Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!im4u!rutgers!mit-eddie!husc6!necntc!ames!oliveb!pyramid!decwrl!reid From: reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: mod.newslists,news.lists,news.groups Subject: BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION (JAN 87) Message-ID: <7921@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Sun, 1-Feb-87 06:16:35 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.7921 Posted: Sun Feb 1 06:16:35 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Feb-87 23:00:25 EST Sender: news@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 34 Approved: reid@decwrl.UUCP Xref: mnetor mod.newslists:458 news.lists:57 news.groups:290 BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced them. +-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide. | +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population | | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all | | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month) | | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month) | | | | | +-- Participation ratio | | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader | | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders | | | | | | | | who read this group. V V V V V V V V 204 1700 138 77% 35 45.2 21 0.11 1.2% rec.arts.wobegon 205 1600 130 77% 58 61.3 36 0.16 1.2% rec.sport.baseball 206 1600 125 77% 34 75.9 21 0.19 1.1% rec.ham-radio.packet 207 1500 120 77% 41 60.6 27 0.16 1.1% rec.sport.misc 208 1200 96 77% 8 15.1 7 0.05 0.9% rec.sport.hockey 209 990 78 77% 5 6.5 5 0.03 0.7% rec.birds 210 3500 275 76% 38 52.8 11 0.06 2.5% rec.food.drink 211 2700 214 76% 28 35.4 10 0.05 1.9% rec.gardens 212 2200 171 76% 18 25.0 8 0.05 1.5% rec.boats 213 2100 164 76% 108 165.3 51 0.32 1.5% rec.sport.basketball 214 1800 142 76% 17 24.6 9 0.06 1.3% rec.railroad 215 1500 116 76% 20 32.7 13 0.09 1.0% rec.scuba 216 1100 90 75% 15 26.0 14 0.10 0.8% rec.skydiving 217 6500 517 73% 12 323.4 1 0.20 4.6% news.lists 218 1400 113 62% 57 159.9 40 0.46 1.0% misc.handicap 219 1300 101 56% 48 72.9 37 0.23 0.9% talk.religion.newage 220 1600 128 44% 7 330.6 4 0.84 1.2% mod.mag.fidonet 221 3300 264 38% 184 268.6 55 0.33 2.4% comp.os.minix 222 2500 201 30% 1 3.2 0 0.01 1.8% comp.sources.unix 223 1500 117 30% 4 41.2 2 0.11 1.1% comp.sources.bugs