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From: reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid)
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Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY (NOV 88)
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Date: 1 Dec 88 11:52:29 GMT
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TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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)
       |     |     |      |     |      +-- Crossposting percentage
       |     |     |      |     |      |    +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
       |     |     |      |     |      |    |       +-- Share: % of newsreaders
       |     |     |      |     |      |    |       |   who read this group.
       V     V     V      V     V      V    V       V
  1 56000  3792   98%    24   99.0     0%  0.00   15.2%  news.announce.conferences
  2 42000  2816   87%    68  138.2     5%  0.01   11.3%  rec.humor.funny
  3 41000  2792   98%    39 1490.2     8%  0.07   11.2%  comp.sources.unix
  4 41000  2759   96%  1009 1583.6    10%  0.07   11.1%  comp.sys.ibm.pc
  5 39000  2648   99%     6   70.7     0%  0.00   10.6%  news.announce.newusers
  6 37000  2526   95%   178  312.4     8%  0.01   10.2%  misc.jobs.offered
  7 37000  2510   97%   342  544.0    16%  0.03   10.1%  comp.unix.questions
  8 34000  2303   98%    33  657.8     0%  0.04    9.3%  comp.sources.misc
  9 33000  2243   87%   282  302.7    36%  0.01    9.0%  misc.forsale
 10 32000  2192   60%   781 1140.3     8%  0.04    8.8%  alt.sex
 11 30000  2056   84%  1133 1673.2     3%  0.09    8.3%  rec.humor
 12 29000  1979   99%   875 1514.5    18%  0.09    8.0%  comp.unix.wizards
 13 28000  1927   98%   324  621.1    34%  0.04    7.7%  news.groups
 14 28000  1915   98%   120  199.9    18%  0.01    7.7%  comp.sources.d
 15 28000  1905   97%   668 1131.4    11%  0.07    7.7%  comp.lang.c
 16 27000  1819   97%  1237 2029.9    14%  0.13    7.3%  comp.sys.mac
 17 27000  1804   97%   237  518.0     9%  0.03    7.3%  comp.misc
 18 26000  1776   97%   133  141.6    41%  0.01    7.1%  misc.wanted
 19 25000  1721   97%   252  439.2    21%  0.03    6.9%  comp.graphics
 20 24000  1652   98%   287  565.3    57%  0.04    6.6%  news.admin
 21 23000  1587   98%   425  821.1     5%  0.06    6.4%  comp.arch
 22 23000  1572   98%   211  252.6    28%  0.02    6.3%  comp.sources.wanted
 23 22000  1515   95%    41 1569.9     0%  0.12    6.1%  comp.binaries.ibm.pc
 24 22000  1508   98%   213  373.4    61%  0.03    6.1%  news.misc
 25 22000  1502   68%   385  730.6    10%  0.04    6.0%  comp.sys.next
 26 22000  1481   98%    10  521.9     0%  0.04    6.0%  comp.sources.games
 27 21000  1446   86%  1541 2375.5     4%  0.18    5.8%  soc.singles
 28 21000  1439   97%    18   61.0     0%  0.01    5.8%  comp.newprod
 29 21000  1415   99%     3   10.9    67%  0.00    5.7%  news.announce.important
 30 20000  1376   88%   484  757.2    34%  0.06    5.5%  misc.consumers
 31 20000  1370   87%   385  567.7     9%  0.05    5.5%  misc.consumers.house
 32 19000  1276   95%   113  189.4     2%  0.02    5.1%  misc.jobs.misc
 33 19000  1256   96%   249  471.5    38%  0.04    5.1%  comp.ai
 34 18000  1243   98%    70  510.0     6%  0.05    5.0%  comp.sources.bugs
 35 18000  1240   80%    15  308.3    14%  0.03    5.0%  alt.sources
 36 18000  1238   96%   152  196.6    26%  0.02    5.0%  misc.misc
 37 18000  1233   87%  1087 2202.6     2%  0.20    5.0%  rec.arts.startrek
 38 18000  1232   98%    18  155.3    53%  0.02    5.0%  news.lists
 39 18000  1228   98%    17  341.6     0%  0.03    4.9%  comp.risks
 40 18000  1204   88%   665  864.0     2%  0.08    4.8%  rec.arts.movies