reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (02/01/87)
BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 1800 140 86% 21 34.3 11 0.08 1.3% soc.roots
205 1700 138 77% 35 45.2 21 0.11 1.2% rec.arts.wobegon
206 1700 137 87% 122 398.5 72 0.95 1.2% talk.abortion
207 1600 130 77% 58 61.3 36 0.16 1.2% rec.sport.baseball
208 1600 128 44% 7 330.6 4 0.84 1.2% mod.mag.fidonet
209 1600 125 82% 72 135.7 45 0.34 1.1% rec.games.bridge
210 1600 125 77% 34 75.9 21 0.19 1.1% rec.ham-radio.packet
211 1500 120 77% 41 60.6 27 0.16 1.1% rec.sport.misc
212 1500 117 30% 4 41.2 2 0.11 1.1% comp.sources.bugs
213 1500 116 82% 198 249.8 132 0.67 1.0% rec.music.gdead
214 1500 116 76% 20 32.7 13 0.09 1.0% rec.scuba
215 1500 115 82% 20 46.0 13 0.12 1.0% rec.games.pbm
216 1400 113 78% 27 28.2 19 0.08 1.0% rec.arts.poems
217 1400 113 62% 57 159.9 40 0.46 1.0% misc.handicap
218 1300 101 56% 48 72.9 37 0.23 0.9% talk.religion.newage
219 1200 96 77% 8 15.1 7 0.05 0.9% rec.sport.hockey
220 1100 90 75% 15 26.0 14 0.10 0.8% rec.skydiving
221 990 78 77% 5 6.5 5 0.03 0.7% rec.birds
222 950 75 91% 11 13.0 12 0.06 0.7% soc.culture.greek
223 790 62 90% 8 6.5 10 0.03 0.6% soc.culture.africanreid@decwrl.UUCP (03/01/87)
BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 2300 164 71% 165 389.0 72 0.68 1.4% talk.religion.newage
206 2200 162 82% 37 56.8 16 0.10 1.4% rec.arts.wobegon
207 2100 154 90% 4 154.9 2 0.30 1.3% mod.mag.otherrealms
208 2100 154 81% 61 79.4 29 0.15 1.3% rec.sport.hockey
209 2000 149 89% 235 300.7 117 0.60 1.3% rec.music.gdead
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 1900 139 88% 7 9.7 3 0.02 1.2% rec.games.empire
214 1900 137 93% 5 7.3 3 0.02 1.2% comp.os.eunice
215 1900 137 89% 75 697.0 39 1.50 1.2% rec.games.pbm
216 1800 132 89% 58 114.8 32 0.26 1.2% rec.games.bridge
217 1700 124 93% 4 3.4 2 0.01 1.1% soc.culture.african
218 1700 124 87% 20 25.5 11 0.06 1.1% soc.roots
219 1600 120 88% 70 177.2 43 0.44 1.0% talk.abortion
220 1600 116 73% 105 292.6 66 0.73 1.0% misc.handicap
221 1300 95 80% 7 7.8 5 0.02 0.8% rec.skydiving
222 1200 85 82% 2 4.1 2 0.01 0.7% rec.birds
223 1000 74 93% 18 35.7 18 0.14 0.6% soc.culture.greek
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 POPULARITY
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 2100 165 92% 18 26.4 8 0.06 1.4% soc.culture.celtic
211 2100 163 91% 12 15.2 6 0.03 1.3% soc.culture.misc
212 2100 158 86% 41 102.3 19 0.22 1.3% rec.ham-radio.packet
213 2100 158 86% 8 15.5 4 0.03 1.3% soc.roots
214 2000 156 94% 1 1.9 0 0.00 1.3% comp.std.internat
215 2000 154 35% 4 16.9 2 0.04 1.3% comp.std.unix
216 1900 146 85% 4 4.1 2 0.01 1.2% rec.scuba
217 1800 141 92% 68 145.3 38 0.36 1.2% rec.games.bridge
218 1800 138 82% 131 249.9 73 0.62 1.1% misc.handicap
219 1700 133 85% 10 7.3 5 0.02 1.1% rec.arts.poems
220 1600 122 84% 60 80.9 37 0.23 1.0% rec.birds
221 1500 112 86% 32 75.7 21 0.23 0.9% talk.abortion
222 1400 110 94% 7 9.0 5 0.03 0.9% comp.sys.ti
223 1400 108 93% 1 19.4 1 0.06 0.9% mod.os.os9
224 1300 103 84% 24 43.2 18 0.15 0.8% rec.skydiving
225 1300 100 91% 1 0.8 1 0.00 0.8% soc.culture.african
226 1100 87 65% 10 249.3 9 1.00 0.7% comp.binaries.atari.st
227 1100 84 93% 1 1.3 1 0.01 0.7% mod.computers.ridge
228 960 74 92% 54 150.8 56 0.71 0.6% soc.culture.greek
229 590 45 65% 1 20.5 2 0.16 0.4% comp.sources.atari.st