reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (02/01/87)
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)
| | | | | +-- Participation ratio
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 3500 275 87% 692 1795.8 197 2.10 2.5% talk.politics.misc
2 2400 192 87% 424 1156.2 176 2.00 1.7% talk.religion.misc
3 5000 397 89% 688 2298.1 137 1.90 3.6% comp.sys.amiga
4 5100 400 90% 600 2182.3 117 1.70 3.6% comp.sys.atari.st
5 2700 215 79% 465 1069.5 172 1.60 1.9% rec.arts.comics
6 5900 462 87% 641 1606.4 108 1.10 4.2% soc.women
7 5600 446 83% 731 1384.3 130 1.00 4.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
8 3100 243 89% 274 741.1 88 0.97 2.2% mod.music.gaffa
9 2000 155 89% 125 476.4 62 0.96 1.4% comp.sys.atari.8bit
10 1700 137 87% 122 398.5 72 0.95 1.2% talk.abortion
11 2400 186 78% 320 544.2 133 0.92 1.7% rec.aviation
12 1600 128 44% 7 330.6 4 0.84 1.2% mod.mag.fidonet
13 9000 714 86% 980 1854.2 108 0.83 6.4% soc.singles
14 2100 168 78% 187 429.2 89 0.83 1.5% rec.ham-radio
15 3000 235 92% 304 553.6 101 0.75 2.1% soc.culture.indian
16 2000 154 88% 114 371.4 57 0.75 1.4% talk.philosophy.misc
17 2000 158 87% 130 354.3 65 0.72 1.4% talk.origins
18 3000 236 92% 194 514.7 64 0.69 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
19 3800 299 83% 394 641.7 103 0.68 2.7% rec.music.misc
20 1500 116 82% 198 249.8 132 0.67 1.0% rec.music.gdead
21 4700 373 79% 478 766.4 101 0.66 3.4% rec.arts.startrek
22 26000 2072 90% 268 4044.3 10 0.63 18.6% net.sources
23 2800 218 77% 285 437.8 102 0.63 2.0% rec.sport.football
24 2900 227 85% 217 438.5 74 0.61 2.0% rec.music.synth
25 15000 1147 96% 41 1754.5 2 0.47 10.3% mod.sources
26 2400 191 82% 110 279.5 45 0.47 1.7% rec.games.frp
27 1400 113 62% 57 159.9 40 0.46 1.0% misc.handicap
28 5600 440 80% 350 602.3 62 0.44 4.0% rec.audio
29 7600 601 96% 21 791.7 2 0.42 5.4% mod.mac.binaries
30 2100 166 77% 138 213.3 65 0.41 1.5% rec.motorcycles
31 12000 932 90% 615 1166.2 51 0.39 8.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
32 7000 549 91% 277 655.9 39 0.38 4.9% sci.space
33 2600 206 78% 167 230.0 64 0.36 1.9% rec.arts.drwho
34 8800 697 90% 65 770.1 7 0.35 6.3% comp.ai
35 4100 322 79% 261 359.2 63 0.35 2.9% rec.video
36 9900 779 96% 518 834.3 52 0.34 7.0% mod.computers.vax
37 1600 125 82% 72 135.7 45 0.34 1.1% rec.games.bridge
38 3500 278 90% 227 284.5 64 0.33 2.5% comp.sys.apple
39 3500 275 83% 184 288.6 52 0.33 2.5% rec.games.hack
40 3300 264 38% 184 268.6 55 0.33 2.4% comp.os.minixreid@decwrl.UUCP (03/01/87)
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)
| | | | | +-- Participation ratio
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 3300 240 88% 395 1241.0 119 1.50 2.1% talk.religion.misc
2 1900 137 89% 75 697.0 39 1.50 1.2% rec.games.pbm
3 2600 190 82% 394 880.5 151 1.40 1.7% rec.ham-radio
4 7700 560 95% 557 2597.7 72 1.30 4.9% comp.sys.amiga
5 4500 325 89% 524 1396.1 116 1.20 2.8% talk.politics.misc
6 6600 480 95% 561 1812.5 85 1.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
7 4000 292 85% 544 1141.6 136 1.10 2.5% rec.arts.comics
8 2500 183 89% 224 675.3 89 1.10 1.6% talk.origins
9 3000 216 88% 325 753.5 108 1.00 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
10 3200 231 82% 507 776.0 158 0.97 2.0% rec.aviation
11 10000 733 89% 1167 2170.2 116 0.87 6.4% soc.singles
12 5100 371 90% 590 999.7 115 0.78 3.2% rec.music.misc
13 6500 477 89% 574 1252.1 88 0.77 4.2% soc.women
14 1600 116 73% 105 292.6 66 0.73 1.0% misc.handicap
15 2300 164 71% 165 389.0 72 0.68 1.4% talk.religion.newage
16 2000 149 89% 235 300.7 117 0.60 1.3% rec.music.gdead
17 7900 576 89% 535 1116.1 67 0.57 5.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
18 7500 543 95% 41 998.9 5 0.53 4.7% mod.mac.binaries
