reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (01/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3500 294 88% 754 2821.1 215 3.20 2.5% comp.sys.amiga
2 2200 184 87% 414 1433.1 188 2.60 1.5% talk.religion.misc
3 3500 298 88% 372 1918.1 106 2.20 2.5% comp.sys.atari.st
4 1900 160 88% 242 808.0 127 1.70 1.3% talk.abortion
5 1800 148 75% 247 652.5 137 1.50 1.2% rec.arts.comics
6 7600 640 96% 81 2590.7 10 1.40 5.4% mod.mac.binaries
7 2900 245 88% 428 1038.3 147 1.40 2.1% talk.politics.misc
8 3400 286 76% 557 1019.7 163 1.20 2.4% rec.arts.startrek
9 1800 155 88% 134 524.0 74 1.20 1.3% talk.origins
10 8100 684 88% 944 2142.4 116 1.10 5.8% soc.singles
11 1400 116 74% 130 333.1 92 0.95 1.0% rec.ham-radio
12 3300 279 87% 285 775.2 86 0.94 2.3% soc.motss
13 1600 133 74% 212 351.4 133 0.88 1.1% rec.aviation
14 2800 232 92% 190 594.8 67 0.85 2.0% soc.culture.indian
15 2700 230 92% 200 558.3 74 0.83 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
16 960 81 76% 144 186.6 150 0.78 0.7% rec.music.gdead
17 950 80 74% 22 176.6 24 0.75 0.7% rec.ham-radio.packet
18 4000 333 79% 305 707.1 76 0.71 2.8% rec.arts.sf-lovers
19 1500 128 88% 55 252.5 37 0.68 1.1% comp.sys.atari.8bit
20 2700 226 89% 171 450.4 63 0.67 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
21 2600 221 89% 190 431.9 73 0.67 1.9% comp.sys.apple
22 2500 206 77% 278 408.8 111 0.66 1.7% rec.music.misc
23 2200 189 89% 64 295.5 29 0.54 1.6% talk.philosophy.misc
24 1900 160 72% 124 241.8 65 0.51 1.3% rec.sport.football
25 2600 216 74% 195 295.4 75 0.46 1.8% rec.video
26 4700 396 75% 305 489.4 65 0.42 3.3% rec.arts.movies
27 1100 93 73% 52 99.8 48 0.36 0.8% rec.arts.tv.soaps
28 3800 317 58% 15 329.3 4 0.35 2.7% news.lists
29 28000 2334 94% 95 2355.2 3 0.34 19.6% net.sources
30 7500 631 89% 367 627.0 48 0.34 5.3% comp.sys.ibm.pc
31 3200 270 92% 12 270.7 4 0.34 2.3% mod.politics.arms-d
32 1700 142 76% 60 139.8 35 0.33 1.2% rec.games.frp
33 6900 579 89% 314 540.9 45 0.31 4.9% comp.lang.c
34 5700 476 88% 191 425.5 33 0.30 4.0% soc.women
35 2000 172 86% 24 151.2 12 0.30 1.4% mod.religion.christian
36 1300 112 74% 50 95.7 38 0.30 0.9% rec.motorcycles
37 15000 1265 93% 47 1101.4 3 0.29 10.6% net.sources.games
38 6000 504 88% 297 422.8 49 0.28 4.2% talk.bizarre
39 4000 334 76% 162 281.9 40 0.28 2.8% rec.audio
40 1900 156 74% 97 132.7 51 0.28 1.3% rec.arts.drwhoreid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (02/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3500 275 87% 692 1795.8 197 2.10 2.5% talk.politics.misc
2 2400 192 87% 424 1156.2 176 2.00 1.7% talk.religion.misc
3 5000 397 89% 688 2298.1 137 1.90 3.6% comp.sys.amiga
4 5100 400 90% 600 2182.3 117 1.70 3.6% comp.sys.atari.st
5 2700 215 79% 465 1069.5 172 1.60 1.9% rec.arts.comics
6 5900 462 87% 641 1606.4 108 1.10 4.2% soc.women
7 5600 446 83% 731 1384.3 130 1.00 4.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
8 3100 243 89% 274 741.1 88 0.97 2.2% mod.music.gaffa
9 2000 155 89% 125 476.4 62 0.96 1.4% comp.sys.atari.8bit
10 1700 137 87% 122 398.5 72 0.95 1.2% talk.abortion
11 2400 186 78% 320 544.2 133 0.92 1.7% rec.aviation
12 1600 128 44% 7 330.6 4 0.84 1.2% mod.mag.fidonet
13 9000 714 86% 980 1854.2 108 0.83 6.4% soc.singles
14 2100 168 78% 187 429.2 89 0.83 1.5% rec.ham-radio
15 3000 235 92% 304 553.6 101 0.75 2.1% soc.culture.indian
16 2000 154 88% 114 371.4 57 0.75 1.4% talk.philosophy.misc
17 2000 158 87% 130 354.3 65 0.72 1.4% talk.origins
18 3000 236 92% 194 514.7 64 0.69 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
19 3800 299 83% 394 641.7 103 0.68 2.7% rec.music.misc
20 1500 116 82% 198 249.8 132 0.67 1.0% rec.music.gdead
21 4700 373 79% 478 766.4 101 0.66 3.4% rec.arts.startrek
22 26000 2072 90% 268 4044.3 10 0.63 18.6% net.sources
23 2800 218 77% 285 437.8 102 0.63 2.0% rec.sport.football
24 2900 227 85% 217 438.5 74 0.61 2.0% rec.music.synth
25 15000 1147 96% 41 1754.5 2 0.47 10.3% mod.sources
26 2400 191 82% 110 279.5 45 0.47 1.7% rec.games.frp
27 1400 113 62% 57 159.9 40 0.46 1.0% misc.handicap
28 5600 440 80% 350 602.3 62 0.44 4.0% rec.audio
29 7600 601 96% 21 791.7 2 0.42 5.4% mod.mac.binaries
30 2100 166 77% 138 213.3 65 0.41 1.5% rec.motorcycles
31 12000 932 90% 615 1166.2 51 0.39 8.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
32 7000 549 91% 277 655.9 39 0.38 4.9% sci.space
33 2600 206 78% 167 230.0 64 0.36 1.9% rec.arts.drwho
34 8800 697 90% 65 770.1 7 0.35 6.3% comp.ai
35 4100 322 79% 261 359.2 63 0.35 2.9% rec.video
36 9900 779 96% 518 834.3 52 0.34 7.0% mod.computers.vax
37 1600 125 82% 72 135.7 45 0.34 1.1% rec.games.bridge
38 3500 278 90% 227 284.5 64 0.33 2.5% comp.sys.apple
39 3500 275 83% 184 288.6 52 0.33 2.5% rec.games.hack
40 3300 264 38% 184 268.6 55 0.33 2.4% comp.os.minixreid@decwrl.UUCP (03/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3300 240 88% 395 1241.0 119 1.50 2.1% talk.religion.misc
2 1900 137 89% 75 697.0 39 1.50 1.2% rec.games.pbm
3 2600 190 82% 394 880.5 151 1.40 1.7% rec.ham-radio
4 7700 560 95% 557 2597.7 72 1.30 4.9% comp.sys.amiga
5 4500 325 89% 524 1396.1 116 1.20 2.8% talk.politics.misc
6 6600 480 95% 561 1812.5 85 1.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
7 4000 292 85% 544 1141.6 136 1.10 2.5% rec.arts.comics
8 2500 183 89% 224 675.3 89 1.10 1.6% talk.origins
9 3000 216 88% 325 753.5 108 1.00 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
10 3200 231 82% 507 776.0 158 0.97 2.0% rec.aviation
11 10000 733 89% 1167 2170.2 116 0.87 6.4% soc.singles
12 5100 371 90% 590 999.7 115 0.78 3.2% rec.music.misc
13 6500 477 89% 574 1252.1 88 0.77 4.2% soc.women
14 1600 116 73% 105 292.6 66 0.73 1.0% misc.handicap
15 2300 164 71% 165 389.0 72 0.68 1.4% talk.religion.newage
16 2000 149 89% 235 300.7 117 0.60 1.3% rec.music.gdead
17 7900 576 89% 535 1116.1 67 0.57 5.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
18 7500 543 95% 41 998.9 5 0.53 4.7% mod.mac.binaries
19 7400 541 95% 594 987.4 80 0.53 4.7% mod.computers.vax
20 2600 191 90% 108 343.3 41 0.53 1.7% talk.philosophy.misc
21 3000 218 93% 168 389.8 56 0.52 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
22 2400 176 95% 97 312.3 40 0.52 1.5% comp.sys.atari.8bit
23 1600 120 88% 70 177.2 43 0.44 1.0% talk.abortion
24 16000 1166 95% 791 1598.1 49 0.40 10.2% comp.sys.ibm.pc
25 23000 1688 96% 57 2232.2 2 0.39 14.7% mod.sources
26 6600 484 95% 308 647.0 46 0.39 4.2% sci.physics
27 5800 426 84% 341 565.6 58 0.39 3.7% rec.arts.tv
28 2500 183 82% 182 236.7 73 0.38 1.6% rec.sport.baseball
29 3900 286 91% 171 351.0 43 0.36 2.5% rec.music.synth
30 3200 230 89% 140 291.0 43 0.36 2.0% rec.games.frp
31 8700 634 87% 451 757.9 51 0.35 5.5% rec.audio
32 3400 247 94% 178 294.6 52 0.35 2.2% soc.culture.indian
33 5700 414 84% 290 479.8 50 0.34 3.6% rec.arts.startrek
34 2900 214 82% 127 229.2 43 0.32 1.9% rec.sport.football
35 2600 187 81% 138 207.9 53 0.32 1.6% rec.sport.basketball
36 7900 572 96% 272 613.0 34 0.31 5.0% sci.math
37 2500 179 82% 114 193.5 45 0.31 1.6% rec.motorcycles
38 7500 548 94% 268 564.3 35 0.30 4.8% sci.space
39 7300 532 95% 271 541.2 37 0.30 4.6% sci.astro
40 2500 179 82% 101 187.0 40 0.30 1.6% rec.arts.tv.soapsreid@decwrl.UUCP (04/02/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3000 233 87% 558 1533.9 186 2.30 1.9% talk.religion.misc
2 7400 570 94% 75 2250.7 10 1.40 4.7% mod.mac.binaries
3 4300 330 88% 432 1141.1 100 1.20 2.7% talk.politics.misc
4 8200 629 95% 700 1996.9 85 1.10 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
5 6700 517 96% 622 1694.2 92 1.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
6 3200 244 87% 321 805.6 100 1.10 2.0% rec.ham-radio
7 2200 169 92% 350 561.6 159 1.10 1.4% rec.music.gdead
8 4700 361 87% 517 1056.6 110 1.00 3.0% rec.arts.comics
9 1100 87 65% 10 249.3 9 1.00 0.7% comp.binaries.atari.st
10 2800 216 85% 321 618.0 114 0.99 1.8% rec.motorcycles
11 3000 231 89% 262 632.9 87 0.95 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
12 8100 620 92% 881 1679.6 108 0.93 5.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
13 3400 259 93% 370 692.9 108 0.92 2.1% soc.culture.indian
14 6700 517 88% 647 1331.8 96 0.89 4.2% soc.women
15 2900 223 84% 354 557.7 122 0.87 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
16 10000 783 88% 987 1884.6 98 0.85 6.4% soc.singles
17 960 74 92% 54 150.8 56 0.71 0.6% soc.culture.greek
18 6700 513 95% 460 1047.2 68 0.70 4.2% mod.computers.vax
19 5700 442 87% 505 874.4 88 0.69 3.6% rec.arts.startrek
20 5800 444 93% 492 839.6 84 0.65 3.6% rec.music.misc
21 1800 138 82% 131 249.9 73 0.62 1.1% misc.handicap
22 2400 185 87% 120 323.8 50 0.61 1.5% talk.origins
23 7400 567 85% 492 880.1 66 0.54 4.7% rec.autos
24 3200 249 85% 244 363.7 76 0.51 2.0% rec.aviation
25 2800 218 85% 170 295.1 60 0.47 1.8% rec.sport.baseball
26 6800 526 87% 421 667.7 61 0.44 4.3% talk.bizarre
27 23000 1801 95% 47 2114.3 2 0.41 14.8% mod.sources
28 3900 299 85% 174 329.0 44 0.38 2.5% rec.bicycles
29 3900 303 88% 184 318.4 47 0.37 2.5% rec.arts.drwho
30 25000 1961 86% 142 2024.8 5 0.36 16.1% net.sources
31 1800 141 92% 68 145.3 38 0.36 1.2% rec.games.bridge
32 7500 578 94% 254 581.0 33 0.35 4.7% sci.space
33 4600 353 88% 137 348.1 29 0.34 2.9% soc.motss
34 3400 264 92% 91 241.3 26 0.32 2.2% rec.games.frp
35 3000 228 92% 58 211.2 19 0.32 1.9% rec.music.folk
36 5400 413 88% 164 374.1 30 0.31 3.4% misc.kids
37 11000 882 96% 567 738.4 51 0.30 7.2% comp.sys.mac
38 9800 756 88% 427 657.5 43 0.30 6.2% rec.arts.movies
39 3200 247 95% 122 210.4 38 0.30 2.0% comp.os.cpm
40 2400 185 84% 127 161.3 52 0.30 1.5% rec.arts.tv.soapsreid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (05/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3000 237 89% 558 1533.9 186 2.30 1.9% talk.religion.misc
2 7600 595 95% 75 2250.7 9 1.40 4.7% mod.mac.binaries
3 3200 247 88% 321 805.6 100 1.20 1.9% rec.ham-radio
4 2200 172 93% 350 561.6 159 1.20 1.4% rec.music.gdead
5 6900 544 96% 622 1694.2 90 1.10 4.3% comp.sys.atari.st
6 4600 361 90% 432 1141.1 94 1.10 2.8% talk.politics.misc
7 8900 694 96% 700 1996.9 78 1.00 5.4% comp.sys.amiga
8 3000 237 90% 262 632.9 87 0.97 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
9 5200 405 89% 517 1056.6 99 0.93 3.2% rec.arts.comics
10 8500 665 93% 881 1679.6 103 0.91 5.2% rec.arts.sf-lovers
11 6700 525 90% 647 1331.8 96 0.91 4.1% soc.women
12 3100 244 87% 321 618.0 103 0.91 1.9% rec.motorcycles
13 3600 284 94% 370 692.9 102 0.88 2.2% soc.culture.indian
14 3200 250 86% 354 557.7 110 0.80 2.0% rec.sport.basketball
15 860 67 93% 54 150.8 63 0.80 0.5% soc.culture.greek
16 11000 834 90% 987 1884.6 89 0.78 6.5% soc.singles
17 1500 119 83% 131 249.9 87 0.76 0.9% misc.handicap
