Popularity ranking · Italy

The 51 most popular Documentaries in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 51 largest documentaries in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Yves Saint Laurent (film), POV (TV series) and FRONTLINE lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.1M people. Across all 51 entries the average audience size is 32k, and the largest, Yves Saint Laurent (film), reaches around 878k people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each documentary, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy 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 Italy who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Italy. 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 Italy, 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 Italy. 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) 878k 42.3 61.2% Documentary
2 POV (TV series) 177k 33.5 40.7% Documentary
3 FRONTLINE 82k 38.3 27.0% Documentary
4 Vice (TV series) 72k 34.5 48.7% Documentary
5 Pina (film) 62k 45.3 100.0% Documentary
6 Silent Voices (2005 film) 56k 40.6 81.2% Documentary
7 Pumping Iron 47k 41.0 43.9% Documentary
8 Walking with Dinosaurs 34k 38.1 55.9% Documentary
9 Bowling for Columbine 20k 31.8 43.8% Documentary
10 The Last Waltz 18k 50.7 32.7% Documentary
11 March of the Penguins 18k 36.7 42.6% Documentary
12 Deadly Women 16k 52.2 70.7% Documentary
13 Earthling 16k 36.8 57.9% Documentary
14 Blue Planet 9.9k 23.8 56.2% Documentary
15 Aluna 9.8k 41.5 62.7% Documentary
16 Restrepo (film) 9.6k 42.6 0.0% Documentary
17 The Thin Blue Line (1988 film) 8.6k 44.6 0.0% Documentary
18 Extreme Engineering 8.4k 43.1 57.1% Documentary
19 The Blue Planet 8.1k 36.6 44.1% Documentary
20 Roadkill (Internet show) 7.2k 43.3 8.1% Documentary
21 Man on Wire 6.8k 31.2 42.6% Documentary
22 What the Bleep Do We Know!? 6.5k 44.0 61.4% Documentary
23 The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus 6.3k 51.3 17.7% Documentary
24 Finding Your Roots 6.3k 43.8 36.6% Documentary
25 Oddities (TV series) 6.1k 31.6 56.8% 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 Italy 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 Italy?

Yves Saint Laurent (film) currently leads with an estimated audience of 878k people in Italy.

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