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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 Jan 90 23:30:12 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2318.4     126      5.80  3.7%     3.7%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   2  1909.3     241      4.77  3.1%     6.8%     comp.os.minix (2.7)
   3  1649.8     875      4.12  2.6%     9.4%     talk.politics.misc (3.4)
   4  1300.1      32      3.25  2.1%    11.5%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
   5  1073.3     732      2.68  1.7%    13.2%     soc.singles (3.4)
   6  1056.3     791      2.64  1.7%    14.9%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.7)
   7   878.4      80      2.20  1.4%    16.3%     news.misc (1.3)
   8   878.3     461      2.20  1.4%    17.7%     alt.sex (2.1)
   9   857.1     597      2.14  1.4%    19.1%     comp.sys.amiga (1.9)
  10   855.3     456      2.14  1.4%    20.5%     misc.headlines (2.7)
  11   798.0     653      2.00  1.3%    21.7%     comp.sys.mac (1.9)
  12   784.8     285      1.96  1.3%    23.0%     clari.news.gov.international (1.0)
  13   744.8      20      1.86  1.2%    24.2%     comp.sources.misc (1.0)
  14   712.8     344      1.78  1.1%    25.3%     soc.women (2.4)
  15   677.7     244      1.69  1.1%    26.4%     talk.religion.misc (3.0)
  16   611.2     403      1.53  1.0%    27.4%     rec.music.misc (1.9)
  17   606.9     498      1.52  1.0%    28.4%     rec.autos (2.3)
  18   585.8     482      1.46  0.9%    29.3%     comp.windows.x (1.9)
  19   554.9     261      1.39  0.9%    30.2%     soc.culture.china (1.9)
  20   552.1     331      1.38  0.9%    31.1%     rec.arts.startrek (1.9)
  21   550.3     392      1.38  0.9%    31.9%     rec.sport.football (2.5)
  22   536.9      33      1.34  0.9%    32.8%     comp.sources.bugs (1.5)
  23   533.9      82      1.33  0.9%    33.7%     news.software.anu-news (6.8)
  24   524.5     233      1.31  0.8%    34.5%     soc.culture.indian (1.5)
  25   501.0     279      1.25  0.8%    35.3%     rec.ham-radio (1.7)

$ 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