reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (02/01/87)
TOP 40 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
1 26000 2072 90% 268 4044.3 10 0.63 18.6% net.sources
2 18000 1401 95% 1 2.1 0 0.00 12.6% mod.announce
3 17000 1373 87% 182 264.9 10 0.06 12.3% misc.consumers.house
4 15000 1208 92% 121 242.0 8 0.07 10.9% misc.jobs
5 15000 1196 90% 55 593.8 3 0.16 10.8% net.sources.games
6 15000 1191 95% 4 14.6 0 0.00 10.7% mod.conferences
7 15000 1147 96% 41 1754.5 2 0.47 10.3% mod.sources
8 14000 1067 90% 45 87.5 3 0.03 9.6% net.sources.bugs
9 12000 949 90% 102 177.8 8 0.06 8.5% comp.misc
10 12000 934 91% 217 295.1 18 0.10 8.4% comp.unix.wizards
11 12000 932 90% 615 1166.2 51 0.39 8.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
12 11000 885 92% 112 171.6 10 0.06 8.0% comp.sources.d
13 11000 871 89% 404 594.0 36 0.22 7.8% comp.unix.questions
14 11000 860 90% 7 81.5 0 0.03 7.7% net.sources.mac
15 11000 850 93% 62 65.4 5 0.02 7.6% misc.wanted
16 11000 835 96% 4 8.2 0 0.00 7.5% mod.newprod
17 10000 825 96% 60 157.2 6 0.06 7.4% mod.recipes
18 10000 822 97% 2 24.4 0 0.01 7.4% mod.newslists
19 10000 821 95% 88 214.9 8 0.09 7.4% mod.ai
20 10000 809 79% 605 722.7 60 0.29 7.3% rec.humor
21 10000 803 93% 37 56.2 3 0.02 7.2% news.misc
22 10000 798 87% 51 54.2 5 0.02 7.2% misc.forsale
23 9900 781 90% 354 656.6 35 0.27 7.0% comp.lang.c
24 9900 779 96% 518 834.3 52 0.34 7.0% mod.computers.vax
25 9800 772 96% 5 308.7 0 0.13 6.9% mod.computers.ibm-pc
26 9600 760 91% 150 177.9 15 0.08 6.8% comp.sources.wanted
27 9300 732 90% 141 254.2 15 0.11 6.6% comp.arch
28 9200 730 96% 78 122.9 8 0.05 6.6% mod.telecom
29 9200 728 90% 131 238.3 14 0.10 6.5% comp.graphics
30 9000 714 86% 980 1854.2 108 0.83 6.4% soc.singles
31 8800 697 90% 65 770.1 7 0.35 6.3% comp.ai
32 8800 695 95% 37 79.5 4 0.04 6.2% mod.os
33 8800 692 96% 22 525.7 2 0.24 6.2% mod.mac
34 8700 688 91% 121 174.7 13 0.08 6.2% news.groups
35 8500 670 91% 467 634.2 54 0.30 6.0% comp.sys.mac
36 8400 662 96% 14 25.2 1 0.01 6.0% mod.computers.laser-printers
37 8400 662 87% 132 214.4 15 0.10 6.0% talk.rumors
38 8300 658 92% 100 170.9 12 0.08 5.9% misc.misc
39 8200 645 97% 38 75.1 4 0.04 5.8% mod.std.unix
40 8100 642 95% 1 1.3 0 0.00 5.8% mod.os.unixreid@decwrl.UUCP (03/01/87)
TOP 40 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
1 27000 1950 88% 114 1161.3 4 0.17 17.0% net.sources
2 23000 1688 96% 57 2232.2 2 0.39 14.7% mod.sources
3 20000 1427 89% 171 321.8 8 0.06 12.5% misc.consumers.house
4 18000 1307 94% 182 423.1 10 0.09 11.4% misc.jobs
5 17000 1215 93% 22 65.6 1 0.02 10.6% mod.conferences
6 16000 1166 95% 791 1598.1 49 0.40 10.2% comp.sys.ibm.pc
7 16000 1147 88% 57 92.5 3 0.02 10.0% net.sources.games
8 15000 1125 96% 282 403.5 18 0.11 9.8% comp.unix.wizards
9 15000 1089 89% 38 98.8 2 0.03 9.5% net.sources.bugs
10 14000 1054 85% 490 795.0 35 0.23 9.2% rec.humor
11 14000 1053 96% 158 212.0 11 0.06 9.2% comp.sources.d
12 14000 1015 95% 264 352.8 18 0.10 8.9% comp.unix.questions
13 13000 983 94% 90 138.6 6 0.04 8.6% comp.misc
14 13000 932 95% 87 93.3 6 0.03 8.1% misc.wanted
15 13000 929 95% 284 451.3 21 0.14 8.1% comp.lang.c
16 12000 885 94% 4 5.8 0 0.00 7.7% mod.announce
17 12000 880 96% 12 38.1 1 0.01 7.7% news.misc
18 12000 879 94% 67 103.2 5 0.03 7.7% mod.telecom
19 12000 870 96% 214 270.3 17 0.09 7.6% comp.sources.wanted
