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r/Documentaries is a subreddit with 20.3M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has high activity.
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Popular Themes in r/Documentaries
#1
Advice Requests
: "Recommendation request: documentaries about life in 1980s Britain"
20 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "The Death of Affordable Computing | Tariffs Impact & Investigation (2025) - The financial impacts of US announced tariffs on consumer PC products and components manufacturers [2:58:23]"
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "The Scammer Behind a $515 Million Infomercial Empire (2025) How Kevin Trudeau made millions off selling fake "natural cures" and get-rich quick scams on late night television [00:31:28]"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Documentaries
#1
Documentary
: "Battle for Tibet (2025) – For the first time in 20 years, cameras go undercover inside China’s most locked-down region. This harrowing Documentary reveals how Beijing is erasing Tibetan identity, starting with children. [00:53:16]"
83 posts
#2
Documentaries
: "Recommendation request: Documentaries about life in 1980s Britain"
31 posts
#3
History
: "Mysteries of Neolithic Europe (2023) - Documentary on archeological discoveries pertaining to Neolithic Europe. As archeologists dig, they are finding that this era of European History, which began around 7000 BC, was richer and deeper in complexity than previously believed. [00:48:10]"
27 posts
#4
Politics
: "Israeli forces detain young Palestinian boys riding their bikes (2021) - [00:03:33]"
8 posts
#5
War
: "'The Coming War On China’ (2016) by the late, great and legendary journalist, John Pilger: “The new president Donald Trump has a problem with China. The urgent question now is, will Trump continue with the provocations revealed in this film and take us all to the edge of War?” [01:52:32]"
8 posts
#6
Recommendation Request
: "Recommendation Request: Looking for docs on companies, either their rise or fall"
6 posts
#7
Israel
: "The Settlers by Louis Theroux (2025) - Louis meets the growing community of illegal extremist religious-nationalist Israelis settlers [01:01:58]"
6 posts
#8
Space
: "The Story of Opportunity Rover | Space Legends (2024) - Discover how a humble rover, originally planned for just 90 days, operated for 15 years!! (CC) [00:07:59]"
6 posts
#9
Palestine
: "Clash of the worlds - Palestine (2008) - Missing BBC Documentary focusing on the relationship between Britain and Palestine, the resulting foundation of the state of Israel, and the effects felt to this day. [00:58:00]"
5 posts
#10
Trailer
: "The Encampments | Official Trailer (2025) [00:02:09]"
4 posts
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