reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (09/01/86)
This is the full set of data from the USENET readership report for Aug 86.
Explanations of the figures are in a companion posting.
+-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
| +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | +-- Recent traffic, in messages per month.
| | | +-- Recent traffic, in kilobytes per month.
| | | | +-- Participation ratio: msgs/month/Krdrs
| | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | +-- Rating: % of all users who
| | | | | | | read this group.
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 27000 3121 15 40.1 0 0.01 5.2% 23.6% net.general
2 24000 2836 554 639.0 23 0.12 4.8% 21.4% net.jokes
3 21000 2461 135 1319.9 6 0.28 4.1% 18.6% net.sources
4 18000 2089 110 281.0 6 0.07 3.5% 15.8% net.jobs
5 17000 2047 42 1563.7 2 0.41 3.4% 15.5% mod.sources
6 14000 1652 177 263.6 12 0.08 2.8% 12.5% net.unix
7 14000 1600 687 1247.7 49 0.39 2.7% 12.1% net.singles
8 13000 1577 111 118.5 8 0.04 2.6% 11.9% net.wanted
9 13000 1507 281 467.1 21 0.16 2.5% 11.4% net.unix-wizards
10 12000 1454 60 622.9 5 0.23 2.4% 11.0% net.sources.games
11 12000 1441 161 240.2 13 0.09 2.4% 10.9% net.micro
12 12000 1440 252 433.5 21 0.16 2.4% 10.9% net.audio
13 12000 1361 160 263.3 13 0.10 2.3% 10.3% net.rumor
14 12000 1353 21 50.2 1 0.02 2.3% 10.2% net.ai
15 12000 1349 285 1321.4 23 0.49 2.3% 10.2% net.micro.pc
16 11000 1346 71 138.8 6 0.06 2.3% 10.2% net.arch
17 11000 1323 34 85.7 3 0.03 2.2% 10.0% net.sources.bugs
18 11000 1315 207 470.2 18 0.19 2.2% 9.9% net.lang.c
19 11000 1310 298 488.7 27 0.20 2.2% 9.9% net.movies
20 11000 1306 7 14.8 0 0.01 2.2% 9.9% mod.newprod
21 11000 1292 8 16.5 0 0.01 2.2% 9.8% net.announce.arpa-internet
22 11000 1262 410 762.8 37 0.31 2.1% 9.5% net.micro.mac
23 10000 1219 175 243.0 17 0.11 2.0% 9.2% net.consumers
24 10000 1219 80 103.6 8 0.05 2.0% 9.2% net.sources.d
25 10000 1176 57 162.4 5 0.07 2.0% 8.9% net.news
26 9900 1166 68 150.3 6 0.07 2.0% 8.8% net.graphics
27 9900 1155 532 1109.8 53 0.50 1.9% 8.7% net.women
28 9500 1117 74 53.6 7 0.03 1.9% 8.4% net.wanted.sources
29 9400 1106 161 206.4 17 0.10 1.9% 8.4% net.cooks
30 9400 1104 131 198.2 13 0.09 1.9% 8.3% net.misc
31 9400 1096 378 616.7 40 0.29 1.8% 8.3% net.music
32 9300 1091 385 639.3 41 0.30 1.8% 8.3% net.auto
33 9000 1056 167 307.0 18 0.15 1.8% 8.0% net.books
