[news.groups] BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION

reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (01/01/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
193  1100    94   73%    18   23.3    16   0.09    0.8%  rec.sport.baseball
194  1100    93   73%    52   99.8    48   0.36    0.8%  rec.arts.tv.soaps
195  1100    90   73%    12   15.3    11   0.06    0.8%  rec.arts.poems
196   810    68   73%    15   18.6    19   0.09    0.6%  rec.birds
197  2100   175   72%    45   76.8    21   0.15    1.5%  rec.bicycles
198  2000   171   72%    57   70.4    28   0.14    1.4%  rec.food.drink
199  1900   160   72%   124  241.8    65   0.51    1.3%  rec.sport.football
200  1600   135   72%     4    5.6     2   0.01    1.1%  rec.food.veg
201  1300   111   72%    34   50.1    26   0.15    0.9%  rec.sport.basketball
202  1300   110   72%    20   30.4    15   0.09    0.9%  rec.arts.wobegon
203  1200   102   72%    32   52.6    27   0.18    0.9%  rec.woodworking
204  1100    92   72%    11   11.9    10   0.04    0.8%  rec.sport.hockey
205  1500   129   71%    14   16.3     9   0.04    1.1%  rec.gardens
206  1200   100   71%    31   39.7    26   0.13    0.8%  rec.railroad
207  1100    91   71%    14   29.8    12   0.11    0.8%  rec.boats
208  1000    88   71%    20   40.4    20   0.16    0.7%  rec.scuba
209   870    73   68%    12   21.2    14   0.10    0.6%  rec.skydiving
210  3800   317   58%    15  329.3     4   0.35    2.7%  news.lists
211   890    75   34%     1    5.0     1   0.02    0.6%  comp.sources.bugs
212   870    73   33%     1    1.0     1   0.00    0.6%  comp.sources.games

reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (02/01/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
204  1700   138   77%    35   45.2    21   0.11    1.2%  rec.arts.wobegon
205  1600   130   77%    58   61.3    36   0.16    1.2%  rec.sport.baseball
206  1600   125   77%    34   75.9    21   0.19    1.1%  rec.ham-radio.packet
207  1500   120   77%    41   60.6    27   0.16    1.1%  rec.sport.misc
208  1200    96   77%     8   15.1     7   0.05    0.9%  rec.sport.hockey
209   990    78   77%     5    6.5     5   0.03    0.7%  rec.birds
210  3500   275   76%    38   52.8    11   0.06    2.5%  rec.food.drink
211  2700   214   76%    28   35.4    10   0.05    1.9%  rec.gardens
212  2200   171   76%    18   25.0     8   0.05    1.5%  rec.boats
213  2100   164   76%   108  165.3    51   0.32    1.5%  rec.sport.basketball
214  1800   142   76%    17   24.6     9   0.06    1.3%  rec.railroad
215  1500   116   76%    20   32.7    13   0.09    1.0%  rec.scuba
216  1100    90   75%    15   26.0    14   0.10    0.8%  rec.skydiving
217  6500   517   73%    12  323.4     1   0.20    4.6%  news.lists
218  1400   113   62%    57  159.9    40   0.46    1.0%  misc.handicap
219  1300   101   56%    48   72.9    37   0.23    0.9%  talk.religion.newage
220  1600   128   44%     7  330.6     4   0.84    1.2%  mod.mag.fidonet
221  3300   264   38%   184  268.6    55   0.33    2.4%  comp.os.minix
222  2500   201   30%     1    3.2     0   0.01    1.8%  comp.sources.unix
223  1500   117   30%     4   41.2     2   0.11    1.1%  comp.sources.bugs

reid@decwrl.UUCP (03/01/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
205  2500   179   82%   114  193.5    45   0.31    1.6%  rec.motorcycles
206  2500   179   82%   101  187.0    40   0.30    1.6%  rec.arts.tv.soaps
207  2300   171   82%    38   70.0    16   0.12    1.5%  rec.sport.misc
208  2300   164   82%    41   63.1    18   0.11    1.4%  rec.railroad
209  2200   162   82%    37   56.8    16   0.10    1.4%  rec.arts.wobegon
210  2000   145   82%    38  101.6    19   0.20    1.3%  rec.ham-radio.packet
211  2000   143   82%    12   18.4     6   0.04    1.2%  rec.scuba
212  1900   142   82%    32   36.1    17   0.08    1.2%  rec.arts.poems
213  1200    85   82%     2    4.1     2   0.01    0.7%  rec.birds
214  3700   271   81%    91  124.2    24   0.13    2.4%  rec.pets
215  2600   187   81%   138  207.9    53   0.32    1.6%  rec.sport.basketball
216  2100   154   81%    61   79.4    29   0.15    1.3%  rec.sport.hockey
217  1300    95   80%     7    7.8     5   0.02    0.8%  rec.skydiving
218  3600   265   77%     7  151.9     1   0.17    2.3%  mod.mag.fidonet
219 10000   731   76%   211  328.4    21   0.13    6.4%  comp.os.minix
220  1600   116   73%   105  292.6    66   0.73    1.0%  misc.handicap
221  2300   164   71%   165  389.0    72   0.68    1.4%  talk.religion.newage
222 12000   842   62%   215  341.1    17   0.11    7.3%  comp.windows.x
223  2800   201   26%     1    7.0     0   0.01    1.8%  comp.sources.bugs
224   730    53   19%     2   22.8     3   0.12    0.5%  talk.politics

