most presenters in a single edition: 14, in 2018, 2019, 2021.Source: our own count of the sources above
  • The fewest: 8, in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014.Source: our own count of the sources above
  • In total, 55 presenters appear in our overviews, spread across 27 editions.Source: our own count

Per edition

Newest first. Click a year for that year's list, or a name for the presenter.

EditionNumberPresenters
202512Jeroen van Inkel, Daniël Lippens, Tim Op het Broek, Tannaz Hajeby, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, Bart Arens, Annemieke Schollaardt, Paul Rabbering, Ruud de Wild, Emmely de Wilt, Morad El Ouakili, Jan-Willem Roodbeen
202413Desiree van der Heiden, Daniël Lippens, Jasper de Vries, Tannaz Hajeby, Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, Bart Arens, Annemieke Schollaardt, Paul Rabbering, Ruud de Wild, Emmely de Wilt, Morad El Ouakili, Jeroen van Inkel
202313Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Gijs Staverman, Wouter van der Goes, Bart Arens, Frank van 't Hof, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, Ruud de Wild, Annemieke Schollaardt, Paul Rabbering, Emmely de Wilt, Jeroen van Inkel, Morad El Ouakili, Desiree van der Heiden
202213Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Gijs Staverman, Wouter van der Goes, Bart Arens, Frank van 't Hof, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, Ruud de Wild, Annemieke Schollaardt, Paul Rabbering, Emmely de Wilt, Jeroen van Inkel, Morad El Ouakili, Desiree van der Heiden
202114Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Gijs Staverman, Wouter van der Goes, Bart Arens, Frank van 't Hof, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, Ruud de Wild, Annemieke Schollaardt, Paul Rabbering, Rick van Velthuysen, Emmely de Wilt, Jeroen van Inkel, Carolien Borgers, Giel Beelen
202013Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Gijs Staverman, Wouter van der Goes, Bart Arens, Frank van 't Hof, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, Ruud de Wild, Annemieke Schollaardt, Paul Rabbering, Emmely de Wilt, Jeroen van Inkel, Carolien Borgers, Giel Beelen
201914Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Gijs Staverman, Wouter van der Goes, Bart Arens, Frank van 't Hof, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, Ruud de Wild, Annemieke Schollaardt, Timur Perlin, Paul Rabbering, Rick van Velthuysen, Leo Blokhuis, Emmely de Wilt, Rob Stenders
201814Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Gijs Staverman, Wouter van der Goes, Bart Arens, Frank van 't Hof, Stefan Stasse, Evelien de Bruijn, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, Ruud de Wild, Annemieke Schollaardt, Cielke Sijben, Paul Rabbering, Rick van Velthuysen, Rob Stenders
201711Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Gijs Staverman, Wouter van der Goes, Bart Arens, Frank van 't Hof, Gerard Ekdom, Stefan Stasse, Evelien de Bruijn, Ruud de Wild, Annemieke Schollaardt, Cielke Sijben
201612Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Gijs Staverman, Wouter van der Goes, Bart Arens, Frank van 't Hof, Gerard Ekdom, Stefan Stasse, Marisa Heutink, Evelien de Bruijn, Ruud de Wild, Cielke Sijben, Rob Stenders
201511Bert Haandrikman, Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Gijs Staverman, Jasper de Vries, Wouter van der Goes, Bart Arens, Frank van 't Hof, Gerard Ekdom, Stefan Stasse, Corné Klijn, Rob Stenders
20148Hans Schiffers, Bert Haandrikman, Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Sander de Heer, Marc Adriani, Gijs Staverman, Jasper de Vries, Wouter van der Goes
20138Hans Schiffers, Daniël Dekker, Bert Haandrikman, Sander de Heer, Gijs Staverman, Sander Guis, Henk van Steeg, Kasper Kooij
201211Hans Schiffers, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Bert Haandrikman, Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Sander de Heer, Marc Adriani, Alfred van de Wege, Sander Guis, Henk van Steeg, Kasper Kooij
201111Hans Schiffers, Daniël Dekker, Bert Haandrikman, Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Sander de Heer, Marc Adriani, Alfred van de Wege, Jurgen van den Berg, Corné Klijn, Sander Guis, Henk van Steeg
20108Hans Schiffers, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Bert Haandrikman, Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Sander de Heer, Marc Adriani, Alfred van de Wege
20098Hans Schiffers, Stefan Stasse, Bert Haandrikman, Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Sander de Heer, Marc Adriani, Cobus Bosscha, Rob Stenders
20089Ron Stoeltie, Frits Spits, Hans Schiffers, Daniël Dekker, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Bert Haandrikman, Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Sander de Heer
20079Ron Stoeltie, Frits Spits, Hans Schiffers, Daniël Dekker, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Bert Haandrikman, Jan-Willem Roodbeen, Sander de Heer
20069Ron Stoeltie, Frits Spits, Hans Schiffers, Daniël Dekker, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Bert Haandrikman, Hans Smit, Jan-Willem Roodbeen
200510Ron Stoeltie, Frits Spits, Hans Schiffers, Jeffrey Willems, Daniël Dekker, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Bert Haandrikman, Hans Smit, Jan-Willem Roodbeen
200410Ron Stoeltie, Hans Schiffers, Jeffrey Willems, Daniël Dekker, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Ruud Hermans, Bert Haandrikman, Tom Herlaar, Hans Smit
20039Hans Schiffers, Jeffrey Willems, Daniël Dekker, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Ruud Hermans, Bert Haandrikman, Roderick Veelo, Rob Stenders
200210Ron Stoeltie, Frits Spits, Hans Schiffers, Jeffrey Willems, Daniël Dekker, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, Bert Haandrikman, Riks Ozinga
20019Ron Stoeltie, Hans Schiffers, Daniël Dekker, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Pedro van Looij, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, Ruud Hermans, Riks Ozinga
200010Ron Stoeltie, Frits Spits, Hans Schiffers, Jeffrey Willems, Daniël Dekker, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Ferry Maat, Jeanne Kooijmans, Pedro van Looij
199911Ron Stoeltie, Frits Spits, Hans Schiffers, Jeffrey Willems, Daniël Dekker, Bert Kranenbarg, Stefan Stasse, Ferry Maat, Jan Steeman, Sjors Fröhlich, Harjo Thijs

