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From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
Newsgroups: news.lists
Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 8 Jun 89 22:30:09 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  3220.0     134      8.05  4.7%     4.7%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   2  3162.8    1664      7.91  4.6%     9.4%     soc.culture.china (2.9)
   3  2310.9      48      5.78  3.4%    12.8%     comp.sources.unix (1.0)
   4  1655.0     738      4.14  2.4%    15.2%     talk.religion.misc (6.6)
   5  1593.3     816      3.98  2.3%    17.6%     talk.politics.misc (3.9)
   6  1284.7      38      3.21  1.9%    19.4%     comp.binaries.ibm.pc (1.1)
   7  1251.8     216      3.13  1.8%    21.3%     comp.graphics (1.4)
   8  1160.2      24      2.90  1.7%    23.0%     comp.sources.sun (1.0)
   9  1094.8     743      2.74  1.6%    24.6%     soc.singles (3.7)
  10  1008.6      33      2.52  1.5%    26.1%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  11   952.1     347      2.38  1.4%    27.5%     comp.os.vms (1.7)
  12   939.0     708      2.35  1.4%    28.9%     comp.sys.amiga (2.3)
  13   873.1     617      2.18  1.3%    30.1%     alt.sex (2.6)
  14   827.3      19      2.07  1.2%    31.4%     comp.sources.x (1.0)
  15   806.4     469      2.02  1.2%    32.5%     soc.women (2.4)
  16   780.5     688      1.95  1.1%    33.7%     rec.arts.movies (2.2)
  17   776.5     275      1.94  1.1%    34.8%     sci.med (2.2)
  18   767.5     502      1.92  1.1%    36.0%     rec.arts.startrek (2.1)
  19   731.9     580      1.83  1.1%    37.0%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.9)
  20   715.3     540      1.79  1.1%    38.1%     rec.arts.comics (3.4)
  21   693.6     363      1.73  1.0%    39.1%     rec.games.frp (2.0)
  22   681.6     511      1.70  1.0%    40.1%     soc.motss (2.8)
  23   664.3      23      1.66  1.0%    41.1%     comp.binaries.apple2 (3.3)
  24   632.9     672      1.58  0.9%    42.0%     comp.sys.mac (1.7)
  25   606.6     384      1.52  0.9%    42.9%     comp.unix.wizards (1.8)

$ 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