Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!reid From: reid@decwrl.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.newslists,news.lists,news.groups Subject: BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY (MAR 87) Message-ID: <9025@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Thu, 2-Apr-87 14:13:33 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.9025 Posted: Thu Apr 2 14:13:33 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Apr-87 16:39:44 EST Sender: reid@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 34 Approved: reid@decwrl.UUCP Xref: utgpu mod.newslists:539 news.lists:108 news.groups:597 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 210 2100 165 92% 18 26.4 8 0.06 1.4% soc.culture.celtic 211 2100 163 91% 12 15.2 6 0.03 1.3% soc.culture.misc 212 2100 158 86% 41 102.3 19 0.22 1.3% rec.ham-radio.packet 213 2100 158 86% 8 15.5 4 0.03 1.3% soc.roots 214 2000 156 94% 1 1.9 0 0.00 1.3% comp.std.internat 215 2000 154 35% 4 16.9 2 0.04 1.3% comp.std.unix 216 1900 146 85% 4 4.1 2 0.01 1.2% rec.scuba 217 1800 141 92% 68 145.3 38 0.36 1.2% rec.games.bridge 218 1800 138 82% 131 249.9 73 0.62 1.1% misc.handicap 219 1700 133 85% 10 7.3 5 0.02 1.1% rec.arts.poems 220 1600 122 84% 60 80.9 37 0.23 1.0% rec.birds 221 1500 112 86% 32 75.7 21 0.23 0.9% talk.abortion 222 1400 110 94% 7 9.0 5 0.03 0.9% comp.sys.ti 223 1400 108 93% 1 19.4 1 0.06 0.9% mod.os.os9 224 1300 103 84% 24 43.2 18 0.15 0.8% rec.skydiving 225 1300 100 91% 1 0.8 1 0.00 0.8% soc.culture.african 226 1100 87 65% 10 249.3 9 1.00 0.7% comp.binaries.atari.st 227 1100 84 93% 1 1.3 1 0.01 0.7% mod.computers.ridge 228 960 74 92% 54 150.8 56 0.71 0.6% soc.culture.greek 229 590 45 65% 1 20.5 2 0.16 0.4% comp.sources.atari.st