reid@decwrl.UUCP (04/02/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
210  1700   133   85%    10    7.3     5   0.02    1.1%  rec.arts.poems
211 15000  1187   84%    21   90.3     1   0.03    9.7%  net.sources.games
212  8600   663   84%     7   13.5     0   0.01    5.4%  rec.nude
213  8300   637   84%    11   11.8     1   0.01    5.2%  net.sources.mac
214  3800   295   84%   114  170.2    30   0.20    2.4%  rec.pets
215  2900   223   84%   354  557.7   122   0.87    1.8%  rec.sport.basketball
216  2800   213   84%    17   24.7     6   0.04    1.7%  rec.sport.football
217  2800   212   84%    90  175.2    32   0.28    1.7%  rec.sport.misc
218  2400   185   84%   127  161.3    52   0.30    1.5%  rec.arts.tv.soaps
219  2400   181   84%    28   46.7    11   0.09    1.5%  rec.arts.wobegon
220  2300   180   84%    15   19.4     6   0.04    1.5%  rec.sport.hockey
221  1600   122   84%    60   80.9    37   0.23    1.0%  rec.birds
222  1300   103   84%    24   43.2    18   0.15    0.8%  rec.skydiving
223  1800   138   82%   131  249.9    73   0.62    1.1%  misc.handicap
224 10000   768   81%   247  398.2    24   0.18    6.3%  comp.windows.x
225  2400   185   80%    48  115.5    20   0.22    1.5%  talk.religion.newage
226  1100    87   65%    10  249.3     9   1.00    0.7%  comp.binaries.atari.st
227   590    45   65%     1   20.5     2   0.16    0.4%  comp.sources.atari.st
228  3500   272   41%    21   67.4     6   0.09    2.2%  rec.arts.movies.reviews
229  2000   154   35%     4   16.9     2   0.04    1.3%  comp.std.unix

reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (05/01/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
210 14000  1068   86%    45  213.9     3   0.07    8.4%  net.sources.bugs
211  8100   631   86%     7   13.5     0   0.01    5.0%  rec.nude
212  3700   290   86%   114  170.2    30   0.21    2.3%  rec.pets
213  3200   250   86%   354  557.7   110   0.80    2.0%  rec.sport.basketball
214  3200   248   86%    90  175.2    28   0.25    1.9%  rec.sport.misc
215  2700   210   86%    17   24.7     6   0.04    1.6%  rec.sport.football
216  2500   193   86%   127  161.3    50   0.30    1.5%  rec.arts.tv.soaps
217  2500   193   86%    15   19.4     6   0.04    1.5%  rec.sport.hockey
218  2300   179   86%    28   46.7    12   0.09    1.4%  rec.arts.wobegon
219  1700   133   86%    10    7.3     5   0.02    1.0%  rec.arts.poems
220  1600   123   86%    60   80.9    37   0.23    1.0%  rec.birds
221  1100    86   86%    24   43.2    22   0.18    0.7%  rec.skydiving
222 16000  1285   85%    21   90.3     1   0.03   10.1%  net.sources.games
223  9300   732   85%    11   11.8     1   0.01    5.7%  net.sources.mac
224  1500   119   83%   131  249.9    87   0.76    0.9%  misc.handicap
225  2500   194   82%    48  115.5    19   0.21    1.5%  talk.religion.newage
226  1300   102   78%     1   20.5     1   0.07    0.8%  comp.sources.atari.st
227  2800   221   77%    10  249.3     3   0.41    1.7%  comp.binaries.atari.st
228  4900   380   63%     4   16.9     0   0.02    3.0%  comp.std.unix
229  6600   517   59%    21   67.4     3   0.05    4.1%  rec.arts.movies.reviews

