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: BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY (FEB 87) Message-ID: <8368@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Sun, 1-Mar-87 07:24:54 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.8368 Posted: Sun Mar 1 07:24:54 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 2-Mar-87 05:48:20 EST Sender: news@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 34 Approved: reid@decwrl.UUCP Xref: utgpu mod.newslists:529 news.lists:83 news.groups:458 BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY 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 205 2300 164 71% 165 389.0 72 0.68 1.4% talk.religion.newage 206 2200 162 82% 37 56.8 16 0.10 1.4% rec.arts.wobegon 207 2100 154 90% 4 154.9 2 0.30 1.3% mod.mag.otherrealms 208 2100 154 81% 61 79.4 29 0.15 1.3% rec.sport.hockey 209 2000 149 89% 235 300.7 117 0.60 1.3% rec.music.gdead 210 2000 145 82% 38 101.6 19 0.20 1.3% rec.ham-radio.packet 211 2000 143 82% 12 18.4 6 0.04 1.2% rec.scuba 212 1900 142 82% 32 36.1 17 0.08 1.2% rec.arts.poems 213 1900 139 88% 7 9.7 3 0.02 1.2% rec.games.empire 214 1900 137 93% 5 7.3 3 0.02 1.2% comp.os.eunice 215 1900 137 89% 75 697.0 39 1.50 1.2% rec.games.pbm 216 1800 132 89% 58 114.8 32 0.26 1.2% rec.games.bridge 217 1700 124 93% 4 3.4 2 0.01 1.1% soc.culture.african 218 1700 124 87% 20 25.5 11 0.06 1.1% soc.roots 219 1600 120 88% 70 177.2 43 0.44 1.0% talk.abortion 220 1600 116 73% 105 292.6 66 0.73 1.0% misc.handicap 221 1300 95 80% 7 7.8 5 0.02 0.8% rec.skydiving 222 1200 85 82% 2 4.1 2 0.01 0.7% rec.birds 223 1000 74 93% 18 35.7 18 0.14 0.6% soc.culture.greek 224 730 53 19% 2 22.8 3 0.12 0.5% talk.politics