Xref: utzoo news.lists:1128 news.groups:18297 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!reid From: reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME (FEB 90) Message-ID: <417@apostrophe.dec.com> Date: 1 Mar 90 15:52:03 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 TRAFFIC VOLUME 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 32000 1118 87% 1687 4260.2 30% 0.21 3.8% talk.politics.misc 2 41000 1460 92% 2291 3976.9 1% 0.16 5.0% rec.arts.startrek 3 15000 523 89% 160 3776.8 0% 0.41 1.8% comp.mail.maps 4 97000 3426 75% 1703 3597.4 15% 0.05 11.8% alt.sex 5 20000 689 91% 1958 3491.6 0% 0.29 2.4% rec.sport.basketball 6 44000 1543 88% 1774 3325.6 19% 0.12 5.3% soc.singles 7 20000 691 95% 65 3229.1 2% 0.28 2.4% comp.binaries.amiga 8 38000 1347 93% 1729 3079.4 14% 0.14 4.6% rec.music.misc 9 38000 1346 96% 2011 3075.0 6% 0.14 4.6% comp.sys.amiga 10 15000 527 93% 116 3059.7 1% 0.35 1.8% comp.binaries.apple2 11 40000 1413 91% 1525 2997.9 3% 0.12 4.9% soc.culture.indian 12 82000 2882 92% 1520 2956.9 4% 0.06 9.9% rec.humor 13 74000 2604 97% 1984 2889.5 10% 0.07 9.0% comp.sys.ibm.pc 14 64000 2273 97% 1918 2828.8 9% 0.08 7.8% comp.sys.mac 15 38000 1322 93% 1602 2801.4 5% 0.13 4.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers 16 40000 1402 97% 54 2759.6 0% 0.12 4.8% comp.sources.games 17 10000 355 86% 997 2754.5 2% 0.44 1.2% talk.abortion 18 22000 777 97% 58 2742.3 2% 0.22 2.7% comp.sources.amiga 19 51000 1800 93% 1526 2719.3 6% 0.09 6.2% rec.arts.movies 20 27000 961 92% 1073 2706.3 15% 0.17 3.3% misc.legal 21 25000 869 93% 1087 2603.9 3% 0.18 3.0% rec.games.frp 22 41000 1462 96% 82 2523.0 0% 0.11 5.0% comp.binaries.mac 23 21000 745 97% 1457 2276.1 2% 0.19 2.6% comp.sys.apple 24 35000 1218 90% 925 2251.7 3% 0.11 4.2% soc.culture.china 25 29000 1018 88% 1242 2225.1 9% 0.12 3.5% soc.motss 26 14000 504 91% 1294 2176.6 1% 0.26 1.7% rec.motorcycles 27 29000 1019 92% 620 2148.3 11% 0.12 3.5% misc.headlines 28 20000 696 93% 1164 2118.0 1% 0.18 2.4% rec.aviation 29 24000 840 92% 1217 2105.5 2% 0.15 2.9% rec.arts.comics 30 57000 1993 97% 1375 2105.3 4% 0.07 6.9% comp.windows.x 31 17000 589 86% 820 2035.1 1% 0.19 2.0% talk.religion.misc 32 66000 2316 97% 1046 1974.1 23% 0.05 8.0% news.groups 33 33000 1163 92% 1268 1961.5 6% 0.10 4.0% rec.arts.tv 34 9400 330 48% 1340 1960.5 4% 0.18 1.1% soc.culture.british 35 65000 2303 97% 51 1942.9 0% 0.05 7.9% comp.sources.misc 36 18000 645 95% 68 1919.9 0% 0.18 2.2% comp.binaries.atari.st 37 22000 789 94% 889 1912.1 7% 0.15 2.7% rec.ham-radio 38 19000 667 93% 1310 1849.6 1% 0.17 2.3% rec.music.gdead 39 34000 1213 96% 1190 1832.3 3% 0.09 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st 40 36000 1276 91% 1054 1763.9 6% 0.08 4.4% rec.autos