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When can we expect to see a page or pages containing some of the most popular questions on Stack Overflow?

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Already exists.

Popularity by votes:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions?sort=votes

Popularity by views (here 250 views as minimum):
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=views%3A250

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  • Any reason for the number being 250?
    – David Starkey
    Commented Aug 23, 2013 at 20:11
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    Note: This doesn't sort them by views...
    – hayd
    Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 2:16
  • I would like to be able to access a list of all my own questions across the entire SE network where I can sort my views/popularity if this exists...
    – zigojacko
    Commented Jun 25, 2015 at 7:32
  • Most viewed: stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/…
    – Jheyman Mejia
    Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 20:43
  • This doesn't address favorites.
    – Ryan Mortensen
    Commented Mar 19, 2020 at 18:54
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The Stack Exchange Data Explorer can be used to find the most viewed questions using this data query.

If you wish you can make a fork of the query to customise the results displayed to include more or less details regarding each question. (e.g. Comments, Answers, Favourites, Votes)

Change the last line:

ORDER BY ViewCount DESC

to

ORDER BY AnswerCount DESC

to sort by answers, or

ORDER BY FavoriteCount DESC

to sort by favorites, or

ORDER BY Score DESC

to sort by votes/score.

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