Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!newsstats
From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
Newsgroups: news.lists
Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
Message-ID: <29448@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 22 Sep 88 15:58:24 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2143.8    1116      5.36  4.5%     4.5%     talk.politics.misc (4.6)
   2  1875.4      45      4.69  4.0%     8.5%     comp.sources.misc (1.0)
   3  1596.2      36      3.99  3.4%    11.9%     comp.sources.unix (1.0)
   4  1573.2     115      3.93  3.3%    15.2%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   5  1384.6     701      3.46  2.9%    18.1%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.6)
   6  1233.4      24      3.08  2.6%    20.7%     comp.sources.x (1.0)
   7  1041.7      35      2.60  2.2%    22.9%     comp.binaries.atari.st (1.0)
   8   817.2     382      2.04  1.7%    24.6%     talk.religion.misc (2.9)
   9   791.7     419      1.98  1.7%    26.3%     misc.headlines (2.7)
  10   771.2     507      1.93  1.6%    27.9%     rec.arts.comics (2.9)
  11   761.7     660      1.90  1.6%    29.6%     comp.sys.mac (1.7)
  12   711.2     515      1.78  1.5%    31.1%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.9)
  13   685.8      21      1.71  1.4%    32.5%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  14   641.0      23      1.60  1.4%    33.9%     comp.binaries.ibm.pc (1.5)
  15   636.2     544      1.59  1.3%    35.2%     comp.sys.amiga (2.0)
  16   633.0     520      1.58  1.3%    36.5%     soc.singles (2.5)
  17   632.3     275      1.58  1.3%    37.9%     rec.games.frp (2.0)
  18   623.3     447      1.56  1.3%    39.2%     alt.flame (4.4)
  19   614.1     558      1.54  1.3%    40.5%     rec.music.misc (2.2)
  20   603.0     875      1.51  1.3%    41.8%     talk.bizarre (6.4)
  21   570.6     447      1.43  1.2%    43.0%     comp.lang.c (2.1)
  22   570.5     162      1.43  1.2%    44.2%     rec.music.synth (1.7)
  23   560.4     334      1.40  1.2%    45.4%     comp.os.vms (1.5)
  24   551.6     441      1.38  1.2%    46.5%     rec.arts.movies (1.8)
  25   543.1     112      1.36  1.1%    47.7%     comp.graphics (1.2)

$ Cost is the cost of sending it over a Trailblazer to UUNET, using the 
800 number and Night rates. (1000 characters per second and $9 per hour)
I.e .25 cents per kilobyte