Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decwrl!reid From: reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION (DEC 86) Message-ID: <7316@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Thu, 1-Jan-87 11:10:17 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.7316 Posted: Thu Jan 1 11:10:17 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Jan-87 22:14:08 EST Sender: reid@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 54 Approved: reid@decwrl.UUCP Xref: mnetor news.lists:26 news.groups:112 TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced them. +-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide. | +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population | | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all | | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month) | | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month) | | | | | +-- Participation ratio | | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader | | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders | | | | | | | | who read this group. V V V V V V V V 1 20000 1652 97% 1 42.0 0 0.01 13.9% mod.sources 2 9900 835 97% 64 167.3 6 0.07 7.0% mod.recipes 3 7700 650 97% 15 36.7 2 0.02 5.5% mod.std.unix 4 7100 597 97% 167 310.1 23 0.18 5.0% mod.protocols.tcp-ip 5 6100 509 97% 35 68.1 5 0.04 4.3% sci.math 6 4900 412 97% 2 46.6 0 0.04 3.5% mod.protocols.kermit 7 4000 333 97% 1 4.6 0 0.00 2.8% mod.os 8 11000 949 96% 8 18.7 0 0.01 8.0% mod.newprod 9 10000 882 96% 2 24.6 0 0.01 7.4% mod.newslists 10 10000 879 96% 57 111.0 5 0.04 7.4% mod.ai 11 9500 796 96% 191 308.3 20 0.13 6.7% mod.computers.vax 12 9300 784 96% 7 12.1 0 0.01 6.6% mod.computers.workstations 13 9100 766 96% 11 22.1 1 0.01 6.4% mod.compilers 14 8600 720 96% 18 463.8 2 0.22 6.1% mod.mac 15 8400 702 96% 4 132.7 0 0.06 5.9% mod.computers.ibm-pc 16 8200 690 96% 1 1.6 0 0.00 5.8% mod.computers.laser-printers 17 7600 640 96% 81 2590.7 10 1.40 5.4% mod.mac.binaries 18 7600 639 96% 1 11.0 0 0.01 5.4% mod.mac.sources 19 7200 605 96% 72 135.1 10 0.08 5.1% mod.telecom 20 7200 604 96% 4 26.1 0 0.01 5.1% mod.graphics 21 4100 344 96% 22 48.4 5 0.05 2.9% mod.protocols.appletalk 22 4000 340 96% 1 1.0 0 0.00 2.9% mod.protocols 23 3800 316 96% 11 23.2 3 0.02 2.7% sci.math.symbolic 24 3100 258 96% 7 8.5 2 0.01 2.2% sci.math.stat 25 2900 244 96% 1 24.7 0 0.03 2.1% mod.os.os9 26 2100 180 96% 1 3.1 0 0.01 1.5% mod.computers.ridge 27 8300 697 95% 10 40.7 1 0.02 5.9% mod.os.unix 28 6200 525 95% 1 58.6 0 0.04 4.4% mod.computers.sun 29 6000 503 95% 42 82.9 7 0.06 4.2% sci.electronics 30 5400 455 95% 1 0.9 0 0.00 3.8% mod.std.c 31 3900 326 95% 12 14.3 3 0.01 2.7% mod.computers.apollo 32 28000 2334 94% 95 2355.2 3 0.34 19.6% net.sources 33 25000 2113 94% 1 9.6 0 0.00 17.8% mod.announce 34 8100 683 94% 47 54.9 5 0.03 5.7% misc.wanted 35 7100 600 94% 11 181.2 1 0.10 5.0% mod.risks 36 3200 273 94% 8 14.1 2 0.02 2.3% mod.computers.pyramid 37 3000 248 94% 8 35.6 2 0.05 2.1% mod.computers.masscomp 38 15000 1265 93% 47 1101.4 3 0.29 10.6% net.sources.games 39 14000 1164 93% 11 51.4 0 0.01 9.8% net.sources.bugs 40 12000 1022 93% 60 155.4 5 0.05 8.6% misc.jobs