List of the BEST in 2023
Posted Dec 25, 2023
A List of the "BEST" in 2023
Movies
Spoiler alert: There’s going to be a lot of Oppenheimer on these lists. Christopher Nolan’s historical epic headlined a great year for cinema and is poised to win mucho Oscars.
TV
Succession ended its four-season run this year and should be a first ballot Hall-of-Famer. But Reservation Dogs, The Last of Us, and The Bear made it a banner year for TV.
Music
You’ll find lots of SZA, Boygenius, Zach Bryan, and Olivia Rodrigo here. You won’t find any Creed, but we maintain that “Higher” is the song of the year.
Books
Sure, you can read these on the beach, but there aren’t any saucy romance plots among these lists. We know what you really want: memoirs, a well-researched history of hot dogs, and pages full of urban planning facts to impress your friends with.
Apps of the year
Aside from the usual favorites (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, etc.), these apps captivated iPhone/Android users in 2023.
- Apple’s App Store Award winners
- Google Play’s best apps and games
- “17 iPhone Apps I couldn’t live without in 2023” (Digital Trends)
Best viral videos
This year, we paid livestreamers to say “ice cream so good,” yelled about creators misusing the term “POV,” and probably spent too much time on TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube, and maybe even Facebook.
- A thread of people’s favorite TikToks from when everyone thought the app was getting banned in the US.
- “Girl dinner, the Roman Empire: A look at TikTok's top videos, creators and trends of 2023” (USA Today)
- Year on TikTok 2023