34 8900 1046 74 123.1 8 0.06 1.8% 7.9% net.news.group
35 8600 1011 17 363.3 1 0.19 1.7% 7.6% net.sources.mac
36 8600 1003 108 206.7 12 0.11 1.7% 7.6% net.invest
37 8400 984 15 21.4 1 0.01 1.7% 7.4% net.jokes.d
38 8400 984 2 32.9 0 0.02 1.7% 7.4% mod.announce
39 8400 982 342 889.2 40 0.47 1.7% 7.4% net.micro.amiga
40 8300 973 114 128.6 13 0.07 1.6% 7.4% net.travel
41 8200 964 650 1039.2 79 0.56 1.6% 7.3% net.sf-lovers
42 8200 961 131 162.0 16 0.09 1.6% 7.3% net.games
43 8000 942 7 9.7 0 0.01 1.6% 7.1% net.lang
44 8000 939 32 89.2 4 0.05 1.6% 7.1% net.columbia
45 8000 935 20 31.0 2 0.02 1.6% 7.1% net.lan
46 8000 932 32 68.7 4 0.04 1.6% 7.0% net.followup
47 7900 930 164 316.8 20 0.18 1.6% 7.0% net.space
48 7900 925 4 5.4 0 0.00 1.6% 7.0% mod.compilers
49 7900 924 2 2.6 0 0.00 1.6% 7.0% net.research
50 7900 923 22 31.1 2 0.02 1.6% 7.0% net.micro.68k
51 7800 914 84 167.1 10 0.09 1.5% 6.9% net.emacs
52 7700 904 84 136.2 10 0.08 1.5% 6.8% net.astro
53 7700 904 8 215.9 1 0.12 1.5% 6.8% mod.newslists
54 7700 903 92 170.0 12 0.10 1.5% 6.8% net.college
55 7500 883 40 89.5 5 0.05 1.5% 6.7% net.dcom
56 7500 881 10 11.8 1 0.01 1.5% 6.7% net.rec.nude
57 7500 878 8 252.2 1 0.15 1.5% 6.6% mod.computers.ibm-pc
58 7500 875 37 56.9 4 0.03 1.5% 6.6% net.bugs.4bsd
59 7400 868 35 183.5 4 0.11 1.5% 6.6% mod.recipes
60 7400 863 2 2.0 0 0.00 1.5% 6.5% mod.ai
61 7300 860 174 288.5 23 0.18 1.4% 6.5% net.med
62 7300 853 157 206.6 21 0.13 1.4% 6.5% mod.computers.vax
63 7200 847 100 155.4 13 0.10 1.4% 6.4% net.math
64 7000 818 8 14.7 1 0.01 1.4% 6.2% net.bugs
65 6900 810 5 6.0 0 0.00 1.4% 6.1% net.usenix
66 6900 806 40 108.8 5 0.07 1.4% 6.1% net.sci
67 6800 796 44 31.0 6 0.02 1.3% 6.0% net.net-people
68 6800 793 60 101.5 8 0.07 1.3% 6.0% mod.computers.laser-printers
69 6700 780 1 9.0 0 0.01 1.3% 5.9% mod.graphics
70 6600 778 8 10.0 1 0.01 1.3% 5.9% net.lang.lisp
71 6600 774 142 176.6 21 0.12 1.3% 5.9% net.tv
72 6600 773 294 600.7 44 0.40 1.3% 5.8% net.legal
73 6600 769 17 60.0 2 0.04 1.3% 5.8% mod.os.os9
74 6500 766 5 17.2 0 0.01 1.3% 5.8% mod.computers.workstations
75 6500 765 115 193.0 17 0.13 1.3% 5.8% net.auto.tech
76 6500 761 157 259.7 24 0.18 1.3% 5.8% net.bicycle
77 6500 761 37 46.6 5 0.03 1.3% 5.8% net.taxes
78 6500 761 4 119.7 0 0.08 1.3% 5.8% mod.computers.sun
79 6500 759 64 122.4 9 0.08 1.3% 5.7% net.music.classical
80 6400 754 224 456.4 35 0.32 1.3% 5.7% net.kids
