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Top 51 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 1.2M people. Across all 51 entries the average audience size is 32k, and the largest, Yves Saint Laurent (film), reaches around 905k 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
26 Man on Wire 5.7k 31.2 42.6% Documentary
27 Hail Satan 5.2k 35.4 41.6% Documentary
28 I-Witness 2.5k 42.5 57.3% Documentary
29 Hard Knocks 2.4k 36.2 12.5% Documentary
30 The Story of Stuff 2.1k 35.7 61.9% Documentary
31 A Football Life 2.1k 35.3 0.0% Documentary
32 The Original Kings of Comedy 2k 39.2 55.2% Documentary
33 Frozen Planet 1.9k 46.6 47.2% Documentary
34 The Acting Class 1.9k 29.6 56.4% Documentary
35 The War Room 1.7k 43.0 35.6% Documentary
36 American Experience 1.4k 51.0 51.5% Documentary
37 Vegucated 1.3k 40.9 59.0% Documentary
38 Inside Edition 1k 31.6 61.9% Documentary
39 Land and Sea 911 49.9 70.0% Documentary
40 Racing Extinction 869 43.9 73.8% Documentary
41 Scared Straight! 568 29.1 50.3% Documentary
42 Zone Interdite (TV program) 560 36.4 53.5% Documentary
43 Seconds From Disaster 404 26.5 12.7% Documentary
44 LA EDUCACIÓN PROHIBIDA 390 41.5 91.3% Documentary
45 Living with Wolves 386 41.5 55.4% Documentary
46 Miss Representation 331 31.4 36.5% Documentary
47 Living Proof (film) 289 43.8 92.3% Documentary
48 GMO OMG 230 35.3 55.9% Documentary
49 Light Fantastic (TV series) 165 37.7 56.5% Documentary
50 Beyond Scared Straight on A&E 18 24.5 51.6% Documentary

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 51 list 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 905k people in Italy.

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