Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!usenet
From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
Newsgroups: news.lists
Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 22 Jan 89 10:30:08 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  1860.0     848      4.65  3.5%     3.5%     talk.politics.misc (4.0)
   2  1463.1     106      3.66  2.7%     6.2%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   3  1210.4     589      3.03  2.3%     8.5%     talk.religion.misc (4.4)
   4  1142.8      23      2.86  2.1%    10.7%     comp.sources.unix (1.0)
   5  1062.4     928      2.66  2.0%    12.7%     soc.singles (3.5)
   6  1055.7     465      2.64  2.0%    14.6%     misc.headlines (3.2)
   7   950.7     457      2.38  1.8%    16.4%     talk.politics.mideast (4.8)
   8   864.1     784      2.16  1.6%    18.1%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)
   9   853.0     758      2.13  1.6%    19.7%     comp.sys.amiga (2.2)
  10   852.9     555      2.13  1.6%    21.3%     soc.motss (3.0)
  11   762.6      35      1.91  1.4%    22.7%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  12   739.1     647      1.85  1.4%    24.1%     rec.arts.startrek (2.4)
  13   715.8     411      1.79  1.3%    25.4%     soc.women (2.1)
  14   698.7     455      1.75  1.3%    26.7%     rec.audio (2.3)
  15   695.6     706      1.74  1.3%    28.0%     comp.sys.mac (1.7)
  16   672.4      16      1.68  1.3%    29.3%     comp.sources.x (1.0)
  17   662.2     538      1.66  1.2%    30.5%     rec.music.misc (1.8)
  18   645.6     394      1.61  1.2%    31.8%     soc.men (2.5)
  19   626.2     456      1.57  1.2%    32.9%     rec.ham-radio (2.4)
  20   607.1      19      1.52  1.1%    34.1%     comp.binaries.apple2 (2.4)
  21   603.3     270      1.51  1.1%    35.2%     comp.os.vms (1.4)
  22   590.2      20      1.48  1.1%    36.3%     comp.binaries.atari.st (1.0)
  23   572.8     352      1.43  1.1%    37.4%     soc.culture.china (2.8)
  24   566.6     425      1.42  1.1%    38.5%     rec.arts.comics (2.1)
  25   550.4     419      1.38  1.0%    39.5%     rec.humor (1.7)

$ 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