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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How to read this list

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
51 México Pelágico 55 42.6 51.9% Documentary
52 Beyond Scared Straight on A&E 54 25.6 54.6% 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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