Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 43 most popular Documentaries in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 43 largest documentaries in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. FRONTLINE, POV (TV series) and Yves Saint Laurent (film) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 191k people. Across all 43 entries the average audience size is 7.1k, and the largest, FRONTLINE, reaches around 81k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each documentary, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa 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 Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 FRONTLINE 81k 46.6 54.6% Documentary
2 POV (TV series) 63k 44.1 0.0% Documentary
3 Yves Saint Laurent (film) 47k 35.5 57.4% Documentary
4 Vice (TV series) 38k 36.7 47.9% Documentary
5 Pina (film) 7.6k 39.2 63.2% Documentary
6 Silent Voices (2005 film) 7k 39.1 84.7% Documentary
7 Walking with Dinosaurs 4.9k 38.4 48.8% Documentary
8 Earthling 4.5k 37.4 61.3% Documentary
9 Blue Planet 4.4k 38.5 57.0% Documentary
10 The Thin Blue Line (1988 film) 3.7k 38.9 0.0% Documentary
11 The Original Kings of Comedy 3.2k 33.0 48.6% Documentary
12 Roadkill (Internet show) 2.9k 46.5 7.8% Documentary
13 The Story of Stuff 2.7k 39.7 82.5% Documentary
14 Land and Sea 2.6k 51.6 68.3% Documentary
15 Hard Knocks 2.2k 38.4 13.2% Documentary
16 What the Bleep Do We Know!? 2k 46.1 61.6% Documentary
17 Finding Your Roots 1.6k 40.4 41.2% Documentary
18 Pumping Iron 1.6k 37.3 23.2% Documentary
19 Deadly Women 1.5k 41.1 87.8% Documentary
20 Bowling for Columbine 1.4k 34.4 49.2% Documentary
21 The Blue Planet 1.3k 44.4 55.6% Documentary
22 A Football Life 1.2k 24.5 12.2% Documentary
23 Living Proof (film) 1.2k 45.5 91.5% Documentary
24 Restrepo (film) 1.1k 35.8 51.3% Documentary
25 Seconds From Disaster 1.1k 27.2 12.9% 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 South Africa 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 Africa?

FRONTLINE currently leads with an estimated audience of 81k people in South Africa.

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