81 6400 748 210 291.8 32 0.20 1.3% 5.7% net.video
82 6400 747 10 16.0 1 0.01 1.3% 5.6% net.cog-eng
83 6300 742 82 104.2 13 0.07 1.2% 5.6% net.games.hack
84 6300 736 170 278.5 26 0.20 1.2% 5.6% net.startrek
85 6200 729 84 182.5 13 0.13 1.2% 5.5% net.mail
86 6200 729 4 17.8 0 0.01 1.2% 5.5% mod.std.unix
87 6200 727 21 40.1 3 0.03 1.2% 5.5% net.decus
88 6100 716 27 62.1 4 0.05 1.2% 5.4% net.social
89 6100 712 55 63.0 9 0.05 1.2% 5.4% net.text
90 6100 710 28 39.0 4 0.03 1.2% 5.4% net.database
91 6000 698 28 214.6 4 0.16 1.2% 5.3% net.lang.prolog
92 5900 697 12 49.9 2 0.04 1.2% 5.3% mod.conferences
93 5900 694 234 454.4 39 0.34 1.2% 5.2% net.physics
94 5900 691 32 702.6 5 0.53 1.2% 5.2% mod.mac.binaries
95 5900 688 702 1747.9 119 1.30 1.2% 5.2% net.politics
96 5800 685 215 592.9 37 0.45 1.2% 5.2% mod.politics
97 5800 680 78 119.2 13 0.09 1.1% 5.1% net.micro.apple
98 5800 677 7 7.1 1 0.01 1.1% 5.1% net.lang.pascal
99 5800 674 17 272.2 2 0.21 1.1% 5.1% mod.mac
100 5700 673 4 9.5 0 0.01 1.1% 5.1% net.astro.expert
101 5700 671 38 59.5 6 0.05 1.1% 5.1% mod.telecom
102 5700 669 60 133.9 10 0.10 1.1% 5.1% net.nlang
103 5700 666 5 5.8 1 0.00 1.1% 5.0% net.analog
104 5700 666 1 14.3 0 0.01 1.1% 5.0% mod.techreports
105 5700 663 62 77.8 11 0.06 1.1% 5.0% net.games.rogue
106 5600 659 184 284.5 32 0.23 1.1% 5.0% net.aviation
107 5600 659 24 44.8 4 0.04 1.1% 5.0% net.crypt
108 5600 657 41 80.4 7 0.06 1.1% 5.0% net.news.adm
109 5600 655 15 21.1 2 0.02 1.1% 5.0% mod.protocols
110 5500 650 285 907.1 51 0.73 1.1% 4.9% net.micro.atari16
111 5500 650 21 64.8 3 0.05 1.1% 4.9% net.periphs
112 5500 649 8 7.9 1 0.01 1.1% 4.9% net.bugs.uucp
113 5500 645 15 15.7 2 0.01 1.1% 4.9% net.info-terms
114 5400 637 200 521.6 37 0.43 1.1% 4.8% net.motss
115 5400 634 22 27.5 4 0.02 1.1% 4.8% net.lang.c++
116 5300 621 42 71.0 8 0.06 1.0% 4.7% mod.protocols.tcp-ip
117 5200 615 58 89.8 11 0.08 1.0% 4.7% net.puzzle
118 5200 610 14 21.7 2 0.02 1.0% 4.6% net.cse
119 5200 609 60 95.6 11 0.08 1.0% 4.6% net.micro.att
120 5200 607 144 198.0 27 0.17 1.0% 4.6% net.consumers.house
121 5200 607 10 8.7 1 0.01 1.0% 4.6% net.wines
122 5200 604 11 12.7 2 0.01 1.0% 4.6% net.news.newsite
123 5100 598 104 134.3 20 0.12 1.0% 4.5% net.pets
124 5000 587 70 93.8 13 0.08 1.0% 4.4% net.rec.photo
125 4900 580 31 40.7 6 0.04 1.0% 4.4% net.garden
126 4900 578 4 3.9 0 0.00 1.0% 4.4% net.news.sa
