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Rank
Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.
Audience size
Estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.
Country share
Share of the global audience that is active in United States. 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 United States, 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 United States. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.
Ranking
| Rank | Audience | Audience size | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TTLC (TV network) | 22M | 57.9% | 39.5 | 69.2% | Lifestyle |
| 2 | PPBS | 20M | 64.9% | 46.3 | 57.9% | Entertainment |
| 3 | TThe Weather Channel | 16M | 72.2% | 41.6 | 55.6% | News |
| 4 | AA&E (TV channel) | 6.2M | 50.4% | 43.2 | 41.3% | Documentary |
| 5 | FFRONTLINE | 5.8M | 85.4% | 43.7 | 49.4% | Documentary |
| 6 | TTwin Cities Public Television | 5.6M | 99.4% | 44.1 | 77.8% | Entertainment |
| 7 | CC-SPAN | 3.1M | 84.7% | 46.8 | 39.9% | News |
| 8 | OOxygen (TV channel) | 2.9M | 36.7% | 42.4 | 69.3% | Documentary |
| 9 | IInvestigation Discovery | 2.7M | 42.2% | 39.4 | 57.6% | Documentary |
| 10 | FFox Nation | 2.6M | 97.5% | 51.9 | 40.5% | News |
| 11 | TThe Telepathy Tapes | 2.2M | 71.9% | 40.7 | 50.2% | Society & culture |
| 12 | YYesterday (TV channel) | 1.9M | 17.2% | 50.9 | 35.8% | Documentary |
| 13 | IInside Edition | 1.5M | 89.3% | 40.1 | 63.6% | Documentary |
| 14 | YYves Saint Laurent (film) | 1.2M | 6.2% | 32.3 | 56.5% | Documentary |
| 15 | AArte | 1.1M | 8.4% | 37.5 | 52.1% | Entertainment |
| 16 | DDiscovery+ | 1.1M | 33.7% | 38.3 | 52.5% | Documentary |
| 17 | VVice (TV series) | 1M | 38.2% | 34.1 | 47.2% | Documentary |
| 18 | HHistory (Australian TV channel) | 1M | 9.7% | 49.0 | 30.8% | Documentary |
| 19 | PPOV (TV series) | 898k | 11.1% | 44.2 | 59.1% | Documentary |
| 20 | CCasefile True Crime | 867k | 36.9% | 42.4 | 57.1% | True crime |
| 21 | SSword and Scale | 807k | 99.2% | 37.0 | 78.6% | True crime |
| 22 | SSean Combs: The Reckoning | 757k | 41.4% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 23 | KKQED (TV) | 754k | 89.1% | 46.2 | 56.4% | Entertainment |
| 24 | FFinding Your Roots | 736k | 75.4% | 47.5 | 58.9% | Documentary |
| 25 | DDiscovery Channel | 689k | 7.6% | 43.2 | 49.4% | Documentary |
| 26 | IIn The Dark | 680k | 63.3% | 42.4 | 57.1% | True crime |
| 27 | TThe Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst | 663k | 49.2% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 28 | PPumping Iron | 638k | 53.2% | 45.7 | 43.5% | Documentary |
| 29 | DDouble Lives of Suburban Wives | 635k | 88.8% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 30 | TThe Jinx | 601k | 47.8% | 39.6 | 60.6% | Documentary |
| 31 | DDiscovery Turbo | 556k | 40.9% | 39.0 | 4.9% | Documentary |
| 32 | OOddities (TV series) | 527k | 73.9% | 34.6 | 65.3% | Documentary |
| 33 | DDark Side of the Ring | 525k | 68.0% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 34 | HHistory (European TV channel) | 498k | 36.9% | 44.6 | 49.0% | Documentary |
| 35 | TTravel Channel | 488k | 35.9% | 44.3 | 57.3% | Lifestyle |
| 36 | TThe Original Kings of Comedy | 482k | 79.3% | 40.5 | 45.8% | Documentary |
| 37 | DDon't Date Brandon | 471k | 76.8% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 38 | SSilent Voices (2005 film) | 448k | 35.0% | 39.6 | 80.7% | Documentary |
| 39 | HH2 (TV network) | 436k | 9.5% | 51.4 | 41.2% | Documentary |
| 40 | VVelocity (TV channel) | 402k | 16.7% | 46.9 | 12.7% | Lifestyle |
| 41 | WWorst Neighbor Ever | 395k | 72.8% | 38.5 | 58.2% | Documentary |
| 42 | LLand and Sea | 392k | 75.4% | 49.4 | 63.8% | Documentary |
| 43 | WWalking with Dinosaurs | 383k | 29.0% | 34.3 | 44.0% | Documentary |
| 44 | HHistory (TV channel) | 361k | 5.4% | 45.5 | 41.4% | Documentary |
| 45 | DDiscovery Science (TV channel) | 349k | 59.5% | 46.2 | 62.4% | Documentary |
| 46 | TThe Civil War | 338k | 79.2% | 44.2 | 50.9% | Documentary |
| 47 | RRoadkill (Internet show) | 336k | 54.5% | 43.9 | 6.7% | Documentary |
| 48 | WWelcome to Wrexham | 334k | 40.7% | 40.3 | 54.7% | Documentary |
| 49 | AAmerican Experience | 329k | 88.7% | 51.0 | 43.1% | Documentary |
| 50 | TThe Last Waltz | 326k | 55.1% | 50.9 | 26.5% | Documentary |
