Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!newsstats
From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
Newsgroups: news.lists
Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 27 Jul 88 15:14:17 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  1892.6    1083      4.73  4.2%     4.2%     talk.politics.misc (4.0)
   2  1823.4      29      4.56  4.0%     8.2%     comp.lsi (2.1)
   3  1392.4      27      3.48  3.1%    11.3%     comp.sources.games (1.0)
   4  1327.5      83      3.32  2.9%    14.3%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   5  1313.8    1077      3.28  2.9%    17.2%     soc.singles (2.8)
   6  1031.6     119      2.58  2.3%    19.5%     comp.os.minix (2.2)
   7   907.9     507      2.27  2.0%    21.5%     soc.culture.china (3.3)
   8   820.5     464      2.05  1.8%    23.3%     misc.legal (1.9)
   9   774.2      27      1.94  1.7%    25.0%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  10   751.2     430      1.88  1.7%    26.7%     soc.motss (2.6)
  11   728.8     424      1.82  1.6%    28.3%     talk.politics.mideast (3.8)
  12   714.0    1044      1.78  1.6%    29.9%     talk.bizarre (6.9)
  13   713.9     540      1.78  1.6%    31.4%     rec.music.misc (2.1)
  14   693.0     658      1.73  1.5%    33.0%     comp.sys.mac (2.1)
  15   680.1     310      1.70  1.5%    34.5%     talk.origins (5.4)
  16   604.8     467      1.51  1.3%    35.8%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)
  17   590.3     298      1.48  1.3%    37.1%     rec.arts.comics (2.4)
  18   582.6     358      1.46  1.3%    38.4%     soc.women (1.8)
  19   560.5     484      1.40  1.2%    39.7%     alt.sex (2.1)
  20   555.7     243      1.39  1.2%    40.9%     comp.unix.wizards (1.5)
  21   555.2     216      1.39  1.2%    42.1%     comp.windows.x (1.5)
  22   552.3     487      1.38  1.2%    43.3%     rec.autos (1.9)
  23   546.6     442      1.37  1.2%    44.6%     rec.aviation (1.9)
  24   528.5     355      1.32  1.2%    45.7%     comp.sys.amiga (1.7)
  25   518.7     369      1.30  1.1%    46.9%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.9)

$ Cost is the cost of sending it over a Trailblazer to UUNET, using the 
800 number and Night rates. (1000 characters per second and $9 per hour)
I.e 2.5 cents per kilobyte