# Free Documentary: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

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.

The most recent uploads from [Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- 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.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [World's Toughest Cruise Ships \| Extreme Voyages: Sailing to the Ends of the Earth \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/04uEBj0ftj8/) | 2026-11-01 | Long-form | 9,179 | 3:01:10 | - |
| [A Life at 4,000 Meters \| Peru: The Quechua People's Fight for Survival \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/cZ-9gfffuZY/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 22,892 | 22:03 | - |
| [1 Town, 13 Prisons \| Inside America's Prison Capital \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/Vud0P5qWNPU/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 118,261 | 58:53 | 1.87x |
| [The Kichwa People \| Ecuador: The Amazon Tribe That Fought Back \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/SxF7mCAXPVM/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 70,645 | 22:03 | - |
| [World's Toughest Ships \| Deep-Sea Jobs: Working Under Crushing Pressure \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/ZF04tFSVNgw/) | 2026-10-18 | Long-form | 89,699 | 3:01:13 | 1.21x |
| [Earth Untold: Tunisia \| Hidden Tales from the Crossroads of North Africa \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/9vUdCbm6mg0/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 83,672 | 52:19 | 1.06x |
| [Prison Girls \| MSCC Women's Prison: Surviving the Hardest Days Behind Bars \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/mjYJ0fLd09w/) | 2026-10-11 | Long-form | 171,558 | 2:09:44 | 1.85x |
| [World's Largest Ship Graveyard \| Meet the Extreme Shipbreakers \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/bY-8ZGM2u34/) | 2026-10-07 | Long-form | 56,766 | 28:10 | - |
| [Casablanca: Inside Morocco's City of Extreme Contrasts \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/F8LeM6RuEDM/) | 2026-10-04 | Long-form | 70,279 | 52:09 | - |
| [The City Without Sewers \| Dar es Salaam: Inside Tanzania's Most Toxic Slum \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/C5c-LEJ-HRA/) | 2026-09-30 | Long-form | 125,138 | 28:33 | 0.92x |
| [Prison Girls \| MSCC Women's Prison: What Happens When the Cell Door Closes \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/_aNBYIlOAp4/) | 2026-09-27 | Long-form | 437,343 | 2:08:17 | 3.3x |
| [America, But Not Quite: Inside Puerto Rico \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/QSNwmBAPGsU/) | 2026-09-23 | Long-form | 83,545 | 52:16 | - |
| [World's Toughest Trains \| Surviving the Most Extreme Railways on Earth \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/Z71rCxZ8btg/) | 2026-09-20 | Long-form | 92,773 | 3:15:26 | - |
| [World's Biggest Cargo Planes \| Flying the Impossible \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/PTP5gkNo8RI/) | 2026-09-16 | Long-form | 76,438 | 47:05 | - |
| [Concrete Purgatory: The Ultra-Strict Prison Where Privacy Doesn't Exist \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/eqtdsS3Rs9Y/) | 2026-09-13 | Long-form | 538,530 | 2:51:09 | 4.07x |
| [World's Toughest Flights \| Ice Planes: Landing Where No One Should Fly \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/39xMEQ_WEZw/) | 2026-09-09 | Long-form | 443,292 | 3:01:50 | 3.92x |
| [The Nenets People \| Siberia: Life in One of the Coldest Places on Earth \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/iQib-Apwtj4/) | 2026-09-06 | Long-form | 118,836 | 47:36 | 1.25x |
| [Zurich Main Station: How Switzerland’s Busiest Train Station Actually Works \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/2CLFFdF-TbA/) | 2026-09-02 | Long-form | 145,876 | 52:27 | 1.94x |
| [The Prisoners Nobody Can Control \| A Prison System at Breaking Point \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/Nx1BmweYkhw/) | 2026-08-30 | Long-form | 290,339 | 49:44 | 4.4x |
| [The Most Dangerous Job in Wrestling \| Inside Mexico’s Lucha Libre \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/CdU4DuEr214/) | 2026-08-26 | Long-form | 107,519 | 47:09 | 2.1x |
| [World’s Biggest Car Wash: Secrets of the Giant Cleaning Machine \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/w3Gbo-u7M1M/) | 2026-08-23 | Long-form | 64,790 | 49:46 | 1.76x |
| [The Gateway to the Mediterranean \| Marseille’s Iconic Train Station \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/K_8wyUmn6uE/) | 2026-08-19 | Long-form | 23,276 | 51:51 | - |
| [The World's Most Impossible Rescues \| Survival Against All Odds \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/6S10meb3NJQ/) | 2026-08-16 | Long-form | 37,839 | 48:28 | 1.03x |
