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From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
Newsgroups: news.lists
Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 27 Oct 88 19:45:10 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2741.5    1485      6.85  5.9%     5.9%     talk.politics.misc (5.4)
   2  2008.7      94      5.02  4.3%    10.2%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   3  1441.0      37      3.60  3.1%    13.3%     comp.sources.amiga (1.0)
   4  1042.0      32      2.60  2.2%    15.6%     comp.binaries.ibm.pc (1.0)
   5   850.6     657      2.13  1.8%    17.4%     comp.sys.amiga (2.4)
   6   842.1     508      2.11  1.8%    19.2%     soc.culture.china (3.6)
   7   785.8     369      1.96  1.7%    20.9%     talk.politics.mideast (5.4)
   8   749.1      26      1.87  1.6%    22.5%     comp.binaries.amiga (1.0)
   9   744.0     674      1.86  1.6%    24.1%     comp.sys.mac (1.8)
  10   734.3     534      1.84  1.6%    25.7%     soc.singles (2.3)
  11   687.9     310      1.72  1.5%    27.2%     rec.games.frp (2.4)
  12   685.1     285      1.71  1.5%    28.6%     comp.os.vms (1.4)
  13   683.2     439      1.71  1.5%    30.1%     rec.music.misc (1.8)
  14   670.4     451      1.68  1.4%    31.5%     rec.autos (2.5)
  15   643.0     288      1.61  1.4%    32.9%     talk.religion.misc (3.2)
  16   630.5     333      1.58  1.4%    34.3%     soc.men (2.4)
  17   607.0     271      1.52  1.3%    35.6%     misc.legal (2.1)
  18   599.5      13      1.50  1.3%    36.9%     comp.binaries.atari.st (1.0)
  19   579.9     351      1.45  1.2%    38.1%     comp.arch (1.8)
  20   575.9     425      1.44  1.2%    39.4%     rec.arts.comics (2.6)
  21   569.2     269      1.42  1.2%    40.6%     misc.headlines (2.1)
  22   538.7     343      1.35  1.2%    41.8%     misc.kids (2.1)
  23   537.8      21      1.34  1.2%    42.9%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  24   537.7     307      1.34  1.2%    44.1%     rec.ham-radio (1.8)
  25   537.6     283      1.34  1.2%    45.2%     talk.abortion (4.6)

$ 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