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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 8 Feb 89 20:08:32 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2822.4      69      7.06  4.8%     4.8%     comp.sources.unix (1.0)
   2  2333.1    1116      5.83  3.9%     8.7%     talk.politics.misc (4.4)
   3  1860.0     109      4.65  3.1%    11.8%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   4  1472.5     952      3.68  2.5%    14.3%     soc.singles (3.7)
   5  1163.4     588      2.91  2.0%    16.3%     talk.religion.misc (4.5)
   6  1077.3     569      2.69  1.8%    18.1%     misc.headlines (3.0)
   7   925.5     803      2.31  1.6%    19.6%     rec.arts.startrek (2.5)
   8   924.3      20      2.31  1.6%    21.2%     comp.sources.amiga (1.0)
   9   900.6     863      2.25  1.5%    22.7%     comp.sys.mac (1.9)
  10   881.7     496      2.20  1.5%    24.2%     soc.culture.china (3.2)
  11   850.4     405      2.13  1.4%    25.6%     talk.politics.mideast (5.0)
  12   818.7      29      2.05  1.4%    27.0%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  13   802.9    1156      2.01  1.4%    28.4%     talk.bizarre (6.4)
  14   784.2     708      1.96  1.3%    29.7%     comp.sys.amiga (2.2)
  15   778.8     491      1.95  1.3%    31.0%     soc.motss (2.4)
  16   714.6     661      1.79  1.2%    32.2%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.4)
  17   698.2     393      1.75  1.2%    33.4%     soc.culture.indian (1.8)
  18   689.8     570      1.72  1.2%    34.6%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.8)
  19   675.2     584      1.69  1.1%    35.7%     rec.music.misc (1.8)
  20   670.4      18      1.68  1.1%    36.8%     unix-pc.sources (4.5)
  21   659.9     336      1.65  1.1%    37.9%     soc.women (2.0)
  22   650.5     747      1.63  1.1%    39.0%     rec.arts.movies (1.8)
  23   632.9     253      1.58  1.1%    40.1%     talk.politics.theory (3.2)
  24   626.0     160      1.56  1.1%    41.2%     comp.os.minix (1.8)
  25   621.6     384      1.55  1.0%    42.2%     talk.abortion (4.9)

$ 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