Xref: utzoo news.lists:1126 news.groups:18296 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!bridge2!jarthur!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!reid From: reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST (FEB 90) Message-ID: <415@apostrophe.dec.com> Date: 1 Mar 90 15:51:51 GMT Sender: reid@decwrl.dec.com Organization: DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 54 Approved: reid@decwrl.dec.com TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced them. +-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide. | +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population | | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all | | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month) | | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month) | | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage | | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader | | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders | | | | | | | | who read this group. V V V V V V V V 1 10000 355 86% 997 2754.5 2% 0.44 1.2% talk.abortion 2 15000 523 89% 160 3776.8 0% 0.41 1.8% comp.mail.maps 3 15000 527 93% 116 3059.7 1% 0.35 1.8% comp.binaries.apple2 4 7100 250 87% 454 1431.2 1% 0.32 0.9% talk.origins 5 6600 233 88% 201 1207.8 1% 0.30 0.8% soc.roots 6 20000 689 91% 1958 3491.6 0% 0.29 2.4% rec.sport.basketball 7 20000 691 95% 65 3229.1 2% 0.28 2.4% comp.binaries.amiga 8 14000 504 91% 1294 2176.6 1% 0.26 1.7% rec.motorcycles 9 9500 335 93% 91 1261.3 4% 0.23 1.2% rec.games.go 10 22000 777 97% 58 2742.3 2% 0.22 2.7% comp.sources.amiga 11 32000 1118 87% 1687 4260.2 30% 0.21 3.8% talk.politics.misc 12 8100 285 65% 676 1461.5 1% 0.21 1.0% rec.sport.soccer 13 7300 258 92% 513 879.5 0% 0.20 0.9% misc.handicap 14 5700 200 73% 406 838.7 0% 0.20 0.7% rec.org.sca 15 21000 745 97% 1457 2276.1 2% 0.19 2.6% comp.sys.apple 16 17000 589 86% 820 2035.1 1% 0.19 2.0% talk.religion.misc 17 5400 189 38% 630 1479.3 3% 0.19 0.7% alt.atheism 18 25000 869 93% 1087 2603.9 3% 0.18 3.0% rec.games.frp 19 20000 696 93% 1164 2118.0 1% 0.18 2.4% rec.aviation 20 18000 645 95% 68 1919.9 0% 0.18 2.2% comp.binaries.atari.st 21 11000 391 94% 392 1114.3 0% 0.18 1.3% rec.music.gaffa 22 9400 330 48% 1340 1960.5 4% 0.18 1.1% soc.culture.british 23 8900 312 78% 457 1091.8 6% 0.18 1.1% talk.politics.guns 24 27000 961 92% 1073 2706.3 15% 0.17 3.3% misc.legal 25 19000 667 93% 1310 1849.6 1% 0.17 2.3% rec.music.gdead 26 41000 1460 92% 2291 3976.9 1% 0.16 5.0% rec.arts.startrek 27 6900 244 60% 307 1030.5 12% 0.16 0.8% soc.culture.asean 28 24000 840 92% 1217 2105.5 2% 0.15 2.9% rec.arts.comics 29 22000 789 94% 889 1912.1 7% 0.15 2.7% rec.ham-radio 30 38000 1347 93% 1729 3079.4 14% 0.14 4.6% rec.music.misc 31 38000 1346 96% 2011 3075.0 6% 0.14 4.6% comp.sys.amiga 32 15000 537 91% 556 1237.7 2% 0.14 1.8% rec.arts.anime 33 14000 495 90% 548 1215.8 3% 0.14 1.7% soc.culture.jewish 34 13000 457 85% 215 1170.6 12% 0.14 1.6% soc.culture.turkish 35 12000 434 91% 559 981.3 2% 0.14 1.5% rec.sport.hockey 36 11000 383 92% 129 939.7 12% 0.14 1.3% rec.games.pbm 37 4800 168 63% 403 560.6 0% 0.14 0.6% alt.cosuard 38 38000 1322 93% 1602 2801.4 5% 0.13 4.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers 39 5600 196 39% 454 1007.2 7% 0.13 0.7% alt.pagan 40 44000 1543 88% 1774 3325.6 19% 0.12 5.3% soc.singles