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Top 51 Documentaries in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 51 largest documentaries in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Yves Saint Laurent (film), POV (TV series) and Pina (film) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.1M people. Across all 51 entries the average audience size is 59k, and the largest, Yves Saint Laurent (film), reaches around 1.7M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each documentary, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 51, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Germany. 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 Germany, 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 Germany. 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) 1.7M 35.5 58.9% Documentary
2 POV (TV series) 303k 34.8 47.9% Documentary
3 Pina (film) 95k 38.9 64.9% Documentary
4 Vice (TV series) 94k 25.1 100.0% Documentary
5 Silent Voices (2005 film) 93k 42.6 84.7% Documentary
6 I-Witness 72k 44.9 58.0% Documentary
7 FRONTLINE 58k 29.2 37.3% Documentary
8 Walking with Dinosaurs 57k 38.6 66.6% Documentary
9 Bowling for Columbine 48k 35.3 39.5% Documentary
10 Earthling 45k 37.1 39.0% Documentary
11 The War Room 40k 45.3 38.6% Documentary
12 Pumping Iron 38k 38.0 58.5% Documentary
13 The Last Waltz 31k 52.4 31.7% Documentary
14 Frozen Planet 30k 42.7 45.1% Documentary
15 The Blue Planet 30k 40.4 62.0% Documentary
16 The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus 26k 56.3 18.5% Documentary
17 March of the Penguins 25k 37.5 51.1% Documentary
18 Roadkill (Internet show) 22k 34.4 0.0% Documentary
19 Blue Planet 21k 47.6 44.4% Documentary
20 What the Bleep Do We Know!? 20k 46.1 63.0% Documentary
21 Deadly Women 17k 44.8 69.8% Documentary
22 Man on Wire 17k 30.3 45.7% Documentary
23 Aluna 15k 44.0 62.8% Documentary
24 Restrepo (film) 14k 41.7 1.8% Documentary
25 The Thin Blue Line (1988 film) 14k 46.0 0.0% Documentary

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 51 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany 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 Germany?

Yves Saint Laurent (film) currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.7M people in Germany.

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