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 PROPAGATION (MAY 87) Message-ID: <10157@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Mon, 1-Jun-87 11:51:43 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.10157 Posted: Mon Jun 1 11:51:43 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jun-87 02:00:48 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:165 news.groups:920 BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION 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 25000 1977 77% 1 1.5 0 0.00 13.8% news.announce.important 212 8900 695 77% 14 236.0 1 0.13 4.9% comp.risks 213 8800 689 77% 21 44.2 2 0.02 4.8% comp.os.research 214 8000 621 77% 17 55.2 2 0.03 4.3% comp.society 215 6100 476 77% 35 1174.2 5 0.92 3.3% comp.binaries.mac 216 4400 341 77% 42 109.2 9 0.12 2.4% comp.mail.elm 217 7800 607 76% 71 164.3 9 0.10 4.2% comp.windows.news 218 4400 346 76% 37 65.1 8 0.07 2.4% comp.sys.m68k.pc 219 2100 162 75% 2 203.0 1 0.46 1.1% comp.org.fidonet 220 2500 192 72% 32 54.4 13 0.10 1.3% rec.guns 221 2400 187 71% 15 29.4 6 0.06 1.3% comp.windows.misc 222 1700 136 71% 178 383.4 105 1.10 1.0% sci.philosophy.tech 223 20000 1559 70% 2 1.2 0 0.00 10.9% net.sources 224 7600 590 69% 65 155.9 8 0.10 4.1% comp.text.desktop 225 1700 131 69% 17 68.7 10 0.19 0.9% soc.religion.christian 226 2000 154 66% 77 227.5 38 0.54 1.1% soc.politics 227 1500 114 65% 5 104.9 3 0.33 0.8% soc.politics.arms-d 228 7600 591 45% 240 462.5 31 0.29 4.1% misc.jobs.misc 229 7600 594 44% 18 36.8 2 0.02 4.2% misc.jobs.offered 230 3900 304 42% 15 49.7 4 0.06 2.1% misc.jobs.resumes