Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!amdcad!decwrl!reid From: reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups Subject: BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY () Message-ID: <12181@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 20:53:28 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.12181 Posted: Tue Dec 1 20:53:28 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 08:48:58 EST Sender: reid@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 34 Approved: reid@decwrl.dec.com Xref: mnetor news.lists:325 news.groups:2104 BOTTOM 20 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) | | | | | +-- Participation ratio | | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader | | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders | | | | | | | | who read this group. V V V V V V V V 274 1600 137 40% 2 3.2 1 0.52 0.7% comp.sys.handhelds 275 1600 136 96% 22 39.1 14 15.00 0.7% comp.sys.pyramid 276 1600 133 23% 1 1.4 0 0.13 0.7% net.sources.bugs 277 1500 131 41% 11 8.4 7 1.50 0.7% comp.mail.mhs.arpa 278 1500 131 29% 490 1049.6 326 130.00 0.7% soc.culture.china 279 1500 130 87% 78 133.9 52 51.00 0.7% misc.handicap 280 1500 129 92% 5 141.3 3 56.00 0.7% soc.politics.arms-d 281 1500 129 42% 4 4.8 2 0.87 0.7% comp.os.v 282 1500 126 44% 5 8.0 3 1.50 0.7% comp.lang.icon 283 1500 125 27% 130 239.6 86 28.00 0.7% rec.models.rc 284 1400 116 87% 5 5.9 4 2.40 0.6% rec.skydiving 285 1200 102 93% 5 11.7 4 5.90 0.5% soc.culture.greek 286 1100 91 42% 8 14.7 7 3.70 0.5% comp.theory.cell-automata 287 1100 91 39% 2 3.9 2 0.89 0.5% comp.theory.dynamic-sys 288 1100 90 42% 8 49.2 7 12.00 0.5% sci.bio.technology 289 1000 87 15% 32 56.1 32 5.60 0.5% alt.aquaria 290 830 71 35% 31 32.6 37 9.00 0.4% comp.lang.asm370 291 800 68 42% 1 1.8 1 0.62 0.4% soc.culture.esperanto 292 750 64 43% 61 55.3 81 21.00 0.3% comp.lang.rexx 293 730 62 43% 8 6.1 11 2.40 0.3% comp.sys.zenith