Popularity ranking · Germany

The 52 most popular Documentaries in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 52 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 2.2M people. Across all 52 entries the average audience size is 60k, and the largest, Yves Saint Laurent (film), reaches around 1.8M 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 52, 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
26 Restrepo (film) 14k 41.7 1.8% Documentary
27 Hard Knocks 11k 38.7 14.0% Documentary
28 Finding Your Roots 11k 36.9 56.2% Documentary
29 Hail Satan 11k 37.5 42.0% Documentary
30 Elvis in Concert 7.4k 55.8 62.4% Documentary
31 Oddities (TV series) 6.1k 31.5 62.6% Documentary
32 The Story of Stuff 6k 29.5 53.4% Documentary
33 Seconds From Disaster 4.3k 27.2 13.9% Documentary
34 A Football Life 2.3k 33.7 1.4% Documentary
35 Land and Sea 2.1k 51.4 70.1% Documentary
36 Inside Edition 1.9k 34.9 56.0% Documentary
37 Vegucated 1.8k 37.7 70.3% Documentary
38 American Experience 1.7k 25.1 32.9% Documentary
39 The Original Kings of Comedy 1.7k 35.8 49.7% Documentary
40 Scared Straight! 1.5k 30.9 53.5% Documentary
41 Racing Extinction 1.3k 45.9 74.2% Documentary
42 Living Proof (film) 964 45.5 92.2% Documentary
43 Zone Interdite (TV program) 760 39.0 57.1% Documentary
44 Miss Representation 723 31.6 47.2% Documentary
45 The Acting Class 644 33.6 54.9% Documentary
46 Living with Wolves 366 34.7 58.6% Documentary
47 Light Fantastic (TV series) 325 39.4 59.8% Documentary
48 GMO OMG 249 38.1 58.2% Documentary
49 LA EDUCACIÓN PROHIBIDA 237 42.7 92.3% Documentary
50 Extreme Engineering 171 42.5 64.3% 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 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 1.8M people in Germany.

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