Top 51 Documentaries in Germany

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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	Country share	Avg age	Female share	Subtype
26	Finding Your Roots	11k	1.4%	36.9	56.2%	Documentary
27	Hard Knocks	11k	2.5%	38.7	14.0%	Documentary
28	Hail Satan	11k	10.5%	37.5	42.0%	Documentary
29	Elvis in Concert	7.2k	13.8%	55.8	62.4%	Documentary
30	Oddities (TV series)	6k	0.9%	31.5	62.6%	Documentary
31	The Story of Stuff	6k	4.7%	29.5	53.4%	Documentary
32	Seconds From Disaster	4.3k	13.8%	27.2	13.9%	Documentary
33	A Football Life	2.3k	2.2%	33.7	1.4%	Documentary
34	Land and Sea	2k	0.4%	51.4	70.1%	Documentary
35	Inside Edition	1.9k	0.1%	34.9	56.0%	Documentary
36	Vegucated	1.8k	4.5%	37.7	70.3%	Documentary
37	American Experience	1.7k	0.5%	25.1	32.9%	Documentary
38	The Original Kings of Comedy	1.7k	0.2%	35.8	49.7%	Documentary
39	Scared Straight!	1.4k	1.3%	30.9	53.5%	Documentary
40	Racing Extinction	1.3k	2.5%	45.9	74.2%	Documentary
41	Living Proof (film)	943	0.5%	45.5	92.2%	Documentary
42	Zone Interdite (TV program)	742	0.3%	39.0	57.1%	Documentary
43	Miss Representation	723	0.6%	31.6	47.2%	Documentary
44	The Acting Class	644	3.1%	33.6	54.9%	Documentary
45	Living with Wolves	366	2.8%	34.7	58.6%	Documentary
46	Light Fantastic (TV series)	317	1.4%	39.4	59.8%	Documentary
47	LA EDUCACIÓN PROHIBIDA	272	2.2%	42.7	92.3%	Documentary
48	GMO OMG	244	2.6%	38.1	58.2%	Documentary
49	Extreme Engineering	171	0.5%	42.5	64.3%	Documentary
50	México Pelágico	73	3.0%	42.6	51.9%	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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