Top10HQ puts the world in top 10 lists. There are more than 1,500 of them, about movies, music, TV series, animals, sports, records and much more. Some lists are about facts, others are a well-argued opinion.
Who is behind Top10HQ
Top10HQ is part of groei.media, the online publishing company of Menno Verheijen. Menno has been building websites since 2009. His biggest site is the Dutch top 10 site Alletop10lijstjes.nl, and Top10HQ is its international counterpart. Menno is not a film critic, biologist or historian and does not present himself as one. He is responsible for the direction of the site: which topics are covered, how the lists are built and that the facts are correct.
Facts and opinions
A list like the largest countries in the world or the fastest animals is about facts. Those are looked up in reliable sources. Numbers do change, though: records are broken and new data comes in. That is why older lists are updated regularly. At the top of every article you can see when that last happened.
A list like the best Tom Hanks movies or the best songs by Queen is different. That is an opinion, backed up with arguments, but still an opinion. You may well have a different number 1, and that is part of the fun.
Top10HQ is first and foremost a site to read and discover. For a school paper or a thesis, it is better to use the original sources.
Where the lists come from
Many lists started on Dutch sister sites of groei.media, such as Alletop10lijstjes.nl, and were translated and adapted for an international audience. Other lists were written for Top10HQ directly.
Transparency: AI as a tool
Keeping more than 1,500 lists accurate and up to date is a big job. AI is used as a tool for that: to research a topic, compare numbers, translate and structure an article. AI does not publish lists on its own. Topics are chosen by people, facts are checked against reliable sources and every text is edited before it goes online. The technology makes the work faster; the judgement stays with the editors.
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