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From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 9 Dec 88 16:13:14 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2198.9     154      5.50  4.5%     4.5%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   2  1691.0     876      4.23  3.4%     7.9%     talk.politics.misc (3.7)
   3  1497.0     309      3.74  3.1%    11.0%     comp.os.vms (1.7)
   4  1436.1     790      3.59  2.9%    13.9%     rec.arts.startrek (2.5)
   5  1326.3      31      3.32  2.7%    16.6%     comp.sources.amiga (1.0)
   6  1128.8     847      2.82  2.3%    18.9%     soc.singles (3.3)
   7  1122.0      25      2.81  2.3%    21.2%     comp.binaries.amiga (1.0)
   8   961.8      20      2.40  2.0%    23.2%     comp.sources.x (1.0)
   9   861.1     371      2.15  1.8%    24.9%     talk.politics.mideast (5.3)
  10   825.6     730      2.06  1.7%    26.6%     rec.music.misc (2.2)
  11   779.3      56      1.95  1.6%    28.2%     gnu.gcc.bug (2.0)
  12   766.9     666      1.92  1.6%    29.7%     comp.sys.amiga (2.1)
  13   702.5      13      1.76  1.4%    31.2%     comp.binaries.apple2 (4.3)
  14   676.2     320      1.69  1.4%    32.6%     talk.religion.misc (3.1)
  15   669.5      22      1.67  1.4%    33.9%     comp.sources.unix (1.0)
  16   629.6     292      1.57  1.3%    35.2%     rec.games.frp (2.2)
  17   584.9     400      1.46  1.2%    36.4%     soc.motss (2.7)
  18   580.7     381      1.45  1.2%    37.6%     soc.culture.china (3.0)
  19   580.4     522      1.45  1.2%    38.8%     comp.sys.mac (1.8)
  20   579.5     350      1.45  1.2%    39.9%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.6)
  21   575.2     274      1.44  1.2%    41.1%     soc.women (2.1)
  22   563.1     460      1.41  1.1%    42.3%     rec.autos (2.0)
  23   552.6     123      1.38  1.1%    43.4%     comp.os.minix (1.6)
  24   541.7     508      1.35  1.1%    44.5%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)
  25   535.4      10      1.34  1.1%    45.6%     comp.sources.games (1.0)

$ 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