| 51 | SSold a Story | 314k | 75.7% | 42.1 | 51.4% | Society & culture |
| 52 | PPrehistoric Planet | 309k | 35.9% | 42.0 | 57.2% | Documentary |
| 53 | HHard Knocks | 309k | 80.3% | 36.4 | 11.1% | Documentary |
| 54 | TThe Weather Network | 303k | 7.9% | 45.9 | 61.9% | Documentary |
| 55 | BBBC Earth | 299k | 17.8% | 42.9 | 51.1% | Documentary |
| 56 | TThe Dinosaurs | 297k | 42.8% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 57 | CCreate (TV network) | 287k | 0.6% | 48.9 | 76.1% | Lifestyle |
| 58 | CConversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes | 286k | 76.2% | 35.9 | 60.1% | Documentary |
| 59 | AA Killer Among Friends | 283k | 76.3% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 60 | WWHYY-TV | 281k | 99.1% | 46.8 | 55.2% | Entertainment |
| 61 | CConversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes | 276k | 83.4% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 62 | TThe Thin Blue Line (1988 film) | 257k | 47.3% | 43.0 | 34.1% | Documentary |
| 63 | LLast Chance U | 253k | 76.1% | 35.9 | 60.1% | Documentary |
| 64 | NNat Geo Wild | 250k | 22.5% | 36.7 | 58.7% | Documentary |
| 65 | HHarlan Coben's Final Twist | 242k | 53.4% | 37.6 | 61.5% | Documentary |
| 66 | CChimp Crazy | 238k | 71.4% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 67 | BBowling for Columbine | 235k | 41.7% | 30.8 | 47.8% | Documentary |
| 68 | TThe American Revolution | 217k | 87.7% | 44.2 | 50.9% | Documentary |
| 69 | NNational Geographic Channel | 215k | 23.0% | 42.2 | 50.9% | Documentary |
| 70 | TThe Story of Us with Morgan Freeman | 214k | 41.3% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 71 | RReally (TV channel) | 214k | 2.5% | 40.3 | 100.0% | Entertainment |
| 72 | RReelz | 202k | 90.7% | 42.1 | 60.6% | Documentary |
| 73 | SScamanda | 200k | 40.9% | 37.0 | 54.5% | Documentary |
| 74 | SSurviving Earth | 198k | 54.2% | 41.3 | 59.7% | Documentary |
| 75 | JJesus Crown of Thorns | 196k | 63.6% | 43.2 | 48.9% | Documentary |
| 76 | PPina (film) | 196k | 21.1% | 35.6 | 66.8% | Documentary |
| 77 | HHistoria (TV channel) | 180k | 5.5% | 26.1 | 62.2% | Documentary |
| 78 | KKeep Sweet: Pray and Obey | 179k | 50.6% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 79 | MMurder in GlitterBall City | 175k | 78.3% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 80 | RRestrepo (film) | 164k | 11.2% | 36.5 | 16.4% | Documentary |
| 81 | II Shouldn't Be Alive | 162k | 53.0% | 39.8 | 46.8% | Documentary |
| 82 | TThe Cult of the Real Housewife | 162k | 72.1% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 83 | RReply All (podcast) | 161k | 53.4% | 39.6 | 69.0% | Technology |
| 84 | MMan on Wire | 156k | 49.8% | 28.5 | 46.6% | Documentary |
| 85 | MMore4 | 154k | 41.2% | 42.5 | 68.7% | Documentary |
| 86 | AAmerica: The Story of Us | 154k | 92.3% | 43.5 | 26.4% | Documentary |
| 87 | WWTTW | 153k | 89.8% | 39.9 | 53.5% | Entertainment |
| 88 | LLa Chaîne parlementaire | 149k | 7.6% | 40.6 | 40.6% | News |
| 89 | LLove Has Won: The Cult of Mother God | 147k | 69.4% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 90 | GGeorgia Public Broadcasting | 146k | 39.3% | 43.1 | 58.9% | Entertainment |
| 91 | BBuzzFeed Unsolved | 142k | 65.2% | 39.2 | 60.6% | Documentary |
| 92 | TTrue Haunting | 141k | 33.0% | 35.9 | 60.1% | Documentary |
| 93 | MMarch of the Penguins | 140k | 46.0% | 40.5 | 48.2% | Documentary |
| 94 | AAmy Bradley Is Missing | 138k | 50.0% | 35.9 | 60.1% | Documentary |
| 95 | EEarthling | 134k | 29.0% | 37.5 | 57.5% | Documentary |
| 96 | DDMAX | 133k | 3.8% | — | — | Documentary |
| 97 | BBlue Planet | 132k | 26.6% | 34.8 | 56.2% | Documentary |
| 98 | PPole to Pole with Will Smith | 129k | 58.7% | 43.2 | 53.9% | Documentary |
| 99 | SSouth Carolina Educational Television | 126k | 96.3% | 45.2 | 63.7% | Entertainment |
| 100 | DDeadly Women | 123k | 53.3% | 37.7 | 87.5% | 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 United States 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 updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.
What is the largest documentary in United States?
TLC (TV network) currently leads with an estimated audience of 22M people in United States.