18 6500 506 96% 460 1047.2 70 0.74 4.0% mod.computers.vax
19 6400 498 88% 505 874.4 79 0.63 3.9% rec.arts.startrek
20 6200 484 94% 492 839.6 79 0.62 3.8% rec.music.misc
21 2400 186 89% 120 323.8 50 0.62 1.5% talk.origins
22 7500 590 87% 492 880.1 65 0.54 4.6% rec.autos
23 3400 265 87% 244 363.7 71 0.49 2.1% rec.aviation
24 22000 1690 96% 47 2114.3 2 0.44 13.3% mod.sources
25 7200 567 89% 421 667.7 58 0.42 4.5% talk.bizarre
26 3300 258 87% 170 295.1 51 0.41 2.0% rec.sport.baseball
27 2800 221 77% 10 249.3 3 0.41 1.7% comp.binaries.atari.st
28 3900 309 90% 184 318.4 47 0.37 2.4% rec.arts.drwho
29 4200 327 87% 174 329.0 41 0.36 2.6% rec.bicycles
30 7500 586 95% 254 581.0 33 0.35 4.6% sci.space
31 3200 252 93% 91 241.3 28 0.35 2.0% rec.games.frp
32 2800 221 93% 58 211.2 20 0.35 1.7% rec.music.folk
33 1900 145 93% 68 145.3 36 0.35 1.1% rec.games.bridge
34 27000 2108 86% 142 2024.8 5 0.34 16.6% net.sources
35 4700 367 89% 137 348.1 29 0.34 2.9% soc.motss
36 5300 412 90% 164 374.1 30 0.32 3.2% misc.kids
37 2600 202 90% 51 175.9 19 0.31 1.6% talk.philosophy.misc
38 10000 814 90% 427 657.5 42 0.30 6.4% rec.arts.movies
39 2500 193 86% 127 161.3 50 0.30 1.5% rec.arts.tv.soaps
40 11000 843 96% 277 680.8 25 0.28 6.6% comp.archreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 7900 614 90% 1120 2637.0 141 1.60 4.3% soc.women
2 12000 899 97% 828 3049.5 69 1.20 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
3 5200 407 89% 498 1159.7 95 1.10 2.8% talk.politics.misc
4 1700 136 71% 178 383.4 105 1.10 1.0% sci.philosophy.tech
5 3700 291 90% 240 765.6 64 0.99 2.0% talk.religion.misc
6 6100 476 77% 35 1174.2 5 0.92 3.3% comp.binaries.mac
7 3700 289 96% 62 688.2 16 0.89 2.0% comp.sys.cbm
8 3300 259 94% 457 596.7 138 0.86 1.8% rec.music.gdead
9 3000 237 78% 255 526.4 85 0.84 1.7% rec.music.gaffa
10 4700 368 80% 261 794.9 55 0.81 2.6% comp.os.vms
11 7900 614 96% 494 1290.0 62 0.78 4.3% comp.sys.atari.st
12 3400 268 88% 367 540.6 107 0.76 1.9% rec.aviation
13 3700 292 88% 378 583.7 102 0.75 2.0% rec.sport.baseball
14 2500 198 80% 12 391.9 5 0.75 1.4% comp.os.os9
15 11000 834 94% 810 1696.0 73 0.74 5.8% rec.arts.sf-lovers
16 5700 448 89% 382 859.3 67 0.72 3.1% rec.arts.comics
17 3400 268 87% 265 441.6 78 0.62 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
18 4600 362 95% 305 592.6 66 0.61 2.5% soc.culture.indian
19 12000 902 85% 32 1478.3 2 0.59 6.3% comp.sources.games
20 4000 308 94% 234 490.2 58 0.58 2.2% soc.culture.jewish
21 12000 937 90% 890 1407.7 74 0.56 6.6% soc.singles
22 2000 154 66% 77 227.5 38 0.54 1.1% soc.politics
23 7700 598 95% 558 844.0 72 0.52 4.2% rec.music.misc
24 3900 302 94% 168 417.4 43 0.51 2.1% rec.games.frp
25 2100 162 94% 90 218.7 42 0.50 1.1% rec.games.bridge
26 5300 413 97% 308 529.8 58 0.48 2.9% comp.sys.apple
27 2100 162 75% 2 203.0 1 0.46 1.1% comp.org.fidonet
28 2500 195 88% 141 235.3 56 0.45 1.4% rec.arts.tv.soaps
29 8000 620 90% 328 741.9 41 0.44 4.3% misc.headlines
30 3800 293 91% 235 339.0 62 0.43 2.0% rec.arts.drwho
31 2200 174 84% 5 193.9 2 0.42 1.2% comp.sources.mac
32 1200 96 94% 52 106.6 44 0.42 0.7% soc.culture.greek
33 6300 494 78% 21 516.6 3 0.39 3.5% comp.sys.mac.digest
34 8700 675 88% 451 700.6 51 0.38 4.7% rec.autos
35 8900 696 95% 344 688.8 38 0.37 4.9% sci.med
36 4800 371 89% 231 368.1 48 0.37 2.6% rec.bicycles
37 3700 288 90% 10 290.3 2 0.37 2.0% comp.binaries.atari.st
38 3800 298 90% 134 283.8 35 0.36 2.1% rec.ham-radio
39 2200 170 88% 91 164.3 41 0.36 1.2% rec.railroad
40 6900 541 90% 290 499.8 42 0.35 3.8% rec.arts.startrekreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 2200 174 24% 578 1195.0 262 2.70 1.2% soc.men
2 2800 221 33% 24 1096.0 8 2.00 1.5% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
3 8900 705 89% 1434 3000.2 161 1.70 4.9% soc.women
4 5900 468 90% 734 1695.1 124 1.50 3.2% comp.os.vms
5 4000 320 88% 657 1099.4 164 1.40 2.2% rec.aviation
6 7600 599 90% 48 2027.1 6 1.30 4.1% comp.binaries.mac
7 5200 413 87% 585 1361.5 112 1.30 2.9% talk.politics.misc
8 2700 211 89% 22 696.4 8 1.30 1.5% comp.binaries.amiga
9 10000 819 93% 48 2258.1 4 1.10 5.7% comp.sources.unix
10 12000 919 96% 837 2453.3 69 1.00 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
11 9200 730 88% 1012 1668.0 110 0.92 5.0% rec.autos
12 3600 282 87% 314 596.1 87 0.84 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
13 8300 659 97% 395 1361.1 47 0.83 4.6% comp.sys.atari.st
14 3700 295 88% 185 604.4 50 0.82 2.0% talk.religion.misc
15 14000 1067 89% 1340 2186.8 95 0.79 7.4% soc.singles
16 4000 315 89% 227 611.2 56 0.77 2.2% rec.ham-radio
17 5000 393 85% 15 752.0 3 0.76 2.7% comp.mail.maps
18 3700 293 93% 454 559.9 122 0.76 2.0% rec.music.gdead
19 5800 462 94% 234 811.5 40 0.71 3.2% rec.games.hack
20 7500 593 95% 584 966.0 77 0.65 4.1% rec.music.misc
21 4600 363 88% 375 590.0 81 0.65 2.5% rec.bicycles
22 4500 353 94% 272 575.0 60 0.65 2.4% soc.culture.indian
23 3100 243 90% 155 344.7 50 0.56 1.7% comp.sys.apollo
24 1500 119 86% 41 160.7 27 0.54 0.8% misc.handicap
25 12000 930 94% 674 1154.5 56 0.49 6.4% rec.arts.sf-lovers
26 14000 1135 97% 802 1317.2 57 0.48 7.8% comp.sys.mac
27 3200 249 90% 105 304.8 33 0.48 1.7% rec.music.gaffa
28 9700 770 89% 537 881.8 55 0.46 5.3% rec.audio
29 6300 496 88% 267 544.4 42 0.44 3.4% rec.arts.comics
30 16000 1230 93% 34 1373.5 2 0.43 8.5% comp.sources.games
31 8100 637 89% 367 635.4 45 0.40 4.4% rec.arts.startrek
32 4600 364 87% 221 366.3 48 0.40 2.5% rec.pets
33 4000 317 94% 151 319.4 37 0.40 2.2% soc.culture.jewish
34 17000 1315 91% 48 1318.6 2 0.39 9.1% comp.sources.misc
35 11000 852 90% 440 784.2 40 0.36 5.9% rec.arts.movies
36 3500 277 88% 145 252.5 41 0.36 1.9% rec.motorcycles
37 2200 173 81% 7 158.7 3 0.36 1.2% soc.politics.arms-d
38 5200 408 91% 188 362.0 36 0.35 2.8% rec.arts.drwho
39 9800 775 97% 235 652.3 24 0.34 5.4% sci.space
40 3800 304 87% 154 249.3 40 0.33 2.1% rec.sport.baseballreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3900 292 90% 52 2531.5 13 3.30 2.1% comp.mail.maps
2 6300 480 65% 921 2197.7 146 1.80 3.4% soc.men
3 8900 674 97% 440 2080.2 49 1.20 4.7% comp.sys.atari.st
4 6900 523 88% 670 1704.5 97 1.20 3.7% talk.politics.misc
5 4400 337 94% 612 881.6 139 1.00 2.4% rec.music.gdead
6 6100 462 91% 210 1183.3 34 0.98 3.3% rec.arts.drwho
7 8000 610 95% 878 1489.2 109 0.94 4.3% rec.music.misc
8 9400 713 71% 42 1727.6 4 0.93 5.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
9 3000 225 96% 5 555.4 1 0.93 1.6% comp.org.fidonet
10 8100 613 96% 611 1470.6 75 0.92 4.3% comp.os.vms
11 12000 922 96% 862 2144.0 71 0.90 6.5% comp.sys.amiga
12 5200 393 94% 417 886.6 80 0.86 2.8% soc.culture.indian
13 4100 308 88% 201 671.1 49 0.83 2.2% talk.religion.misc
14 11000 831 89% 714 1685.0 64 0.77 5.9% soc.women
15 4200 317 90% 292 621.0 69 0.75 2.2% rec.ham-radio
16 4200 316 86% 230 623.0 54 0.75 2.2% talk.religion.newage
17 5800 436 96% 341 821.8 58 0.72 3.1% comp.sys.apple
18 4000 307 88% 385 556.3 96 0.70 2.2% rec.sport.baseball
19 4300 323 94% 252 587.9 58 0.69 2.3% soc.culture.jewish
20 19000 1428 98% 51 2538.2 2 0.67 10.1% comp.sources.games
21 2700 208 21% 12 352.1 4 0.66 1.5% alt.sources
22 1400 108 88% 80 180.3 57 0.65 0.8% misc.handicap
23 2200 170 88% 10 271.7 4 0.62 1.2% soc.politics.arms-d
24 4300 323 88% 311 520.8 72 0.61 2.3% rec.aviation
25 1200 94 93% 2 139.5 2 0.59 0.7% rec.mag
26 7000 533 89% 407 803.9 58 0.58 3.8% rec.arts.comics
27 5100 389 88% 360 584.6 70 0.58 2.7% rec.bicycles
28 3500 267 95% 142 399.4 40 0.58 1.9% rec.music.gaffa
29 9900 747 88% 661 1113.5 66 0.57 5.3% rec.autos
30 18000 1390 98% 45 1979.5 2 0.56 9.8% comp.sources.unix
31 8700 658 96% 37 956.7 4 0.56 4.6% comp.binaries.mac
32 2700 202 88% 77 282.4 28 0.53 1.4% talk.origins
33 8800 669 89% 404 876.5 45 0.50 4.7% misc.headlines
34 12000 945 91% 690 1101.2 57 0.46 6.7% rec.arts.movies
35 24000 1853 96% 881 2044.5 36 0.43 13.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc
36 11000 827 88% 668 935.7 60 0.43 5.8% talk.bizarre
37 7800 592 89% 457 619.3 58 0.40 4.2% rec.arts.tv
38 4700 354 89% 227 371.5 48 0.40 2.5% rec.photo
39 16000 1241 89% 671 1221.7 41 0.39 8.7% soc.singles
40 10000 771 97% 360 737.4 36 0.37 5.4% sci.spacereid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 1700 123 97% 15 601.4 9 1.80 0.8% comp.doc
2 6600 490 88% 502 1382.2 76 1.10 3.3% talk.politics.misc
3 5000 369 86% 300 1106.7 60 1.10 2.5% talk.religion.newage
4 4900 364 89% 588 1042.5 120 1.10 2.4% rec.aviation
5 12000 887 88% 961 2063.6 80 0.88 5.9% soc.women
6 9300 692 89% 382 1427.9 41 0.78 4.6% rec.arts.startrek
7 3000 224 87% 117 436.8 39 0.74 1.5% talk.origins
8 6400 477 89% 334 920.0 52 0.73 3.2% rec.arts.comics
9 2200 166 89% 10 293.8 4 0.68 1.1% soc.politics.arms-d
10 4600 339 94% 240 590.0 52 0.65 2.3% soc.culture.jewish
11 11000 838 96% 624 1325.7 56 0.61 5.6% comp.sys.amiga
12 7900 590 73% 465 922.9 58 0.59 3.9% soc.men
13 8700 648 95% 662 986.3 76 0.58 4.3% rec.music.misc
14 3300 245 95% 67 365.1 20 0.56 1.6% comp.sys.atari.8bit
15 4400 326 94% 300 458.2 68 0.53 2.2% rec.music.gdead
16 4600 346 88% 301 435.4 65 0.48 2.3% rec.sport.baseball
17 1500 109 88% 57 142.8 38 0.48 0.7% misc.handicap
18 19000 1393 88% 981 1694.3 51 0.45 9.3% soc.singles
19 5100 379 94% 257 428.6 50 0.43 2.5% rec.ham-radio
20 9000 669 97% 252 740.5 28 0.42 4.5% comp.os.vms
21 5600 417 94% 210 459.3 37 0.42 2.8% soc.culture.indian
22 24000 1774 98% 55 1873.0 2 0.40 11.8% comp.sources.misc
23 5100 383 98% 190 400.7 37 0.40 2.5% comp.lang.ada
24 9600 717 96% 47 744.5 4 0.39 4.8% comp.binaries.mac
25 5300 397 88% 262 398.3 49 0.38 2.6% rec.bicycles
26 17000 1293 98% 811 1221.9 47 0.37 8.6% comp.sys.mac
27 11000 806 88% 490 764.4 44 0.35 5.4% rec.autos
28 23000 1690 99% 38 1532.6 1 0.34 11.2% comp.sources.unix
29 4500 335 88% 184 291.2 40 0.33 2.2% rec.sport.football
30 3700 274 97% 4 240.2 1 0.33 1.8% comp.org.fidonet
31 12000 899 88% 618 753.2 51 0.32 6.0% talk.bizarre
32 1100 79 87% 22 68.9 20 0.32 0.5% talk.politics.theory
33 580 43 8% 12 36.1 22 0.32 0.3% rec.arts.int-fiction
34 23000 1719 96% 732 1356.6 31 0.30 11.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
35 2700 201 88% 77 156.9 28 0.30 1.3% rec.railroad
36 11000 855 98% 301 630.0 27 0.29 5.7% sci.space
37 5500 408 91% 185 316.0 33 0.29 2.7% rec.arts.drwho
38 6900 516 96% 170 376.9 24 0.28 3.4% comp.sys.apple
39 4000 299 88% 105 219.1 26 0.28 2.0% rec.motorcycles
40 4000 295 88% 71 222.4 17 0.28 2.0% talk.religion.miscreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3200 239 89% 48 2390.1 15 3.80 1.5% comp.mail.maps
2 12000 895 88% 1060 2738.1 88 1.20 5.6% soc.women
3 5000 370 89% 621 1140.3 124 1.20 2.3% rec.aviation
