Top 10 Most Commented On Lists
Published on December 10, 2007 - 49 Comments
A few people have started asking for lists of lists so I thought a good one to start us off with would be the most commented on lists. Sometimes they are commented on because they are controversial, but sometimes it is just because they are so damned good! So, here are the lists that you have all contributed the most to.
10. Top 10 Most Depressing Rock Songs
Total Comments: 162
This list was very popular and surprisingly not controversial. Many people added their own choice of top 10 in the comments but there was very little debate. If you want some depressing rock songs - the ten on this list and the thousands mentioned in the comments will certainly keep you busy.
9. Top 10 Amazing Facts about Dreams
Total Comments: 165
People are very interested in dreams so this list generated a lot of conversation. There was some debate over the truth of some of the points, but in general people liked the list. This one did very well on Reddit, which brought us a lot of new visitors.
8. Top 10 Differences between Europe and America
Total Comments: 168
This list caused so much anger that I had to rewrite large portions of it. Before I had the chance (I went to bed after posting it) to change it, the number of comments soared. Of all the items on this list, this probably got the most comments in the shortest time (second to just one other here).
7. Top 10 Common Misconceptions
Total Comments: 173
This one was very controversial - probably because people like to hold on to what they believe even if it is not true. People took issue with the section on Darwin, Hitler, Toilets, and even the chameleons! It is a great list by JT who has submitted many brilliant lists to the site. Oh - and it briefly stirred up a religious debate.
6. Top 10 Worst Living Dictators
Total Comments: 177
Firstly, George Bush is not on the list. That, however, did not stop a large number of people from throwing him in and debating - this list became very heated. In fact, US civil liberties became the focus of the majority of comments.
5. Top 10 Unsolved Mysteries
Total Comments: 179
Instead of political debate, this list ended up with a bit of religious debate due to my inclusion of the Holy Shroud of Turin. As with most of our posts here, though, the comments were all intelligent (especially mine!) and given in a good spirit. This list spawned two more lists due to its popularity and the number of great unsolved mysteries in the world.
4. Top 10 Incredible Recordings
Total Comments: 182
This list hit the site two weeks after we launched. It was one of my favorite lists to write and it hit the front page of Digg and Reddit. The looking back over our graphs of traffic, the digg effect gave us a massive boost and the numbers never dropped. The most popular items on the list are the exorcism, the Jim Jones suicide tape, and the castrato. I have yet to produce a second list of incredible recordings, but you can be sure I will do so. If you know of any eerie or amazing recordings, let me know.
3. Top 10 Most Evil Women
Total Comments: 184
This list was a very popular one - but my inclusion of two Nazi women caused one poster (Sakul) to put forward the revisionist idea that the holocaust never happened. In response, Loose Cannon defended the traditional view. Even I got heated in the comments and that is rare. The comments here are very entertaining. The photo above is of Irma Grese - otherwise known as the Bitch of Belsen.
2. Top 15 Beatles Songs
Total Comments: 220
This was the list in which Randall (our resident novel-writing commenter) first drew a lot of attention to himself. He has since gone on to write many other intelligent comments that we all appreciate and has submitted a highly popular list. When people weren’t arguing about which of their favorite songs were missing, they were arguing about whether Led Zeppelin were better than the Beatles. I enjoyed the comments on this list immensely.
1. Top 10 Stephen King Books
Total Comments: 240
I would say that most people visiting this site have at one time or another read a book or seen a film by Stephen King. His popularity ensured that this would be a popular list. Throw in to the mix a competition in which you can win a book by being the 100th and the 160th commenter and you have a recipe for the most comments on the site. It certainly worked.
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1. DMH - December 10th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Great List! Love the comments!….(being sarcastic)..:)
2. AndiQ - December 10th, 2007 at 11:24 am
awesome list of lists. I’ve read all the original lists, but now i have to go back and browse all the comments! Tricksy!
3. AHHHH!!!!! - December 10th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Third time’s a charm!
4. InconsistentAngelThings - December 10th, 2007 at 11:45 am
heeey, i thought i read all the lists, and some of these i haven’t seen before….
*confused* o_O
5. Randall - December 10th, 2007 at 11:45 am
wooooooo… I got singled out for a mention… trying to decide if I should feel honored… or cringe-y.
But thanks for the kind words, J.
6. DanOhh - December 10th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
What I like best about the majority of the comments on the List Universe is that they are comments about the artical. I’ve been on so many other sites where most of the comments are about how stupid another person’s comment was or they’re just a plain idiot who doesn’t get a joke. Even when people don’t agree on a List here they’ll back it up with something more than “You Suck!”
7. JMurf - December 10th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
how ironic would it be if this list got number 1
8. evan - December 10th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
i dont think it would be ironic at all
9. JMurf - December 10th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
i dont know evan, if we tried it could get into the top 10 ironic lists list, that would be more apt than ironic
10. dangorironhide - December 10th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Lets start the paradox campaign! Make this list get to the number one spot on itsself
11. JMurf - December 10th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
The digital camera list should get number 1 on the ironic list, for all the pictures being photoshopped
12. SubliminalDeath666 - December 10th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Hehe! Nice list! It’s about time!
13. Dana - December 10th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
I knew it was coming!
14. Diogenes - December 10th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
a flowing translation of existance. we all want to escape into differnet worlds were everyone else doesnt misunderstand. to get away from papa and mama. live the wild life in a world of wonder and awe. but the power of community is a glowing cult of glorious acceptance.