The Top 2000

The Top 2000 is an annual listener chart from NPO Radio 2: the 2000 favourite songs of the listeners, broadcast between Christmas and New Year, from number 2000 to number 1. In 2026 it is the 28th edition.

How is the list put together?

Listeners vote in advance for their favourite songs. NPO Radio 2 counts the votes and turns them into the list. In 1999 you still voted with a coupon from the free newspaper Spits; now you do it via the NPO Radio 2 website.

How did it start?

Radio 2 came up with the list around the turn of the millennium and originally meant it as a one-off. It became so popular that it returned in 2000, and every year after that. More about this on the History page.

The broadcast

Since 2010 the broadcast has come from the Top 2000 Café at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Beeld en Geluid) in Hilversum. In 2025 the broadcast lasted 168 hours, with number 1 just before midnight on 31 December. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen was number 1 in 22 editions.

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Listen live

Listen live to NPO Radio 2 here. The sound only starts after a click.

On a computer or iPad you detach the live block with the icon to the left of full screen, or by dragging its top line outward. Grab the window by its title bar to move it, and pull the grip at the bottom right to make it larger or smaller (double-click the grip for the default size). The cross puts it back in the page.

The music keeps playing while you navigate this site; on the other pages the little speaker is at the top right. Reloading a page or leaving the site stops the radio.

The stream runs a few seconds behind the radio itself. Prefer to listen on nporadio2.nl? (opens in a new tab)

About this site

A personal project by Pim Uijttewaal: all Top 2000 lists since 1999 in one database, with facts, records and statistics. It is an extension of Alweer dat nummer? (opens in a new tab), my radio statistics for Dutch radio stations.

Listen live

You can also listen live to NPO Radio 2 here, and the music keeps playing while you navigate the site. For the song that is playing now you can see straight away whether and where it appeared in the Top 2000, with a link through to the artist and the song, plus the NPO Radio 2 programme and the presenter.

On a computer or iPad you will also see a camera icon in the live player, to the left of the gear. It opens the live studio images of NPO Radio 2 (Top 2000 Café) in a window on the page. You choose from three sizes, drag the window wherever you like and close it with the cross, while the radio just keeps playing. If you choose Watch live in the menu, the radio switches off and the window opens straight away with sound.

Tip! Want to enjoy the Top 2000, or just a regular Radio 2 day, even more? Drag the video and the radio next to each other. That way you see the stories about the artist and the record right away, with every song.

Navigating

On a computer or iPad you can place the windows as you like. Grab a window by its title bar and drag it wherever you want; with the arrow keys on the title bar you can nudge it too.

