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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 8 Sep 89 22:30:08 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2306.6     514      5.77  3.4%     3.4%     rec.arts.startrek (2.5)
   2  1981.1     100      4.95  2.9%     6.3%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   3  1811.3     762      4.53  2.6%     8.9%     soc.culture.china (3.1)
   4  1278.9      49      3.20  1.9%    10.8%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
   5  1155.3      36      2.89  1.7%    12.5%     alt.sources (3.0)
   6  1129.5     544      2.82  1.7%    14.1%     talk.politics.misc (3.7)
   7  1039.5     790      2.60  1.5%    15.6%     soc.singles (3.2)
   8   994.0     701      2.49  1.5%    17.1%     comp.sys.amiga (2.1)
   9   968.6     455      2.42  1.4%    18.5%     comp.os.vms (1.7)
  10   951.0     622      2.38  1.4%    19.9%     rec.music.misc (2.2)
  11   853.4      72      2.13  1.2%    21.2%     news.misc (1.3)
  12   849.5     742      2.12  1.2%    22.4%     comp.sys.mac (1.8)
  13   835.7     460      2.09  1.2%    23.6%     sci.space (2.3)
  14   793.4     392      1.98  1.2%    24.8%     talk.politics.mideast (3.6)
  15   767.8     306      1.92  1.1%    25.9%     misc.misc (2.8)
  16   756.8     501      1.89  1.1%    27.0%     soc.motss (2.9)
  17   725.0     378      1.81  1.1%    28.1%     soc.men (4.3)
  18   716.7     470      1.79  1.0%    29.1%     rec.arts.movies (1.9)
  19   712.3     400      1.78  1.0%    30.2%     comp.windows.x (1.6)
  20   711.5     135      1.78  1.0%    31.2%     misc.headlines.unitex (1.0)
  21   675.3     451      1.69  1.0%    32.2%     rec.sport.football (2.6)
  22   669.2     555      1.67  1.0%    33.2%     rec.autos (2.2)
  23   668.7     361      1.67  1.0%    34.1%     news.groups (2.2)
  24   658.7     122      1.65  1.0%    35.1%     comp.sys.att (1.4)
  25   657.9     623      1.64  1.0%    36.1%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)

$ 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