Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!oliveb!pyramid!decwrl!reid From: reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME (MAY 87) Message-ID: <10155@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Mon, 1-Jun-87 11:50:05 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.10155 Posted: Mon Jun 1 11:50:05 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jun-87 01:59:21 EDT Sender: reid@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 54 Approved: reid@decwrl.dec.com Xref: mnetor news.lists:163 news.groups:918 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 12000 899 97% 828 3049.5 69 1.20 6.3% comp.sys.amiga 2 7900 614 90% 1120 2637.0 141 1.60 4.3% soc.women 3 11000 834 94% 810 1696.0 73 0.74 5.8% rec.arts.sf-lovers 4 12000 902 85% 32 1478.3 2 0.59 6.3% comp.sources.games 5 12000 937 90% 890 1407.7 74 0.56 6.6% soc.singles 6 7900 614 96% 494 1290.0 62 0.78 4.3% comp.sys.atari.st 7 6100 476 77% 35 1174.2 5 0.92 3.3% comp.binaries.mac 8 5200 407 89% 498 1159.7 95 1.10 2.8% talk.politics.misc 9 15000 1207 99% 682 1033.2 45 0.33 8.4% comp.sys.mac 10 22000 1729 97% 618 951.5 28 0.21 12.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc 11 19000 1502 90% 905 942.1 47 0.24 10.5% rec.humor 12 5700 448 89% 382 859.3 67 0.72 3.1% rec.arts.comics 13 7700 598 95% 558 844.0 72 0.52 4.2% rec.music.misc 14 4700 368 80% 261 794.9 55 0.81 2.6% comp.os.vms 15 3700 291 90% 240 765.6 64 0.99 2.0% talk.religion.misc 16 8000 620 90% 328 741.9 41 0.44 4.3% misc.headlines 17 16000 1274 97% 480 739.5 30 0.22 8.9% comp.unix.questions 18 8700 675 88% 451 700.6 51 0.38 4.7% rec.autos 19 8900 696 95% 344 688.8 38 0.37 4.9% sci.med 20 3700 289 96% 62 688.2 16 0.89 2.0% comp.sys.cbm 21 9500 740 91% 301 616.0 31 0.31 5.2% rec.audio 22 3300 259 94% 457 596.7 138 0.86 1.8% rec.music.gdead 23 13000 978 97% 222 594.5 17 0.22 6.8% comp.arch 24 4600 362 95% 305 592.6 66 0.61 2.5% soc.culture.indian 25 9000 705 97% 251 587.5 27 0.31 4.9% sci.space 26 3700 292 88% 378 583.7 102 0.75 2.0% rec.sport.baseball 27 12000 951 78% 30 556.3 2 0.22 6.7% comp.sources.misc 28 11000 869 96% 270 555.1 24 0.24 6.1% misc.misc 29 3400 268 88% 367 540.6 107 0.76 1.9% rec.aviation 30 5300 413 97% 308 529.8 58 0.48 2.9% comp.sys.apple 31 3000 237 78% 255 526.4 85 0.84 1.7% rec.music.gaffa 32 6300 494 78% 21 516.6 3 0.39 3.5% comp.sys.mac.digest 33 6900 541 90% 290 499.8 42 0.35 3.8% rec.arts.startrek 34 4000 308 94% 234 490.2 58 0.58 2.2% soc.culture.jewish 35 18000 1417 99% 314 482.3 17 0.13 9.9% comp.unix.wizards 36 11000 869 91% 280 477.8 25 0.21 6.1% rec.arts.movies 37 7600 591 45% 240 462.5 31 0.29 4.1% misc.jobs.misc 38 7600 593 89% 332 458.1 43 0.29 4.1% rec.arts.tv 39 3400 268 87% 265 441.6 78 0.62 1.9% rec.sport.basketball 40 3900 302 94% 168 417.4 43 0.51 2.1% rec.games.frp