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From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 22 Jan 90 23:30:19 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  1630.7      63      4.08  2.7%     2.7%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   2  1362.4      31      3.41  2.3%     5.0%     comp.sources.amiga (1.0)
   3  1167.9     175      2.92  2.0%     7.0%     comp.os.minix (2.3)
   4   980.4      27      2.45  1.6%     8.6%     comp.sources.misc (1.0)
   5   963.4     498      2.41  1.6%    10.2%     talk.politics.misc (2.4)
   6   962.7      24      2.41  1.6%    11.8%     comp.binaries.amiga (1.0)
   7   961.1     699      2.40  1.6%    13.4%     soc.singles (3.6)
   8   821.3     654      2.05  1.4%    14.8%     comp.sys.amiga (1.9)
   9   798.9      19      2.00  1.3%    16.1%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  10   737.4     712      1.84  1.2%    17.4%     comp.sys.mac (2.0)
  11   720.5      15      1.80  1.2%    18.6%     comp.sources.x (1.0)
  12   681.5     250      1.70  1.1%    19.7%     clari.news.gov.international (1.0)
  13   668.8     525      1.67  1.1%    20.8%     rec.arts.startrek (2.3)
  14   641.0     209      1.60  1.1%    21.9%     soc.culture.china (1.8)
  15   591.7     409      1.48  1.0%    22.9%     alt.sex (1.9)
  16   588.5     307      1.47  1.0%    23.9%     talk.abortion (5.7)
  17   586.5     239      1.47  1.0%    24.8%     comp.os.vms (1.4)
  18   560.6      30      1.40  0.9%    25.8%     alt.sources (1.5)
  19   546.8     547      1.37  0.9%    26.7%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)
  20   541.6     385      1.35  0.9%    27.6%     rec.arts.movies (1.7)
  21   533.9     209      1.33  0.9%    28.5%     talk.religion.misc (3.3)
  22   526.6     357      1.32  0.9%    29.4%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (2.0)
  23   503.4      23      1.26  0.8%    30.2%     comp.binaries.apple2 (2.6)
  24   488.0     345      1.22  0.8%    31.0%     rec.sport.basketball (2.4)
  25   482.8     388      1.21  0.8%    31.8%     rec.music.misc (1.7)

$ 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