4 11000 821 97% 854 2218.3 77 1.00 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
5 4800 358 94% 378 927.6 78 0.99 2.2% soc.culture.jewish
6 4200 308 97% 295 808.3 70 0.99 1.9% comp.mail.elm
7 760 56 5% 97 132.8 127 0.90 0.4% alt.cyberpunk
8 7900 584 97% 482 1237.8 61 0.81 3.7% comp.os.vms
9 6600 490 89% 437 973.9 66 0.76 3.1% rec.arts.comics
10 5000 370 88% 375 702.0 75 0.72 2.3% rec.sport.football
11 3100 227 96% 28 421.4 9 0.70 1.4% comp.sys.m6809
12 19000 1419 98% 1097 2512.6 57 0.68 8.9% comp.sys.mac
13 9800 727 95% 38 1294.5 3 0.68 4.6% comp.binaries.mac
14 5600 414 95% 471 739.7 84 0.68 2.6% rec.music.gdead
15 28000 2094 98% 84 3481.4 3 0.64 13.1% comp.sources.unix
16 2300 169 86% 85 280.9 37 0.63 1.1% talk.politics.theory
17 3700 275 89% 160 449.6 43 0.62 1.7% rec.motorcycles
18 2600 193 15% 217 304.4 83 0.60 1.2% alt.flame
19 23000 1738 96% 927 2393.0 40 0.53 10.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
20 20000 1453 88% 1381 2057.7 69 0.53 9.1% soc.singles
21 9500 704 98% 334 960.5 35 0.52 4.4% comp.sys.atari.st
22 1100 80 26% 100 110.5 90 0.52 0.5% comp.lang.rexx
23 15000 1135 95% 755 1466.3 50 0.50 7.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 4600 342 88% 297 443.1 64 0.50 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
25 2500 188 90% 8 245.0 3 0.50 1.2% soc.politics.arms-d
26 3300 243 97% 4 314.3 1 0.49 1.5% comp.org.fidonet
27 2600 192 88% 94 247.3 36 0.49 1.2% talk.abortion
28 1500 109 23% 78 141.3 52 0.48 0.7% comp.editors
29 2800 210 88% 138 257.8 49 0.47 1.3% rec.railroad
30 4500 337 97% 74 404.2 16 0.46 2.1% comp.os.cpm
31 5300 394 95% 230 463.7 43 0.45 2.5% rec.ham-radio
32 380 28 18% 17 32.3 45 0.44 0.2% rec.equestrian
33 6500 485 96% 195 515.1 30 0.41 3.0% comp.sys.apple
34 3100 230 38% 174 246.0 56 0.41 1.4% rec.music.beatles
35 9400 695 89% 415 727.0 44 0.40 4.4% rec.arts.startrek
36 6500 485 87% 234 499.5 36 0.39 3.0% talk.politics.misc
37 12000 876 89% 537 881.3 44 0.38 5.5% rec.autos
38 6700 499 96% 12 501.3 1 0.38 3.1% comp.sources.amiga
39 3200 241 95% 97 232.7 30 0.37 1.5% rec.music.gaffa
40 12000 897 87% 585 841.2 48 0.36 5.6% talk.bizarrereid@decwrl.DEC.COM (Brian Reid) (11/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 11000 845 97% 1351 3092.1 122 1.70 5.0% comp.sys.amiga
2 2300 185 87% 181 592.8 78 1.50 1.1% talk.abortion
3 4000 317 95% 84 715.8 21 1.10 1.9% comp.sys.atari.8bit
4 4500 351 93% 305 749.9 67 0.98 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
5 4700 367 87% 490 769.8 104 0.96 2.2% rec.sport.baseball
6 7200 564 96% 378 1158.8 52 0.95 3.4% comp.os.vms
7 10000 796 88% 902 1543.0 90 0.91 4.7% rec.arts.startrek
8 9800 769 95% 48 1521.9 4 0.91 4.6% comp.binaries.mac
9 12000 914 86% 607 1684.6 50 0.83 5.4% soc.women
10 4800 382 88% 320 675.6 66 0.83 2.3% rec.arts.comics
11 2000 161 86% 95 278.4 47 0.82 1.0% talk.politics.theory
12 1700 137 88% 87 232.6 51 0.81 0.8% misc.handicap
13 6200 492 88% 474 796.2 76 0.76 2.9% rec.aviation
14 9200 729 97% 555 1162.7 60 0.74 4.3% comp.sys.atari.st
15 6300 494 87% 298 771.0 47 0.72 2.9% talk.politics.misc
16 2700 212 62% 14 324.0 5 0.71 1.3% comp.ai.nlang-know-rep
17 5100 400 94% 264 601.9 51 0.70 2.4% rec.ham-radio
18 4900 385 35% 218 545.0 44 0.66 2.3% alt.flame
19 9000 707 89% 414 996.2 46 0.65 4.2% misc.legal
20 4300 337 60% 202 474.6 47 0.65 2.0% comp.society.futures
21 10000 827 87% 745 1061.1 74 0.62 4.9% talk.bizarre
22 4300 340 87% 161 447.7 37 0.61 2.0% talk.religion.misc
23 21000 1642 98% 1427 2124.3 67 0.60 9.8% comp.sys.mac
24 2700 209 95% 10 276.7 3 0.60 1.2% comp.binaries.atari.st
25 6700 526 96% 394 659.0 58 0.58 3.1% comp.sys.apple
26 31000 2453 98% 68 2667.2 2 0.51 14.6% comp.sources.unix
27 22000 1733 96% 882 1898.9 40 0.51 10.3% comp.sys.ibm.pc
28 2500 199 87% 131 209.6 52 0.49 1.2% rec.railroad
29 2000 157 60% 71 166.1 35 0.49 0.9% comp.sys.dec.micro
30 4800 380 95% 142 384.8 29 0.47 2.3% rec.games.frp
31 3200 251 41% 101 256.7 31 0.47 1.5% alt.drugs
32 12000 963 89% 667 913.3 55 0.45 5.7% rec.arts.movies
33 12000 920 88% 562 923.7 46 0.45 5.5% rec.autos
34 5800 457 94% 244 432.5 42 0.44 2.7% soc.culture.indian
35 3000 237 57% 104 224.4 34 0.44 1.4% soc.culture.japan
36 9700 768 87% 338 710.0 34 0.43 4.6% soc.motss
37 2600 204 86% 71 178.1 27 0.40 1.2% talk.origins
38 8900 703 89% 260 596.5 29 0.39 4.2% misc.headlines
39 8000 634 95% 360 532.5 45 0.39 3.8% rec.music.misc
40 2000 159 96% 5 133.7 2 0.39 0.9% comp.sources.atari.streid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/02/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 11000 962 97% 1478 2654.5 134 150.00 5.1% comp.sys.amiga
2 3900 335 86% 365 969.3 93 140.00 1.8% talk.religion.misc
3 10000 894 88% 1278 2344.8 127 130.00 4.8% rec.arts.startrek
4 1500 131 29% 490 1049.6 326 130.00 0.7% soc.culture.china
5 10000 862 86% 1651 2173.9 165 120.00 4.6% talk.bizarre
6 6900 592 87% 528 1533.1 76 120.00 3.1% talk.politics.misc
7 4600 392 94% 474 929.1 103 120.00 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
8 10000 888 96% 57 1831.9 5 110.00 4.7% comp.binaries.mac
9 5300 454 88% 525 1023.7 99 110.00 2.4% rec.arts.comics
10 6100 517 94% 434 975.9 71 98.00 2.8% soc.culture.indian
11 6100 525 88% 557 1026.5 91 97.00 2.8% rec.aviation
12 4800 410 87% 481 810.3 100 96.00 2.2% rec.sport.football
13 4100 353 95% 18 627.9 4 94.00 1.9% comp.binaries.amiga
14 2900 244 94% 58 429.3 20 91.00 1.3% soc.culture.celtic
15 20000 1746 87% 1821 3187.5 91 90.00 9.3% soc.singles
16 3900 330 96% 21 537.7 5 85.00 1.8% comp.binaries.atari.st
17 3600 307 96% 111 473.1 30 82.00 1.6% comp.sys.atari.8bit
18 10000 853 87% 570 1437.6 57 81.00 4.5% soc.motss
19 2400 205 97% 5 310.8 2 81.00 1.1% comp.org.fidonet
20 5000 427 85% 221 679.7 44 75.00 2.3% talk.religion.newage
21 8100 690 95% 698 966.1 86 74.00 3.7% rec.music.misc
22 4900 416 96% 330 558.1 67 71.00 2.2% rec.ham-radio
23 4700 399 96% 18 523.3 3 70.00 2.1% comp.sources.atari.st
24 1600 139 35% 195 468.5 122 66.00 0.7% rec.arts.anime
25 4100 351 87% 285 461.7 69 64.00 1.9% rec.sport.baseball
26 6100 520 88% 394 667.0 64 62.00 2.8% rec.arts.drwho
27 3100 261 88% 190 339.7 61 62.00 1.4% rec.railroad
28 6300 535 96% 392 612.5 62 61.00 2.8% comp.sys.apple
29 6400 543 95% 404 620.8 63 60.00 2.9% rec.music.gdead
30 5800 493 95% 237 557.2 40 59.00 2.6% rec.music.synth
31 22000 1838 98% 1302 2011.5 59 58.00 9.8% comp.sys.mac
32 24000 2089 98% 60 2140.3 2 57.00 11.1% comp.sources.misc
33 4600 389 95% 217 418.4 47 56.00 2.1% rec.games.frp
34 1500 129 92% 5 141.3 3 56.00 0.7% soc.politics.arms-d
35 9300 794 97% 420 808.9 45 55.00 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
36 6900 593 97% 325 602.1 47 55.00 3.2% comp.os.vms
37 2000 171 86% 71 198.9 35 55.00 0.9% talk.politics.theory
38 11000 978 88% 644 1036.5 58 54.00 5.2% rec.autos
39 2900 244 87% 108 279.0 37 54.00 1.3% talk.abortion
40 15000 1259 95% 784 1272.6 52 53.00 6.7% rec.arts.sf-loversreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3100 263 86% 491 1278.9 158 230.00 1.5% talk.religion.misc
2 6500 555 91% 127 2319.5 19 210.00 3.1% comp.mail.maps
3 3500 297 69% 407 1142.3 116 150.00 1.7% soc.culture.china
4 4300 371 94% 451 939.2 104 130.00 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
5 12000 1003 96% 1241 2279.5 103 120.00 5.7% comp.sys.amiga
6 10000 869 96% 52 1847.7 5 120.00 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
7 4300 369 94% 270 828.5 62 120.00 2.1% rec.games.frp
8 5800 496 88% 525 1041.1 90 100.00 2.8% rec.aviation
9 4800 407 95% 27 809.0 5 100.00 2.3% comp.binaries.amiga
10 7700 657 94% 690 1187.9 89 94.00 3.7% rec.music.misc
11 4700 404 86% 452 755.1 96 90.00 2.3% rec.sport.football
12 9800 839 88% 771 1364.3 78 79.00 4.8% rec.arts.startrek
13 4900 418 87% 265 667.9 54 77.00 2.4% rec.arts.comics
14 12000 1041 94% 100 1484.1 8 76.00 5.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
15 9300 791 98% 208 1099.1 22 75.00 4.5% comp.os.minix
16 9200 785 86% 1082 1242.1 117 75.00 4.5% talk.bizarre
17 9200 789 98% 497 1082.1 54 74.00 4.5% comp.sys.atari.st
18 1900 163 38% 214 547.1 112 71.00 0.9% talk.politics.mideast
19 11000 908 87% 598 1369.6 54 70.00 5.1% soc.women
20 2000 167 85% 78 254.1 39 70.00 0.9% talk.politics.theory
21 7500 642 86% 345 848.2 46 63.00 3.6% talk.politics.misc
22 21000 1756 87% 1265 2322.9 60 62.00 10.0% soc.singles
23 13000 1144 94% 747 1319.1 57 62.00 6.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 4800 412 95% 270 481.7 56 62.00 2.3% rec.ham-radio
25 5800 498 94% 355 586.1 61 61.00 2.8% soc.culture.indian
26 22000 1896 97% 871 2108.8 39 60.00 10.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
27 11000 939 87% 624 1075.1 56 55.00 5.3% rec.autos
28 480 41 40% 1 100.1 2 55.00 0.2% rec.mag.fsfnet
29 3800 321 87% 242 368.2 63 54.00 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
30 6900 585 97% 305 572.6 44 52.00 3.3% comp.os.vms
31 2200 189 66% 67 265.3 30 52.00 1.1% rec.arts.anime
32 9200 785 87% 394 838.0 42 51.00 4.5% soc.motss
33 6200 527 96% 307 508.7 49 51.00 3.0% comp.sys.apple
34 5600 480 95% 247 459.7 44 51.00 2.7% rec.music.classical
35 5500 472 94% 324 455.5 58 50.00 2.7% rec.music.gdead
36 1500 132 86% 45 136.2 30 50.00 0.7% talk.philosophy.misc
37 4800 407 84% 174 424.4 36 48.00 2.3% talk.religion.newage
38 2300 195 97% 2 173.7 1 47.00 1.1% comp.org.fidonet
39 3200 277 88% 141 251.1 44 45.00 1.6% rec.music.beatles
40 2500 214 87% 114 196.2 45 44.00 1.2% rec.railroadreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (03/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 6700 597 90% 137 2652.0 20 2.50 3.1% comp.mail.maps
2 7100 632 85% 1187 2846.7 167 2.40 3.3% talk.politics.misc
3 4100 361 85% 402 1264.5 98 1.90 1.9% talk.religion.misc
4 3800 333 75% 568 1338.0 149 1.90 1.7% soc.culture.china
5 2200 199 52% 398 980.3 181 1.70 1.0% talk.politics.mideast
6 13000 1128 97% 1591 3010.1 122 1.60 5.9% comp.sys.amiga
7 2400 217 85% 212 644.4 88 1.60 1.1% talk.abortion
8 15000 1330 95% 170 3289.9 11 1.50 7.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
9 13000 1179 94% 1125 2970.0 86 1.50 6.2% rec.arts.sf-lovers
10 18000 1600 98% 74 3721.2 4 1.40 8.4% comp.sources.games
11 5900 526 93% 658 1177.5 111 1.30 2.8% soc.culture.indian
12 5300 468 95% 24 1009.3 4 1.30 2.5% comp.binaries.amiga
13 11000 980 84% 1840 2215.3 167 1.20 5.1% talk.bizarre
14 5000 441 93% 372 871.1 74 1.20 2.3% soc.culture.jewish
15 10000 930 97% 58 1630.6 5 1.10 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
16 8700 769 93% 887 1473.5 101 1.10 4.0% rec.music.misc
17 6400 568 93% 278 1081.1 43 1.10 3.0% rec.music.synth
18 5300 468 86% 587 905.5 110 1.00 2.5% rec.sport.football
