weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener) (07/10/86)
Well, I think the following comparisons are rather interesting. I took Brian Reid's USENET surveys and compared five groups. While California has only 28% of the USENET readership, it has 76% of the net.rec.drugs readership, and 47% of the net.motss readership. Welcome to Lotusland! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: USENET READERSHIP SUMMARY REPORT FOR JUN 86 Netreaders: 10935 50000 3 10000 2432 582 655.1 58 0.25 4.9% 22.2% net.jokes 19 4300 1050 350 594.9 81 0.52 2.1% 9.6% net.lang.c 110 2100 504 118 248.4 56 0.44 1.0% 4.6% net.motss 207 890 215 24 32.5 27 0.14 0.4% 2.0% net.rec.drugs 211 640 155 61 591.8 95 3.50 0.3% 1.4% mod.comp-soc ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: CALIFORNIA USENET SUMMARY REPORT FOR JUN 86 Netreaders: 1769 14000 1 3900 520 582 655.1 149 0.10 4.5% 29.4% net.jokes 28 1600 217 350 594.9 218 0.22 1.9% 12.3% net.lang.c 76 1000 135 118 248.4 118 0.15 1.2% 7.6% net.motss 137 680 90 24 32.5 35 0.03 0.8% 5.1% net.rec.drugs 212 320 42 61 591.8 191 1.10 0.4% 2.4% mod.comp-soc ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: BAY AREA USENET SUMMARY REPORT FOR JUN 86 Netreaders: 1112 8000 2 1400 205 582 655.1 416 0.17 4.3% 18.4% net.jokes 27 730 107 350 594.9 479 0.29 2.3% 9.6% net.lang.c 87 420 62 24 32.5 57 0.03 1.3% 5.6% net.rec.drugs 138 290 42 118 248.4 408 0.31 0.9% 3.8% net.motss 195 170 25 61 591.8 361 1.30 0.5% 2.2% mod.comp-soc ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720 "The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean."