reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (02/01/87)
BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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)
| | | | | +-- Participation ratio
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
204 1700 138 77% 35 45.2 21 0.11 1.2% rec.arts.wobegon
205 1600 130 77% 58 61.3 36 0.16 1.2% rec.sport.baseball
206 1600 125 77% 34 75.9 21 0.19 1.1% rec.ham-radio.packet
207 1500 120 77% 41 60.6 27 0.16 1.1% rec.sport.misc
208 1200 96 77% 8 15.1 7 0.05 0.9% rec.sport.hockey
209 990 78 77% 5 6.5 5 0.03 0.7% rec.birds
210 3500 275 76% 38 52.8 11 0.06 2.5% rec.food.drink
211 2700 214 76% 28 35.4 10 0.05 1.9% rec.gardens
212 2200 171 76% 18 25.0 8 0.05 1.5% rec.boats
213 2100 164 76% 108 165.3 51 0.32 1.5% rec.sport.basketball
214 1800 142 76% 17 24.6 9 0.06 1.3% rec.railroad
215 1500 116 76% 20 32.7 13 0.09 1.0% rec.scuba
216 1100 90 75% 15 26.0 14 0.10 0.8% rec.skydiving
217 6500 517 73% 12 323.4 1 0.20 4.6% news.lists
218 1400 113 62% 57 159.9 40 0.46 1.0% misc.handicap
219 1300 101 56% 48 72.9 37 0.23 0.9% talk.religion.newage
220 1600 128 44% 7 330.6 4 0.84 1.2% mod.mag.fidonet
221 3300 264 38% 184 268.6 55 0.33 2.4% comp.os.minix
222 2500 201 30% 1 3.2 0 0.01 1.8% comp.sources.unix
223 1500 117 30% 4 41.2 2 0.11 1.1% comp.sources.bugsreid@decwrl.UUCP (03/01/87)
BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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)
| | | | | +-- Participation ratio
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
205 2500 179 82% 114 193.5 45 0.31 1.6% rec.motorcycles
206 2500 179 82% 101 187.0 40 0.30 1.6% rec.arts.tv.soaps
207 2300 171 82% 38 70.0 16 0.12 1.5% rec.sport.misc
208 2300 164 82% 41 63.1 18 0.11 1.4% rec.railroad
209 2200 162 82% 37 56.8 16 0.10 1.4% rec.arts.wobegon
210 2000 145 82% 38 101.6 19 0.20 1.3% rec.ham-radio.packet
211 2000 143 82% 12 18.4 6 0.04 1.2% rec.scuba
212 1900 142 82% 32 36.1 17 0.08 1.2% rec.arts.poems
213 1200 85 82% 2 4.1 2 0.01 0.7% rec.birds
214 3700 271 81% 91 124.2 24 0.13 2.4% rec.pets
215 2600 187 81% 138 207.9 53 0.32 1.6% rec.sport.basketball
216 2100 154 81% 61 79.4 29 0.15 1.3% rec.sport.hockey
217 1300 95 80% 7 7.8 5 0.02 0.8% rec.skydiving
218 3600 265 77% 7 151.9 1 0.17 2.3% mod.mag.fidonet
219 10000 731 76% 211 328.4 21 0.13 6.4% comp.os.minix
220 1600 116 73% 105 292.6 66 0.73 1.0% misc.handicap
221 2300 164 71% 165 389.0 72 0.68 1.4% talk.religion.newage
222 12000 842 62% 215 341.1 17 0.11 7.3% comp.windows.x
223 2800 201 26% 1 7.0 0 0.01 1.8% comp.sources.bugs
224 730 53 19% 2 22.8 3 0.12 0.5% talk.politicsreid@decwrl.UUCP (04/02/87)
BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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)
| | | | | +-- Participation ratio
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
210 1700 133 85% 10 7.3 5 0.02 1.1% rec.arts.poems
211 15000 1187 84% 21 90.3 1 0.03 9.7% net.sources.games
212 8600 663 84% 7 13.5 0 0.01 5.4% rec.nude
213 8300 637 84% 11 11.8 1 0.01 5.2% net.sources.mac
214 3800 295 84% 114 170.2 30 0.20 2.4% rec.pets
215 2900 223 84% 354 557.7 122 0.87 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
216 2800 213 84% 17 24.7 6 0.04 1.7% rec.sport.football
217 2800 212 84% 90 175.2 32 0.28 1.7% rec.sport.misc
218 2400 185 84% 127 161.3 52 0.30 1.5% rec.arts.tv.soaps
219 2400 181 84% 28 46.7 11 0.09 1.5% rec.arts.wobegon
220 2300 180 84% 15 19.4 6 0.04 1.5% rec.sport.hockey
221 1600 122 84% 60 80.9 37 0.23 1.0% rec.birds
222 1300 103 84% 24 43.2 18 0.15 0.8% rec.skydiving
223 1800 138 82% 131 249.9 73 0.62 1.1% misc.handicap
224 10000 768 81% 247 398.2 24 0.18 6.3% comp.windows.x
225 2400 185 80% 48 115.5 20 0.22 1.5% talk.religion.newage
226 1100 87 65% 10 249.3 9 1.00 0.7% comp.binaries.atari.st
227 590 45 65% 1 20.5 2 0.16 0.4% comp.sources.atari.st
228 3500 272 41% 21 67.4 6 0.09 2.2% rec.arts.movies.reviews
229 2000 154 35% 4 16.9 2 0.04 1.3% comp.std.unix