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Top 43 Documentaries in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 43 largest documentaries in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. POV (TV series), Vice (TV series) and Yves Saint Laurent (film) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 97k people. Across all 43 entries the average audience size is 3.4k, and the largest, POV (TV series), reaches around 63k people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each documentary, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 43, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Korea. 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 South Korea, 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 South Korea. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 POV (TV series) 63k 30.4 21.8% Documentary
2 Vice (TV series) 21k 36.7 47.9% Documentary
3 Yves Saint Laurent (film) 13k 26.2 98.0% Documentary
4 FRONTLINE 11k 46.6 54.6% Documentary
5 Walking with Dinosaurs 6.4k 32.8 69.1% Documentary
6 Pina (film) 6k 39.2 63.2% Documentary
7 Silent Voices (2005 film) 4.6k 42.4 83.8% Documentary
8 Earthling 3.8k 37.4 61.3% Documentary
9 Roadkill (Internet show) 1.8k 46.5 7.8% Documentary
10 Blue Planet 1.6k 38.5 57.0% Documentary
11 The Blue Planet 1.6k 33.2 93.0% Documentary
12 Finding Your Roots 1.5k 50.0 63.7% Documentary
13 Pumping Iron 1k 47.9 48.8% Documentary
14 Oddities (TV series) 918 29.5 57.3% Documentary
15 The Acting Class 890 31.5 65.4% Documentary
16 Living Proof (film) 890 45.5 91.5% Documentary
17 The Thin Blue Line (1988 film) 697 46.8 40.0% Documentary
18 Hard Knocks 673 38.4 13.2% Documentary
19 What the Bleep Do We Know!? 656 46.1 61.6% Documentary
20 Inside Edition 632 43.5 66.4% Documentary
21 Restrepo (film) 629 35.8 51.3% Documentary
22 Bowling for Columbine 605 34.4 49.2% Documentary
23 Hail Satan 448 37.4 40.8% Documentary
24 March of the Penguins 414 29.8 100.0% Documentary
25 The Original Kings of Comedy 407 26.9 74.1% Documentary

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 43 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea 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 South Korea?

POV (TV series) currently leads with an estimated audience of 63k people in South Korea.

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