Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!reid From: reid@decwrl.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.newslists,news.lists,news.groups Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME (FEB 87) Message-ID: <8367@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Sun, 1-Mar-87 07:24:12 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.8367 Posted: Sun Mar 1 07:24:12 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 2-Mar-87 05:47:28 EST Sender: news@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 54 Approved: reid@decwrl.UUCP Xref: utgpu mod.newslists:528 news.lists:82 news.groups:457 TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME 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 1 7700 560 95% 557 2597.7 72 1.30 4.9% comp.sys.amiga 2 23000 1688 96% 57 2232.2 2 0.39 14.7% mod.sources 3 10000 733 89% 1167 2170.2 116 0.87 6.4% soc.singles 4 6600 480 95% 561 1812.5 85 1.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st 5 16000 1166 95% 791 1598.1 49 0.40 10.2% comp.sys.ibm.pc 6 4500 325 89% 524 1396.1 116 1.20 2.8% talk.politics.misc 7 6500 477 89% 574 1252.1 88 0.77 4.2% soc.women 8 3300 240 88% 395 1241.0 119 1.50 2.1% talk.religion.misc 9 27000 1950 88% 114 1161.3 4 0.17 17.0% net.sources 10 4000 292 85% 544 1141.6 136 1.10 2.5% rec.arts.comics 11 7900 576 89% 535 1116.1 67 0.57 5.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers 12 5100 371 90% 590 999.7 115 0.78 3.2% rec.music.misc 13 7500 543 95% 41 998.9 5 0.53 4.7% mod.mac.binaries 14 7400 541 95% 594 987.4 80 0.53 4.7% mod.computers.vax 15 2600 190 82% 394 880.5 151 1.40 1.7% rec.ham-radio 16 14000 1054 85% 490 795.0 35 0.23 9.2% rec.humor 17 3200 231 82% 507 776.0 158 0.97 2.0% rec.aviation 18 8700 634 87% 451 757.9 51 0.35 5.5% rec.audio 19 3000 216 88% 325 753.5 108 1.00 1.9% mod.music.gaffa 20 1900 137 89% 75 697.0 39 1.50 1.2% rec.games.pbm 21 2500 183 89% 224 675.3 89 1.10 1.6% talk.origins 22 6600 484 95% 308 647.0 46 0.39 4.2% sci.physics 23 11000 809 96% 427 643.1 38 0.23 7.1% comp.sys.mac 24 7900 572 96% 272 613.0 34 0.31 5.0% sci.math 25 5800 426 84% 341 565.6 58 0.39 3.7% rec.arts.tv 26 7500 548 94% 268 564.3 35 0.30 4.8% sci.space 27 11000 804 95% 248 543.6 22 0.20 7.0% comp.arch 28 9800 716 86% 334 541.5 34 0.22 6.2% rec.arts.movies 29 7300 532 95% 271 541.2 37 0.30 4.6% sci.astro 30 5700 414 84% 290 479.8 50 0.34 3.6% rec.arts.startrek 31 8400 613 94% 18 477.4 2 0.23 5.4% mod.mac 32 7400 536 95% 238 456.9 32 0.25 4.7% sci.med 33 13000 929 95% 284 451.3 21 0.14 8.1% comp.lang.c 34 18000 1307 94% 182 423.1 10 0.09 11.4% misc.jobs 35 15000 1125 96% 282 403.5 18 0.11 9.8% comp.unix.wizards 36 7600 555 89% 268 403.3 35 0.21 4.8% talk.bizarre 37 3000 218 93% 168 389.8 56 0.52 1.9% soc.culture.jewish 38 2300 164 71% 165 389.0 72 0.68 1.4% talk.religion.newage 39 10000 760 95% 141 359.1 14 0.14 6.6% mod.ai 40 14000 1015 95% 264 352.8 18 0.10 8.9% comp.unix.questions