r/Documentaries is a subreddit with 20.3M members. The community frequently discusses documentary, history, politics, worst, and war, and they frequently recommend/review documentary recommendations and documentaries, and the most common flair used is history, nature/animals, economics, disaster, and int'l politics.
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Popular Topics in r/Documentaries
#1
Documentary
212 posts
#2
History
60 posts
#3
Politics
29 posts
#4
Worst
26 posts
#5
War
21 posts
#6
Recommendation
21 posts
#7
Nature
19 posts
#8
Struggling
17 posts
#9
Documentaries
15 posts
#10
Recommendation Request
13 posts
Products Discussed in r/Documentaries
Documentary Recommendations
7 reviews
#1
American Experience
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Every Knee Shall Bow: The Truth and Tragedy of Ruby Ridge
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Ruby Ridge
5.0★ from 1 review
Documentaries
7 reviews
#1
Netflix
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
BBC
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
MSNBC
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Documentaries
#1
History
: "The Match That Sparked a War (2026) - How Željko Ražnatović (Arkan) militarized the Red Star Belgrade hooligans into the Serb Volunteer Guard [00:06:19]"
12 posts
#2
Nature/Animals
: "ZOOFOBIA (2022) [01:35:30] - The closure of a centennial Zoo leads to a trail that declares an orangutan a “non - human person”"
7 posts
#3
Economics
: "How to Hide $4 Billion in Debt (2026) - An investigation into the accounting practices that concealed financial debt at one of Brazil’s largest retailers [11:41]"
6 posts
#4
Disaster
: "A COLLISION OF BLAME: The Total Collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge (2026) [1:49:36]"
5 posts
#5
Int'l Politics
: "Western Sahara "The Worst Police State I've Ever Seen" (2025) [00:36:26]"
4 posts
#6
Recommendation Request
: "Recommendation request: looking for documentaries discussing the dead internet theory"
4 posts
#7
War
: "Unseen Video Exposes Russian Commander At Bucha Massacre Site (2026) [0:3:29]"
3 posts
#8
Pop Culture
: "Pokemania EP:1 - Origins (2026) - The creation of the pokemon franchise [00:21:07]"
3 posts
#9
Sports
: "The History of Apache Powerboats (2026) [00:16:17]"
3 posts
#10
Military/Defense
: "How one soldier survived 346 days in ‘kill zone’ Ukraine (2026) - A documentary about a Ukrainian infantryman’s ordeal [00:14:15]"
2 posts
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Last updated: July 29, 2026