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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 22 Apr 89 15:30:19 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2390.6     167      5.98  3.7%     3.7%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   2  1727.6      39      4.32  2.7%     6.4%     comp.sources.unix (1.0)
   3  1485.3     768      3.71  2.3%     8.8%     soc.culture.china (4.2)
   4  1292.2     992      3.23  2.0%    10.8%     rec.music.misc (2.4)
   5  1253.1     926      3.13  2.0%    12.7%     soc.singles (3.9)
   6  1179.7     587      2.95  1.8%    14.6%     talk.religion.misc (4.6)
   7  1099.8     576      2.75  1.7%    16.3%     talk.politics.misc (2.9)
   8  1012.2     880      2.53  1.6%    17.9%     comp.sys.mac (2.1)
   9   996.8     727      2.49  1.6%    19.4%     soc.motss (3.4)
  10   950.1     819      2.38  1.5%    20.9%     comp.sys.amiga (2.4)
  11   949.0     557      2.37  1.5%    22.4%     soc.culture.indian (2.1)
  12   943.5     724      2.36  1.5%    23.9%     alt.sex (2.3)
  13   872.2     550      2.18  1.4%    25.3%     alt.fusion (2.1)
  14   859.7     329      2.15  1.3%    26.6%     talk.politics.mideast (4.3)
  15   834.2     710      2.09  1.3%    27.9%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)
  16   811.1     444      2.03  1.3%    29.2%     comp.os.vms (1.7)
  17   795.2     388      1.99  1.2%    30.4%     rec.games.frp (2.4)
  18   745.7     665      1.86  1.2%    31.6%     rec.arts.startrek (2.4)
  19   742.5      26      1.86  1.2%    32.7%     comp.binaries.atari.st (1.0)
  20   740.1     479      1.85  1.2%    33.9%     sci.physics (1.7)
  21   716.0     661      1.79  1.1%    35.0%     rec.sport.baseball (2.9)
  22   671.8     282      1.68  1.1%    36.1%     misc.headlines (2.3)
  23   656.7     819      1.64  1.0%    37.1%     talk.bizarre (4.8)
  24   654.3     414      1.64  1.0%    38.1%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.6)
  25   650.0     353      1.63  1.0%    39.1%     comp.sys.mac.programmer (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