Forbes Belgium continues to accelerate its digital growth in 2026. Between January and August, the number of monthly readers on Forbes.be increased by 61%, while the total Forbes social community more than doubled, growing by 113%. And with several major content initiatives and events ahead, the next chapter of that growth story is already taking shape.
Forbes Belgium is strengthening its position as a digital platform for entrepreneurs, business leaders and professionals.
The results from the first eight months of 2026 underline that momentum. Monthly unique readers on Forbes.be were 61% higher in August than in January, with particularly strong growth during the spring and early summer.
Even after the traditionally quieter summer period, the platform quickly regained momentum, with digital reach increasing by 22.5% from July to August.
Social community grows by 113%
The acceleration is even more pronounced on social media. Across Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and Facebook, the Forbes Belgium community grew by 113% between January and August.
Instagram grew by approximately 144%, while LinkedIn increased by 58%. TikTok recorded the most spectacular relative increase, with the community now more than ten times larger than at the beginning of the year.
This growth demonstrates how Forbes Belgium is expanding beyond its established business audience and increasingly connecting with a new generation of entrepreneurs, professionals and future business leaders.
Celebrating Belgian Success drives social growth
One of the key drivers behind this momentum has been Celebrating Belgian Success, Forbes Belgium's content platform dedicated to the people, ideas and achievements shaping Belgian business.
Featuring prominent Belgian names including Dimitri Vegas, Marc Coucke, Fabien Pinckaers and Michele Sioen, the series translates compelling entrepreneurial stories into content designed to travel across the entire Forbes ecosystem.
In-depth conversations and articles provide context and substance, while video and short-form social content bring those same stories to much broader digital audiences.
The result is a content model in which one powerful story can generate engagement across multiple platforms and formats, turning individual interviews into conversations that are watched, shared and discussed by the wider Forbes community.
From digital audience to real-life community
The next step is bringing that growing community together. On 19 November, Forbes Belgium will record the final episode of Celebrating Belgian Success in front of a live audience of entrepreneurs and business leaders.
It will bring the concept full circle: what started as a content series celebrating Belgian entrepreneurship will become a live experience where content, community and networking meet.
The event also illustrates a broader evolution within Forbes Belgium. Digital reach is increasingly becoming the starting point for building communities that connect online content with meaningful real-life experiences.
November: another growth chapter with Forbes Under 30
Just eight days later, on 27 November, Forbes Belgium will bring together the next generation of Belgian entrepreneurs, innovators and changemakers for Forbes Under 30.
Under 30 has traditionally been an important driver of audience and social growth for Forbes, generating significant attention and engagement around the young entrepreneurs featured by the brand.
With the digital Forbes community entering this year's Under 30 period significantly larger than at the beginning of 2026, November provides another opportunity to accelerate that momentum.
This year, the Under 30 ecosystem will also expand with a new podcast: The Road Ahead. The podcast will look beyond today's achievements and focus on what comes next: the ambitions, ideas, challenges and opportunities shaping the future of a new generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Together, Celebrating Belgian Success and The Road Ahead represent two complementary sides of the Forbes story: celebrating the Belgian leaders who have already built remarkable success stories, while giving a voice to the generation that is building what comes next.
From reach to community
For Connected Media, the most significant development is not one individual growth percentage, but the way these different channels increasingly reinforce each other.
More people are discovering Forbes through social media. More readers are engaging with Forbes.be. Strong personalities and entrepreneurial stories create content that travels across platforms. And increasingly, those digital audiences are being brought together through podcasts, events and live experiences.
That creates new opportunities for advertisers and partners as well. Brands can connect with relevant business communities through stories that live across web, social, video, podcast and events, rather than through isolated media placements.
The January-to-August results therefore point to a broader evolution: Forbes Belgium is developing from a business media brand with a digital presence into an integrated business platform where content, personalities, community and live experiences reinforce one another.
With the live finale of Celebrating Belgian Success on 19 November, the launch of The Road Ahead and Forbes Under 30 on 27 November, the next major growth moment is already on the horizon.