19 6300 558 87% 568 998.5 90 0.99 2.9% rec.aviation
20 6700 598 97% 451 933.9 67 0.97 3.1% comp.os.vms
21 8400 742 86% 572 1251.4 68 0.92 3.9% soc.motss
22 1500 133 91% 8 212.9 5 0.92 0.7% soc.politics.arms-d
23 11000 963 87% 831 1570.6 75 0.88 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
24 5200 465 93% 310 685.3 59 0.88 2.4% rec.games.frp
25 21000 1903 98% 1715 2613.6 81 0.87 10.0% comp.sys.mac
26 20000 1736 86% 1521 2837.1 76 0.87 9.1% soc.singles
27 1600 144 87% 137 223.0 85 0.87 0.8% misc.handicap
28 8000 711 89% 301 1071.1 37 0.85 3.7% misc.headlines
29 360 32 41% 1 104.5 3 0.85 0.2% rec.mag.fsfnet
30 2900 256 92% 58 372.0 20 0.84 1.3% comp.sys.dec.micro
31 4600 405 84% 231 603.8 50 0.78 2.1% talk.religion.newage
32 1900 171 84% 82 244.6 43 0.78 0.9% talk.politics.theory
33 12000 1065 86% 687 1497.7 57 0.77 5.6% soc.women
34 5800 517 95% 325 639.7 56 0.74 2.7% rec.ham-radio
35 12000 1089 86% 850 1417.4 70 0.73 5.7% rec.autos
36 9600 855 89% 335 1066.2 34 0.71 4.5% misc.legal
37 6500 575 97% 455 653.4 70 0.70 3.0% comp.sys.apple
38 4100 367 88% 288 452.8 70 0.69 1.9% rec.music.beatles
39 2700 242 86% 138 299.6 51 0.68 1.3% rec.railroad
40 2300 207 36% 192 597.0 83 0.67 1.1% talk.politics.sovietreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 6700 513 90% 430 6347.0 64 5.70 2.8% comp.mail.maps
2 7100 550 87% 1271 3367.8 179 2.80 3.0% talk.politics.misc
3 19000 1468 95% 347 6868.0 18 2.30 7.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
4 6500 501 94% 617 1894.2 94 1.90 2.7% rec.games.frp
5 3700 286 94% 515 1125.0 139 1.90 1.5% rec.music.gdead
6 4400 339 86% 381 1333.0 86 1.80 1.8% talk.religion.misc
7 2600 197 86% 288 784.7 110 1.80 1.1% talk.origins
8 6000 462 88% 667 1465.9 111 1.50 2.5% rec.arts.comics
9 2800 216 70% 391 866.8 139 1.50 1.2% talk.politics.mideast
10 2600 197 86% 217 664.9 83 1.50 1.1% talk.politics.theory
11 2300 176 87% 234 599.7 101 1.50 0.9% talk.abortion
12 4900 381 87% 747 1150.7 152 1.40 2.1% rec.sport.basketball
13 1900 147 86% 150 451.4 78 1.40 0.8% soc.religion.christian
14 9900 765 94% 1248 1962.0 126 1.30 4.1% rec.music.misc
15 7000 541 95% 674 1452.0 96 1.30 2.9% soc.culture.indian
16 6400 492 89% 745 1421.3 116 1.30 2.7% rec.aviation
17 4700 365 88% 345 994.9 73 1.30 2.0% soc.culture.china
18 5200 399 94% 340 858.0 65 1.10 2.2% soc.culture.jewish
19 290 22 45% 1 102.7 4 1.10 0.1% rec.mag.fsfnet
20 12000 925 86% 1414 2042.9 117 0.99 5.0% talk.bizarre
21 2300 178 94% 90 353.6 39 0.97 1.0% soc.culture.greek
22 13000 995 97% 74 1886.8 5 0.95 5.4% comp.binaries.mac
23 11000 843 88% 962 1706.3 87 0.93 4.5% rec.arts.startrek
24 3100 238 95% 18 426.9 5 0.88 1.3% rec.mag.otherrealms
25 6800 522 95% 28 920.5 4 0.87 2.8% comp.binaries.amiga
26 14000 1069 88% 917 2021.9 65 0.86 5.8% soc.women
27 4500 343 96% 122 589.3 27 0.85 1.9% comp.sys.atari.8bit
28 2500 194 82% 107 365.0 42 0.81 1.0% rec.arts.anime
29 13000 975 98% 660 1548.9 50 0.79 5.3% comp.sys.atari.st
30 13000 978 88% 995 1682.8 76 0.77 5.3% rec.autos
31 1700 128 93% 5 206.8 3 0.77 0.7% soc.politics.arms-d
32 20000 1504 88% 1582 2558.2 79 0.76 8.1% soc.singles
33 8100 626 97% 441 896.6 54 0.73 3.4% comp.os.vms
34 4000 305 90% 270 437.6 67 0.67 1.6% rec.music.beatles
35 7800 604 97% 478 792.3 61 0.66 3.3% comp.sys.apple
36 4500 345 88% 278 480.7 61 0.64 1.9% rec.puzzles
37 3200 249 97% 4 297.8 1 0.61 1.3% comp.org.fidonet
38 21000 1652 98% 1045 1905.7 49 0.60 8.9% comp.lang.c
39 5200 403 87% 317 527.9 60 0.60 2.2% rec.sport.baseball
40 9300 714 89% 238 876.1 25 0.57 3.9% misc.headlinesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 2300 215 86% 617 1883.8 5% 1.30 1.0% talk.origins
2 4900 449 92% 160 2780.2 0% 1.00 2.2% comp.mail.maps
3 4400 409 89% 1046 2359.7 12% 0.92 2.0% soc.culture.china
4 2600 235 77% 623 1340.5 12% 0.76 1.1% talk.politics.mideast
5 6500 601 86% 880 2303.8 36% 0.58 2.9% talk.politics.misc
6 3600 327 86% 432 1248.9 7% 0.57 1.6% talk.religion.misc
7 3600 328 94% 587 1021.3 3% 0.51 1.6% rec.music.gdead
8 17000 1538 96% 110 4203.4 3% 0.45 7.4% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
9 7400 681 98% 765 1687.4 2% 0.43 3.3% comp.os.vms
10 5000 460 90% 672 1202.6 3% 0.42 2.2% rec.aviation
11 4400 405 89% 808 1094.2 1% 0.42 1.9% rec.sport.baseball
12 4800 438 95% 28 992.9 7% 0.38 2.1% comp.binaries.amiga
13 2900 264 70% 32 818.2 0% 0.38 1.3% comp.binaries.apple2
14 5800 536 96% 34 1133.1 0% 0.36 2.6% comp.binaries.atari.st
15 9800 901 95% 1053 1767.4 8% 0.33 4.3% rec.music.misc
16 3800 350 89% 447 727.7 1% 0.33 1.7% rec.sport.basketball
17 14000 1306 97% 1366 2454.8 6% 0.32 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
18 260 24 53% 1 82.7 0% 0.32 0.1% rec.mag.fsfnet
19 5700 521 94% 354 982.1 4% 0.31 2.5% rec.games.frp
20 1900 175 86% 107 361.5 5% 0.31 0.8% talk.politics.theory
21 13000 1173 90% 1246 2246.3 5% 0.30 5.6% rec.arts.startrek
22 12000 1111 82% 1791 2281.4 6% 0.30 5.3% talk.bizarre
23 12000 1072 95% 1043 1909.9 7% 0.29 5.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 12000 1061 97% 67 1742.7 0% 0.27 5.1% comp.binaries.mac
25 6800 621 94% 517 1013.4 4% 0.27 3.0% soc.culture.indian
26 5800 536 90% 268 884.3 6% 0.26 2.6% rec.arts.comics
27 5400 501 82% 428 889.8 3% 0.26 2.4% comp.sys.amiga.tech
28 7900 724 98% 210 979.2 3% 0.23 3.5% comp.os.minix
29 18000 1654 98% 1270 2125.8 9% 0.22 7.9% comp.sys.mac
30 4500 411 91% 182 571.0 5% 0.22 2.0% soc.culture.japan
31 2800 256 89% 199 344.7 1% 0.21 1.2% rec.sport.hockey
32 12000 1061 90% 771 1390.2 33% 0.20 5.1% rec.autos
33 16000 1436 89% 1060 1815.7 8% 0.19 6.9% soc.singles
34 12000 1078 90% 606 1316.2 20% 0.19 5.2% soc.women
35 6600 607 96% 416 679.7 2% 0.19 2.9% comp.sys.apple
36 6500 599 95% 261 671.7 9% 0.19 2.9% rec.ham-radio
37 5800 531 97% 18 591.6 0% 0.19 2.5% comp.sources.atari.st
38 5600 515 89% 367 624.6 1% 0.19 2.5% rec.bicycles
39 4400 403 94% 190 473.7 51% 0.19 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
40 3300 303 90% 240 368.7 4% 0.19 1.5% rec.motorcyclesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 4700 454 92% 241 4847.9 0% 1.80 2.3% comp.mail.maps
2 2300 225 84% 507 1293.1 16% 0.92 1.2% talk.religion.misc
3 2600 253 78% 560 1413.0 22% 0.82 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
4 5100 491 85% 816 2312.6 22% 0.74 2.5% talk.politics.misc
5 4700 459 94% 649 1797.7 0% 0.69 2.4% rec.games.frp
6 1900 184 85% 290 745.8 2% 0.64 0.9% talk.origins
7 2700 261 78% 32 1038.7 0% 0.58 1.3% comp.binaries.apple2
8 1800 171 85% 190 593.5 11% 0.54 0.9% talk.politics.theory
9 4800 462 90% 593 1422.4 9% 0.51 2.4% soc.culture.china
10 1700 166 93% 135 477.0 18% 0.50 0.9% soc.culture.greek
11 16000 1587 98% 79 4114.0 0% 0.49 8.1% comp.sources.games
12 5100 498 88% 698 1446.4 2% 0.48 2.6% soc.motss
13 3400 328 94% 568 865.3 3% 0.46 1.7% rec.music.gdead
14 9000 872 96% 444 2087.5 2% 0.43 4.5% comp.windows.x
15 2800 273 88% 381 714.9 1% 0.43 1.4% rec.motorcycles
16 9100 880 81% 1795 2441.6 3% 0.42 4.5% talk.bizarre
17 4100 392 88% 618 1007.6 0% 0.42 2.0% rec.sport.baseball
18 3800 366 88% 581 935.3 1% 0.42 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
19 11000 1089 96% 1262 2438.9 7% 0.41 5.6% comp.sys.amiga
20 4900 472 95% 37 1055.4 17% 0.39 2.4% comp.binaries.amiga
21 9900 961 94% 1225 2027.7 15% 0.37 4.9% rec.music.misc
22 5600 537 89% 672 1203.4 1% 0.37 2.8% rec.aviation
23 5100 489 94% 492 1038.5 1% 0.37 2.5% soc.culture.indian
24 3700 354 94% 259 733.5 24% 0.36 1.8% soc.culture.jewish
25 2000 197 94% 56 381.8 0% 0.35 1.0% rec.games.go
26 10000 984 97% 61 1799.5 0% 0.34 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
27 4500 435 89% 394 855.6 2% 0.33 2.2% rec.arts.comics
28 5200 504 88% 498 960.4 3% 0.31 2.6% rec.bicycles
29 2800 270 83% 198 522.8 12% 0.30 1.4% talk.religion.newage
30 6400 615 98% 452 985.7 3% 0.29 3.2% comp.os.vms
31 1100 105 85% 92 194.3 6% 0.29 0.5% rec.equestrian
32 2000 194 98% 4 291.4 0% 0.27 1.0% comp.org.fidonet
33 1800 176 85% 107 293.7 25% 0.27 0.9% talk.philosophy.misc
34 14000 1359 88% 1269 2184.7 4% 0.26 7.0% soc.singles
35 1400 137 54% 154 342.7 3% 0.25 0.7% rec.folk-dancing
36 15000 1437 95% 60 1997.1 2% 0.24 7.4% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
37 5600 542 96% 395 729.8 2% 0.24 2.8% comp.sys.apple
38 5400 519 88% 383 750.8 6% 0.24 2.7% comp.sys.amiga.tech
39 6000 584 95% 34 752.1 3% 0.23 3.0% comp.binaries.atari.st
40 5500 534 95% 312 679.7 3% 0.23 2.7% rec.ham-radioreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 4800 434 92% 222 4959.1 0% 1.80 2.3% comp.mail.maps
2 5800 525 85% 1463 3506.5 34% 0.97 2.8% talk.politics.misc
3 2000 183 85% 453 1207.3 2% 0.97 1.0% talk.origins
4 4600 416 96% 42 2083.2 8% 0.82 2.2% comp.lsi
5 2700 248 78% 648 1481.2 43% 0.81 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
6 5400 490 90% 919 2157.9 6% 0.68 2.6% soc.culture.china
7 3000 269 84% 433 1126.3 16% 0.60 1.4% talk.religion.misc
8 2000 178 85% 198 752.9 6% 0.60 0.9% talk.politics.theory
9 6500 592 98% 529 1937.1 2% 0.55 3.1% comp.os.vms
10 4800 439 88% 661 1499.2 3% 0.52 2.3% rec.arts.comics
11 6200 562 87% 826 1722.6 10% 0.46 3.0% soc.motss
12 4500 406 87% 732 1264.4 0% 0.46 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
13 6200 565 89% 889 1552.3 14% 0.42 3.0% rec.aviation
14 4600 414 94% 445 1096.0 2% 0.42 2.2% rec.games.frp
15 9000 812 80% 2119 2419.2 2% 0.41 4.3% talk.bizarre
16 5100 459 93% 560 1099.8 1% 0.38 2.4% soc.culture.indian
17 4400 398 94% 604 948.0 2% 0.38 2.1% rec.music.gdead
18 6800 617 98% 181 1319.0 0% 0.36 3.3% comp.os.minix
19 2800 253 87% 22 593.8 0% 0.35 1.3% comp.binaries.apple2
20 16000 1491 98% 57 2909.1 0% 0.34 7.9% comp.sources.games
21 2200 195 94% 94 411.7 0% 0.33 1.0% rec.games.go
22 4100 372 88% 415 765.4 1% 0.31 2.0% rec.arts.tv.soaps
23 1800 167 59% 143 500.5 35% 0.31 0.9% alt.individualism
24 15000 1350 87% 1567 2704.2 2% 0.30 7.1% soc.singles
25 11000 1024 94% 1080 1838.5 16% 0.30 5.4% rec.music.misc
26 4100 368 93% 320 688.4 14% 0.30 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
27 5900 534 87% 627 1053.9 1% 0.29 2.8% rec.bicycles
28 1900 168 98% 11 297.7 0% 0.29 0.9% comp.sys.masscomp
29 3600 324 88% 350 575.8 2% 0.27 1.7% rec.motorcycles
30 1600 144 95% 13 235.6 0% 0.27 0.8% comp.theory.info-retrieval
31 260 24 55% 1 67.7 0% 0.27 0.1% rec.mag.fsfnet
32 5800 530 94% 326 834.4 15% 0.26 2.8% rec.music.synth
33 12000 1071 97% 52 1552.4 0% 0.24 5.6% comp.binaries.mac
34 3300 299 96% 15 436.2 0% 0.24 1.6% rec.mag.otherrealms
35 11000 1036 96% 744 1410.1 8% 0.23 5.5% comp.sys.amiga
36 5600 505 95% 364 734.6 8% 0.23 2.7% rec.ham-radio
37 1700 156 85% 60 248.0 0% 0.23 0.8% soc.religion.christian
