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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 8 May 89 22:30:12 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  1368.4     802      3.42  2.0%     2.0%     soc.culture.china (3.7)
   2  1347.5      29      3.37  1.9%     3.9%     comp.sources.amiga (1.0)
   3  1321.1      28      3.30  1.9%     5.8%     comp.sources.x (1.0)
   4  1206.9     528      3.02  1.7%     7.5%     talk.religion.misc (4.7)
   5  1203.1     572      3.01  1.7%     9.2%     talk.politics.misc (3.7)
   6  1135.5     668      2.84  1.6%    10.8%     soc.culture.indian (2.6)
   7  1128.4     775      2.82  1.6%    12.4%     soc.singles (3.5)
   8  1059.8      21      2.65  1.5%    13.9%     comp.binaries.amiga (1.0)
   9  1057.3     888      2.64  1.5%    15.4%     comp.sys.mac (2.1)
  10  1047.0     855      2.62  1.5%    16.9%     rec.music.misc (2.3)
  11  1043.7     834      2.61  1.5%    18.4%     comp.sys.amiga (2.2)
  12  1026.3      23      2.57  1.5%    19.9%     comp.sources.games (1.0)
  13  1013.2     518      2.53  1.4%    21.3%     rec.arts.comics (2.7)
  14  1010.7     477      2.53  1.4%    22.8%     rec.games.frp (2.3)
  15   962.8     493      2.41  1.4%    24.1%     alt.fusion (2.0)
  16   947.7      40      2.37  1.4%    25.5%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  17   946.2     363      2.37  1.3%    26.8%     talk.politics.mideast (4.4)
  18   941.7     441      2.35  1.3%    28.2%     rec.arts.startrek (2.2)
  19   905.9     743      2.26  1.3%    29.5%     rec.humor (1.9)
  20   890.3     699      2.23  1.3%    30.8%     alt.sex (2.4)
  21   888.8     242      2.22  1.3%    32.0%     rec.music.synth (1.8)
  22   861.5      53      2.15  1.2%    33.2%     comp.soft-sys.andrew (2.2)
  23   858.4      34      2.15  1.2%    34.5%     comp.binaries.apple2 (4.3)
  24   840.4     431      2.10  1.2%    35.7%     soc.motss (2.6)
  25   826.8     628      2.07  1.2%    36.8%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)

$ 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