Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!newsstats
From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
Newsgroups: news.lists
Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
Message-ID: <27763@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 12 Sep 88 04:19:17 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  1793.4     919      4.48  4.5%     4.5%     talk.politics.misc (4.5)
   2   978.2      30      2.45  2.5%     7.0%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
   3   879.9     434      2.20  2.2%     9.3%     misc.headlines (2.8)
   4   811.2      85      2.03  2.1%    11.3%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   5   790.7     423      1.98  2.0%    13.3%     talk.religion.misc (3.0)
   6   773.9     642      1.93  2.0%    15.3%     soc.singles (2.7)
   7   759.5     670      1.90  1.9%    17.2%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.6)
   8   747.1     173      1.87  1.9%    19.1%     rec.music.synth (1.8)
   9   738.7     428      1.85  1.9%    21.0%     soc.women (2.6)
  10   712.0      14      1.78  1.8%    22.8%     comp.sources.x (1.0)
  11   681.3     488      1.70  1.7%    24.5%     rec.autos (1.9)
  12   645.5     390      1.61  1.6%    26.1%     rec.arts.comics (2.7)
  13   622.4     517      1.56  1.6%    27.7%     comp.sys.mac (1.7)
  14   614.7     496      1.54  1.6%    29.3%     comp.sys.amiga (2.3)
  15   568.9     502      1.42  1.4%    30.7%     rec.music.misc (2.0)
  16   564.6     387      1.41  1.4%    32.1%     soc.motss (2.7)
  17   554.5     280      1.39  1.4%    33.5%     comp.os.vms (1.4)
  18   547.4     781      1.37  1.4%    34.9%     talk.bizarre (6.2)
  19   538.6     326      1.35  1.4%    36.3%     rec.arts.startrek (1.9)
  20   534.7      17      1.34  1.4%    37.6%     comp.binaries.atari.st (1.0)
  21   508.0      20      1.27  1.3%    38.9%     comp.binaries.ibm.pc (1.1)
  22   501.9     363      1.25  1.3%    40.2%     rec.aviation (2.2)
  23   483.6     214      1.21  1.2%    41.4%     talk.politics.theory (5.1)
  24   481.1     340      1.20  1.2%    42.7%     comp.unix.wizards (1.7)
  25   471.2     241      1.18  1.2%    43.8%     talk.politics.mideast (4.5)

$ 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