38 1700 158 93% 45 214.0 0% 0.22 0.8% soc.culture.greek
39 660 60 47% 5 166.7 0% 0.22 0.3% alt.sources.amiga
40 2100 193 57% 188 409.2 1% 0.21 1.0% alt.scareid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 5500 439 91% 143 3269.8 0% 0.95 2.2% comp.mail.maps
2 6500 520 86% 1714 4104.6 21% 0.94 2.6% talk.politics.misc
3 7900 631 98% 643 3525.0 3% 0.76 3.2% comp.os.vms
4 5100 403 94% 621 1976.8 6% 0.63 2.0% rec.games.frp
5 4600 365 85% 788 1761.4 15% 0.57 1.8% talk.religion.misc
6 2600 209 85% 296 997.2 14% 0.57 1.0% talk.politics.theory
7 6800 539 90% 1060 2286.9 7% 0.53 2.7% soc.culture.china
8 3200 257 79% 382 937.0 20% 0.41 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
9 4700 377 93% 489 1158.8 1% 0.40 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
10 1800 142 86% 34 457.4 3% 0.38 0.7% soc.roots
11 5400 430 88% 545 1292.9 8% 0.37 2.2% rec.arts.comics
12 5700 456 87% 740 1293.0 1% 0.34 2.3% rec.sport.baseball
13 6200 495 93% 559 1213.5 1% 0.32 2.5% soc.culture.indian
14 4400 347 93% 651 864.0 1% 0.32 1.7% rec.music.gdead
15 7500 600 86% 810 1514.0 3% 0.30 3.0% soc.motss
16 6800 540 87% 727 1279.1 1% 0.29 2.7% rec.bicycles
17 3000 240 90% 16 547.3 0% 0.29 1.2% comp.binaries.apple2
18 2500 196 85% 200 491.6 25% 0.29 1.0% talk.origins
19 2400 191 94% 67 415.9 0% 0.29 1.0% comp.sys.sgi
20 16000 1254 87% 1666 2809.5 8% 0.27 6.3% soc.singles
21 8600 686 80% 1500 1661.9 2% 0.27 3.4% talk.bizarre
22 6900 551 88% 656 1146.0 3% 0.26 2.8% rec.aviation
23 6400 513 94% 264 1012.8 10% 0.26 2.6% rec.music.synth
24 3800 300 87% 399 648.9 1% 0.26 1.5% rec.motorcycles
25 12000 982 94% 1113 1829.3 9% 0.25 4.9% rec.music.misc
26 18000 1412 95% 81 2624.1 0% 0.24 7.1% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
27 13000 1021 96% 1085 1893.2 6% 0.24 5.1% comp.sys.amiga
28 13000 1067 97% 54 1731.4 0% 0.23 5.3% comp.binaries.mac
29 8100 641 62% 40 1632.0 0% 0.22 3.2% comp.sources.x
30 2000 158 63% 197 402.1 68% 0.22 0.8% alt.individualism
31 12000 926 87% 776 1670.1 8% 0.21 4.6% soc.women
32 8700 696 89% 610 1193.9 30% 0.21 3.5% misc.kids
33 15000 1186 94% 905 1726.9 10% 0.19 5.9% rec.arts.sf-lovers
34 12000 991 88% 862 1449.8 13% 0.19 5.0% rec.arts.movies
35 2900 233 54% 169 577.2 1% 0.19 1.2% gnu.gcc.bug
36 9000 714 89% 408 1038.8 29% 0.18 3.6% misc.headlines
37 3500 277 85% 158 421.4 1% 0.18 1.4% talk.abortion
38 7300 583 98% 142 663.7 1% 0.16 2.9% comp.os.minix
39 6400 510 94% 291 625.2 14% 0.16 2.6% rec.ham-radio
40 5100 402 87% 351 551.2 0% 0.16 2.0% rec.arts.tv.soapsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 7500 543 85% 2103 5194.6 35% 1.10 2.8% talk.politics.misc
2 5800 419 91% 142 2346.6 0% 0.66 2.1% comp.mail.maps
3 4300 311 85% 685 1769.4 19% 0.63 1.6% talk.religion.misc
4 3100 225 79% 507 1327.3 10% 0.61 1.1% talk.politics.mideast
5 6200 450 88% 980 2012.8 8% 0.51 2.3% rec.arts.comics
6 5900 422 94% 579 1635.5 2% 0.47 2.1% rec.games.frp
7 2900 212 85% 300 744.5 21% 0.39 1.1% talk.origins
8 2700 198 85% 220 651.4 10% 0.37 1.0% talk.politics.theory
9 8400 602 98% 688 1510.3 9% 0.32 3.1% comp.os.vms
10 7600 548 95% 45 1410.1 0% 0.32 2.8% comp.binaries.atari.st
11 6600 479 90% 648 1314.3 3% 0.32 2.4% soc.culture.china
12 3300 240 85% 267 695.2 3% 0.32 1.2% talk.abortion
13 8700 626 98% 244 1464.3 0% 0.30 3.2% comp.os.minix
14 7800 559 87% 685 1435.6 0% 0.29 2.8% soc.motss
15 7600 549 94% 287 1241.8 4% 0.28 2.8% rec.music.synth
16 5000 362 94% 580 845.1 3% 0.28 1.8% rec.music.gdead
17 4400 316 87% 447 752.8 1% 0.27 1.6% rec.motorcycles
18 11000 822 79% 40 2005.7 0% 0.26 4.2% comp.sources.x
19 2200 160 87% 151 361.7 0% 0.26 0.8% rec.railroad
20 10000 736 81% 1622 1706.3 3% 0.25 3.7% talk.bizarre
21 8000 574 89% 740 1272.1 0% 0.25 2.9% rec.aviation
22 6300 454 86% 567 1020.6 1% 0.25 2.3% rec.sport.football
23 14000 1022 96% 1103 1923.9 8% 0.24 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
24 15000 1108 94% 1029 1958.3 5% 0.22 5.6% rec.arts.sf-lovers
25 12000 869 94% 1029 1586.8 8% 0.22 4.4% rec.music.misc
26 3600 260 91% 286 479.2 3% 0.22 1.3% rec.music.beatles
27 6800 487 93% 417 836.7 4% 0.21 2.5% soc.culture.indian
28 6700 482 87% 547 906.0 0% 0.21 2.4% rec.bicycles
29 5900 423 87% 460 804.2 0% 0.21 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
30 5500 400 87% 492 746.4 0% 0.21 2.0% rec.arts.tv.soaps
31 3900 280 87% 290 506.2 0% 0.20 1.4% rec.sport.basketball
32 7600 550 94% 448 868.1 6% 0.19 2.8% rec.ham-radio
33 4600 333 88% 335 551.4 13% 0.19 1.7% rec.arts.drwho
34 1500 111 86% 15 180.2 0% 0.19 0.6% soc.roots
35 26000 1874 99% 75 2607.6 0% 0.18 9.5% comp.sources.misc
36 6300 451 97% 291 639.7 2% 0.18 2.3% comp.lang.fortran
37 14000 991 96% 439 1375.7 2% 0.17 5.0% comp.sys.atari.st
38 28000 2046 96% 1265 2619.1 13% 0.16 10.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
39 15000 1079 97% 42 1387.3 0% 0.16 5.5% comp.binaries.mac
40 7900 572 96% 395 721.6 1% 0.16 2.9% comp.sys.applereid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 3600 246 79% 883 2306.8 13% 0.93 1.0% talk.politics.mideast
2 11000 747 85% 2127 5358.4 23% 0.76 3.0% talk.politics.misc
3 7400 502 89% 166 2712.7 0% 0.60 2.0% comp.mail.maps
4 8300 561 93% 773 2348.0 0% 0.49 2.3% rec.games.frp
5 7000 478 87% 969 1956.3 0% 0.45 1.9% rec.arts.comics
6 8300 561 90% 971 2161.7 3% 0.43 2.3% soc.culture.china
7 6100 413 93% 551 1326.4 19% 0.37 1.7% soc.culture.jewish
8 4900 330 84% 424 1119.0 8% 0.36 1.3% talk.religion.misc
9 3400 233 94% 88 679.3 1% 0.35 0.9% comp.sys.sgi
10 10000 704 98% 750 1832.1 4% 0.33 2.8% comp.os.vms
11 9800 664 86% 966 2072.3 7% 0.33 2.7% soc.motss
12 4600 310 86% 488 892.5 1% 0.31 1.2% rec.motorcycles
13 2500 169 86% 155 484.5 1% 0.31 0.7% rec.railroad
14 3100 213 95% 87 537.7 0% 0.30 0.9% rec.music.gaffa
15 11000 725 98% 363 1732.7 4% 0.28 2.9% comp.os.minix
16 3100 208 85% 281 554.9 8% 0.28 0.8% talk.abortion
17 17000 1130 94% 1615 2698.9 8% 0.27 4.5% rec.music.misc
18 9400 636 93% 657 1473.3 1% 0.27 2.6% soc.culture.indian
19 3700 252 84% 246 603.4 3% 0.25 1.0% talk.origins
20 10000 686 85% 621 1512.9 22% 0.24 2.8% soc.men
21 7700 522 88% 498 1044.4 1% 0.22 2.1% rec.aviation
22 4800 329 86% 394 679.7 0% 0.22 1.3% rec.sport.basketball
23 2300 157 62% 218 430.2 1% 0.21 0.6% alt.sca
24 18000 1233 87% 1087 2202.6 2% 0.20 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
25 18000 1197 96% 1190 2039.1 5% 0.20 4.8% comp.sys.amiga
26 7400 505 85% 488 933.7 0% 0.20 2.0% rec.sport.football
27 3700 250 85% 221 473.5 0% 0.20 1.0% rec.sport.hockey
28 3400 233 98% 155 387.7 0% 0.20 0.9% comp.sys.nsc.32k
29 11000 726 87% 491 1315.2 61% 0.19 2.9% misc.headlines
30 8800 597 95% 576 952.9 2% 0.19 2.4% rec.music.classical
31 6200 420 93% 475 686.3 3% 0.19 1.7% rec.music.gdead
32 21000 1446 86% 1541 2375.5 4% 0.18 5.8% soc.singles
33 11000 733 80% 1242 1355.3 3% 0.18 2.9% talk.bizarre
34 4100 278 86% 356 467.0 4% 0.18 1.1% rec.arts.poems
35 2800 193 86% 87 325.2 0% 0.18 0.8% misc.handicap
36 2700 181 93% 105 290.1 3% 0.18 0.7% soc.culture.greek
37 15000 1028 86% 911 1580.3 27% 0.17 4.1% rec.autos
38 15000 1000 94% 837 1445.7 1% 0.17 4.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
39 14000 966 96% 604 1326.2 14% 0.17 3.9% sci.space
40 5300 359 91% 289 533.6 7% 0.17 1.4% rec.music.beatlesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 6600 429 95% 103 5333.0 0% 1.40 1.8% comp.binaries.amiga
2 3100 204 79% 687 1695.1 12% 0.76 0.9% talk.politics.mideast
3 4700 305 84% 893 2245.3 3% 0.71 1.3% talk.religion.misc
4 6700 433 89% 156 2342.9 0% 0.55 1.8% comp.mail.maps
5 5600 361 98% 142 1358.9 8% 0.42 1.5% comp.mail.elm
6 3900 251 63% 125 1325.1 0% 0.38 1.1% gnu.gcc.bug
7 3000 197 91% 26 704.6 0% 0.38 0.8% comp.binaries.apple2
8 9700 629 84% 1016 2342.8 27% 0.36 2.6% talk.politics.misc
9 3200 206 84% 288 785.0 4% 0.36 0.9% talk.origins
10 9800 635 98% 226 1746.8 4% 0.31 2.7% comp.os.minix
11 9600 621 98% 468 1731.2 3% 0.31 2.6% comp.os.vms
12 8000 522 93% 490 1340.0 1% 0.28 2.2% rec.games.frp
13 10000 663 85% 982 1817.3 2% 0.27 2.8% soc.motss
14 9000 588 90% 687 1504.5 5% 0.27 2.5% soc.culture.china
15 2300 152 62% 311 549.7 0% 0.26 0.6% alt.sca
16 17000 1128 96% 1444 2524.0 8% 0.25 4.7% comp.sys.amiga
17 6900 447 93% 456 1059.3 15% 0.25 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
18 20000 1276 86% 1809 3102.4 6% 0.24 5.3% soc.singles
19 18000 1196 87% 1093 2772.8 0% 0.24 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
20 14000 942 94% 45 2016.6 0% 0.24 3.9% comp.sources.x
21 10000 671 80% 1557 1685.6 6% 0.24 2.8% talk.bizarre
22 8700 565 84% 638 1409.6 13% 0.24 2.4% soc.men
23 2700 176 95% 11 393.3 0% 0.24 0.7% comp.sources.atari.st
24 7300 476 96% 31 985.9 0% 0.23 2.0% comp.sources.amiga
25 3000 197 95% 166 412.3 0% 0.23 0.8% rec.music.gaffa
26 12000 801 87% 822 1748.0 27% 0.22 3.4% soc.women
27 5800 377 93% 469 791.8 5% 0.22 1.6% rec.music.gdead
28 2100 138 86% 30 307.1 0% 0.22 0.6% soc.roots
29 8400 543 85% 607 1182.7 0% 0.21 2.3% rec.sport.football
30 4500 294 86% 334 621.9 5% 0.21 1.2% rec.motorcycles
31 7300 474 88% 543 947.2 1% 0.20 2.0% rec.aviation
32 5000 325 85% 388 668.5 0% 0.20 1.4% rec.sport.basketball
33 3900 256 95% 98 458.0 5% 0.20 1.1% comp.sys.atari.8bit
34 2700 175 84% 165 350.3 1% 0.19 0.7% talk.abortion
35 9800 634 93% 496 1065.4 4% 0.18 2.7% soc.culture.indian
36 7800 505 95% 406 838.9 3% 0.18 2.1% rec.music.classical
37 7500 485 95% 25 795.1 0% 0.18 2.0% comp.binaries.atari.st
38 6600 430 87% 413 779.1 9% 0.18 1.8% rec.arts.comics
39 6400 418 85% 391 755.5 0% 0.18 1.8% rec.arts.tv.soaps
40 2900 187 78% 126 386.2 58% 0.18 0.8% talk.politics.sovietreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/05/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 6600 344 90% 129 2412.3 0% 0.54 1.6% comp.mail.maps
2 6500 337 83% 923 2226.6 5% 0.47 1.6% talk.religion.misc
3 5200 271 78% 791 1862.0 13% 0.46 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
4 4300 223 90% 49 1157.7 4% 0.40 1.1% comp.binaries.apple2
5 12000 643 83% 1150 3221.6 26% 0.37 3.0% talk.politics.misc
6 6900 359 85% 1027 1726.5 1% 0.35 1.7% rec.sport.basketball
7 3900 202 82% 493 1016.5 5% 0.35 1.0% talk.abortion
8 11000 569 88% 1256 2455.3 4% 0.33 2.7% soc.culture.china
9 8900 467 93% 712 1834.9 1% 0.32 2.2% rec.games.frp
10 21000 1087 95% 113 3732.8 0% 0.28 5.1% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
11 4500 233 82% 293 935.7 22% 0.28 1.1% talk.politics.theory
12 3700 191 64% 360 884.4 1% 0.25 0.9% alt.sca
13 14000 709 80% 2123 2435.4 5% 0.23 3.4% talk.bizarre
14 11000 578 85% 1014 1830.7 1% 0.23 2.7% soc.motss
15 9700 508 95% 901 1404.3 3% 0.23 2.4% comp.sys.apple
