Path: utzoo!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: 8 Aug 88 21:39:47 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  1994.2      38      4.99  4.3%     4.3%     comp.sources.games (1.0)
   2  1862.5     987      4.66  4.0%     8.3%     talk.politics.misc (4.5)
   3  1377.3      65      3.44  3.0%    11.3%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   4  1311.9     663      3.28  2.8%    14.1%     soc.culture.china (4.6)
   5  1128.7     894      2.82  2.4%    16.6%     soc.singles (3.2)
   6  1020.8     556      2.55  2.2%    18.8%     talk.politics.mideast (5.1)
   7   995.8     736      2.49  2.1%    20.9%     rec.music.misc (2.6)
   8   855.8     349      2.14  1.8%    22.8%     comp.os.vms (1.5)
   9   822.9      25      2.06  1.8%    24.5%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  10   796.4     520      1.99  1.7%    26.3%     soc.motss (3.2)
  11   727.4     422      1.82  1.6%    27.8%     comp.sys.amiga (1.9)
  12   664.8     620      1.66  1.4%    29.3%     comp.sys.mac (2.0)
  13   654.0     314      1.63  1.4%    30.7%     talk.religion.misc (3.4)
  14   616.8     516      1.54  1.3%    32.0%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)
  15   610.6      15      1.53  1.3%    33.3%     comp.binaries.ibm.pc (1.0)
  16   610.6     477      1.53  1.3%    34.6%     alt.sex (2.2)
  17   567.0     285      1.42  1.2%    35.9%     comp.lang.c (1.8)
  18   556.6     239      1.39  1.2%    37.1%     talk.origins (4.5)
  19   548.2     270      1.37  1.2%    38.3%     rec.games.frp (2.6)
  20   545.8     834      1.36  1.2%    39.4%     talk.bizarre (6.5)
  21   540.2     324      1.35  1.2%    40.6%     soc.women (1.8)
  22   535.8     299      1.34  1.2%    41.8%     misc.legal (1.7)
  23   532.1     202      1.33  1.1%    42.9%     talk.politics.theory (4.3)
  24   501.8     328      1.25  1.1%    44.0%     rec.arts.books (2.0)
  25   499.0     315      1.25  1.1%    45.1%     soc.culture.indian (2.1)

$ 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 .25 cents per kilobyte