| [The Inmates We Fear Most \| Inside a Maximum Security Prison for Murderers \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/ESC3uoTQJus/) | 2026-08-14 | Long-form | 1,535,622 | 1:33:35 | 43.71x |
| [The Hidden World of Europe's Most Stunning Train Station \| Lisbon \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/jKWEZV4yN4o/) | 2026-08-12 | Long-form | 34,552 | 52:31 | 1.21x |
| [World's Most Isolated Town \| Surviving the Last Town Before the North Pole \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/t-awSHNJ79s/) | 2026-08-09 | Long-form | 82,984 | 52:35 | 2.75x |
| [Italy's Mega Prison \| Rebibbia: Mafia Bosses on Stage \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/Ci7HlkDwKio/) | 2026-08-07 | Long-form | 67,297 | 52:33 | 2.48x |
| [China's Disaster Zones: Civilian Rescuers \| No Ordinary Rescue \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/6bVsOohLz-Y/) | 2026-08-05 | Long-form | 13,835 | 46:21 | - |
| [World's New Megacities \| Dubai: The Desert Supercity \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/ngjR2BvBq9I/) | 2026-08-02 | Long-form | 32,333 | 52:15 | 1.27x |
| [Mystery Places: Siberian Mega Mine, Most Dangerous Hotel & Extreme Airport \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/fRqJPVZkYzQ/) | 2026-07-31 | Long-form | 35,710 | 52:37 | 1.22x |
| [Filipino Inferno Hunters \| Manila: Citizen Firefighters \| No Ordinary Rescue \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/G6_i7C_dr2g/) | 2026-07-29 | Long-form | 20,552 | 46:14 | - |
| [World's Toughest Arctic Ships: Working at the Edge of the World \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/zIlIM6B691E/) | 2026-07-26 | Long-form | 95,581 | 3:01:06 | 3.31x |
| [Mystery Places: Ghost Town, Dr. Seuss House & Deadliest Bird's Nest Harvest \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/y0_BzF7wywI/) | 2026-07-24 | Long-form | 27,939 | 52:18 | - |
| [Vietnam's Motorcycle Vigilantes \| No Ordinary Rescue \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/XPpcZ_bYmGI/) | 2026-07-22 | Long-form | 14,430 | 46:57 | - |
| [World's New Megacities \| Muscat: Arabia's Hidden Metropolis \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/2A8cVqIKPus/) | 2026-07-19 | Long-form | 23,519 | 51:20 | - |
| [Mystery Places: Luxury Doomsday Bunker, King Cobra Village & More \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/TkOf4x_4fqI/) | 2026-07-17 | Long-form | 26,245 | 53:27 | - |
| [World's Oldest Divers \| Haenyeo: South Korea's Most Dangerous Tradition \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/tKC4Ws9nF38/) | 2026-07-15 | Long-form | 23,223 | 52:40 | - |
| [World's New Megacities \| Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Vertical City \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/cCX8t3rKIMw/) | 2026-07-12 | Long-form | 44,697 | 52:08 | - |
| [South America's Biggest Railway Hub \| Retiro Station, Buenos Aires \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/6S5BHS0k0xI/) | 2026-07-10 | Long-form | 29,894 | 52:26 | - |
| [Behind the Badge \| The Truth About Police Brutality in South Africa \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/qhTg0YpMbZ0/) | 2026-07-08 | Long-form | 80,129 | 27:35 | 2.02x |
| [World's New Megacities \| Jakarta: City of 30 Million \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/AVKOvDFmYwo/) | 2026-07-05 | Long-form | 58,348 | 52:06 | - |
| [The Hidden World of Grand Central Terminal \| New York \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/PUEhz9X6RL8/) | 2026-07-03 | Long-form | 245,443 | 52:40 | 1.23x |
| [South Africa's Deadliest Streets \| Durban After Dark \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/AchVC6jnfl0/) | 2026-07-01 | Long-form | 288,830 | 34:01 | 1.87x |
| [The Tribe That Left the Forest \| Mlabri: Asia's Forgotten People \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/j6qCVFm47ws/) | 2026-06-28 | Long-form | 243,045 | 50:50 | 1.7x |
| [Egypt's Busiest Railway Station \| Ramses Station, Cairo \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/8CB-ZXgoe3o/) | 2026-06-26 | Long-form | 97,864 | 52:46 | 1.15x |
| [Earth Untold: Java \| Hidden Tales from the World's Most Crowded Island \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/yd2ovFw1N6w/) | 2026-06-24 | Long-form | 316,169 | 50:22 | 1.86x |
| [World's Most Dangerous Roads \| East Africa: Mission to Collision \| Full Series \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/pfx2qO231es/) | 2026-06-21 | Long-form | 218,054 | 3:10:20 | 1.47x |
| [The Station at the End of Russia \| Vladivostok Station \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/F5L_ZAPRNSk/) | 2026-06-19 | Long-form | 42,632 | 52:18 | - |

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