16 9300 484 93% 687 1408.7 5% 0.23 2.3% rec.ham-radio
17 14000 706 91% 920 2027.7 9% 0.22 3.3% soc.culture.indian
18 5000 260 87% 443 720.3 0% 0.21 1.2% rec.motorcycles
19 17000 901 93% 1397 2192.8 9% 0.20 4.3% rec.music.misc
20 13000 673 97% 285 1615.0 17% 0.20 3.2% comp.emacs
21 12000 609 98% 358 1502.0 1% 0.20 2.9% comp.os.minix
22 12000 604 97% 654 1481.3 4% 0.20 2.9% comp.os.vms
23 11000 556 83% 791 1624.7 5% 0.20 2.6% soc.men
24 8200 427 88% 658 1141.3 0% 0.20 2.0% rec.aviation
25 23000 1198 85% 1556 3070.6 16% 0.19 5.7% soc.singles
26 8300 431 85% 590 1106.3 0% 0.19 2.0% rec.arts.tv.soaps
27 7200 378 91% 387 931.8 1% 0.19 1.8% soc.culture.jewish
28 5000 262 84% 215 696.4 0% 0.19 1.2% rec.guns
29 20000 1037 87% 1506 2525.3 3% 0.18 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
30 19000 992 93% 1353 2241.8 6% 0.18 4.7% rec.arts.sf-lovers
31 11000 563 86% 682 1412.4 2% 0.18 2.7% rec.arts.comics
32 5800 304 94% 28 673.8 7% 0.18 1.4% comp.binaries.atari.st
33 4100 213 82% 210 545.6 10% 0.18 1.0% talk.origins
34 2800 148 84% 114 348.1 0% 0.17 0.7% soc.religion.christian
35 15000 763 93% 409 1566.7 9% 0.16 3.6% rec.music.synth
36 5200 273 84% 266 592.0 2% 0.16 1.3% rec.sport.hockey
37 21000 1076 95% 1323 2016.9 6% 0.15 5.1% comp.sys.amiga
38 12000 633 87% 506 1218.3 52% 0.15 3.0% misc.headlines
39 20000 1053 96% 63 1771.7 0% 0.14 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
40 16000 858 86% 926 1568.6 23% 0.14 4.1% rec.autosreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/05/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 6700 347 90% 151 2698.6 0% 0.60 1.6% comp.mail.maps
2 5700 295 80% 896 2262.8 20% 0.52 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
3 9800 509 95% 67 3174.2 0% 0.50 2.3% comp.sources.amiga
4 8400 434 94% 57 2738.3 0% 0.50 1.9% comp.binaries.amiga
5 10000 539 89% 1408 3089.7 7% 0.45 2.4% soc.culture.china
6 9200 480 93% 879 2351.8 3% 0.39 2.1% rec.games.frp
7 8900 465 83% 1096 2530.7 6% 0.39 2.1% talk.religion.misc
8 7800 405 86% 1166 1963.9 0% 0.36 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
9 14000 724 83% 1211 3405.7 31% 0.33 3.2% talk.politics.misc
10 5300 277 88% 605 1176.5 2% 0.32 1.2% rec.motorcycles
11 11000 590 85% 1175 2164.2 6% 0.28 2.6% soc.motss
12 9400 490 86% 1160 1863.3 0% 0.28 2.2% rec.sport.baseball
13 7400 384 94% 48 1365.3 0% 0.28 1.7% comp.binaries.atari.st
14 12000 615 98% 318 2049.8 2% 0.27 2.8% comp.os.minix
15 7700 400 91% 536 1370.3 5% 0.27 1.8% soc.culture.jewish
16 4200 217 89% 58 780.6 2% 0.27 1.0% comp.binaries.apple2
17 3300 173 65% 307 829.0 0% 0.27 0.8% alt.sca
18 2500 128 86% 154 467.2 0% 0.26 0.6% misc.handicap
19 12000 604 95% 1128 1879.7 2% 0.24 2.7% comp.sys.apple
20 26000 1356 85% 1963 4226.6 17% 0.23 6.1% soc.singles
21 9800 510 94% 687 1446.3 8% 0.23 2.3% rec.ham-radio
22 8100 419 89% 702 1249.1 12% 0.23 1.9% rec.aviation
23 460 24 62% 1 103.1 0% 0.23 0.1% rec.mag.fsfnet
24 25000 1273 94% 106 3565.1 0% 0.22 5.7% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
25 10000 531 88% 802 1548.8 1% 0.22 2.4% rec.arts.comics
26 4100 213 83% 262 667.6 13% 0.22 1.0% talk.origins
27 16000 827 94% 380 2175.2 10% 0.21 3.7% rec.music.synth
28 11000 573 97% 771 1431.3 3% 0.21 2.6% comp.os.vms
29 5200 272 85% 288 791.5 0% 0.21 1.2% rec.guns
30 12000 602 79% 1541 1840.0 1% 0.20 2.7% talk.bizarre
31 17000 898 94% 1171 2144.0 15% 0.19 4.0% rec.music.misc
32 5700 297 83% 381 785.4 1% 0.19 1.3% talk.abortion
33 21000 1096 95% 1348 2349.8 5% 0.18 4.9% comp.sys.amiga
34 8400 439 93% 616 977.2 5% 0.18 2.0% rec.music.gdead
35 8400 438 86% 612 1039.3 0% 0.18 2.0% rec.arts.tv.soaps
36 4400 231 85% 289 563.5 6% 0.18 1.0% rec.arts.anime
37 3900 204 83% 165 515.6 18% 0.18 0.9% talk.politics.theory
38 22000 1123 96% 75 2349.2 0% 0.17 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
39 9400 488 95% 504 1044.9 9% 0.17 2.2% rec.music.classical
40 23000 1197 82% 110 2705.1 10% 0.16 5.4% alt.sourcesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/17/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 8600 608 85% 2806 6453.8 19% 1.10 2.7% talk.politics.misc
2 2800 201 79% 736 2013.6 7% 1.00 0.9% talk.politics.mideast
3 6100 434 91% 158 2540.0 0% 0.67 1.9% comp.mail.maps
4 3700 264 84% 649 1596.5 2% 0.64 1.2% talk.abortion
5 6000 427 89% 1058 2184.0 4% 0.57 1.9% soc.culture.china
6 6100 434 95% 46 1996.9 0% 0.55 1.9% comp.sources.amiga
7 4200 298 85% 622 1467.4 6% 0.52 1.3% talk.religion.misc
8 6300 450 94% 621 1722.1 1% 0.45 2.0% rec.games.frp
9 7100 506 88% 956 1817.3 6% 0.40 2.3% rec.arts.comics
10 6400 456 95% 41 1365.9 10% 0.36 2.0% comp.binaries.amiga
11 6700 478 87% 666 1388.9 2% 0.32 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
12 6300 444 95% 34 1203.0 3% 0.32 2.0% comp.binaries.atari.st
13 4800 342 93% 388 932.8 10% 0.32 1.5% soc.culture.jewish
14 1800 128 96% 15 342.6 0% 0.32 0.6% rec.mag.otherrealms
15 8400 599 86% 861 1724.9 6% 0.31 2.7% soc.motss
16 7300 520 93% 622 1357.1 2% 0.30 2.3% soc.culture.indian
17 3700 263 91% 423 701.2 9% 0.30 1.2% rec.music.beatles
18 9800 695 98% 664 1573.1 8% 0.28 3.1% comp.os.vms
19 6000 428 96% 36 966.0 85% 0.27 1.9% comp.lsi
20 2300 166 87% 184 403.8 1% 0.27 0.7% rec.railroad
21 15000 1075 96% 1326 2327.4 7% 0.26 4.8% comp.sys.amiga
22 7900 561 89% 697 1306.2 2% 0.26 2.5% rec.aviation
23 7900 561 94% 577 1163.3 6% 0.25 2.5% rec.ham-radio
24 4000 285 87% 378 662.8 1% 0.25 1.3% rec.sport.basketball
25 2600 187 87% 185 422.7 0% 0.25 0.8% misc.handicap
26 11000 754 80% 1727 1826.6 2% 0.24 3.4% talk.bizarre
27 8500 605 85% 560 1335.8 35% 0.24 2.7% soc.men
28 4100 289 87% 360 645.1 0% 0.24 1.3% rec.motorcycles
29 5800 415 87% 576 871.6 0% 0.23 1.9% rec.arts.tv.soaps
30 6300 444 87% 505 912.9 4% 0.22 2.0% rec.sport.football
31 15000 1095 97% 68 1813.0 0% 0.21 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
32 13000 898 94% 885 1648.2 9% 0.21 4.0% rec.music.misc
33 5300 378 88% 384 708.3 7% 0.21 1.7% rec.arts.drwho
34 3700 263 98% 67 459.1 13% 0.21 1.2% comp.os.os9
35 14000 959 88% 946 1760.6 19% 0.20 4.3% rec.autos
36 10000 713 98% 252 1136.4 3% 0.20 3.2% comp.os.minix
37 3400 242 84% 187 465.5 2% 0.20 1.1% talk.origins
38 3400 239 58% 203 653.7 1% 0.20 1.1% gnu.gcc.bug
39 3000 216 93% 174 345.0 11% 0.19 1.0% soc.culture.celtic
40 9700 692 89% 426 1114.5 51% 0.18 3.1% misc.headlinesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 7700 365 88% 199 2948.4 0% 0.54 1.5% comp.mail.maps
2 8000 381 82% 1197 2981.8 4% 0.49 1.6% talk.religion.misc
3 12000 571 89% 1637 3749.2 3% 0.45 2.4% soc.culture.china
4 5200 248 89% 63 1579.4 3% 0.43 1.0% comp.binaries.apple2
5 3400 161 45% 720 1782.9 22% 0.38 0.7% talk.politics.guns
6 5900 279 87% 835 1583.6 2% 0.37 1.2% rec.motorcycles
7 6400 303 79% 668 1792.7 15% 0.36 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
8 6200 293 93% 25 1299.5 0% 0.31 1.2% comp.sources.amiga
9 5200 245 92% 20 1098.6 0% 0.31 1.0% comp.binaries.amiga
10 5600 267 84% 678 1232.4 0% 0.30 1.1% rec.sport.hockey
11 12000 555 92% 868 2341.2 2% 0.29 2.3% rec.games.frp
12 2900 139 47% 118 1044.3 0% 0.28 0.6% comp.soft-sys.andrew
13 3500 165 66% 386 895.6 0% 0.27 0.7% alt.sca
14 18000 866 93% 1800 3107.6 10% 0.26 3.7% rec.music.misc
15 2800 133 95% 5 473.4 0% 0.26 0.6% comp.org.fidonet
16 6500 310 81% 583 1243.0 21% 0.25 1.3% talk.abortion
17 12000 552 96% 862 1809.1 3% 0.23 2.3% comp.os.vms
18 9800 466 93% 720 1509.0 8% 0.23 2.0% rec.ham-radio
19 14000 668 82% 933 2289.5 30% 0.22 2.8% talk.politics.misc
20 12000 582 84% 1220 1823.4 1% 0.21 2.5% rec.sport.baseball
21 4400 207 94% 334 574.0 0% 0.20 0.9% rec.music.gaffa
22 10000 483 92% 872 1295.3 2% 0.19 2.0% rec.music.gdead
23 21000 980 90% 1285 2620.0 6% 0.18 4.1% soc.culture.indian
24 16000 762 84% 1106 2136.0 5% 0.18 3.2% soc.motss
25 11000 510 86% 706 1438.7 3% 0.18 2.2% rec.arts.comics
26 5000 236 85% 376 657.1 1% 0.18 1.0% rec.arts.poems
27 9400 447 84% 628 1172.5 0% 0.17 1.9% rec.arts.tv.soaps
28 7600 362 91% 290 891.9 1% 0.17 1.5% soc.culture.jewish
29 4600 217 83% 383 591.5 3% 0.17 0.9% rec.arts.anime
30 4400 208 81% 248 585.6 8% 0.17 0.9% talk.origins
31 14000 668 78% 1606 1847.9 3% 0.16 2.8% talk.bizarre
32 14000 658 93% 355 1495.0 11% 0.16 2.8% rec.music.synth
33 9600 456 84% 665 1156.4 0% 0.16 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
34 8900 422 87% 600 1037.8 2% 0.16 1.8% rec.aviation
35 4400 210 90% 240 473.9 13% 0.16 0.9% soc.culture.celtic
36 3000 140 68% 112 429.4 35% 0.16 0.6% soc.culture.turkish
37 2700 129 84% 155 320.0 0% 0.16 0.5% misc.handicap
38 28000 1327 84% 1730 3165.4 5% 0.15 5.6% soc.singles
39 26000 1219 94% 1652 2532.0 5% 0.15 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
40 17000 787 94% 32 1586.6 0% 0.14 3.3% comp.sources.xreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/02/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 7900 373 88% 131 2929.4 0% 0.52 1.5% comp.mail.maps
2 7400 351 80% 1152 3023.6 2% 0.52 1.4% talk.religion.misc
3 4600 215 90% 66 1498.6 0% 0.47 0.9% comp.binaries.apple2
4 16000 740 89% 2319 4777.8 2% 0.43 3.0% soc.culture.china
5 3500 167 57% 660 1568.0 17% 0.41 0.7% talk.politics.guns
6 3900 186 67% 512 1353.2 0% 0.37 0.8% alt.sca
7 15000 715 81% 1488 3627.3 42% 0.31 2.9% talk.politics.misc
8 4700 220 94% 282 875.7 2% 0.28 0.9% comp.sys.sgi
9 2300 108 77% 147 519.0 20% 0.28 0.4% soc.culture.turkish
10 9900 469 93% 39 1780.8 0% 0.27 1.9% comp.binaries.amiga
11 5200 245 83% 439 970.6 0% 0.25 1.0% rec.sport.hockey
12 5000 236 94% 80 824.1 20% 0.25 1.0% sci.med.aids
13 4700 221 80% 324 904.3 2% 0.25 0.9% talk.origins
14 12000 564 93% 808 1973.0 2% 0.24 2.3% rec.games.frp
15 11000 508 86% 952 1906.1 2% 0.24 2.1% rec.arts.comics
16 6900 327 86% 652 1182.9 1% 0.24 1.3% rec.motorcycles
17 3000 144 84% 257 540.2 0% 0.24 0.6% misc.handicap
18 5500 260 78% 455 1019.1 6% 0.23 1.1% talk.politics.mideast
19 12000 570 96% 875 1668.5 2% 0.21 2.3% comp.os.vms
20 12000 547 94% 38 1678.4 0% 0.21 2.2% comp.sources.amiga
21 6500 308 80% 527 1076.4 4% 0.21 1.3% talk.abortion
22 13000 608 84% 1212 1892.4 0% 0.20 2.5% rec.sport.baseball
23 12000 544 94% 1023 1576.3 1% 0.20 2.2% comp.sys.apple
24 1600 76 73% 17 278.6 0% 0.20 0.3% rec.games.vectrex
25 5000 235 95% 288 643.0 0% 0.19 1.0% rec.music.gaffa
26 12000 584 97% 229 1367.4 3% 0.18 2.4% comp.os.minix
27 9600 453 84% 752 1305.1 1% 0.18 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
28 4800 228 84% 371 649.8 3% 0.18 0.9% rec.arts.poems
29 23000 1108 95% 1505 2511.2 7% 0.17 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
30 9200 436 87% 594 1093.4 1% 0.17 1.8% rec.aviation
31 2800 131 96% 4 315.3 0% 0.17 0.5% comp.org.fidonet
