PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022

Throughout 2022, PolitiFact tackled misinformation across a myriad of issues, including multiple mass shootings, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and the midterm elections.

PolitiFact wanted to take a look at what fact-checks our readers clicked on the most.

Many of our top fact-checks were of statements surfaced through our partnership with Meta to debunk misinformation on Facebook and Instagram.

Most of the ones that appear on this list fell on the false side of our Truth-O-Meter, although one was rated Half True and another was Mostly True.

Here’s the PolitiFact countdown to the most popular fact-check of 2022.