You can sort GitHub issues by most "upvoted" using this syntax:

is:issue is:open sort:reactions-+1-desc 

Thanks to gromenauer for making me aware of it in this GitHub comment.

Full documentation for sorting GitHub issues and pull requests can be found here.

EDIT (2024-08-27T05:20Z): There are also UI options that enable sorting by most "upvoted":

  • On desktop (through a web browser):

  • On mobile (through the app):

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Is this in the issue search bar?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Yeah. I believe it should also work in the pull request search bar, but I haven't checked.

    EDIT (2024-08-27T05:21Z): I just checked, and yeah the Pull requests viewer has the same search option.

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