History Main / TopTenList

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Inverted with one WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail, where Strong Bad lists his [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail133.html "bottom 10"]].

->'''Caboose:''' ''In a Top Ten list, five is better than six.''\\
'''Church:''' ''We're not a Top Ten list!''
-->-- ''Machinima/RedVsBlue Reconstruction'', Episode 4

!![[JustForFun The Top 10 Examples Of This Trope]]:

* '''#10:''' In the Music/WeirdAlYankovic parody "Living With A Hernia", the bridge section names several forms of the ailment. In the video, a top ten list accompanies it, despite the list having only nine elements.

* '''#8:''' In a ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode, Bender was rigged with a bomb that would go off when he said his favorite word. This was explained by revealing a list of his top ten most common words (presented in the same style as Letterman's), although he has only actually said a few of them.

* '''#7:''' Website/{{Cracked}} is pretty much all Top N Lists. In fact they have claimed to be the world's leading producer of list based humor.
* '''#6:''' Website/GameFAQs posts a new user-created top ten list on the homepage every day.

** Website/ScrewAttack, which was hosted on [=GameTrailers=] until that site's demise (today, [=ScrewAttack=] is part of Creator/RoosterTeeth), has its own Top Ten List section, but they generally like to mix things up a bit, for instance having Best and Worst of... (5 each). And then there is the Top 10 [=PS3=] exclusives... which doesn't start until number 7 because there just weren't enough titles around at the time that qualified.

* '''#7:''' [[http://www.cracked.com/ Cracked]] is pretty much all Top N Lists. In fact they have claimed to be the world's leading producer of list based humor.

* The Notorious B.I.G.'s ''Ten Crack Commandments''

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic has the market cornered on [[UpToEleven Top 11]] lists, because he likes to go one step beyond.
** His DistaffCounterpart, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, brought it back down to 10 for one of her own countdowns, "because you guys need to watch ''[[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spinal Tap]]''".
** Fellow Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses contributor WebVideo/PawDugan has been known to do Top 9 lists.
** During his review of ''Film/{{North}}'', the line "Here, loosen his pants" prompted him to create a list of the top ten jokes he could make about that scene.
** He did bump it up to 12 for the Top Christmas Specials and Next Best Christmas Specials. Why? BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS!
** He also does a Top 10 Bear Jokes he could make for Creator/NicolasCage [[Film/TheWickerMan2006 punching a woman while wearing a bear suit]].
** Other sites, such as WebVideo/MrCoatAndFriends, will do top eleven lists as well as just plain top ten.
** Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy beat him to it by 12 years with his countdown of his own Top 11 Music Videos "because it's a prime number."
** Webvideo/TheRapCritic does annual Top Ten Worst Lyrics he heard that year, which at times was top 9 "because these songs deserve to be taken one step below".
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Inverted with one WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail, where Strong Bad lists his [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail133.html "bottom 10"]].

* The main gimmick behind the Creator/AnimalPlanet series ''Series/TheMostExtreme''
* Some ILoveTheExties shows are lists.
* America's Social Security Administration produces perennial Top Ten Lists of given names for boys and girls. "Michael" has been at the top the boy list for decades.

* The Notorious B.I.G.'s ''Ten Crack Commandments''
* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al once made a list of top 10 ways Marcy could make herself more attractive, such as: "Hire attractive woman to stand in front of you at all times."

* ''Series/CountdownWithKeithOlbermann'' is a top five list of U.S. political news stories with commentary, with a separate top-three list embedded inside it. (Used to be two top-three lists - Best Persons is dead, long live Tea Time!)
* The UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} sketch-comedy show ''Series/AlmostLive'' inverted this with a sort of Bottom Ten: "The Lame List, or what's weak this week!"

* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} once did a top 10 ways to mispronounce 'big fat hairy deal'.
* Want to know what some random Youtuber thinks are the top 10 webcomics? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARPmOwpyzLQ No, of course you don't. Pay no attention to this link.]]
* [[Literature/TheBible The Ten Commandments]]: There were actually several hundred. Those are just the top ten. Moses would have had a lot less trouble keeping the crowd in check if he had relied on Paul Shaffer and the [[Creator/EastmanKodak Kodak]] Theater orchestra...
** A [[AuthorsSavingThrow different version]] is listed at Exodus 34, a very literal case of FlipFlopOfGod.
** As Creator/GeorgeCarlin points out, ten is a psychologically satisfying number. Sounds official, sounds important. If it had been the Eleven Commandments, people would have said, "What, are you kidding me? Get the fuck outta here."
* Radio program ''Radio/AmericanTop40'' is a TopTenList X 4.
* ProfessionalWrestling humor site Scoopthis.com used to do Top 9 lists, "because with a top 10, there's always one that sucks".
* ''Series/MostExtremeEliminationChallenge'' features the end of episode's "Kenny Blankenship's Painful Eliminations of the Day" which counts down the 10 Painful moments from the episode.
* There's actually a small culture of Website/{{YouTube}}rs who exclusively produce Top 10 lists, mostly on the subject of video games. Which seems to have been popularized mostly by two youtubers who go by the name of "Creator/TheAutarch" and "[[Creator/JoshScorcher The Fiery Joker]]". [[VideoGame/ForumFantasy They're also in a video game]].
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', referencing David Letterman, Barney makes one of names for the moving van to which he would bring women from the bar. Names include "The Ford Explore-her" and so on.
* ''Theatre/TheBibleTheCompleteWordOfGodAbridged'' has a reading of the Top Ten Rejected Commandments, most of which are topical jokes depending on the year of the production.
* WebVideo/WatchMojo.com's content is almost exclusively Top Ten lists.

