Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!newsstats
From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
Newsgroups: news.lists
Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
Message-ID: <36323@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 10 Nov 88 22:58:29 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2712.6    1343      6.78  5.9%     5.9%     talk.politics.misc (4.1)
   2  2144.9     139      5.36  4.6%    10.5%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   3  1215.7      27      3.04  2.6%    13.1%     comp.sources.amiga (1.0)
   4  1149.4     485      2.87  2.5%    15.6%     talk.politics.mideast (5.4)
   5   944.7      28      2.36  2.0%    17.6%     unix-pc.sources (2.5)
   6   925.8     603      2.31  2.0%    19.6%     soc.culture.china (3.8)
   7   856.4     573      2.14  1.8%    21.5%     rec.music.misc (2.2)
   8   820.0     317      2.05  1.8%    23.3%     rec.games.frp (2.3)
   9   773.5     513      1.93  1.7%    24.9%     rec.arts.comics (2.9)
  10   745.2     596      1.86  1.6%    26.5%     comp.sys.mac (2.1)
  11   669.1     543      1.67  1.4%    28.0%     comp.sys.amiga (2.0)
  12   665.7     357      1.66  1.4%    29.4%     soc.men (2.4)
  13   641.4      25      1.60  1.4%    30.8%     comp.sources.misc (1.0)
  14   622.9     568      1.56  1.3%    32.2%     soc.singles (2.5)
  15   608.5     391      1.52  1.3%    33.5%     soc.motss (2.8)
  16   584.9      30      1.46  1.3%    34.7%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  17   576.7      50      1.44  1.2%    36.0%     comp.sys.sgi (2.1)
  18   567.6     487      1.42  1.2%    37.2%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.4)
  19   534.8     267      1.34  1.2%    38.4%     soc.culture.indian (1.9)
  20   526.9     244      1.32  1.1%    39.5%     misc.headlines (2.1)
  21   524.9      15      1.31  1.1%    40.6%     comp.binaries.amiga (1.0)
  22   524.0      12      1.31  1.1%    41.8%     comp.sources.unix (1.0)
  23   508.8     278      1.27  1.1%    42.9%     comp.os.vms (1.4)
  24   497.8     240      1.24  1.1%    43.9%     talk.abortion (4.1)
  25   479.1     258      1.20  1.0%    45.0%     talk.religion.misc (2.7)

$ 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