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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 8 Dec 89 23:30:10 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2714.4     142      6.79  2.7%     2.7%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   2  1969.7     942      4.92  2.0%     4.7%     talk.politics.misc (4.0)
   3  1814.4      44      4.54  1.8%     6.5%     comp.sources.misc (1.0)
   4  1793.4     847      4.48  1.8%     8.3%     soc.culture.china (2.6)
   5  1496.6     127      3.74  1.5%     9.8%     comp.os.minix (1.9)
   6  1345.0     917      3.36  1.4%    11.2%     rec.arts.comics (3.8)
   7  1337.1     886      3.34  1.3%    12.5%     rec.sport.football (3.1)
   8  1288.4     945      3.22  1.3%    13.8%     comp.sys.amiga (2.0)
   9  1263.6     473      3.16  1.3%    15.1%     talk.religion.misc (4.9)
  10  1252.6     961      3.13  1.3%    16.4%     soc.culture.indian (2.2)
  11  1191.5      93      2.98  1.2%    17.5%     comp.os.os2 (1.7)
  12  1175.0     955      2.94  1.2%    18.7%     rec.arts.startrek (2.8)
  13  1135.6     686      2.84  1.1%    19.9%     comp.os.vms (1.8)
  14  1063.9      48      2.66  1.1%    20.9%     comp.binaries.apple2 (2.8)
  15  1063.4     482      2.66  1.1%    22.0%     talk.politics.mideast (5.0)
  16  1044.8      31      2.61  1.0%    23.1%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  17  1035.9     786      2.59  1.0%    24.1%     rec.autos (2.2)
  18   953.8     323      2.38  1.0%    25.1%     talk.abortion (5.0)
  19   936.5     733      2.34  0.9%    26.0%     rec.arts.movies (2.2)
  20   901.9     434      2.25  0.9%    26.9%     misc.headlines (2.5)
  21   899.1     861      2.25  0.9%    27.8%     comp.sys.mac (1.8)
  22   897.7     760      2.24  0.9%    28.7%     rec.music.misc (2.1)
  23   887.6     408      2.22  0.9%    29.6%     rec.games.frp (2.0)
  24   868.3      27      2.17  0.9%    30.5%     comp.binaries.atari.st (1.0)
  25   865.0     872      2.16  0.9%    31.3%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.6)

$ 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 .25 cents per kilobyte