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/01/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
211 25000  1977   77%     1    1.5     0   0.00   13.8%  news.announce.important
212  8900   695   77%    14  236.0     1   0.13    4.9%  comp.risks
213  8800   689   77%    21   44.2     2   0.02    4.8%  comp.os.research
214  8000   621   77%    17   55.2     2   0.03    4.3%  comp.society
215  6100   476   77%    35 1174.2     5   0.92    3.3%  comp.binaries.mac
216  4400   341   77%    42  109.2     9   0.12    2.4%  comp.mail.elm
217  7800   607   76%    71  164.3     9   0.10    4.2%  comp.windows.news
218  4400   346   76%    37   65.1     8   0.07    2.4%  comp.sys.m68k.pc
219  2100   162   75%     2  203.0     1   0.46    1.1%  comp.org.fidonet
220  2500   192   72%    32   54.4    13   0.10    1.3%  rec.guns
221  2400   187   71%    15   29.4     6   0.06    1.3%  comp.windows.misc
222  1700   136   71%   178  383.4   105   1.10    1.0%  sci.philosophy.tech
223 20000  1559   70%     2    1.2     0   0.00   10.9%  net.sources
224  7600   590   69%    65  155.9     8   0.10    4.1%  comp.text.desktop
225  1700   131   69%    17   68.7    10   0.19    0.9%  soc.religion.christian
226  2000   154   66%    77  227.5    38   0.54    1.1%  soc.politics
227  1500   114   65%     5  104.9     3   0.33    0.8%  soc.politics.arms-d
228  7600   591   45%   240  462.5    31   0.29    4.1%  misc.jobs.misc
229  7600   594   44%    18   36.8     2   0.02    4.2%  misc.jobs.offered
230  3900   304   42%    15   49.7     4   0.06    2.1%  misc.jobs.resumes

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/01/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
220  7900   626   86%    34   74.1     4   0.05    4.3%  comp.text.desktop
221  1500   119   86%    41  160.7    27   0.54    0.8%  misc.handicap
222  8400   666   85%    11   16.4     1   0.01    4.6%  comp.windows.misc
223  5000   393   85%    15  752.0     3   0.76    2.7%  comp.mail.maps
224  3400   271   85%   114  202.8    33   0.30    1.9%  talk.religion.newage
225  2000   156   82%    17   58.1     8   0.15    1.1%  soc.politics
226  2700   214   81%    40   63.2    14   0.12    1.5%  rec.guns
227  2200   173   81%     7  158.7     3   0.36    1.2%  soc.politics.arms-d
228  2000   156   80%    25   99.9    12   0.25    1.1%  soc.religion.christian
229 12000   935   79%   191  380.6    15   0.16    6.5%  misc.jobs.misc
230 17000  1323   78%    54  108.3     3   0.03    9.1%  misc.jobs.offered
231  9500   752   76%    38  189.5     4   0.10    5.2%  misc.jobs.resumes
232  5600   445   54%    65  242.6    11   0.22    3.1%  sci.med.aids
233 13000  1004   44%    10   93.8     0   0.04    6.9%  net.sources
234  4400   351   42%     1    0.6     0   0.00    2.4%  net.sources.bugs
235  2800   221   33%    24 1096.0     8   2.00    1.5%  comp.binaries.ibm.pc
236  1300   103   28%    35   69.1    27   0.27    0.7%  soc.gender-issues
237  2200   174   24%   578 1195.0   262   2.70    1.2%  soc.men
238  1200    97   23%    20   37.2    16   0.16    0.7%  comp.hypercube
239  1000    79   23%     2   50.6     2   0.26    0.5%  rec.humor.spc

