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: BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY (MAY 87) Message-ID: <10156@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Mon, 1-Jun-87 11:50:58 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.10156 Posted: Mon Jun 1 11:50:58 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jun-87 02:00:09 EDT Sender: reid@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 34 Approved: reid@decwrl.dec.com Xref: mnetor news.lists:164 news.groups:919 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 211 2200 172 88% 2 5.1 1 0.01 1.2% talk.abortion 212 2200 171 94% 8 12.1 3 0.03 1.2% soc.culture.celtic 213 2200 171 79% 1 6.5 0 0.01 1.2% comp.sys.pyramid 214 2200 170 88% 91 164.3 41 0.36 1.2% rec.railroad 215 2100 166 93% 2 1.3 1 0.00 1.2% soc.culture.african 216 2100 162 94% 90 218.7 42 0.50 1.1% rec.games.bridge 217 2100 162 75% 2 203.0 1 0.46 1.1% comp.org.fidonet 218 2100 161 89% 54 115.8 25 0.26 1.1% rec.scuba 219 2000 156 88% 30 32.9 15 0.08 1.1% rec.birds 220 2000 154 89% 7 6.8 3 0.02 1.1% soc.roots 221 2000 154 66% 77 227.5 38 0.54 1.1% soc.politics 222 1700 136 71% 178 383.4 105 1.10 1.0% sci.philosophy.tech 223 1700 131 69% 17 68.7 10 0.19 0.9% soc.religion.christian 224 1700 130 86% 54 117.4 31 0.33 0.9% misc.handicap 225 1600 123 81% 2 37.9 1 0.11 0.9% comp.sys.sequent 226 1500 114 65% 5 104.9 3 0.33 0.8% soc.politics.arms-d 227 1400 107 87% 14 16.5 10 0.06 0.7% rec.skydiving 228 1300 102 78% 1 0.8 1 0.00 0.7% comp.sys.ridge 229 1200 96 94% 52 106.6 44 0.42 0.7% soc.culture.greek 230 560 44 80% 5 26.1 10 0.22 0.3% comp.unix