Then the ‘evil woman’ and ‘beatles’ surface and popular horror becomes the way of the Universe.
15. TerranRich - December 10th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
This is list is so META!!!
16. Lauren - December 10th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Man… I really wanted to be comment number 19, but I have to go to bed…
Stephen King rules all things…
17. Harsha - December 10th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
dangerironhide: Yeah! Lets do it!….Keep posting maybe even wid some of those bullshit spam like “visit soandsopornosite.com” so that this takes up the #1 spot
18. Reg123456 - December 10th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
I would’ve thought the top religious and atheist quotes list would have been in this list. Weird.
19. jfrater - December 10th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
Reg123456: I expected that too but no - the religious debates have all been on the non-religious lists
20. corinthian0430 - December 11th, 2007 at 3:30 am
Yar! I got a book from #1
(still hasn’t arrived yet tho) 
21. dangorironhide - December 11th, 2007 at 3:54 am
Harsha: OMG this is so amazing! if you post this comment on 45,000 lists and then go on www.growyourpenisbiggerwhilewa.....enaked.com and spend at least £300 then press ctrl-tab-F5-Y-45-F1 your name will appear on the screen in big letters!
haha
22. Harsha - December 11th, 2007 at 6:17 am
dangorironhide: Just one small catch, Jamie frater doesn’t have 45,000 lists or else I might have done that!!
23. dangorironhide - December 11th, 2007 at 6:25 am
Oh god you’re not one of THOSE people are you?
24. jfrater - December 11th, 2007 at 7:03 am
you guys are weird!
25. jfrater - December 11th, 2007 at 7:09 am
Corinthian: according to Amazon: Shipping estimate: December 6, 2007 - December 17, 2007
26. dangorironhide - December 11th, 2007 at 7:26 am
jfrater: we go on this site, what do you expect!
haha
27. jfrater - December 11th, 2007 at 7:28 am
hrm - what does that say about me?
28. SocialButterfly - December 11th, 2007 at 7:49 am
that you are the leader of wierd list readers!!
29. jfrater - December 11th, 2007 at 8:24 am
SocialButterfly: wow - that reads like a tongue twister!
30. SocialButterfly - December 11th, 2007 at 11:14 am
*rubs knuckles on shirt* I know, i know…
31. JMurf - December 11th, 2007 at 11:34 am
keep em comin people
32. dangorironhide - December 11th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Holy shit guys! SPAMSPAMSPAMBIGGERPENIZSPAMSPAM!!
I’m sure we can think of better ways to get the count up.
God doesnt exist. Obama for president. Led Zep are better than the Beatles. The Hives are better than them both. Discuss
33. jfrater - December 11th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
dangorironhide: yep - that’ll do it
34. JMurf - December 11th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
George bush has the same qualities, in everyone’s opinion, as jesus, hitler and tom cruise combined………..
35. SocialButterfly - December 11th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
JMurf: That’s quite the cocktail!
36. wowzer - December 11th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
JMurf: Hey! Godwins Law!
The Pope needs to repeal the Ten Driving Commandments, Bush planned 9/11 with the help of Karl Rove and Castro under the plans of PNAC, the polar ice caps are NOT melting, the moon really is made of green cheese, and Brittany Speares would be a good role model if not for her habit of showing her nether regions in public. Have at it.
37. Kelsi - December 11th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
And to think I helped make history….
38. dangorironhide - December 12th, 2007 at 1:45 am
JMrurf: I disagree. Jesus had some good stories.
39. JMurf - December 12th, 2007 at 7:09 am
dangorironhide: Jesus stories all involve Freddy Mercury [ very very poor musician and singer] and AIDS
40. dangorironhide - December 12th, 2007 at 7:17 am
JMurf: Ok, maybe his stories were all about AIDS. That good samaritan story? It was a metaphor for how good people avoid aids and the bad evil samaritan was stricken down with the burden of aids for eternty.
I bet Bush doesnt even know what AIDS is, or even how he managed to catch it (buttseks with condoleeza - shes his biatch)
41. JMurf - December 12th, 2007 at 9:27 am
Bush is AIDS, probably because he’s done more for the world than the beatles, led zepplin and isaac newton swimming in a crappy gene pool of humanity
42. Hoshi - December 12th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
hmm… interesting list, i suggest you also make a list for weird fashion fads XD
43. Hoshi - December 12th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
hmm.. saw list about worst fads, but only mood rings and saggy pants were the fashion items there. do u have a list about worst fashion fads? if u don’t, please make one! XD
44. jfrater - December 13th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Hoshi: I definitely plan to do that at some point
45. Mav - December 13th, 2007 at 12:24 am
I guess people really love the lost art of reading.
46. dangorironhide - December 13th, 2007 at 1:23 am
JMurf: Bush only had AIDS. It’s actually the Beatles themselves that are AIDS. Thats why they killed Lennon.
What did the Beatles ever do for modern music?
It’s like they say. “Everybody’s got AIDS! AIDS AIDS AIDS!”
Folks should forget AIDS and listen to REAL music.
47. The Great Buddha - December 31st, 2007 at 2:46 am
you forgot the top 20 scientific facts with like 220 comments it sparked a global warming debate, an evolution debate, and a debate as to whether some guy was a scientist or not.
48. fishing4monkeys - February 5th, 2008 at 3:51 am
Well this is alittle out of date…haha the bible stories list beats #1 5 times over!