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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 8 Apr 89 15:30:14 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  1628.8     880      4.07  2.6%     2.6%     soc.culture.china (4.8)
   2  1404.9      41      3.51  2.3%     4.9%     comp.binaries.ibm.pc (1.1)
   3  1321.6     604      3.30  2.1%     7.1%     talk.politics.misc (2.8)
   4  1306.5     900      3.27  2.1%     9.2%     soc.singles (3.1)
   5  1297.5     686      3.24  2.1%    11.3%     talk.religion.misc (5.2)
   6  1247.4      66      3.12  2.0%    13.3%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   7  1198.9      42      3.00  1.9%    15.2%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
   8  1124.3     702      2.81  1.8%    17.1%     soc.motss (2.6)
   9  1075.5     780      2.69  1.7%    18.8%     rec.music.misc (2.1)
  10   987.9     795      2.47  1.6%    20.4%     rec.arts.startrek (2.5)
  11   949.7     468      2.37  1.5%    21.9%     talk.politics.guns (3.4)
  12   883.3     555      2.21  1.4%    23.4%     soc.culture.indian (2.0)
  13   880.9     413      2.20  1.4%    24.8%     rec.games.frp (2.1)
  14   866.2     701      2.17  1.4%    26.2%     comp.sys.amiga (2.3)
  15   855.5     577      2.14  1.4%    27.6%     sci.physics (1.8)
  16   853.4     478      2.13  1.4%    29.0%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.7)
  17   839.9     684      2.10  1.4%    30.3%     alt.sex (2.1)
  18   776.5     760      1.94  1.3%    31.6%     comp.sys.mac (1.9)
  19   772.7     407      1.93  1.3%    32.8%     misc.headlines (2.2)
  20   768.4     504      1.92  1.2%    34.1%     comp.sys.atari.st (2.2)
  21   752.1     192      1.88  1.2%    35.3%     rec.music.synth (1.5)
  22   748.6     674      1.87  1.2%    36.5%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)
  23   738.1     606      1.85  1.2%    37.7%     rec.sport.basketball (2.9)
  24   722.7     143      1.81  1.2%    38.9%     comp.os.minix (1.7)
  25   698.4     379      1.75  1.1%    40.0%     talk.politics.mideast (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