Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!netsys!pyrdc!uunet!newsstats
From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
Newsgroups: news.lists
Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
Message-ID: <31966@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 12 Oct 88 04:01:30 GMT
Sender: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
Lines: 32
Approved: rick@uunet.UU.NET


         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2268.9    1248      5.67  5.2%     5.2%     talk.politics.misc (4.3)
   2  1653.5     125      4.13  3.8%     9.1%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   3  1366.5     170      3.42  3.2%    12.2%     comp.os.minix (1.8)
   4  1019.2     520      2.55  2.4%    14.6%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (2.2)
   5   901.6     175      2.25  2.1%    16.7%     sci.electronics (1.5)
   6   874.1     218      2.19  2.0%    18.7%     comp.sys.atari.st (1.6)
   7   864.7     501      2.16  2.0%    20.7%     soc.motss (2.9)
   8   850.6      27      2.13  2.0%    22.7%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
   9   835.6     264      2.09  1.9%    24.6%     rec.games.frp (2.2)
  10   786.4     466      1.97  1.8%    26.4%     misc.headlines (2.7)
  11   773.2     453      1.93  1.8%    28.2%     rec.arts.comics (2.7)
  12   761.6     617      1.90  1.8%    30.0%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)
  13   748.2     679      1.87  1.7%    31.7%     comp.sys.mac (1.9)
  14   742.8     690      1.86  1.7%    33.4%     comp.sys.amiga (1.9)
  15   733.6      26      1.83  1.7%    35.1%     comp.lsi (3.7)
  16   704.1     470      1.76  1.6%    36.7%     soc.culture.china (3.1)
  17   603.6     243      1.51  1.4%    38.1%     talk.politics.mideast (4.9)
  18   599.1     243      1.50  1.4%    39.5%     talk.abortion (4.1)
  19   568.6     299      1.42  1.3%    40.8%     talk.religion.misc (2.6)
  20   568.4     725      1.42  1.3%    42.1%     talk.bizarre (5.6)
  21   533.5     411      1.33  1.2%    43.4%     rec.aviation (2.8)
  22   532.6     374      1.33  1.2%    44.6%     soc.women (2.2)
  23   531.6     327      1.33  1.2%    45.8%     comp.os.vms (1.5)
  24   521.0     403      1.30  1.2%    47.0%     rec.autos (2.1)
  25   518.8     434      1.30  1.2%    48.2%     rec.music.misc (2.0)

$ 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