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title: "Documentary Series Trends 2017: Biography, Nature & Science"
description: "Download Parrot Analytics' latest whitepaper on documentary trends 2017: Biography, Nature & Science"
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#### Global Documentary Trends 2017: Biography, Nature and Science

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2017 saw the release of many great documentaries on a vast array of topics, from the diversity of nature, to food around the world, to historical events and issues and social problems happening today. However, which specific documentary subgenres performed best globally?

**Download this whitepaper to discover:**

- Which documentary subgenres performed best globally.
- How these subgenres fared in 2016.
- Where in the world biography documentaries were most popular.
- Where nature documentaries were most popular.
- Where science documentaries were most popular.

Streaming economics, IP valuation and entertainment analytics. Trusted by the smartest minds in global media

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