32 25000 1199 85% 1363 2878.9 2% 0.16 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
33 11000 518 92% 860 1206.9 3% 0.16 2.1% rec.music.gdead
34 11000 516 93% 549 1158.0 6% 0.16 2.1% rec.ham-radio
35 7600 358 90% 331 840.7 3% 0.16 1.5% soc.culture.jewish
36 19000 921 90% 856 1947.4 4% 0.15 3.8% soc.culture.indian
37 11000 501 84% 683 1240.2 1% 0.15 2.1% rec.arts.tv.soaps
38 20000 929 83% 1061 2090.3 3% 0.14 3.8% soc.motss
39 19000 902 93% 1062 1790.3 15% 0.14 3.7% rec.music.misc
40 10000 484 93% 31 969.6 10% 0.14 2.0% comp.binaries.atari.streid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 7900 393 80% 1115 2860.3 4% 0.52 1.6% talk.religion.misc
2 8100 401 88% 121 2632.0 0% 0.51 1.6% comp.mail.maps
3 31000 1517 90% 3579 8919.6 3% 0.46 6.2% soc.culture.china
4 6400 319 78% 711 1701.8 7% 0.37 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
5 18000 880 80% 1757 4332.8 20% 0.35 3.6% talk.politics.misc
6 8700 431 85% 1009 1823.9 0% 0.32 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
7 2900 143 84% 292 621.5 0% 0.32 0.6% misc.handicap
8 2700 132 96% 4 481.2 0% 0.31 0.5% comp.org.fidonet
9 12000 598 96% 746 2066.1 2% 0.30 2.4% comp.os.vms
10 11000 524 85% 1341 2170.4 0% 0.30 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
11 3800 190 59% 495 1084.0 14% 0.30 0.8% talk.politics.guns
12 8000 394 87% 735 1497.9 0% 0.29 1.6% rec.motorcycles
13 11000 542 86% 1002 1948.6 4% 0.27 2.2% rec.arts.comics
14 6300 313 94% 19 1004.7 0% 0.27 1.3% comp.binaries.amiga
15 4200 209 67% 350 902.4 0% 0.26 0.8% alt.sca
16 11000 568 93% 566 1667.8 3% 0.25 2.3% rec.games.frp
17 10000 515 93% 54 1415.7 0% 0.24 2.1% comp.binaries.atari.st
18 8800 434 87% 732 1356.2 2% 0.24 1.8% rec.aviation
19 5600 279 80% 245 959.3 7% 0.24 1.1% talk.philosophy.misc
20 4600 228 95% 288 662.2 0% 0.24 0.9% rec.music.gaffa
21 5600 275 94% 79 778.9 23% 0.23 1.1% sci.med.aids
22 3100 154 78% 142 508.0 27% 0.23 0.6% soc.culture.turkish
23 8800 437 92% 772 1195.4 3% 0.22 1.8% rec.music.gdead
24 5000 249 80% 295 722.5 0% 0.21 1.0% talk.abortion
25 4500 224 94% 108 567.1 1% 0.21 0.9% comp.sys.atari.8bit
26 11000 529 84% 781 1490.6 0% 0.20 2.2% rec.arts.tv.soaps
27 15000 752 83% 994 1912.0 17% 0.19 3.1% soc.motss
28 4100 202 93% 163 480.9 7% 0.19 0.8% rec.games.pbm
29 4100 201 70% 57 616.1 24% 0.19 0.8% gnu.emacs.gnus
30 2400 120 82% 109 308.6 2% 0.19 0.5% soc.roots
31 27000 1334 83% 1788 3188.7 2% 0.18 5.4% soc.singles
32 23000 1116 95% 1413 2400.8 7% 0.18 4.5% comp.sys.amiga
33 22000 1109 93% 1147 2332.2 10% 0.18 4.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
34 5800 285 84% 325 707.9 0% 0.18 1.2% rec.guns
35 40000 1984 98% 81 3829.6 1% 0.17 8.1% comp.sources.unix
36 30000 1476 95% 76 3008.1 0% 0.17 6.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
37 24000 1194 96% 83 2400.1 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
38 12000 604 76% 1194 1508.5 12% 0.17 2.5% talk.bizarre
39 7600 378 90% 289 794.5 4% 0.17 1.5% soc.culture.jewish
40 11000 555 85% 692 1164.1 2% 0.16 2.3% rec.bicyclesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/03/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 8300 392 80% 1553 3872.9 5% 0.68 1.6% talk.religion.misc
2 6700 318 80% 1232 2907.1 1% 0.63 1.3% talk.abortion
3 6700 318 78% 980 2423.9 6% 0.51 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
4 9400 444 88% 120 2699.4 0% 0.46 1.8% comp.mail.maps
5 9800 461 92% 84 2578.4 4% 0.44 1.9% comp.binaries.atari.st
6 12000 555 85% 1512 2795.6 0% 0.36 2.3% rec.sport.baseball
7 3200 150 51% 564 1145.7 1% 0.34 0.6% soc.culture.nordic
8 7300 343 87% 802 1528.5 1% 0.33 1.4% rec.motorcycles
9 20000 935 81% 1666 4037.4 28% 0.30 3.8% talk.politics.misc
10 4800 228 80% 336 970.7 3% 0.30 0.9% talk.origins
11 5100 243 68% 436 1197.9 0% 0.29 1.0% alt.sca
12 4000 187 64% 429 1012.2 8% 0.29 0.8% talk.politics.guns
13 3800 179 85% 372 724.6 0% 0.29 0.7% misc.handicap
14 35000 1648 95% 147 5466.2 1% 0.27 6.7% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
15 35000 1639 96% 105 5238.3 0% 0.26 6.7% comp.sources.games
16 30000 1406 89% 1736 4781.1 2% 0.26 5.7% soc.culture.china
17 16000 754 83% 1288 2707.7 10% 0.26 3.1% soc.motss
18 14000 661 83% 1114 2419.9 15% 0.26 2.7% soc.men
19 13000 599 96% 715 1943.9 5% 0.26 2.4% comp.os.vms
20 1900 90 74% 53 360.0 0% 0.25 0.4% comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway
21 6400 302 69% 568 1223.2 8% 0.24 1.2% soc.culture.asian.american
22 12000 559 86% 902 1767.5 3% 0.23 2.3% rec.arts.comics
23 30000 1437 83% 2670 4397.6 13% 0.22 5.8% soc.singles
24 11000 533 93% 594 1417.7 2% 0.22 2.2% rec.ham-radio
25 19000 893 95% 48 2346.8 0% 0.21 3.6% comp.sources.x
26 5900 278 93% 20 722.5 0% 0.21 1.1% comp.sources.atari.st
27 15000 727 96% 453 1737.7 11% 0.20 3.0% comp.os.minix
28 14000 642 85% 1024 1831.5 1% 0.20 2.6% rec.bicycles
29 12000 571 85% 845 1528.4 0% 0.20 2.3% rec.arts.tv.soaps
30 11000 519 88% 796 1357.8 1% 0.20 2.1% rec.aviation
31 5100 242 80% 136 713.5 3% 0.20 1.0% talk.philosophy.misc
32 13000 596 93% 595 1483.7 1% 0.19 2.4% rec.games.frp
33 3700 176 80% 145 487.0 20% 0.19 0.7% talk.politics.theory
34 24000 1135 95% 1419 2506.6 6% 0.18 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
35 8300 390 85% 535 972.9 0% 0.18 1.6% rec.sport.basketball
36 9900 468 92% 660 1024.7 2% 0.17 1.9% rec.music.gdead
37 20000 941 90% 935 1975.4 2% 0.16 3.8% soc.culture.indian
38 6900 328 84% 426 720.7 1% 0.16 1.3% rec.sport.football
39 5200 244 73% 402 644.0 2% 0.16 1.0% alt.aquaria
40 5100 239 94% 231 468.2 0% 0.16 1.0% rec.music.gaffareid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 9000 424 88% 139 3354.2 0% 0.59 1.8% comp.mail.maps
2 6400 302 80% 887 2010.4 1% 0.46 1.3% talk.abortion
3 3600 170 84% 547 1002.8 0% 0.42 0.7% misc.handicap
4 4200 196 80% 400 1156.3 6% 0.40 0.8% talk.origins
5 6900 324 78% 817 1908.0 27% 0.39 1.4% talk.politics.mideast
6 7900 371 80% 777 2011.6 3% 0.37 1.6% talk.religion.misc
7 12000 569 85% 1468 2696.8 0% 0.34 2.4% rec.sport.baseball
8 13000 611 96% 852 2341.6 2% 0.31 2.6% comp.os.vms
9 7600 356 84% 748 1384.2 1% 0.28 1.5% rec.sport.football
10 11000 514 95% 1076 1660.4 0% 0.26 2.2% comp.sys.apple
11 4100 192 67% 354 890.1 0% 0.26 0.8% alt.sca
12 20000 952 80% 1455 3306.9 23% 0.24 4.1% talk.politics.misc
13 2800 134 80% 84 466.1 25% 0.24 0.6% soc.culture.turkish
14 28000 1334 90% 1521 3945.9 2% 0.23 5.7% soc.culture.china
15 23000 1092 95% 1605 3099.5 6% 0.23 4.7% comp.sys.amiga
16 11000 495 93% 594 1501.8 2% 0.23 2.1% rec.games.frp
17 12000 573 86% 832 1676.1 7% 0.22 2.5% rec.arts.comics
18 10000 473 93% 875 1305.4 4% 0.22 2.0% rec.music.gdead
19 21000 977 94% 1346 2612.1 11% 0.21 4.2% rec.music.misc
20 17000 810 83% 1126 2370.0 6% 0.21 3.5% soc.motss
21 12000 567 84% 928 1659.7 0% 0.21 2.4% rec.arts.tv.soaps
22 5500 260 94% 296 688.8 0% 0.21 1.1% rec.music.gaffa
23 23000 1074 93% 1121 2786.6 6% 0.20 4.6% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 3600 170 91% 20 430.3 0% 0.20 0.7% comp.binaries.apple2
25 12000 543 93% 673 1341.5 5% 0.19 2.3% rec.ham-radio
26 7700 360 87% 555 946.8 1% 0.19 1.5% rec.motorcycles
27 7000 330 84% 296 879.7 5% 0.19 1.4% rec.arts.anime
28 1600 76 40% 292 418.9 0% 0.19 0.3% alt.cosuard
29 29000 1381 82% 2050 3565.5 4% 0.18 5.9% soc.singles
30 14000 665 82% 715 1676.9 20% 0.18 2.8% soc.men
31 4900 230 71% 398 665.7 1% 0.18 1.0% alt.aquaria
32 4900 230 52% 195 916.5 0% 0.18 1.0% misc.headlines.unitex
33 4300 200 65% 249 653.6 15% 0.18 0.9% talk.politics.guns
34 4000 186 60% 365 660.4 4% 0.18 0.8% soc.culture.nordic
35 13000 633 97% 609 1294.5 0% 0.17 2.7% comp.dcom.telecom
36 15000 716 85% 876 1584.4 2% 0.16 3.1% rec.bicycles
37 10000 490 93% 28 920.1 0% 0.16 2.1% comp.binaries.atari.st
38 7700 360 85% 453 795.0 0% 0.16 1.5% rec.sport.basketball
39 5300 251 93% 87 501.2 16% 0.16 1.1% rec.games.pbm
40 13000 613 87% 672 1265.0 1% 0.15 2.6% rec.aviationreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 3800 173 85% 628 1284.5 0% 0.52 0.7% misc.handicap
2 13000 565 94% 121 3764.8 3% 0.50 2.4% comp.binaries.atari.st
3 4300 195 66% 266 1466.2 0% 0.41 0.8% misc.headlines.unitex
4 10000 453 88% 109 2450.8 0% 0.40 1.9% comp.mail.maps
5 4700 213 67% 660 1475.6 7% 0.39 0.9% talk.politics.guns
6 6900 311 81% 733 1724.0 0% 0.37 1.3% talk.abortion
7 9200 414 81% 858 2209.4 1% 0.36 1.8% talk.religion.misc
8 7800 354 79% 748 1834.8 16% 0.34 1.5% talk.politics.mideast
9 11000 478 85% 1275 2331.3 1% 0.33 2.0% rec.sport.football
10 11000 490 93% 686 2008.6 2% 0.31 2.1% rec.games.frp
11 4800 217 81% 298 916.9 8% 0.28 0.9% talk.origins
12 1500 66 50% 347 462.9 0% 0.28 0.3% alt.cosuard
13 4400 197 82% 192 788.9 0% 0.27 0.8% soc.religion.christian
14 3800 171 46% 617 1215.2 3% 0.27 0.7% soc.culture.taiwan
15 15000 699 84% 1163 2406.4 3% 0.25 3.0% soc.motss
16 13000 583 88% 837 1995.9 0% 0.25 2.5% rec.aviation
17 12000 545 86% 995 1920.3 2% 0.25 2.3% rec.arts.comics
18 13000 577 85% 1208 2044.7 1% 0.24 2.5% rec.sport.baseball
19 12000 549 96% 1052 1565.4 1% 0.23 2.3% comp.sys.apple
20 11000 476 59% 911 2304.1 8% 0.23 2.0% sci.skeptic
21 4900 221 93% 67 659.2 0% 0.23 0.9% rec.games.go
22 24000 1086 86% 1292 3336.6 2% 0.22 4.6% rec.arts.startrek
23 5600 254 94% 366 716.9 0% 0.22 1.1% rec.music.gaffa
24 1000 47 68% 2 174.3 0% 0.22 0.2% rec.mag.fsfnet
25 11000 474 93% 740 1368.2 6% 0.21 2.0% rec.music.gdead
26 8400 378 87% 593 1093.6 1% 0.21 1.6% rec.motorcycles
27 16000 725 97% 399 1829.7 0% 0.20 3.1% comp.os.minix
28 15000 661 96% 777 1727.5 2% 0.20 2.8% comp.os.vms
29 5300 241 93% 106 625.0 7% 0.20 1.0% rec.games.pbm
30 20000 921 82% 1045 2569.5 16% 0.19 3.9% talk.politics.misc
31 14000 641 93% 718 1573.1 4% 0.19 2.7% rec.ham-radio
32 4400 198 91% 25 497.5 0% 0.19 0.8% comp.binaries.apple2
33 12000 546 85% 709 1408.9 0% 0.18 2.3% rec.arts.tv.soaps
34 5800 263 62% 481 897.6 5% 0.18 1.1% soc.culture.hongkong
35 4700 214 80% 213 580.3 5% 0.18 0.9% talk.politics.theory
36 30000 1336 83% 1791 3239.7 12% 0.17 5.7% soc.singles
37 26000 1186 90% 978 2672.2 10% 0.17 5.1% soc.culture.china
38 25000 1140 95% 85 2447.2 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
39 15000 663 97% 573 1398.7 0% 0.17 2.8% comp.dcom.telecom
40 6300 286 94% 65 626.9 20% 0.17 1.2% sci.med.aidsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (11/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 4600 208 77% 306 1811.0 0% 0.55 0.8% misc.headlines.unitex
2 5100 229 64% 1008 2256.8 13% 0.52 0.9% soc.culture.taiwan
3 11000 490 89% 158 3209.1 0% 0.48 2.0% comp.mail.maps
4 9100 407 82% 1120 2851.5 13% 0.47 1.7% talk.religion.misc
5 13000 593 89% 1568 3010.3 1% 0.37 2.4% rec.arts.comics
