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Watch FRONTLINE’s 5 Most-Streamed Documentaries of 2025 (So Far)

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Patrice Taddonio

August 8, 2025

Looking for some documentaries to watch as summer continues? We’ve got you covered.

In the countdown below, we’ve collected the five new-in-2025 FRONTLINE documentaries that, as of publication time, had earned the most streams so far this year on PBS digital platforms and FRONTLINE’s YouTube channel combined.

Each of these FRONTLINE documentaries — and hundreds more — are available to stream anytime on our website, in the PBS App and on FRONTLINE’s YouTube channel.

Read, and watch, on.

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1. Syria After Assad

Patrice Taddonio.
Patrice Taddonio

Senior Digital Writer, FRONTLINE

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