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20,343,280 subscribers — tl;dw /r/Documentaries is reddit's main subreddit for documentaries. Please read our community rules.

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Top posts this week

The 10 highest-scored posts from the last 7 days — ranking by real score over a week naturally filters out posts that got removed shortly after posting.

PostScorePosted
Elon Musk has spent $735M in political donations since 2024. Americans can’t let him buy another election. (2026) [00:10:33]36954d ago
CORRUPTIONLAND: The $377 Billion Trump Investigation (2026) [33:47]14886d ago
How a Generation of Young Jews Turned on What They Were Taught | Israelism (2026) [1:24:17]6607d ago
Albania in Transition (2026) - How peaceful environmental protests against coastal mega-resorts exploded into a 140-day nationwide [0:05:10]2353d ago
The Hidden Victims of China’s Death Penalty | Children of Shame (2014) [00:52:12]2314d ago
They're Building a Machine to Make You Behave (2026) [38:48]2272d ago
How a Generation of Young Jews Turned on What They Were Taught | Israelism (2026) [1:24:17]1567d ago
In Guns We Trust (2026) – Two Australians explore America’s gun culture, from mass-shooting survivors to firearms collectors [01:17:00]1265d ago
Denied at the US Border, Dead 48 Hours Later (2026) - How a Canadian man fled 2,600 miles convinced someone was hunting him, only to be found dead in Knoxville with $4,000 in untouched cash [00:13:29]1106d ago
Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997) [02:44:57]853d ago

Posting rules

  • Free Documentaries Only
  • Post Title Format
  • Post Correct Title & Description
  • Submission Statements Are REQUIRED
  • No Self-Promotion, YT Channel Promotion, or Solicitation
  • No Bigotry, Dehumanization, or Discrimination
  • No Brigading, Harassment, Trolling, Threats, False Sub Accusations, or Metadrama
  • Be Respectful to Others
  • Direct Documentary Video Links Only
  • No Misinformation. Source with Trustworthy Links
  • No File Lockers, Linkjacking, or Torrents
  • Do Not Delete Popular Submissions
  • Text Post Requirement - Recommendation Requests Only
  • No Reposts (3 month rule)
  • Moderator Discretion and Reddit Rules

Pull this with the API

1 credit per page — this exact request:

curl
curl "https://api.threadsnoop.com/v1/posts?subreddit=Documentaries&limit=25" \
  -H "x-api-key: ts_live_YOUR_KEY"

See /docs/posts for pagination, filtering with q=, and full response shape, or /docs/subreddits for the rules endpoint used above.

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