Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!newsstats
From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
Newsgroups: news.lists
Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
Message-ID: <42758@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 23 Dec 88 05:23:46 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  1819.9     135      4.55  3.9%     3.9%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   2  1370.8     429      3.43  2.9%     6.8%     rec.humor (1.6)
   3  1271.8     619      3.18  2.7%     9.6%     talk.politics.misc (3.2)
   4  1166.2      94      2.92  2.5%    12.1%     comp.mail.elm (2.1)
   5  1142.6     117      2.86  2.5%    14.5%     comp.os.minix (1.9)
   6   987.5     559      2.47  2.1%    16.7%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.6)
   7   979.3      29      2.45  2.1%    18.8%     comp.binaries.ibm.pc (1.1)
   8   961.7     428      2.40  2.1%    20.8%     talk.religion.misc (4.4)
   9   957.8     524      2.39  2.1%    22.9%     rec.arts.startrek (2.2)
  10   925.3     694      2.31  2.0%    24.9%     comp.sys.amiga (2.2)
  11   911.9     794      2.28  2.0%    26.8%     soc.singles (2.8)
  12   813.0      18      2.03  1.7%    28.6%     comp.binaries.amiga (1.0)
  13   749.0     489      1.87  1.6%    30.2%     soc.women (2.4)
  14   738.5     351      1.85  1.6%    31.8%     talk.politics.mideast (4.8)
  15   703.0     472      1.76  1.5%    33.3%     soc.motss (2.7)
  16   681.6     596      1.70  1.5%    34.7%     rec.music.misc (2.0)
  17   679.6      23      1.70  1.5%    36.2%     comp.sources.unix (1.0)
  18   667.2     277      1.67  1.4%    37.6%     rec.games.frp (1.9)
  19   607.1     455      1.52  1.3%    38.9%     rec.autos (2.3)
  20   569.0     381      1.42  1.2%    40.1%     soc.men (2.7)
  21   558.9     528      1.40  1.2%    41.3%     comp.sys.mac (1.7)
  22   558.4     310      1.40  1.2%    42.5%     soc.culture.china (2.9)
  23   550.7     230      1.38  1.2%    43.7%     comp.sys.atari.st (1.7)
  24   542.0     395      1.35  1.2%    44.9%     comp.lang.c (2.4)
  25   509.4     311      1.27  1.1%    46.0%     misc.kids (1.6)

$ 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