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Top 35 Documentaries in France

This curated ranking covers the 35 largest documentaries in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. POV (TV series), Yves Saint Laurent (film) and Zone Interdite (TV program) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.8M people. Across all 35 entries the average audience size is 125k, and the largest, POV (TV series), reaches around 1.9M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each documentary, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across France and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 35, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in France. 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 France, 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 France. 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 701 36.1 71.4% Documentary
27 México Pelágico 596 41.1 46.6% Documentary
28 Miss Representation 505 36.6 63.3% Documentary
29 The Acting Class 428 35.2 65.2% Documentary
30 Living with Wolves 317 37.9 60.9% Documentary
31 Seconds From Disaster 270 27.2 12.9% Documentary
32 Living Proof (film) 245 37.0 87.9% Documentary
33 Extreme Engineering 141 38.5 14.0% Documentary
34 Light Fantastic (TV series) 139 40.0 58.9% Documentary
35 Beyond Scared Straight on A&E 6 25.8 52.4% Documentary

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 35 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France 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 France?

POV (TV series) currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.9M people in France.

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