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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 22 Mar 89 15:58:16 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2939.7      63      7.35  4.1%     4.1%     comp.sources.amiga (1.0)
   2  2535.9      54      6.34  3.5%     7.6%     comp.binaries.amiga (1.0)
   3  2445.5    1397      6.11  3.4%    10.9%     soc.singles (3.5)
   4  2390.7      73      5.98  3.3%    14.2%     comp.binaries.ibm.pc (1.2)
   5  1915.6      42      4.79  2.6%    16.9%     comp.sources.unix (1.0)
   6  1856.7     794      4.64  2.6%    19.4%     talk.politics.misc (3.2)
   7  1709.1      95      4.27  2.4%    21.8%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   8  1199.7     577      3.00  1.7%    23.4%     talk.politics.mideast (3.6)
   9  1191.5     675      2.98  1.6%    25.1%     soc.culture.china (4.1)
  10  1115.1      36      2.79  1.5%    26.6%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  11  1110.6     549      2.78  1.5%    28.2%     soc.women (2.2)
  12  1088.9     679      2.72  1.5%    29.7%     rec.music.misc (2.0)
  13  1070.4     937      2.68  1.5%    31.1%     comp.sys.mac (2.1)
  14  1050.2     541      2.63  1.4%    32.6%     talk.religion.misc (3.5)
  15  1040.8     192      2.60  1.4%    34.0%     rec.music.synth (1.7)
  16  1031.5     579      2.58  1.4%    35.4%     soc.culture.indian (2.2)
  17  1020.2     464      2.55  1.4%    36.9%     rec.games.frp (2.3)
  18  1014.8     703      2.54  1.4%    38.3%     alt.sex (2.1)
  19   987.6     164      2.47  1.4%    39.6%     comp.os.minix (2.0)
  20   971.7      27      2.43  1.3%    41.0%     comp.sources.x (1.0)
  21   891.7     705      2.23  1.2%    42.2%     comp.sys.amiga (2.3)
  22   858.6     511      2.15  1.2%    43.4%     rec.arts.startrek (2.0)
  23   841.1     610      2.10  1.2%    44.5%     comp.sys.apple (3.2)
  24   826.4     609      2.07  1.1%    45.7%     soc.motss (3.3)
  25   749.2     634      1.87  1.0%    46.7%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.4)

$ 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