Free Documentary's Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

@freedocumentary

1,007 videosJoined Jun 6, 2013Last updated Nov 1, 2026

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10Kin 28d

ViewsTotal Views1.28B1,278,015,983

9.79Min 28d

Est. revenueEst. ad revenue (USD)$17K$17,000

Down 2%vs prior 14d

Last updated Nov 1, 2026

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As of 2026-11-01, Free Documentary has 5,850,000 subscribers, 1,278,015,983 total views, and 1,007 videos. Ranked #7,113 worldwide, #32 in Germany and #2,982 in Entertainment by subscribers.

Free Documentary’s most recent 48 uploads

The latest upload vidIQ has for Free Documentary is “World's Toughest Cruise Ships | Extreme Voyages: Sailing to the Ends of the Earth | Free Documentary”, a long-form video published Nov 1, 2026.
These are Free Documentary’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jun 19, 2026 and Nov 1, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
Median views across these 48 uploads: 78,284. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
Most viewed in the sample: “The Inmates We Fear Most | Inside a Maximum Security Prison for Murderers | Free Documentary” (1,535,622 views, Aug 14, 2026). Least viewed: “World's Toughest Cruise Ships | Extreme Voyages: Sailing to the Ends of the Earth | Free Documentary” (9,179 views, Nov 1, 2026).
Median length: 52:17 for 48 long-form videos.
In this sample, Free Documentary’s consecutive uploads were a median of 3 days apart (shortest gap 2 days, longest 4 days).
Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 2, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

