reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (02/01/87)
TOP 40 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
1 10000 822 97% 2 24.4 0 0.01 7.4% mod.newslists
2 8200 645 97% 38 75.1 4 0.04 5.8% mod.std.unix
3 6800 540 97% 164 265.4 24 0.16 4.9% mod.protocols.tcp-ip
4 15000 1147 96% 41 1754.5 2 0.47 10.3% mod.sources
5 11000 835 96% 4 8.2 0 0.00 7.5% mod.newprod
6 10000 825 96% 60 157.2 6 0.06 7.4% mod.recipes
7 9900 779 96% 518 834.3 52 0.34 7.0% mod.computers.vax
8 9800 772 96% 5 308.7 0 0.13 6.9% mod.computers.ibm-pc
9 9200 730 96% 78 122.9 8 0.05 6.6% mod.telecom
10 8800 692 96% 22 525.7 2 0.24 6.2% mod.mac
11 8400 662 96% 14 25.2 1 0.01 6.0% mod.computers.laser-printers
12 7800 612 96% 15 33.4 2 0.02 5.5% mod.computers.workstations
13 7600 601 96% 21 791.7 2 0.42 5.4% mod.mac.binaries
14 7000 552 96% 111 177.1 15 0.10 5.0% sci.math
15 5600 442 96% 2 3.7 0 0.00 4.0% mod.protocols
16 5400 429 96% 17 40.4 3 0.03 3.9% mod.comp-soc
17 5100 404 96% 7 223.7 1 0.18 3.6% mod.mac.sources
18 5000 393 96% 4 98.5 0 0.08 3.5% mod.protocols.kermit
19 4700 371 96% 10 18.4 2 0.02 3.3% sci.math.symbolic
20 4300 338 96% 11 23.4 2 0.02 3.0% sci.math.stat
21 18000 1401 95% 1 2.1 0 0.00 12.6% mod.announce
22 15000 1191 95% 4 14.6 0 0.00 10.7% mod.conferences
23 10000 821 95% 88 214.9 8 0.09 7.4% mod.ai
24 8800 695 95% 37 79.5 4 0.04 6.2% mod.os
25 8100 642 95% 1 1.3 0 0.00 5.8% mod.os.unix
26 7000 553 95% 1 3.8 0 0.00 5.0% mod.graphics
27 6700 529 95% 15 23.5 2 0.01 4.8% mod.compilers
28 6700 528 95% 117 154.4 17 0.09 4.7% sci.electronics
29 3900 311 95% 15 15.3 4 0.02 2.8% mod.protocols.appletalk
30 3700 294 95% 11 12.3 3 0.01 2.6% mod.computers.68k
31 3600 283 95% 44 57.2 12 0.06 2.5% mod.computers.apollo
32 3100 243 95% 8 11.0 2 0.01 2.2% mod.computers.masscomp
33 2200 177 95% 1 6.4 0 0.01 1.6% mod.os.os9
34 6300 497 94% 4 141.8 0 0.09 4.5% mod.computers.sun
35 4800 382 94% 35 45.6 7 0.04 3.4% mod.amiga
36 2600 204 94% 4 22.4 1 0.03 1.8% mod.computers.pyramid
37 11000 850 93% 62 65.4 5 0.02 7.6% misc.wanted
38 10000 803 93% 37 56.2 3 0.02 7.2% news.misc
39 6500 517 93% 28 85.7 4 0.05 4.6% sci.misc
40 6400 503 93% 252 498.0 39 0.32 4.5% sci.medreid@decwrl.UUCP (03/01/87)
TOP 40 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
1 8800 638 97% 110 132.6 12 0.06 5.6% sci.electronics
2 23000 1688 96% 57 2232.2 2 0.39 14.7% mod.sources
3 15000 1125 96% 282 403.5 18 0.11 9.8% comp.unix.wizards
4 14000 1053 96% 158 212.0 11 0.06 9.2% comp.sources.d
5 12000 880 96% 12 38.1 1 0.01 7.7% news.misc
6 12000 870 96% 214 270.3 17 0.09 7.6% comp.sources.wanted
7 11000 809 96% 427 643.1 38 0.23 7.1% comp.sys.mac
8 11000 804 96% 122 244.0 11 0.09 7.0% news.groups
9 11000 775 96% 2 27.3 0 0.01 6.8% mod.newslists
10 9800 715 96% 12 25.1 1 0.01 6.2% mod.computers.workstations
11 9600 696 96% 170 251.0 17 0.10 6.1% comp.text
12 9000 658 96% 60 93.7 6 0.04 5.7% mod.computers.laser-printers
13 8900 651 96% 145 192.6 16 0.09 5.7% comp.emacs
14 8900 648 96% 51 91.5 5 0.04 5.7% comp.dcom.lans
15 8800 638 96% 178 269.7 20 0.12 5.6% comp.dcom.modems
16 8600 623 96% 60 120.6 6 0.06 5.4% news.admin
17 8200 601 96% 88 233.1 10 0.11 5.2% comp.mail.uucp
18 8200 597 96% 17 31.2 2 0.02 5.2% comp.bugs.misc
19 8100 587 96% 14 42.5 1 0.02 5.1% comp.databases
20 7900 572 96% 272 613.0 34 0.31 5.0% sci.math
