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: <45310@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 8 Jan 89 17:56:25 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  3503.8      65      8.76  8.9%     8.9%     comp.binaries.amiga (1.0)
   2  1981.7      95      4.95  5.0%    13.9%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   3  1162.5     578      2.91  3.0%    16.9%     talk.politics.misc (3.6)
   4  1018.8     767      2.55  2.6%    19.5%     soc.singles (3.5)
   5   954.4     502      2.39  2.4%    21.9%     talk.religion.misc (4.1)
   6   924.3      23      2.31  2.3%    24.2%     comp.sources.x (1.0)
   7   809.3      32      2.02  2.1%    26.3%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
   8   701.5     491      1.75  1.8%    28.1%     soc.motss (2.9)
   9   642.7     330      1.61  1.6%    29.7%     talk.politics.mideast (4.8)
  10   632.6     491      1.58  1.6%    31.3%     comp.sys.amiga (2.1)
  11   610.5      90      1.53  1.5%    32.8%     comp.os.minix (1.7)
  12   610.2     283      1.53  1.5%    34.4%     misc.headlines (2.5)
  13   591.0     516      1.48  1.5%    35.9%     comp.sys.mac (1.6)
  14   542.9     330      1.36  1.4%    37.3%     soc.women (1.9)
  15   540.9     304      1.35  1.4%    38.6%     soc.men (2.5)
  16   514.2     296      1.29  1.3%    40.0%     rec.ham-radio (1.9)
  17   512.4     446      1.28  1.3%    41.3%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.4)
  18   507.7     282      1.27  1.3%    42.5%     comp.unix.wizards (1.7)
  19   499.7     279      1.25  1.3%    43.8%     soc.culture.china (2.9)
  20   483.0     292      1.21  1.2%    45.0%     rec.audio (2.4)
  21   471.8     238      1.18  1.2%    46.2%     news.groups (1.6)
  22   456.5     614      1.14  1.2%    47.4%     talk.bizarre (5.3)
  23   430.1      19      1.08  1.1%    48.5%     soc.roots (2.7)
  24   399.9     228      1.00  1.0%    49.5%     rec.arts.movies (1.6)
  25   383.1     251      0.96  1.0%    50.5%     rec.sport.football (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