Popularity ranking · Belgium

The 18 most popular Documentaries in Belgium

This curated ranking covers the 18 largest documentaries in Belgium, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Yves Saint Laurent (film), Man on Wire and Walking with Dinosaurs lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 276k people. Across all 18 entries the average audience size is 17k, and the largest, Yves Saint Laurent (film), reaches around 234k people in Belgium. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Belgium who actively engage with each documentary, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Belgium and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 18, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Belgium who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Belgium. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Belgium, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Belgium. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Yves Saint Laurent (film) 234k 38.3 54.5% Documentary
2 Man on Wire 31k 29.8 0.0% Documentary
3 Walking with Dinosaurs 11k 42.3 80.5% Documentary
4 The Original Kings of Comedy 9.1k 43.3 51.2% Documentary
5 Pumping Iron 7.4k 44.0 61.8% Documentary
6 Oddities (TV series) 3.7k 28.0 62.3% Documentary
7 The Thin Blue Line (1988 film) 3k 46.7 40.4% Documentary
8 Blue Planet 2.3k 38.2 58.2% Documentary
9 The Story of Stuff 1.7k 29.1 72.0% Documentary
10 Finding Your Roots 1.2k 30.7 92.8% Documentary
11 The Blue Planet 472 38.3 64.9% Documentary
12 Frozen Planet 295 41.5 45.2% Documentary
13 A Football Life 253 24.0 0.0% Documentary
14 Seconds From Disaster 234 27.2 14.3% Documentary
15 Vegucated 229 30.9 66.7% Documentary
16 Living Proof (film) 155 44.9 91.9% Documentary
17 Light Fantastic (TV series) 117 40.6 57.1% Documentary
18 Beyond Scared Straight on A&E 6 25.9 53.8% Documentary

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular documentaries compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Belgium and ranks each documentary by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest documentary in Belgium?

Yves Saint Laurent (film) currently leads with an estimated audience of 234k people in Belgium.

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