Free Documentary’s most recent uploads, newest first, with publication date (UTC), format, lifetime views and length
Video	Published (UTC)	Format	Views	Length
World's Toughest Cruise Ships \| Extreme Voyages: Sailing to the Ends of the Earth \| Free Documentary	Nov 1, 2026	Long-form	9,179	3:01:10
A Life at 4,000 Meters \| Peru: The Quechua People's Fight for Survival \| Free Documentary	Oct 28, 2026	Long-form	22,892	22:03
1 Town, 13 Prisons \| Inside America's Prison Capital \| Free Documentary	Oct 25, 2026	Long-form	118,261	58:53
The Kichwa People \| Ecuador: The Amazon Tribe That Fought Back \| Free Documentary	Oct 21, 2026	Long-form	70,645	22:03
World's Toughest Ships \| Deep-Sea Jobs: Working Under Crushing Pressure \| Free Documentary	Oct 18, 2026	Long-form	89,699	3:01:13
Earth Untold: Tunisia \| Hidden Tales from the Crossroads of North Africa \| Free Documentary	Oct 14, 2026	Long-form	83,672	52:19
Prison Girls \| MSCC Women's Prison: Surviving the Hardest Days Behind Bars \| Free Documentary	Oct 11, 2026	Long-form	171,558	2:09:44
World's Largest Ship Graveyard \| Meet the Extreme Shipbreakers \| Free Documentary	Oct 7, 2026	Long-form	56,766	28:10
Casablanca: Inside Morocco's City of Extreme Contrasts \| Free Documentary	Oct 4, 2026	Long-form	70,279	52:09
The City Without Sewers \| Dar es Salaam: Inside Tanzania's Most Toxic Slum \| Free Documentary	Sep 30, 2026	Long-form	125,138	28:33
Prison Girls \| MSCC Women's Prison: What Happens When the Cell Door Closes \| Free Documentary	Sep 27, 2026	Long-form	437,343	2:08:17
America, But Not Quite: Inside Puerto Rico \| Free Documentary	Sep 23, 2026	Long-form	83,545	52:16
World's Toughest Trains \| Surviving the Most Extreme Railways on Earth \| Free Documentary	Sep 20, 2026	Long-form	92,773	3:15:26
World's Biggest Cargo Planes \| Flying the Impossible \| Free Documentary	Sep 16, 2026	Long-form	76,438	47:05
Concrete Purgatory: The Ultra-Strict Prison Where Privacy Doesn't Exist \| Free Documentary	Sep 13, 2026	Long-form	538,530	2:51:09
World's Toughest Flights \| Ice Planes: Landing Where No One Should Fly \| Free Documentary	Sep 9, 2026	Long-form	443,292	3:01:50
The Nenets People \| Siberia: Life in One of the Coldest Places on Earth \| Free Documentary	Sep 6, 2026	Long-form	118,836	47:36
Zurich Main Station: How Switzerland’s Busiest Train Station Actually Works \| Free Documentary	Sep 2, 2026	Long-form	145,876	52:27
The Prisoners Nobody Can Control \| A Prison System at Breaking Point \| Free Documentary	Aug 30, 2026	Long-form	290,339	49:44
The Most Dangerous Job in Wrestling \| Inside Mexico’s Lucha Libre \| Free Documentary	Aug 26, 2026	Long-form	107,519	47:09
World’s Biggest Car Wash: Secrets of the Giant Cleaning Machine \| Free Documentary	Aug 23, 2026	Long-form	64,790	49:46
The Gateway to the Mediterranean \| Marseille’s Iconic Train Station \| Free Documentary	Aug 19, 2026	Long-form	23,276	51:51
The World's Most Impossible Rescues \| Survival Against All Odds \| Free Documentary	Aug 16, 2026	Long-form	37,839	48:28
The Inmates We Fear Most \| Inside a Maximum Security Prison for Murderers \| Free Documentary	Aug 14, 2026	Long-form	1,535,622	1:33:35
The Hidden World of Europe's Most Stunning Train Station \| Lisbon \| Free Documentary	Aug 12, 2026	Long-form	34,552	52:31
World's Most Isolated Town \| Surviving the Last Town Before the North Pole \| Free Documentary	Aug 9, 2026	Long-form	82,984	52:35
Italy's Mega Prison \| Rebibbia: Mafia Bosses on Stage \| Free Documentary	Aug 7, 2026	Long-form	67,297	52:33
China's Disaster Zones: Civilian Rescuers \| No Ordinary Rescue \| Free Documentary	Aug 5, 2026	Long-form	13,835	46:21
World's New Megacities \| Dubai: The Desert Supercity \| Free Documentary	Aug 2, 2026	Long-form	32,333	52:15
Mystery Places: Siberian Mega Mine, Most Dangerous Hotel & Extreme Airport \| Free Documentary	Jul 31, 2026	Long-form	35,710	52:37
Filipino Inferno Hunters \| Manila: Citizen Firefighters \| No Ordinary Rescue \| Free Documentary	Jul 29, 2026	Long-form	20,552	46:14
World's Toughest Arctic Ships: Working at the Edge of the World \| Free Documentary	Jul 26, 2026	Long-form	95,581	3:01:06
Mystery Places: Ghost Town, Dr. Seuss House & Deadliest Bird's Nest Harvest \| Free Documentary	Jul 24, 2026	Long-form	27,939	52:18
Vietnam's Motorcycle Vigilantes \| No Ordinary Rescue \| Free Documentary	Jul 22, 2026	Long-form	14,430	46:57
World's New Megacities \| Muscat: Arabia's Hidden Metropolis \| Free Documentary	Jul 19, 2026	Long-form	23,519	51:20
Mystery Places: Luxury Doomsday Bunker, King Cobra Village & More \| Free Documentary	Jul 17, 2026	Long-form	26,245	53:27
World's Oldest Divers \| Haenyeo: South Korea's Most Dangerous Tradition \| Free Documentary	Jul 15, 2026	Long-form	23,223	52:40
World's New Megacities \| Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Vertical City \| Free Documentary	Jul 12, 2026	Long-form	44,697	52:08
South America's Biggest Railway Hub \| Retiro Station, Buenos Aires \| Free Documentary	Jul 10, 2026	Long-form	29,894	52:26
Behind the Badge \| The Truth About Police Brutality in South Africa \| Free Documentary	Jul 8, 2026	Long-form	80,129	27:35
World's New Megacities \| Jakarta: City of 30 Million \| Free Documentary	Jul 5, 2026	Long-form	58,348	52:06
The Hidden World of Grand Central Terminal \| New York \| Free Documentary	Jul 3, 2026	Long-form	245,443	52:40
South Africa's Deadliest Streets \| Durban After Dark \| Free Documentary	Jul 1, 2026	Long-form	288,830	34:01
The Tribe That Left the Forest \| Mlabri: Asia's Forgotten People \| Free Documentary	Jun 28, 2026	Long-form	243,045	50:50
Egypt's Busiest Railway Station \| Ramses Station, Cairo \| Free Documentary	Jun 26, 2026	Long-form	97,864	52:46
Earth Untold: Java \| Hidden Tales from the World's Most Crowded Island \| Free Documentary	Jun 24, 2026	Long-form	316,169	50:22
World's Most Dangerous Roads \| East Africa: Mission to Collision \| Full Series \| Free Documentary	Jun 21, 2026	Long-form	218,054	3:10:20
The Station at the End of Russia \| Vladivostok Station \| Free Documentary	Jun 19, 2026	Long-form	42,632	52:18

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vidIQ. As of 2026-11-01, Free Documentary has 5,850,000 subscribers, 1,278,015,983 total views, and 1,007 videos. It ranks #7,113 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ. Source: public YouTube statistics recorded by vidIQ. https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/ Methodology: https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/

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