ra_bt@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (08/18/89)
COMP.SYS.MAC seems to be one of the most active newsgroups. Anyone have any idea of the number of people who read this newsgroup? (I'm interested in finding out size of readership of NetNews for a paper I'm preparing) Bill Tsang RA_BT@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
halliday@cheddar.cc.ubc.ca (Laura Halliday) (08/18/89)
In article <5039@tank.uchicago.edu> ra_bt@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: >COMP.SYS.MAC seems to be one of the most active newsgroups. Anyone have >any idea of the number of people who read this newsgroup? The most recent data I've seen (see news.lists, etc.) is that approximately 40000 people read comp.sys.mac. This is 10th on the list; rec.humor.funny is at the top with 69000, while misc.jobs.offered is second with 59000. ...laura
blythedr@ingr.com (Dennis Blythe x6096) (08/22/89)
in article <5039@tank.uchicago.edu>, ra_bt@gsbacd.uchicago.edu says: > > COMP.SYS.MAC seems to be one of the most active newsgroups. Anyone have > any idea of the number of people who read this newsgroup? (I'm interested > in finding out size of readership of NetNews for a paper I'm preparing) > > Hope its not too late, if you haven't gotten any info, there is a Newsgroup called news.lists that tells about readership. Here's what it says about comp.sys.mac., news.lists uunet.UU.NET No. of $ Cost % of Cumulative Rank Kbytes Articles per Site Total % of Total Group (Articles/contributor) 17 855.4 820 2.14 1.2% 30.5% comp.sys.mac (1.9) _______________________________________________________________________________ \ \ ingr!b11!skylark!dennis \ Dennis Blythe Insert quotation \ Intergraph here \ (205)-772-6096 \ USA \ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------