Most popular docuseries on Netflix Top 10 in 2022

Welcome back to another look at the most popular titles launching on Netflix in 2022. Today, we’ll look specifically at the most popular docu-series that appeared in the top 10 throughout the year, with highlights including harry and meghan, ancient apocalypseand more.

The points listed below next to each title are the points a respective title earned when assigning points to the top 10 dailies. The list was compiled for What’s on Netflix by Flix Patrolan SVOD tracking site that captures the top 10 dailies in 89 total regions.

We continue to publish the most popular lists where we recently covered the most popular children’s titles and what’s trending on Netflix UK.

Top 50 Global Documentary Series on Netflix in 2022

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The biggest docu-series released on Netflix this year, which scored nearly double the points of second place, was harry and meghan, the explosive documentary of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Going into excruciating detail on her marriage, the exclusive series looked back on the last years of her life. It made waves thanks to its staggered release and clearly captured viewers around the world no matter «which side» they landed on.

Entering number 2 is Formula 1: drive to survive, which summed up the incredible 2021 F1 season and was controversial to say the least.

1. Harry and Meghan (10230 points)
2. Formula 1: Drive to Survive (5494 points)
3. Conversations with a Murderer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes (3832 points)
4. The worst roommate of all (3647 points)
5. Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (3556 points)
6. Ancient Apocalypse (2339 points)
7. Conversations with a Murderer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes (2030 points)
8. Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. fugitives. (2006 points)
9. The most hated man on the Internet (1933 points)
10. FIFA uncovered (1773 points)
11. Train Wreck: Woodstock ’99 (1622 points)
12. Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (1608 points)
13. Neymar: The perfect chaos (1307 points)
14. Our Great National Parks (1245 points)
15. Killer Sally (1174 points)
16. I am a murderer (1167 points)
17. Inside the toughest prisons in the world (1075 points)
18. Cheer (1061 points)
19. I just killed my dad (1033 points)
20. Crime Scene: Texas Death Camps (995 points)
21. Pepsi, where is my plane? (968 points)
22. Vatican Girl: The disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (928 points)
23. Pirate Gold of Adak Island (865 points)
24. Sins of Our Mother (808 points)
25. Unsolved Mysteries (783 points)
26. DB Cooper: Where are you?! (757 points)
27. jeen-yuhs: a kanye trilogy (715 points)
28. Love on the Spectrum US (695 points)
29. Catch Killers (601 points)
30. How to change your mind (583 points)
31. Matt Wright’s Wild Territory (448 points)
32. Indian Predator: The Delhi Butcher (382 points)
33. The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman (374 points)
34. Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist (373 points)
35. Our Universe (313 points)
36. Fusion: Three Mile Island (297 points)
37. Mr. Good: Police or Thief? (294 points)
38. The Great Robbery of the Central Bank of Brazil (280 points)
39. The principles of pleasure (248 points)
40. High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule (242 points)
41. Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal earthquake (229 points)
42. Temporary (192 points)
43. Pervert – Hunting the Naked Caller (185 points)
44. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (184 points)
45. I’m a stalker (161 points)
46. The hidden lives of pets (148 points)
47. I want (139 points)
48. An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase (132 points)
49. WWII in Color: Road to Victory (127 points)
50. Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star (124 points)

Most Popular Documentary Series on Netflix in the United States in 2022

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Focusing only on the United States, only 43 docu-series made it into the top 10 in the US throughout 2022 and there are some key differences compared to the global rankings.

Like everywhere else, Harry and Meghan’s story managed to captivate viewers there, but the cheerleading docu-series, Happinesshe was much closer to taking the top spot.

Here’s the full list of the top 43:

1. Harry and Meghan (157 points)
2. Cheer (133 points)
3. Conversations with a Murderer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes (122 points)
4. The inexplicable (111 points)
5. The worst roommate of all (107 points)
6. Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (102 points)
7. Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. fugitives. (102 points)
8. I am a murderer (101 points)
9. jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (97 points)
10. Ancient Apocalypse (71 points)
11. Sins of Our Mother (70 points)
12. Crime Scene: Texas Death Camps (68 points)
13. Killer Sally (66 points)
14. Conversations with a Murderer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes (66 points)
15. Pepsi, where is my plane? (63 points)
16. Unsolved Mysteries (63 points)
17. I just killed my dad (60 points)
18. The most hated man on the Internet (60 points)
19. Train Wreck: Woodstock ’99 (58 points)
20. Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist (55 points)
21. Love on the Spectrum US (55 points)
22. DB Cooper: Where are you?! (54 points)
23. Fusion: Three Mile Island (54 points)
24. Our Great National Parks (45 points)
25. Catch Killers (39 points)
26. Pervert: Hunting the Strip Search Caller (36 points)
27. I’m a stalker (30 points)
28. Pirate Gold of Adak Island (28 points)
29. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (25 points)
30. Last Chance U: Basketball (24 points)
31. How to change your mind (22 points)
32. The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman (21 points)
33. Formula 1: Drive to Survive (20 points)
34. Our Universe (19 points)
35. Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (16 points)
36. Matt Wright’s Wild Territory (12 points)
37. Vatican Girl: The disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (8 points)
38. Wild Babies (8 points)
39. Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal earthquake (7 points)
40. Street food (6 points)
41. The Andy Warhol Diaries (4 points)
42. Down to Earth with Zac Efron (3 points)
43. Earthstorm (1 points)

What was your favorite documentary series on Netflix in 2022? Let us know in the comments.