Generates list of most popular terms

top_terms.php

//Adapted from http://wpsnipp.com/index.php/tags/show-most-used-tags-in-list/
function top_terms( $termName ){
  $terms = get_terms( $termName );
  $counts = $termLinks = array();
  foreach ( $terms as $term ){
    $counts[$term->name] = $term->count;
    $termLinksArray[$term->name] = get_term_link( $term );
  }

  asort( $counts );
  $counts = array_reverse( $counts, true );

  $i = 0;

  foreach ( $counts as $term => $count ) {
    $termLink = $termLinksArray[$term];

    $i++;
    $termSanitized = str_replace(' ', ' ', wp_specialchars( $term ));
    if( $i < 11 ){
        $termList .= '<li><a href="'.$termLink.'">'.$termSanitized.' ('. $count .')</a></li>';
    }
  }
  return $termList;
}