20 12000 863 95% 15 30.7 1 0.01 7.5% mod.newprod
21 12000 859 95% 7 313.4 0 0.10 7.5% mod.computers.ibm-pc
22 12000 852 95% 111 150.5 9 0.05 7.4% comp.graphics
23 12000 842 62% 215 341.1 17 0.11 7.3% comp.windows.x
24 12000 838 88% 67 66.8 5 0.02 7.3% misc.forsale
25 11000 816 88% 20 171.3 1 0.06 7.1% net.sources.mac
26 11000 809 96% 427 643.1 38 0.23 7.1% comp.sys.mac
27 11000 804 96% 122 244.0 11 0.09 7.0% news.groups
28 11000 804 95% 248 543.6 22 0.20 7.0% comp.arch
29 11000 789 95% 60 178.6 5 0.06 6.9% mod.recipes
30 11000 775 96% 2 27.3 0 0.01 6.8% mod.newslists
31 11000 772 94% 47 114.1 4 0.04 6.7% mod.os
32 10000 760 95% 141 359.1 14 0.14 6.6% mod.ai
33 10000 757 95% 71 271.6 7 0.11 6.6% comp.ai
34 10000 738 95% 11 19.0 1 0.01 6.4% mod.compilers
35 10000 733 89% 1167 2170.2 116 0.87 6.4% soc.singles
36 10000 731 76% 211 328.4 21 0.13 6.4% comp.os.minix
37 9800 716 86% 334 541.5 34 0.22 6.2% rec.arts.movies
38 9800 715 96% 12 25.1 1 0.01 6.2% mod.computers.workstations
39 9600 696 96% 170 251.0 17 0.10 6.1% comp.text
40 9500 691 94% 94 130.5 9 0.05 6.0% misc.miscreid@decwrl.UUCP (04/02/87)
TOP 40 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
1 25000 1961 86% 142 2024.8 5 0.36 16.1% net.sources
2 23000 1801 95% 47 2114.3 2 0.41 14.8% mod.sources
3 22000 1660 95% 7 56.7 0 0.01 13.6% mod.announce.newusers
4 20000 1537 89% 168 250.6 8 0.06 12.6% misc.consumers.house
5 18000 1359 94% 104 209.5 5 0.05 11.2% misc.jobs
6 17000 1336 94% 15 79.7 0 0.02 11.0% mod.conferences
7 17000 1321 96% 551 1013.3 32 0.27 10.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
8 17000 1276 87% 501 626.1 29 0.17 10.5% rec.humor
9 16000 1214 97% 382 624.4 23 0.18 10.0% comp.unix.wizards
10 16000 1200 93% 4 3.9 0 0.00 9.8% mod.announce
11 15000 1187 84% 21 90.3 1 0.03 9.7% net.sources.games
12 15000 1116 95% 2 3.5 0 0.00 9.2% mod.newprod
13 14000 1097 97% 61 118.2 4 0.04 9.0% comp.sources.d
14 14000 1061 96% 301 492.9 21 0.16 8.7% comp.unix.questions
15 14000 1048 85% 45 213.9 3 0.07 8.6% net.sources.bugs
16 13000 1022 96% 131 172.3 10 0.06 8.4% misc.wanted
17 13000 976 94% 62 104.5 4 0.04 8.0% comp.misc
18 12000 958 96% 204 324.2 17 0.12 7.9% comp.lang.c
19 12000 931 96% 72 126.0 6 0.05 7.6% comp.graphics
20 12000 929 97% 90 114.0 7 0.04 7.6% comp.sources.wanted
21 12000 897 88% 95 111.9 7 0.04 7.4% misc.forsale
22 12000 887 97% 21 36.9 1 0.01 7.3% news.misc
23 12000 885 95% 5 241.6 0 0.09 7.3% mod.computers.ibm-pc
24 11000 882 96% 567 738.4 51 0.30 7.2% comp.sys.mac
25 11000 854 94% 18 30.8 1 0.01 7.0% mod.compilers
26 11000 844 95% 50 112.2 4 0.05 6.9% mod.telecom
27 11000 837 94% 38 104.5 3 0.04 6.9% mod.os
28 11000 824 95% 277 680.8 25 0.28 6.8% comp.arch
29 11000 824 95% 70 218.5 6 0.09 6.8% mod.recipes
30 11000 812 97% 70 154.2 6 0.06 6.7% news.groups
31 11000 809 86% 72 116.0 6 0.05 6.6% comp.os.minix
32 10000 785 95% 58 257.9 5 0.12 6.4% comp.ai
33 10000 784 96% 24 347.2 2 0.16 6.4% comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
34 10000 783 88% 987 1884.6 98 0.85 6.4% soc.singles
35 10000 768 81% 247 398.2 24 0.18 6.3% comp.windows.x
36 9800 756 88% 427 657.5 43 0.30 6.2% rec.arts.movies
37 9700 746 96% 111 157.0 11 0.07 6.1% comp.text
38 9700 743 95% 112 245.1 11 0.11 6.1% mod.ai
39 9600 737 96% 4 52.3 0 0.02 6.0% mod.newslists
40 9400 723 96% 17 34.5 1 0.02 5.9% mod.computers.workstations