popularity of documentaries

 

Crime documentaries: crime documentaries have a wide range of target audience based on the crime, time of the crime and channel it is presented on. Women are often the primary consumers of crime documentaries as they take up 70% of the 80% of true crime audiences. True crime is often a popular genre of documentaries as they offer an insight into the person behind their crimes often, we get to see their childhood and the reason they where lead down the path they took. We also get to know the victims they took  and their families that were impacted and how the victims ended up in the position, they where in. they show us the punishments that were given and provide and interesting deep dive into a person’s thoughts, feeling, past trauma and the way they ended up how they become.  

Environmental documentaries: environmental documentaries also have a wide range of target audience. However, there is still a primary target audience which are primarily a younger audience who are going to be the most impacted by climate change. These documentaries tend to be popular to inspire change and enlighten the world to the growing concern of our plants current state. These documentaries also help to show the conditions of other areas of our world that we don’t live in that we may be ignorant to and how we can make small changes in our lives to help improve our global home.

Disaster documentaries: disaster documentaries also have a wide target audience, but their primary audience is outdoor enthusiast or thrill and suspense seekers. What makes these documentaries popular is that they are interesting for those who are wanting to do the same activities as the show what can go wrong and provide a realistic perspective to these expeditions and personal challenges. However, these are also popular with those who enjoy thrill as it is real experience which cause better sense of suspense and in turn greater caution when doing personal challenges.