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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 8 Oct 89 22:30:07 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2194.6      70      5.49  2.8%     2.8%     comp.binaries.atari.st (1.0)
   2  1823.2      81      4.56  2.3%     5.1%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   3  1630.9     757      4.08  2.1%     7.1%     talk.politics.misc (3.4)
   4  1321.5      36      3.30  1.7%     8.8%     comp.sources.misc (1.0)
   5  1165.6     434      2.91  1.5%    10.3%     soc.culture.china (2.1)
   6  1149.0      34      2.87  1.4%    11.7%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
   7  1076.0     262      2.69  1.4%    13.1%     comp.os.minix (2.4)
   8  1060.8     731      2.65  1.3%    14.4%     soc.singles (3.1)
   9  1059.4     826      2.65  1.3%    15.7%     rec.arts.startrek (2.8)
  10  1042.9     422      2.61  1.3%    17.1%     talk.religion.misc (4.4)
  11  1001.5     417      2.50  1.3%    18.3%     comp.os.vms (1.7)
  12  1000.2     362      2.50  1.3%    19.6%     sci.skeptic (2.4)
  13   976.4     760      2.44  1.2%    20.8%     rec.sport.baseball (3.4)
  14   972.9     900      2.43  1.2%    22.0%     comp.sys.mac (2.0)
  15   939.0     171      2.35  1.2%    23.2%     misc.headlines.unitex (1.0)
  16   910.9     477      2.28  1.1%    24.4%     soc.culture.taiwan (4.0)
  17   902.4     728      2.26  1.1%    25.5%     comp.sys.amiga (2.1)
  18   876.8     421      2.19  1.1%    26.6%     rec.aviation (2.4)
  19   869.1     443      2.17  1.1%    27.7%     talk.abortion (5.4)
  20   851.5     565      2.13  1.1%    28.8%     rec.arts.comics (3.1)
  21   842.2     641      2.11  1.1%    29.8%     rec.sport.football (2.9)
  22   796.1     609      1.99  1.0%    30.9%     rec.music.misc (1.9)
  23   789.9     690      1.97  1.0%    31.8%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)
  24   787.9     628      1.97  1.0%    32.8%     alt.sex (2.2)
  25   768.1     254      1.92  1.0%    33.8%     clari.news.gov.international (1.0)

$ 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