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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 22 May 89 22:30:08 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2376.6     109      5.94  3.5%     3.5%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   2  1740.0     891      4.35  2.5%     6.0%     talk.politics.misc (4.8)
   3  1650.9      37      4.13  2.4%     8.4%     comp.binaries.amiga (1.0)
   4  1554.4      35      3.89  2.3%    10.7%     comp.sources.amiga (1.0)
   5  1524.8     943      3.81  2.2%    12.9%     soc.culture.china (3.0)
   6  1273.0     875      3.18  1.9%    14.7%     soc.singles (3.1)
   7  1100.1     708      2.75  1.6%    16.3%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.6)
   8  1040.4     751      2.60  1.5%    17.9%     rec.arts.startrek (2.4)
   9  1033.7     593      2.58  1.5%    19.4%     alt.sex (2.2)
  10  1003.2      32      2.51  1.5%    20.8%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  11   995.7     878      2.49  1.5%    22.3%     comp.sys.mac (2.0)
  12   989.4     527      2.47  1.4%    23.7%     talk.politics.guns (4.8)
  13   986.2     508      2.47  1.4%    25.2%     talk.religion.misc (4.5)
  14   958.0     737      2.40  1.4%    26.5%     comp.sys.amiga (2.1)
  15   921.1     452      2.30  1.3%    27.9%     soc.culture.indian (2.2)
  16   869.7     529      2.17  1.3%    29.2%     soc.motss (3.0)
  17   868.7      22      2.17  1.3%    30.4%     comp.sources.misc (1.0)
  18   844.1     632      2.11  1.2%    31.6%     rec.music.misc (2.0)
  19   800.8     388      2.00  1.2%    32.8%     rec.games.frp (2.2)
  20   784.8     578      1.96  1.1%    34.0%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.8)
  21   781.9     437      1.95  1.1%    35.1%     soc.women (2.1)
  22   770.7      24      1.93  1.1%    36.2%     comp.binaries.atari.st (1.0)
  23   770.2      33      1.93  1.1%    37.3%     comp.binaries.apple2 (2.5)
  24   764.9      96      1.91  1.1%    38.5%     comp.os.minix (1.6)
  25   741.0     265      1.85  1.1%    39.5%     misc.headlines (2.3)

$ 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