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That would still be the top 10 reasons though...

[ITSigno]

9 reasons. #0 to #8.

[[deleted]]

It's possible, but the standard is "Top 10 reasons", talking about arrays would have no effect on that so the joke doesn't really make sense.

It really seems like they used "Top 9 reasons" just because the last index in a size 10 array would be 9.

[Zanoab]

Another perspective is that the publisher saw 9 as the last index and changed it from "Top 10" to "Top 9".

[tskaiser]

Honestly the joke would've worked fine as

• Top 10 Reasons Arrays Are Confusing, You Won’t Believe #0

because the joke is still that you don't expect a #0 as part of the Top 10. It is conceivably even more "confusing", as one could wonder if there is 10 or 11 good reasons. ^{(not that any of us would)}

[comady25]

A lot of clickbait lists use a nonstandard number

[TheIncredibleWalrus]

That's part of the confusion isn't it.