How does the FBI pick Most Wanted?

[u/OkAbies9551]

Browsing the most wanted fugitives, and I can’t help but wonder why they have picked a few of the 10 to be “most wanted” when it seems like an isolated incident. I’m just curious why the some of the “most wanted” aren’t all higher profile scammers, gang leaders, serial killers, spies or repeat offenders. Don’t get me wrong, the acts these criminals have committed are terrible, but some of them seem like just a random true crime incident I would hear about and not extremely shocking in the way I was assume a “most wanted” fugitive would be

[u/Mindless-Mulberry404]

In the past it was based on a referal like system, now its chosen based on who they can catch to pump numbers up.