Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!newsstats From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET Newsgroups: news.lists Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks Message-ID: <13079@uunet.UU.NET> Date: 9 May 88 03:39:47 GMT Sender: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET Lines: 32 Approved: rick@seismo.CSS.GOV No. of $ Cost % of Cumulative Rank Kbytes Articles per Site Total % of Total Group (Articles/contributor) 1 4648.9 188 11.62 9.9% 9.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc (2.2) 2 1541.0 778 3.85 3.3% 13.2% talk.politics.misc (3.0) 3 1223.8 28 3.06 2.6% 15.8% comp.sources.unix (1.0) 4 1171.9 1230 2.93 2.5% 18.3% talk.bizarre (5.8) 5 1094.0 56 2.74 2.3% 20.7% comp.mail.maps (1.0) 6 1093.9 821 2.73 2.3% 23.0% soc.singles (2.7) 7 929.0 590 2.32 2.0% 25.0% rec.arts.startrek (2.0) 8 892.0 556 2.23 1.9% 26.9% rec.arts.sf-lovers (2.1) 9 870.2 435 2.18 1.9% 28.8% soc.culture.china (3.8) 10 854.0 279 2.14 1.8% 30.6% talk.origins (5.6) 11 836.7 29 2.09 1.8% 32.4% comp.binaries.mac (1.0) 12 819.4 618 2.05 1.8% 34.1% comp.sys.amiga (2.3) 13 789.0 386 1.97 1.7% 35.8% rec.games.frp (2.2) 14 774.3 744 1.94 1.7% 37.5% rec.music.misc (2.2) 15 736.9 642 1.84 1.6% 39.0% comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.6) 16 720.3 386 1.80 1.5% 40.6% talk.politics.mideast (4.1) 17 712.8 22 1.78 1.5% 42.1% comp.binaries.apple2 (2.8) 18 697.2 427 1.74 1.5% 43.6% soc.women (2.2) 19 633.7 529 1.58 1.4% 45.0% comp.sys.mac (1.7) 20 632.1 511 1.58 1.4% 46.3% alt.sex (2.1) 21 615.7 280 1.54 1.3% 47.6% talk.religion.misc (3.1) 22 609.9 465 1.52 1.3% 48.9% comp.lang.c (2.8) 23 597.3 473 1.49 1.3% 50.2% rec.autos (2.1) 24 590.4 353 1.48 1.3% 51.5% misc.headlines (2.5) 25 547.7 553 1.37 1.2% 52.6% rec.sport.baseball (2.6) $ 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 2.5 cents per kilobyte