127 4900 572 12 30.4 2 0.03 1.0% 4.3% net.lang.mod2
128 4900 571 4 4.4 0 0.00 1.0% 4.3% net.math.symbolic
129 4800 562 1 1.3 0 0.00 0.9% 4.3% net.news.notes
130 4800 558 114 184.8 23 0.17 0.9% 4.2% net.music.synth
131 4700 556 34 51.1 7 0.05 0.9% 4.2% net.games.trivia
132 4700 555 282 646.4 60 0.61 0.9% 4.2% net.comics
133 4700 555 28 44.8 6 0.04 0.9% 4.2% net.news.config
134 4700 554 1 4.5 0 0.00 0.9% 4.2% net.lsi
135 4600 543 1 8.6 0 0.01 0.9% 4.1% net.mag
136 4600 534 4 5.1 0 0.00 0.9% 4.0% net.rec
137 4500 533 7 26.2 1 0.03 0.9% 4.0% net.jobs.d
138 4500 531 8 12.1 1 0.01 0.9% 4.0% mod.computers.68k
139 4500 530 18 242.6 4 0.24 0.9% 4.0% mod.risks
140 4500 528 140 335.0 31 0.33 0.9% 4.0% net.games.frp
141 4500 527 5 6.7 1 0.01 0.9% 4.0% net.news.b
142 4400 515 100 254.0 22 0.26 0.9% 3.9% net.philosophy
143 4400 514 151 335.1 34 0.34 0.9% 3.9% net.micro.cpm
144 4400 514 1 4.6 0 0.00 0.9% 3.9% mod.amiga
145 4400 513 5 4.6 1 0.00 0.9% 3.9% net.bio
146 4400 512 8 7.8 1 0.01 0.9% 3.9% net.mail.headers
147 4300 505 8 7.8 1 0.01 0.8% 3.8% net.bugs.usg
148 4300 504 32 44.4 7 0.05 0.8% 3.8% net.games.chess
149 4200 498 71 154.3 17 0.16 0.8% 3.8% net.abortion
150 4200 496 177 313.1 42 0.33 0.8% 3.8% net.ham-radio
151 4100 485 1 0.7 0 0.00 0.8% 3.7% net.lang.f77
152 4000 474 1 2.6 0 0.00 0.8% 3.6% mod.computers.sequent
153 4000 471 47 69.1 11 0.08 0.8% 3.6% net.lang.ada
154 4000 471 2 14.7 0 0.02 0.8% 3.6% net.games.video
155 4000 470 60 131.0 15 0.15 0.8% 3.6% net.micro.cbm
156 4000 470 17 28.1 4 0.03 0.8% 3.6% net.lang.st80
157 4000 468 25 34.5 6 0.04 0.8% 3.5% net.rec.ski
158 4000 463 21 25.8 5 0.03 0.8% 3.5% net.wobegon
159 3900 459 11 11.5 2 0.01 0.8% 3.5% net.suicide
160 3900 457 1 1.8 0 0.00 0.8% 3.5% mod.computers.pyramid
161 3900 453 11 36.8 2 0.04 0.8% 3.4% net.games.board
162 3800 450 178 327.0 46 0.38 0.8% 3.4% net.sport.baseball
163 3800 448 8 15.0 2 0.02 0.8% 3.4% net.math.stat
164 3800 444 40 43.5 10 0.05 0.7% 3.4% net.music.gdead
165 3800 442 75 122.5 19 0.14 0.7% 3.3% net.cycle
166 3700 439 231 604.4 62 0.72 0.7% 3.3% net.religion
167 3700 439 92 137.3 25 0.16 0.7% 3.3% net.nlang.india
168 3700 439 11 407.7 3 0.49 0.7% 3.3% mod.amiga.sources
169 3700 430 115 414.8 31 0.50 0.7% 3.3% net.origins
170 3700 429 14 25.1 3 0.03 0.7% 3.2% net.veg
171 3600 427 24 51.5 6 0.06 0.7% 3.2% mod.legal
172 3600 424 5 11.0 1 0.01 0.7% 3.2% net.bugs.2bsd
