Popularity ranking · Canada

The 36 most popular Documentaries in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 36 largest documentaries in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Yves Saint Laurent (film), POV (TV series) and Vice (TV series) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 564k people. Across all 36 entries the average audience size is 35k, and the largest, Yves Saint Laurent (film), reaches around 205k people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each documentary, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 36, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. 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 Canada, 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 Canada. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Vegucated 2.1k 39.7 68.4% Documentary
27 I-Witness 2k 35.8 54.8% Documentary
28 Frozen Planet 2k 40.7 36.9% Documentary
29 Living Proof (film) 1.6k 40.3 76.9% Documentary
30 Seconds From Disaster 1.6k 25.5 13.1% Documentary
31 GMO OMG 731 22.8 46.4% Documentary
32 Extreme Engineering 578 31.0 0.0% Documentary
33 Light Fantastic (TV series) 425 42.1 63.1% Documentary
34 The Acting Class 355 30.3 55.5% Documentary
35 Living with Wolves 284 41.7 49.6% Documentary
36 Beyond Scared Straight on A&E 97 23.3 50.7% 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 Canada 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 Canada?

Yves Saint Laurent (film) currently leads with an estimated audience of 205k people in Canada.

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