6 4600 205 88% 497 984.0 0% 0.34 0.8% misc.handicap
7 1200 55 56% 11 391.5 0% 0.34 0.2% bionet.sci-resources
8 12000 549 88% 1397 2492.3 1% 0.33 2.2% rec.sport.football
9 6700 300 95% 633 1262.1 0% 0.33 1.2% rec.music.gaffa
10 5200 231 72% 616 1325.4 1% 0.33 0.9% alt.sca
11 8300 374 82% 722 1766.6 3% 0.32 1.5% talk.abortion
12 8600 387 81% 699 1737.0 24% 0.30 1.6% talk.politics.mideast
13 6500 291 72% 547 1382.6 2% 0.28 1.2% soc.culture.hongkong
14 5400 240 70% 483 1179.3 5% 0.28 1.0% talk.politics.guns
15 25000 1135 88% 2258 4217.5 4% 0.27 4.6% rec.arts.startrek
16 13000 588 95% 49 1928.7 0% 0.26 2.4% comp.binaries.atari.st
17 12000 548 94% 1095 1724.8 1% 0.25 2.2% rec.music.gdead
18 12000 534 96% 1150 1713.4 1% 0.25 2.2% comp.sys.apple
19 9500 427 89% 793 1420.4 5% 0.24 1.7% rec.motorcycles
20 6900 309 95% 18 959.6 0% 0.24 1.3% comp.binaries.amiga
21 6700 298 95% 136 845.2 0% 0.22 1.2% sci.med.aids
22 25000 1133 96% 1819 2989.7 8% 0.21 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
23 13000 569 93% 665 1596.0 3% 0.21 2.3% rec.games.frp
24 6200 278 82% 118 867.4 6% 0.21 1.1% gnu.gcc.bug
25 6000 271 92% 27 751.0 0% 0.21 1.1% comp.binaries.apple2
26 24000 1087 91% 981 2845.1 13% 0.20 4.4% soc.culture.china
27 20000 908 83% 1060 2640.1 12% 0.20 3.7% talk.politics.misc
28 16000 695 96% 799 1799.6 2% 0.20 2.8% comp.os.vms
29 10000 455 73% 620 1525.2 8% 0.20 1.8% sci.skeptic
30 8200 366 96% 16 898.9 0% 0.19 1.5% comp.sources.amiga
31 4800 216 85% 168 581.3 0% 0.19 0.9% soc.religion.christian
32 15000 677 94% 797 1552.4 5% 0.18 2.7% rec.ham-radio
33 14000 638 88% 814 1540.2 1% 0.18 2.6% rec.arts.tv.soaps
34 6600 296 74% 459 896.2 21% 0.18 1.2% alt.aquaria
35 36000 1596 98% 80 3482.6 3% 0.17 6.5% comp.sources.unix
36 27000 1211 96% 92 2609.7 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
37 15000 656 90% 807 1531.7 2% 0.17 2.7% rec.aviation
38 2100 92 56% 167 358.6 0% 0.17 0.4% alt.cosuard
39 22000 969 94% 1163 2050.7 10% 0.16 3.9% rec.music.misc
40 16000 704 97% 441 1442.2 12% 0.16 2.9% comp.os.minixreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 11000 500 84% 1258 3480.9 1% 0.50 1.8% talk.religion.misc
2 12000 529 89% 156 3267.2 0% 0.46 1.9% comp.mail.maps
3 16000 701 90% 2044 4143.0 1% 0.44 2.5% rec.arts.comics
4 9600 418 85% 788 2446.1 0% 0.40 1.5% talk.abortion
5 9300 405 93% 68 2024.4 0% 0.38 1.5% comp.binaries.apple2
6 18000 772 90% 1755 3444.5 1% 0.32 2.8% rec.sport.football
7 4400 193 90% 398 821.1 0% 0.31 0.7% misc.handicap
8 21000 899 96% 1062 3450.9 3% 0.30 3.2% comp.os.vms
9 18000 774 94% 942 2636.4 2% 0.26 2.8% rec.games.frp
10 15000 666 96% 35 2062.9 0% 0.25 2.4% comp.sources.amiga
11 9500 416 83% 642 1527.2 31% 0.25 1.5% talk.politics.mideast
12 23000 1008 85% 1456 3398.8 19% 0.24 3.6% talk.politics.misc
13 15000 674 96% 1360 1911.8 1% 0.23 2.4% comp.sys.apple
14 13000 554 90% 902 1737.0 0% 0.23 2.0% rec.sport.basketball
15 3900 172 45% 417 1042.2 1% 0.23 0.6% rec.org.sca
16 5700 248 85% 305 783.3 1% 0.22 0.9% talk.origins
17 16000 712 90% 1173 1950.3 0% 0.21 2.6% rec.arts.tv.soaps
18 6700 293 71% 493 1042.3 15% 0.21 1.1% soc.culture.taiwan
19 6100 264 75% 355 929.9 34% 0.21 1.0% talk.politics.guns
20 30000 1303 91% 1308 3383.6 8% 0.19 4.7% soc.culture.china
21 28000 1234 94% 1654 2974.3 14% 0.19 4.5% rec.music.misc
22 16000 684 92% 953 1784.0 1% 0.19 2.5% rec.aviation
23 30000 1305 97% 1840 2947.7 5% 0.18 4.7% comp.sys.amiga
24 19000 848 97% 346 1883.2 7% 0.18 3.1% comp.os.minix
25 13000 569 95% 22 1291.4 0% 0.18 2.1% comp.binaries.amiga
26 11000 475 90% 663 1144.9 0% 0.18 1.7% rec.motorcycles
27 30000 1301 90% 1811 3056.3 1% 0.17 4.7% rec.arts.startrek
28 27000 1174 91% 1346 2609.1 1% 0.17 4.2% soc.culture.indian
29 13000 563 97% 66 1202.0 0% 0.17 2.0% comp.windows.news
30 8900 389 89% 433 883.8 4% 0.17 1.4% rec.arts.anime
31 18000 790 94% 901 1669.6 5% 0.16 2.9% rec.ham-radio
32 9000 392 77% 432 1015.5 3% 0.16 1.4% soc.culture.hongkong
33 8800 383 95% 369 802.4 0% 0.16 1.4% rec.music.gaffa
34 8700 380 84% 369 873.4 10% 0.16 1.4% talk.religion.newage
35 15000 659 94% 817 1269.0 9% 0.15 2.4% rec.music.gdead
36 8300 361 94% 76 711.2 6% 0.15 1.3% rec.games.pbm
37 6100 268 84% 161 575.7 13% 0.15 1.0% talk.politics.theory
38 5500 241 87% 184 505.5 0% 0.15 0.9% soc.religion.christian
39 10000 445 74% 203 993.9 32% 0.14 1.6% soc.rights.human
40 8900 387 94% 63 711.2 3% 0.14 1.4% sci.med.aidsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/02/90)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 13000 550 90% 208 4382.7 0% 0.56 2.0% comp.mail.maps
2 10000 426 85% 866 2454.2 4% 0.39 1.6% talk.religion.misc
3 7800 319 85% 566 1800.4 1% 0.36 1.2% talk.abortion
4 22000 913 97% 300 4185.8 1% 0.34 3.4% comp.os.minix
5 10000 418 76% 177 2180.9 10% 0.31 1.5% comp.os.os2
6 5700 232 75% 503 1224.5 16% 0.30 0.9% talk.politics.guns
7 3900 161 51% 373 1215.8 0% 0.30 0.6% alt.callahans
8 2600 108 61% 540 642.1 0% 0.28 0.4% alt.cosuard
9 13000 553 91% 948 1840.3 3% 0.24 2.0% rec.sport.basketball
10 5400 220 91% 310 760.0 0% 0.24 0.8% misc.handicap
11 10000 423 91% 813 1375.7 1% 0.23 1.6% rec.motorcycles
12 9800 403 97% 228 1227.0 4% 0.23 1.5% comp.lang.forth
13 22000 901 85% 1189 3077.1 39% 0.22 3.3% talk.politics.misc
14 10000 429 84% 497 1434.8 20% 0.22 1.6% talk.politics.mideast
15 6600 271 75% 503 1008.6 5% 0.21 1.0% soc.culture.taiwan
16 6100 249 73% 354 956.9 1% 0.21 0.9% alt.recovery
17 6800 279 93% 212 785.7 0% 0.20 1.0% rec.games.empire
18 5800 236 85% 201 752.3 2% 0.20 0.9% talk.politics.theory
19 21000 850 91% 1272 2333.3 2% 0.19 3.1% rec.sport.football
20 3900 159 59% 305 679.8 1% 0.19 0.6% rec.org.sca
21 27000 1122 90% 1026 2896.0 5% 0.18 4.2% soc.culture.china
22 8000 329 85% 75 941.1 1% 0.18 1.2% gnu.g++.bug
23 17000 690 91% 890 1764.0 1% 0.17 2.6% rec.arts.comics
24 34000 1399 97% 1764 3012.6 8% 0.16 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
25 17000 703 93% 814 1447.6 1% 0.15 2.6% rec.aviation
26 16000 673 96% 553 1312.3 2% 0.15 2.5% rec.music.classical
27 15000 603 90% 768 1346.2 0% 0.15 2.2% rec.arts.tv.soaps
28 8600 352 95% 281 725.1 0% 0.15 1.3% rec.music.gaffa
29 5800 240 88% 146 534.3 0% 0.15 0.9% soc.religion.christian
30 23000 951 88% 801 1931.9 16% 0.14 3.5% soc.women
31 22000 892 96% 841 1681.2 3% 0.14 3.3% comp.os.vms
32 18000 753 94% 732 1418.6 6% 0.14 2.8% rec.ham-radio
33 17000 682 93% 523 1353.0 1% 0.14 2.5% rec.games.frp
34 8600 354 77% 226 813.7 1% 0.14 1.3% soc.culture.hongkong
35 7200 296 93% 93 591.9 0% 0.14 1.1% rec.games.go
36 32000 1319 91% 1483 2543.5 2% 0.13 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
37 21000 867 88% 870 1685.7 8% 0.13 3.2% soc.motss
38 19000 763 95% 41 1389.4 8% 0.13 2.8% comp.binaries.atari.st
39 17000 716 97% 827 1199.0 1% 0.13 2.6% comp.sys.apple
40 33000 1357 97% 58 2221.9 0% 0.12 5.0% comp.binaries.macreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (03/01/90)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 10000 355 86% 997 2754.5 2% 0.44 1.2% talk.abortion
2 15000 523 89% 160 3776.8 0% 0.41 1.8% comp.mail.maps
3 15000 527 93% 116 3059.7 1% 0.35 1.8% comp.binaries.apple2
4 7100 250 87% 454 1431.2 1% 0.32 0.9% talk.origins
5 6600 233 88% 201 1207.8 1% 0.30 0.8% soc.roots
6 20000 689 91% 1958 3491.6 0% 0.29 2.4% rec.sport.basketball
7 20000 691 95% 65 3229.1 2% 0.28 2.4% comp.binaries.amiga
8 14000 504 91% 1294 2176.6 1% 0.26 1.7% rec.motorcycles
9 9500 335 93% 91 1261.3 4% 0.23 1.2% rec.games.go
10 22000 777 97% 58 2742.3 2% 0.22 2.7% comp.sources.amiga
11 32000 1118 87% 1687 4260.2 30% 0.21 3.8% talk.politics.misc
12 8100 285 65% 676 1461.5 1% 0.21 1.0% rec.sport.soccer
13 7300 258 92% 513 879.5 0% 0.20 0.9% misc.handicap
14 5700 200 73% 406 838.7 0% 0.20 0.7% rec.org.sca
15 21000 745 97% 1457 2276.1 2% 0.19 2.6% comp.sys.apple
16 17000 589 86% 820 2035.1 1% 0.19 2.0% talk.religion.misc
17 5400 189 38% 630 1479.3 3% 0.19 0.7% alt.atheism
18 25000 869 93% 1087 2603.9 3% 0.18 3.0% rec.games.frp
19 20000 696 93% 1164 2118.0 1% 0.18 2.4% rec.aviation
20 18000 645 95% 68 1919.9 0% 0.18 2.2% comp.binaries.atari.st
21 11000 391 94% 392 1114.3 0% 0.18 1.3% rec.music.gaffa
22 9400 330 48% 1340 1960.5 4% 0.18 1.1% soc.culture.british
23 8900 312 78% 457 1091.8 6% 0.18 1.1% talk.politics.guns
24 27000 961 92% 1073 2706.3 15% 0.17 3.3% misc.legal
25 19000 667 93% 1310 1849.6 1% 0.17 2.3% rec.music.gdead
26 41000 1460 92% 2291 3976.9 1% 0.16 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
27 6900 244 60% 307 1030.5 12% 0.16 0.8% soc.culture.asean
28 24000 840 92% 1217 2105.5 2% 0.15 2.9% rec.arts.comics
29 22000 789 94% 889 1912.1 7% 0.15 2.7% rec.ham-radio
30 38000 1347 93% 1729 3079.4 14% 0.14 4.6% rec.music.misc
31 38000 1346 96% 2011 3075.0 6% 0.14 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
32 15000 537 91% 556 1237.7 2% 0.14 1.8% rec.arts.anime
33 14000 495 90% 548 1215.8 3% 0.14 1.7% soc.culture.jewish
34 13000 457 85% 215 1170.6 12% 0.14 1.6% soc.culture.turkish
35 12000 434 91% 559 981.3 2% 0.14 1.5% rec.sport.hockey
36 11000 383 92% 129 939.7 12% 0.14 1.3% rec.games.pbm
37 4800 168 63% 403 560.6 0% 0.14 0.6% alt.cosuard
38 38000 1322 93% 1602 2801.4 5% 0.13 4.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
39 5600 196 39% 454 1007.2 7% 0.13 0.7% alt.pagan
40 44000 1543 88% 1774 3325.6 19% 0.12 5.3% soc.singlesmathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) (02/05/91)
reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) writes: > TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST > A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced > them. [...] #readers %sites cost (estd.) receiving kb/month $/month/reader v v v v > 1 6600 145 47% 2116 7471.3 0% 0.94 0.4% bionet.molbio.genba > 2 81000 1788 62% 402 29103.5 1% 0.39 5.5% alt.sex.pictures > 3 22000 479 78% 1917 5269.8 4% 0.32 1.5% talk.abortion > 4 22000 487 79% 1513 4789.3 14% 0.30 1.5% talk.religion.misc > 5 12000 258 62% 315 2773.3 22% 0.25 0.8% comp.sys.acorn ^ ^ ^ ^ #readers msgs %ge %ge of (sample) /month crossposts Usenetters reading This is what happens when you post large binaries to a discussion-only group concerning an obscure computer. If people hadn't been holding back with the binaries for the last few weeks, it would have been even worse. The next thing which happens is that sites see comp.sys.acorn at the top of this list, and stop propagating it. So, how's that vote for comp.binaries.acorn coming? mathew. -- Internet: mathew@mantis.co.uk / mathew%mantis.co.uk@ukc.ac.uk UUCP: mathew@mantis.UUCP / ...!mcsun!ukc!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew If you know anything significant about ISDN, please mail me...