173 3600 422 75 92.1 21 0.11 0.7% 3.2% net.tv.drwho
174 3600 422 7 8.6 1 0.01 0.7% 3.2% mod.rec.guns
175 3600 421 17 22.7 4 0.03 0.7% 3.2% mod.computers.apollo
176 3600 418 2 9.2 0 0.01 0.7% 3.2% mod.mac.sources
177 3500 415 14 21.0 4 0.03 0.7% 3.1% net.sport
178 3500 408 38 79.8 11 0.10 0.7% 3.1% net.sport.hoops
179 3400 404 92 203.7 27 0.27 0.7% 3.1% net.sport.football
180 3400 402 4 90.0 1 0.12 0.7% 3.0% mod.mag.otherrealms
181 3400 400 2 3.5 0 0.00 0.7% 3.0% net.lang.forth
182 3400 398 10 13.0 2 0.02 0.7% 3.0% net.games.go
183 3400 397 34 47.3 10 0.06 0.7% 3.0% net.music.folk
184 3400 396 144 371.3 42 0.48 0.7% 3.0% net.religion.christian
185 3300 390 5 6.6 1 0.01 0.7% 2.9% net.games.emp
186 3300 390 4 3.7 1 0.00 0.7% 2.9% net.rec.wood
187 3300 389 27 65.7 8 0.09 0.7% 2.9% net.religion.jewish
188 3300 388 17 18.4 5 0.02 0.7% 2.9% mod.protocols.appletalk
189 3300 381 2 2.2 0 0.00 0.6% 2.9% net.micro.ns32k
190 3200 380 87 52.5 27 0.07 0.6% 2.9% net.test
191 3100 369 17 20.1 5 0.03 0.6% 2.8% net.poems
192 3100 368 7 37.1 2 0.05 0.6% 2.8% net.games.pbm
193 3100 363 15 24.4 5 0.03 0.6% 2.7% net.micro.6809
194 3100 359 18 32.5 5 0.05 0.6% 2.7% net.rec.boat
195 3000 357 12 178.5 4 0.26 0.6% 2.7% mod.politics.arms-d
196 3000 357 10 14.0 3 0.02 0.6% 2.7% net.roots
197 3000 353 18 19.9 6 0.03 0.6% 2.7% net.micro.trs-80
198 3000 350 1 21.3 0 0.03 0.6% 2.6% net.lang.apl
199 2900 344 21 59.1 7 0.09 0.6% 2.6% mod.comp-soc
200 2900 344 2 2.9 0 0.00 0.6% 2.6% net.rec.scuba
201 2900 336 70 229.2 24 0.35 0.6% 2.5% net.tv.soaps
202 2800 331 34 166.8 12 0.26 0.6% 2.5% net.ham-radio.packet
203 2800 330 1 1.6 0 0.00 0.6% 2.5% mod.computers.ridge
204 2700 322 14 16.0 5 0.03 0.5% 2.4% net.micro.hp
205 2700 314 61 73.6 22 0.12 0.5% 2.4% net.micro.atari8
206 2600 310 15 26.2 6 0.04 0.5% 2.3% net.railroad
207 2500 296 10 15.4 4 0.03 0.5% 2.2% net.rec.bridge
208 2500 293 7 9.1 2 0.02 0.5% 2.2% net.rec.birds
209 2500 292 18 47.4 7 0.08 0.5% 2.2% net.rec.skydive
210 2500 289 4 5.7 1 0.01 0.5% 2.2% net.sport.hockey
211 2400 287 75 294.6 31 0.54 0.5% 2.2% net.politics.theory
212 2200 262 7 18.0 3 0.04 0.4% 2.0% mod.computers.masscomp
213 1900 225 35 72.5 18 0.17 0.4% 1.7% net.music.makers
214 1700 200 85 140.0 50 0.36 0.3% 1.5% mod.music.gaffa
215 1000 118 1 2.0 1 0.01 0.2% 0.9% net.house
216 650 76 5 5.4 8 0.04 0.1% 0.6% net.rec.radio