Top 44 Documentaries in South Korea
This curated ranking covers the 44 largest documentaries in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Anime club, POV (TV series) and Vice (TV series) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 176,359 people. Across all 44 entries the average audience size is 5,505, and the largest, Anime club, reaches around 90,772 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.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Anime club |
90,772 | 3.2% | Documentary | Literature |
| 2 |  POV (TV series) |
64,584 | 0.8% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 3 |  Vice (TV series) |
21,003 | 0.7% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 4 |  Yves Saint Laurent (film) |
13,336 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 5 |  FRONTLINE |
10,570 | 0.2% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 6 |  Walking with Dinosaurs |
6,351 | 0.6% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 7 |  Pina (film) |
6,002 | 0.7% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 8 |  Silent Voices (2005 film) |
4,552 | 0.4% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 9 |  Earthling |
3,754 | 0.8% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 10 |  Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner |
2,681 | 0.3% | Documentary | Literature |
| 11 |  Roadkill (Internet show) |
1,848 | 0.2% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 12 |  The Blue Planet |
1,642 | 0.5% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 13 |  Blue Planet |
1,639 | 0.3% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 14 |  Finding Your Roots |
1,495 | 0.2% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 15 |  Pumping Iron |
1,040 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 16 |  Oddities (TV series) |
917 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 17 |  The Acting Class |
890 | 4.4% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 18 |  Living Proof (film) |
785 | 0.6% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 19 |  The Thin Blue Line (1988 film) |
697 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 20 |  Hard Knocks |
673 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 21 |  What the Bleep Do We Know!? |
656 | 0.3% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 22 |  Inside Edition |
631 | 0.0% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 23 |  Restrepo (film) |
629 | 0.0% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 24 |  Bowling for Columbine |
605 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 25 |  Hail Satan |
447 | 0.4% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 26 |  March of the Penguins |
414 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 27 |  The Original Kings of Comedy |
406 | 0.0% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 28 |  Aluna |
402 | 0.2% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 29 |  Vegucated |
370 | 0.9% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 30 |  Land and Sea |
335 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 31 |  Man on Wire |
284 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 32 |  Frozen Planet |
234 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 33 |  American Experience |
224 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 34 |  I-Witness |
177 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 35 |  Light Fantastic (TV series) |
155 | 0.7% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 36 |  Miss Representation |
154 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 37 |  Scared Straight! |
152 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 38 |  Extreme Engineering |
145 | 0.3% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 39 |  Deadly Women |
139 | 0.0% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 40 |  The Story of Stuff |
131 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 41 |  GMO OMG |
105 | 0.8% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 42 |  Seconds From Disaster |
96 | 0.3% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 43 |  A Football Life |
78 | 0.1% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
| 44 |  Living with Wolves |
49 | 0.3% | Documentary | Movies & TV |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 44 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?
Anime club currently leads with an estimated audience of 90,772 people in South Korea.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.