* ''WebVideo/WhatCultureWrestling'' and its SpiritualSuccessor ''WebVideo/{{Cultaholic}}'' feature this kind of lists alongside most other content.
* ''Series/SportsCenter'' finishes up most episodes by counting down the ten best plays from the day in sports that's being recapped. On Sundays they also have the Not Top 10, the worst/most blooper-worthy 'highlights' from the previous week.
* The cover for the finale of Marvel Comics' run of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' had the hero on the David Udderman show delivering the top 10 reasons to buy that issue. Number 1: No teenagers, no mutants, no ninjas, no turtles.

* The "Top 10 Worst/Best Hit Songs of [year]" videos by ''WebVideo/DiamondAxeStudiosMusic''.
* ''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows'''s year-end lists, which contain his top 10 best and worst hit songs of the year. He has also made a few "Worst Hit Songs of [random year]" lists and a "Top Ten Songs about Mediocre Romance" list.

* ''WebVideo/TheSpiffingBrit'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v03YIJy55bY "Top 5 Hearts Of Iron 4 Exploits to cheat the game in Iron man!"]]

* ''Creator/LindsayEllis'': [[https://youtu.be/NeuLEu9ZePc?t=170 "Reevaluating The Little Mermaid before Disney horks up another live action remake"]]:
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* Nat X from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (played by Creator/ChrisRock) had a Top 5. The exact reason changed from episode to episode but it was always because TheMan was keeping him down.

Frequent when it comes to things like sales, box office, critical favorites, popular favorites, etc.

* ''WebVideo/LindsayEllis'': [[https://youtu.be/NeuLEu9ZePc?t=170 "Reevaluating The Little Mermaid before Disney horks up another live action remake"]]:

* Charlie from ''Series/{{Lost}}'' has a "Top Five" list of his favorite moments in his life in the Season 3 episode "Greatest Hits".
** [[{{Tearjerker}} #1: The night I met you.]]

-->Why Top 5? Because the man would never give me ten of anything! I'm lucky to get five!
-->Why five? Because ten would make the man [[RougeAnglesOfSatin loose]] sleep!
-->Why 5? [[DoubleEntendre 'Cause 10 would make the Man nervous.]]

* ''WebVideo/{{TheDuelLogs}}'' makes top 10 lists about ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh''.

* '''#3:''' [[http://www.csittl.com/ Christian and Scott's Interactive Top Ten List]] is long-running example on the internet. (Twice-weekly for ten or so years now..)

-->Why 5? [[DoubleEntendre 'Cause 10]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar would make the Man nervous.]]

* ''WebVideo/JakeAndAmir'''s RunningGag of Amir writing these on scrolls. All the items [[RhymesOnADime rhyme]] and are written more to suit the rhyme scheme than the topic. For example, #7 on his list of "Top 10 Fish to Fry" is "[[Creator/KevinBacon A Bacon named Kevin]]."

* ''WebVideo/JakeAndAmir'''s RunningGag of Amir writing these on scrolls. All the items [[RhymesOnADime rhyme]] and are written more to suit the rhyme scheme than the subject matter. For example, #7 on his list of "Top 10 Fish to Fry" is "[[Creator/KevinBacon A Bacon named Kevin]]."

* A RunningGag in ''WebVideo/JakeAndAmir'' is Amir's tendency to write these on scrolls. All the items [[RhymesOnADime rhyme]] and are written more to suit the rhyme scheme than the subject matter. For example, #7 on his list of "Top 10 Fish to Fry" is "[[Creator/KevinBacon A Bacon named Kevin]]."

* A RunningGag in ''WebVideo/JakeAndAmir'' is Amir's tendency to write these on scrolls. All the items [[RhymesOnADime rhyme]] and are written more to suit the rhyme scheme than the theme. For example, #7 on his list of "Top 10 Fish to Fry" is "[[Creator/KevinBacon A Bacon named Kevin]]."

-->"That's right, this ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' star has gone too far! I say we dip him in oil and serve him to a horde of his angry fans!"

* The cover for finale of Marvel Comics' run of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' had the hero on the David Udderman show delivering the top 10 reasons to buy that issue. Number 1: No teenagers, no mutants, no ninjas, no turtles.

* ''Literature/OneThousandAndOneMoviesYouMustSeeBeforeYouDie'' contains a list of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 1001 movies the author considers must-see movies]], with each entry accompanied by a short essay explaining why. However, it actually {{defie|dTrope}}s this trope; "must-see" is not the same as best, and the selection has been made with care taken to ensure that it includes the entire panorama of film history, with films from all eras, regions, and genres.