21 7800 569 96% 54 89.3 6 0.05 5.0% comp.lang.c++
22 7300 529 96% 14 14.6 1 0.01 4.6% news.config
23 7000 507 96% 18 30.2 2 0.02 4.4% comp.bugs.sys5
24 6900 502 96% 10 10.4 1 0.01 4.4% comp.org.usenix
25 6900 500 96% 5 16.0 0 0.01 4.4% news.sysadmin
26 6700 486 96% 108 307.7 16 0.18 4.2% news.software.b
27 6200 449 96% 30 28.7 4 0.02 3.9% news.newsites
28 5400 390 96% 18 42.5 3 0.03 3.4% comp.mail.headers
29 4900 356 96% 4 9.1 0 0.01 3.1% sci.math.symbolic
30 4600 338 96% 27 37.1 5 0.03 3.0% comp.lang.ada
31 4500 327 96% 7 11.8 1 0.01 2.9% sci.math.stat
32 16000 1166 95% 791 1598.1 49 0.40 10.2% comp.sys.ibm.pc
33 14000 1015 95% 264 352.8 18 0.10 8.9% comp.unix.questions
34 13000 932 95% 87 93.3 6 0.03 8.1% misc.wanted
35 13000 929 95% 284 451.3 21 0.14 8.1% comp.lang.c
36 12000 863 95% 15 30.7 1 0.01 7.5% mod.newprod
37 12000 859 95% 7 313.4 0 0.10 7.5% mod.computers.ibm-pc
38 12000 852 95% 111 150.5 9 0.05 7.4% comp.graphics
39 11000 804 95% 248 543.6 22 0.20 7.0% comp.arch
40 11000 789 95% 60 178.6 5 0.06 6.9% mod.recipesreid@decwrl.UUCP (04/02/87)
TOP 40 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
1 16000 1214 97% 382 624.4 23 0.18 10.0% comp.unix.wizards
2 14000 1097 97% 61 118.2 4 0.04 9.0% comp.sources.d
3 12000 929 97% 90 114.0 7 0.04 7.6% comp.sources.wanted
4 12000 887 97% 21 36.9 1 0.01 7.3% news.misc
5 11000 812 97% 70 154.2 6 0.06 6.7% news.groups
6 9100 703 97% 65 105.1 7 0.05 5.8% comp.mail.uucp
7 9100 701 97% 230 378.6 25 0.19 5.8% comp.emacs
8 9000 696 97% 34 75.3 3 0.04 5.7% news.admin
9 8900 683 97% 81 153.2 9 0.08 5.6% comp.dcom.lans
10 8800 675 97% 120 218.9 13 0.11 5.5% sci.electronics
11 8300 640 97% 57 107.7 6 0.06 5.3% comp.databases
12 8100 625 97% 81 155.6 10 0.09 5.1% comp.dcom.modems
13 7700 589 97% 52 71.4 6 0.04 4.8% comp.lang.c++
14 7400 571 97% 1 2.4 0 0.00 4.7% comp.bugs.misc
15 7200 557 97% 11 15.0 1 0.01 4.6% news.sysadmin
16 7100 544 97% 91 257.3 12 0.16 4.5% news.software.b
17 7100 543 97% 27 26.0 3 0.02 4.5% news.config
18 6800 523 97% 30 54.1 4 0.04 4.3% comp.org.usenix
19 17000 1321 96% 551 1013.3 32 0.27 10.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
20 14000 1061 96% 301 492.9 21 0.16 8.7% comp.unix.questions
21 13000 1022 96% 131 172.3 10 0.06 8.4% misc.wanted
22 12000 958 96% 204 324.2 17 0.12 7.9% comp.lang.c
23 12000 931 96% 72 126.0 6 0.05 7.6% comp.graphics
24 11000 882 96% 567 738.4 51 0.30 7.2% comp.sys.mac
25 10000 784 96% 24 347.2 2 0.16 6.4% comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
26 9700 746 96% 111 157.0 11 0.07 6.1% comp.text
27 9600 737 96% 4 52.3 0 0.02 6.0% mod.newslists
28 9400 723 96% 17 34.5 1 0.02 5.9% mod.computers.workstations
29 9300 714 96% 34 45.3 3 0.02 5.9% comp.sys.misc
30 8400 643 96% 97 214.1 11 0.11 5.3% mod.computers.laser-printers
31 8000 619 96% 38 58.0 4 0.03 5.1% comp.sys.m68k
32 7800 599 96% 15 32.0 2 0.02 4.9% mod.protocols
33 7500 578 96% 42 58.9 5 0.04 4.7% comp.mail.misc
34 7000 535 96% 232 368.5 33 0.24 4.4% mod.protocols.tcp-ip
35 6800 523 96% 1 2.3 0 0.00 4.3% comp.bugs.sys5
36 6700 517 96% 622 1694.2 92 1.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
37 6600 505 96% 14 12.4 2 0.01 4.1% comp.terminals
38 6200 479 96% 22 19.9 3 0.01 3.9% news.newsites
39 6100 466 96% 48 206.2 7 0.15 3.8% comp.lang.prolog
40 5400 414 96% 40 46.4 7 0.04 3.4% comp.sys.att