Top Documentary TV Shows of the Past Year
Ranked by 1-Year Buzz Score, Television Stats' measure of online audience engagement across the last 365 days, for the year ending Sunday, June 7, 2026.
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Show
1-Year Buzz Score
1
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
4.2Good
2
Neighbors
4.0Good
3
The American Revolution
Ended1.8Quiet
4
The Rehearsal
1.7Quiet
5
The Curse of Oak Island
1.6Quiet
6
MythBusters
1.6Quiet
7
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
1.4Quiet
8
Welcome to Wrexham
New 4d ago1.2Quiet
9
Formula 1: Drive to Survive
1.1Quiet
10
Ancient Aliens
1.1Quiet
11
How It's Made
Ended0.8Quiet
12
Prehistoric Planet
0.8Quiet
13
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
Ended0.8Quiet
14
Tiger King
Ended0.7Quiet
15
Dateline
0.7Quiet
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16
Somebody Feed Phil
0.7Quiet
17
Unsolved Mysteries
0.7Quiet
18
House Hunters
0.7Quiet
19
Finding Your Roots
0.6Quiet
20
This Old House
0.6Quiet
21
Nathan for You
Ended0.6Quiet
22
Couples Therapy
0.6Quiet
23
The Beatles: Get Back
Ended0.6Quiet
24
The Mortician
Ended0.6Quiet
25
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Ended0.6Quiet
26
Last Chance U
Ended0.5Quiet
27
Making a Murderer
Ended0.5Quiet
28
Hoarders
0.4Quiet
29
MTV Unplugged
0.4Quiet
30
Should I Marry a Murderer?
Ended0.4Quiet
31
Married to Medicine
0.4Quiet
32
30 for 30
0.4Quiet
33
Love on the Spectrum
0.4Quiet
34
The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy
0.4Quiet
35
Mysteries at the Museum
Ended0.4Quiet
36
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Ended0.4Quiet
37
American Experience
0.4Quiet
38
Conan O'Brien Must Go
0.3Quiet
39
Quarterback
0.3Quiet
40
Adam Ruins Everything
Ended0.3Quiet
41
Tucci in Italy
0.3Quiet
42
How To with John Wilson
Ended0.3Quiet
43
Who Do You Think You Are?
0.3Quiet
44
The Dead Files
Ended0.3Quiet
45
Ancient Apocalypse
Ended0.3Quiet
46
Chef's Table
0.3Quiet
47
American Nightmare
Ended0.3Quiet
48
Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal
Ended0.3Quiet
49
Frontline
0.3Quiet
50
Modern Marvels
0.3Quiet
51
Ride with Norman Reedus
0.3Quiet
52
Cold Justice
0.2Quiet
53
Life on Our Planet
Ended0.2Quiet
54
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
Ended0.2Quiet
55
Hard Knocks
0.2Quiet
56
The Baldwins
0.2Quiet
57
100 Foot Wave
0.2Quiet
58
20/20
0.2Quiet
59
Cheer
0.2Quiet
60
Break Point
Ended0.2Quiet
61
Tour de France: Unchained
Ended0.2Quiet
62
The Yogurt Shop Murders
Ended0.2Quiet
63
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Ended0.1Quiet
64
Jay Leno's Garage
Ended0.1Quiet
65
The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
Ended0.1Quiet
66
MeatEater
0.1Quiet
67
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Ended0.1Quiet
68
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Ended0.1Quiet
69
The Dinosaurs
Ended0.1Quiet
70
I AM A KILLER
0.1Quiet
71
Worst Roommate Ever
Ended0.1Quiet
72
Harry & Meghan
Ended0.1Quiet
73
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
Ended0.1Quiet
74
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch
0.1Quiet
75
Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham
Ended0.1Quiet
76
The Chef Show
Ended0.1Quiet
77
Social Studies
Ended0.1Quiet
78
Booze Traveler
Ended0.1Quiet
79
This Is a Gardening Show
Ended0.1Quiet
80
NOVA
0.1Quiet
81
The Weekly
Ended0.1Quiet
82
The Circus
Ended0.1Quiet
83
The Mind of a Chef
Ended0.1Quiet
84
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
0.1Quiet
85
The G Word with Adam Conover
Ended0.1Quiet
86
Salt Fat Acid Heat
Ended0.1Quiet
87
We Are Family
0.1Quiet
88
The Goop Lab
0.1Quiet
89
Painting With John
Ended0.1Quiet
90
Rennervations
Ended0.0Quiet
91
Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields
Ended0.0Quiet
92
The UnXplained
0.0Quiet
93
Harlan Coben's Final Twist
0.0Quiet
94
America's Test Kitchen
0.0Quiet
95
Paul T. Goldman
Ended0.0Quiet
96
Arnold
Ended0.0Quiet
97
Living for the Dead
0.0Quiet
98
The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult?
Ended0.0Quiet
99
Crime Nation
0.0Quiet
100
Full Swing
0.0Quiet
101
Random Acts of Flyness
0.0Quiet
102
Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning
Ended0.0Quiet
103
God Save Texas
Ended0.0Quiet
104
Wahl Street
Ended0.0Quiet
105
The 1619 Project
Ended0.0Quiet
106
James May: Our Man in…
Ended0.0Quiet
107
Scam Goddess
0.0Quiet
108
Sasha Reid and the Midnight Order
0.0Quiet
109
Food Paradise
0.0Quiet
110
Captains of the World
Ended0.0Quiet
111
Beckham
Ended0.0Quiet
112
Full Speed
0.0Quiet
113
Mysteries Decoded
0.0Quiet
114
Royal Rules of Ohio
0.0Quiet
115
The Next Thing You Eat
0.0Quiet
116
Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars
0.0Quiet
117
Waco: American Apocalypse
Ended0.0Quiet
118
Long Way Up
Ended0.0Quiet
119
Ooops! I Bought A Pub
0.0Quiet
120
Court of Gold
Ended0.0Quiet
121
WWE: Unreal
0.0Quiet
122
MerPeople
Ended0.0Quiet
123
Murder in Big Horn
0.0Quiet
124
Matildas: The World at Our Feet
Ended0.0Quiet
125
The Coach Vick Experience
0.0Quiet
126
Grand Designs
0.0Quiet
127
Race: Bubba Wallace
Ended0.0Quiet