19 7400 541 95% 594 987.4 80 0.53 4.7% mod.computers.vax
20 2600 191 90% 108 343.3 41 0.53 1.7% talk.philosophy.misc
21 3000 218 93% 168 389.8 56 0.52 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
22 2400 176 95% 97 312.3 40 0.52 1.5% comp.sys.atari.8bit
23 1600 120 88% 70 177.2 43 0.44 1.0% talk.abortion
24 16000 1166 95% 791 1598.1 49 0.40 10.2% comp.sys.ibm.pc
25 23000 1688 96% 57 2232.2 2 0.39 14.7% mod.sources
26 6600 484 95% 308 647.0 46 0.39 4.2% sci.physics
27 5800 426 84% 341 565.6 58 0.39 3.7% rec.arts.tv
28 2500 183 82% 182 236.7 73 0.38 1.6% rec.sport.baseball
29 3900 286 91% 171 351.0 43 0.36 2.5% rec.music.synth
30 3200 230 89% 140 291.0 43 0.36 2.0% rec.games.frp
31 8700 634 87% 451 757.9 51 0.35 5.5% rec.audio
32 3400 247 94% 178 294.6 52 0.35 2.2% soc.culture.indian
33 5700 414 84% 290 479.8 50 0.34 3.6% rec.arts.startrek
34 2900 214 82% 127 229.2 43 0.32 1.9% rec.sport.football
35 2600 187 81% 138 207.9 53 0.32 1.6% rec.sport.basketball
36 7900 572 96% 272 613.0 34 0.31 5.0% sci.math
37 2500 179 82% 114 193.5 45 0.31 1.6% rec.motorcycles
38 7500 548 94% 268 564.3 35 0.30 4.8% sci.space
39 7300 532 95% 271 541.2 37 0.30 4.6% sci.astro
40 2500 179 82% 101 187.0 40 0.30 1.6% rec.arts.tv.soapsreid@decwrl.UUCP (04/02/87)
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)
| | | | | +-- Participation ratio
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 3000 233 87% 558 1533.9 186 2.30 1.9% talk.religion.misc
2 7400 570 94% 75 2250.7 10 1.40 4.7% mod.mac.binaries
3 4300 330 88% 432 1141.1 100 1.20 2.7% talk.politics.misc
4 8200 629 95% 700 1996.9 85 1.10 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
5 6700 517 96% 622 1694.2 92 1.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
6 3200 244 87% 321 805.6 100 1.10 2.0% rec.ham-radio
7 2200 169 92% 350 561.6 159 1.10 1.4% rec.music.gdead
8 4700 361 87% 517 1056.6 110 1.00 3.0% rec.arts.comics
9 1100 87 65% 10 249.3 9 1.00 0.7% comp.binaries.atari.st
10 2800 216 85% 321 618.0 114 0.99 1.8% rec.motorcycles
11 3000 231 89% 262 632.9 87 0.95 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
12 8100 620 92% 881 1679.6 108 0.93 5.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
13 3400 259 93% 370 692.9 108 0.92 2.1% soc.culture.indian
14 6700 517 88% 647 1331.8 96 0.89 4.2% soc.women
15 2900 223 84% 354 557.7 122 0.87 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
16 10000 783 88% 987 1884.6 98 0.85 6.4% soc.singles
17 960 74 92% 54 150.8 56 0.71 0.6% soc.culture.greek
18 6700 513 95% 460 1047.2 68 0.70 4.2% mod.computers.vax
19 5700 442 87% 505 874.4 88 0.69 3.6% rec.arts.startrek
20 5800 444 93% 492 839.6 84 0.65 3.6% rec.music.misc
21 1800 138 82% 131 249.9 73 0.62 1.1% misc.handicap
22 2400 185 87% 120 323.8 50 0.61 1.5% talk.origins
23 7400 567 85% 492 880.1 66 0.54 4.7% rec.autos
24 3200 249 85% 244 363.7 76 0.51 2.0% rec.aviation
25 2800 218 85% 170 295.1 60 0.47 1.8% rec.sport.baseball
26 6800 526 87% 421 667.7 61 0.44 4.3% talk.bizarre
27 23000 1801 95% 47 2114.3 2 0.41 14.8% mod.sources
28 3900 299 85% 174 329.0 44 0.38 2.5% rec.bicycles
29 3900 303 88% 184 318.4 47 0.37 2.5% rec.arts.drwho
30 25000 1961 86% 142 2024.8 5 0.36 16.1% net.sources
31 1800 141 92% 68 145.3 38 0.36 1.2% rec.games.bridge
32 7500 578 94% 254 581.0 33 0.35 4.7% sci.space
33 4600 353 88% 137 348.1 29 0.34 2.9% soc.motss
34 3400 264 92% 91 241.3 26 0.32 2.2% rec.games.frp
35 3000 228 92% 58 211.2 19 0.32 1.9% rec.music.folk
36 5400 413 88% 164 374.1 30 0.31 3.4% misc.kids
37 11000 882 96% 567 738.4 51 0.30 7.2% comp.sys.mac
38 9800 756 88% 427 657.5 43 0.30 6.2% rec.arts.movies
39 3200 247 95% 122 210.4 38 0.30 2.0% comp.os.cpm
40 2400 185 84% 127 161.3 52 0.30 1.5% rec.arts.tv.soaps