jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith) (12/05/88)
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Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME (NOV 88)
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Date: 1 Dec 88 11:52:43 GMT
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TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
+-- 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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
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7 18000 1233 87% 1087 2202.6 2% 0.20 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
10 18000 1197 96% 1190 2039.1 5% 0.20 4.8% comp.sys.amiga
11 27000 1819 97% 1237 2029.9 14% 0.13 7.3% comp.sys.mac
16 41000 2759 96% 1009 1583.6 10% 0.07 11.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc
^^^^^^
Sometimes I dread reading news. :-) There are always so many articles in
comp.sys.amiga and it takes so long to read. :-) How can I get any work done
when there is so much to read. :-) My wife is going to kill me!
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