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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 22 Jul 89 22:30:05 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  3170.5      86      7.93  4.0%     4.0%     comp.binaries.ibm.pc (1.2)
   2  2549.7     108      6.37  3.2%     7.2%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   3  2294.8      48      5.74  2.9%    10.1%     comp.sources.games (1.0)
   4  1880.6      38      4.70  2.4%    12.5%     comp.sources.x (1.0)
   5  1871.4     871      4.68  2.4%    14.9%     soc.culture.china (2.6)
   6  1847.2     940      4.62  2.3%    17.2%     talk.politics.misc (4.1)
   7  1654.1    1372      4.14  2.1%    19.3%     soc.singles (4.7)
   8  1457.4     665      3.64  1.8%    21.1%     talk.religion.misc (5.7)
   9  1245.8     630      3.11  1.6%    22.7%     talk.abortion (5.9)
  10  1213.3     710      3.03  1.5%    24.2%     soc.motss (3.3)
  11  1188.1      34      2.97  1.5%    25.7%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  12  1064.7     604      2.66  1.3%    27.1%     soc.men (4.7)
  13  1061.3      40      2.65  1.3%    28.4%     comp.sources.misc (1.0)
  14  1049.0     447      2.62  1.3%    29.7%     talk.politics.mideast (5.7)
  15  1030.9     481      2.58  1.3%    31.0%     alt.sex (2.2)
  16   998.7     724      2.50  1.3%    32.3%     rec.arts.movies (2.3)
  17   974.0     807      2.43  1.2%    33.5%     comp.sys.amiga (2.4)
  18   850.7     789      2.13  1.1%    34.6%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.8)
  19   841.8     418      2.10  1.1%    35.7%     soc.women (2.9)
  20   810.5     614      2.03  1.0%    36.7%     rec.sport.baseball (3.2)
  21   768.7     212      1.92  1.0%    37.7%     comp.unix.xenix (1.6)
  22   756.8     706      1.89  1.0%    38.6%     comp.sys.mac (1.9)
  23   743.2     268      1.86  0.9%    39.5%     comp.os.minix (2.0)
  24   740.1     443      1.85  0.9%    40.5%     soc.culture.indian (2.2)
  25   735.1     599      1.84  0.9%    41.4%     rec.music.misc (1.9)

$ 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