I’ve never worked on a Django codebase that puts Meta at the top of a model definition. Not saying that it’s the wrong hint to do, but this just feels like feigned surprise because you surely also know that it’s far from common.
It very much was feigned surprise, though I do know a few Django devs who prefer top. I've never really understood the logic for hiding it in the middle or at the bottom even though both are much more common.