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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: 26 Nov 88 04:43:23 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2798.1    1350      7.00  6.0%     6.0%     talk.politics.misc (4.2)
   2  1757.7      80      4.39  3.7%     9.7%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   3  1175.7     510      2.94  2.5%    12.2%     talk.politics.mideast (5.1)
   4  1010.5     817      2.53  2.2%    14.4%     rec.music.misc (2.6)
   5   916.9     445      2.29  2.0%    16.3%     rec.arts.startrek (1.9)
   6   864.7     750      2.16  1.8%    18.2%     soc.singles (3.2)
   7   863.0     325      2.16  1.8%    20.0%     rec.games.frp (2.4)
   8   857.2     451      2.14  1.8%    21.8%     soc.culture.china (3.5)
   9   854.7     445      2.14  1.8%    23.7%     soc.motss (2.5)
  10   743.8     442      1.86  1.6%    25.2%     rec.arts.comics (2.8)
  11   736.6     563      1.84  1.6%    26.8%     comp.unix.wizards (2.0)
  12   722.5      18      1.81  1.5%    28.3%     comp.sources.unix (1.0)
  13   711.2     312      1.78  1.5%    29.9%     misc.headlines (2.4)
  14   692.7     390      1.73  1.5%    31.3%     soc.culture.jewish (2.7)
  15   685.3     519      1.71  1.5%    32.8%     rec.autos (2.3)
  16   665.0     534      1.66  1.4%    34.2%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.4)
  17   630.5     591      1.58  1.3%    35.6%     comp.sys.mac (1.9)
  18   617.8     567      1.54  1.3%    36.9%     rec.humor (1.9)
  19   603.1     494      1.51  1.3%    38.2%     comp.sys.amiga (1.9)
  20   572.7     470      1.43  1.2%    39.4%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.7)
  21   547.8      17      1.37  1.2%    40.5%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  22   515.9     292      1.29  1.1%    41.6%     sci.space (2.3)
  23   504.6     358      1.26  1.1%    42.7%     comp.os.vms (1.6)
  24   499.6     301      1.25  1.1%    43.8%     soc.men (2.1)
  25   495.2     267      1.24  1.1%    44.8%     soc.women (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