The live studio images come in three sizes: small, medium and full screen. Grab the little grip at the bottom right and you can pull the window larger or smaller; the picture keeps its proportions. Escape takes you back out of full screen. The cross closes the window.

You detach the live block with the radio using the icon to the left of full screen, or by dragging its top line outward. It then becomes a floating window that stays put as you navigate through the site. If you grab the grip at the bottom right, you can make the window larger or smaller; the size is remembered. The full-screen icon fills the whole screen. The cross puts the block back in the page.

When the radio window and the studio images are both open, you can drag them independently of each other. The window you click comes to the front.

From radio to picture

If the radio is playing and you click the camera icon in the live block, the site asks whether to switch the radio off and let the video take over the sound. If you choose Yes, the radio goes off and you hear the sound of the studio images, with a volume slider and a mute button. If you choose No, the radio keeps playing and you watch without sound.

If you choose Watch live in the menu, the site does it all in one go: the radio goes off, the picture opens with sound on the left, and the radio window detaches and sits next to it on the right. Both windows start just below the LP at the top left and together fill the width of the screen. After that you drag and resize them as you like. If you then click a menu item, that page opens as a window above the two windows; use the cross or Esc to close the page and see the windows again. Even if the picture was already open, Watch live puts both windows back in that fixed place. If the radio is not playing, the picture also opens with sound. On a phone there is only the radio and the facts: the studio images and detaching windows are for computer and iPad.

Search

At the top right, next to the “About this site” button, and at the bottom of every page, there is a magnifying glass. Use it to search the whole site: by artist, song, presenter or fact. Typos are fine, and a result immediately opens the matching explanation while the radio keeps playing. With the / key (or Ctrl/⌘ + K) you can also open the search without a mouse.

Under the Top 2000 results is the Basement League: artists and songs that never made the Top 2000, labelled Never charted. An artist from it has their own card with all songs by year of release. If an artist is also in the Top 2000, you see the Basement League songs under their regular card. If you only want the Top 2000, untick Also Basement League above the results.

Listen to a song

Click a song and its song card opens with the stories behind it. At the top of that card are two icons: Apple Music and Spotify. For almost every song the Apple Music icon takes you straight to the song itself; the Spotify icon searches for it. Both open in a new tab, so the radio keeps playing.

What have I done?

  • All editions from 1999 to 2025 combined: 27 lists of 2000 positions each.
  • The top 100 of every edition compared position by position with other sources. No real discrepancies were found, only spelling variants of titles.
  • Facts and records calculated from that data, and news facts looked up, always with a source.

Where does the data come from?

  • The lists themselves come from the Excel database by Erwin Groenhof (top2000database.wordpress.com). The original source is NPO Radio 2.
  • Checked against: top2000nl.com, Wikipedia, Ziggo and news reports.
  • Photos only come from Wikimedia Commons, with the creator's name and licence included.
  • The Basement League (artists and songs that never made the Top 2000) comes from MusicBrainz and Wikidata (both free to use) and Wikipedia. That data is maintained by volunteers and may be incomplete or inaccurate.

A look behind the technology

The lists are stored in a SQLite database; the pages themselves are generated statically with Jekyll. For the near-live section, my own collector checks what NPO Radio 2 is playing every 30 seconds and matches it to the position in the list. It is the same technique as on the radio page.

What has changed? An overview of the biggest changes to the site, with dates.

Want something like this made?

This site is an example of what I build. More in the explanation of the database, or get in touch via The Jumping Fox.

Logo and rights

The Top 2000 logo belongs to NPO Radio 2. This site is not run by or on behalf of NPO.

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SQLite is a database in one ordinary file. There is no separate database server around it: the program that needs the data opens the file and queries it, in the language SQL. That makes it light, fast and reliable, and easy to move or back up: you simply copy the file.

Why here?

The entire Top 2000 since 1999 fits in a file of about 5 megabytes: 27 editions of 2000 songs each, making 54,000 chart entries for almost 5,000 different songs. A few queries to that database bring out the records and facts on this site, such as the highest new entries, the heavy hitters and the one-hit entries. The results are baked into static pages in advance, so visitors never notice the database and the site stays fast.

A well-known technique

SQLite is free software (public domain) and one of the most widely used databases in the world. Your phone, your browser and many apps quietly use it for their own data. I use the same approach for the radio statistics, and for the Basement League: a SQLite file of about 460 megabytes with over 4 million songs, in which search takes a fraction of a second.

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