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/01/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
217  2300   178   88%    27   31.5    11   0.07    1.3%  rec.arts.poems
218  2300   176   88%     8    8.8     3   0.02    1.2%  rec.sport.hockey
219  2200   170   88%    10  271.7     4   0.62    1.2%  soc.politics.arms-d
220  2200   169   88%    12   52.1     5   0.12    1.2%  soc.politics
221  1400   109   88%    21   42.1    15   0.15    0.8%  rec.skydiving
222  1400   108   88%    80  180.3    57   0.65    0.8%  misc.handicap
223 12000   942   87%   110  183.4     9   0.08    6.6%  misc.jobs.misc
224 19000  1454   86%    81  175.0     4   0.05   10.2%  misc.jobs.offered
225  4200   316   86%   230  623.0    54   0.75    2.2%  talk.religion.newage
226  1700   130   86%    24   70.8    14   0.21    0.9%  soc.religion.christian
227  9300   707   85%    28  113.5     3   0.06    5.0%  misc.jobs.resumes
228  9300   704   77%    45  118.1     4   0.06    5.0%  sci.med.aids
229  9400   713   71%    42 1727.6     4   0.93    5.0%  comp.binaries.ibm.pc
230  6500   494   70%    50  130.0     7   0.10    3.5%  comp.hypercube
231  6300   480   65%   921 2197.7   146   1.80    3.4%  soc.men
232  2700   208   22%    25   58.6     9   0.11    1.5%  alt.gourmand
233  2700   208   21%    12  352.1     4   0.66    1.5%  alt.sources
234  1200    90   20%     2    2.0     2   0.01    0.6%  alt.config
235  1000    77   19%     8    4.1     8   0.02    0.5%  alt.test
236  1700   130   18%    20   37.2    11   0.11    0.9%  (N{
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reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/01/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
217  2300   173   88%     7    6.2     3   0.01    1.2%  rec.arts.wobegon
218  2200   160   88%     2    3.1     1   0.01    1.1%  rec.sport.hockey
219  1500   109   88%    57  142.8    38   0.48    0.7%  misc.handicap
220  1200    93   88%    14   21.4    11   0.09    0.6%  rec.skydiving
221  3100   228   87%    40   80.7    12   0.13    1.5%  rec.guns
222  3000   224   87%   117  436.8    39   0.74    1.5%  talk.origins
223  1800   137   87%    30   88.1    16   0.25    0.9%  soc.religion.christian
224  1700   130   87%     8   21.9     5   0.07    0.9%  soc.roots
225  1100    79   87%    22   68.9    20   0.32    0.5%  talk.politics.theory
226 11000   821   86%    37   91.9     3   0.04    5.5%  sci.med.aids
227  5000   369   86%   300 1106.7    60   1.10    2.5%  talk.religion.newage
228 13000   941   81%    12  649.9     0   0.25    6.3%  comp.binaries.ibm.pc
229  7600   564   80%     8    8.0     1   0.01    3.8%  comp.hypercube
230  7900   590   73%   465  922.9    58   0.59    3.9%  soc.men
231 12000   903   42%    34   44.9     2   0.02    6.0%  rec.humor.funny
232  5300   391   39%    10   65.0     1   0.06    2.6%  alt.sources
233  4700   347   39%    27   66.7     5   0.07    2.3%  alt.gourmand
234  1500   114   33%     1    0.7     0   0.00    0.8%  alt.test
235  3100   232   32%    28   67.7     9   0.11    1.5%  alt.drugs
236   580    43    8%    12   36.1    22   0.32    0.3%  rec.arts.int-fiction

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/01/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
261  1100    80   26%   100  110.5    90   0.52    0.5%  comp.lang.rexx
262  1000    74   26%     7   11.0     7   0.06    0.5%  comp.sys.sgi
263   890    66   26%    12   14.0    14   0.08    0.4%  comp.sys.zenith.z100
264   820    61   26%     4    9.7     5   0.06    0.4%  comp.sys.proteon
265  1600   122   25%     7   19.0     4   0.06    0.8%  sci.bio.technology
266  1500   113   25%     4   18.1     2   0.06    0.7%  rec.games.programmer
267   650    48   25%     1    0.9     2   0.01    0.3%  soc.culture.esperanto
268  1600   119   24%     8    7.9     5   0.03    0.7%  comp.unix.cray
269  1300    94   24%    34   70.9    26   0.28    0.6%  soc.culture.japan
270  1200    91   24%     1    1.5     1   0.01    0.6%  comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
271  1000    77   24%    17   17.5    17   0.09    0.5%  comp.sys.encore
272   890    66   24%     1    0.8     1   0.00    0.4%  comp.os.v
273   880    65   24%     1    1.4     1   0.01    0.4%  comp.periphs.printers
274  1500   112   23%     8    8.1     5   0.03    0.7%  comp.sys.dec.micro
275  1500   109   23%    78  141.3    52   0.48    0.7%  comp.editors
276   930    69   23%     2    4.1     3   0.02    0.4%  sci.philosophy.meta
277   740    55   23%    15   17.0    21   0.12    0.3%  comp.edu.composition
278   380    28   18%    17   32.3    45   0.44    0.2%  rec.equestrian
279  2600   193   15%   217  304.4    83   0.60    1.2%  alt.flame
280   760    56    5%    97  132.8   127   0.90    0.4%  alt.cyberpunk

reid@decwrl.DEC.COM (Brian Reid) (11/01/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
269  4900   383   41%    10   10.8     2   0.01    2.3%  comp.theory
270  3200   251   41%   101  256.7    31   0.47    1.5%  alt.drugs
271  2300   179   41%    10   18.3     4   0.05    1.1%  news.software.nntp
272  1800   142   41%     7   18.7     3   0.06    0.8%  sci.psychology
273  2100   165   40%     2    2.8     1   0.01    1.0%  comp.ai.vision
274  2100   162   39%    28   42.2    13   0.12    1.0%  comp.lang.icon
275  2400   190   38%    47   71.0    19   0.17    1.1%  comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
276  1600   127   38%     2   23.2     1   0.09    0.8%  comp.sys.ibm.pc.net
277   940    74   38%    40   48.0    42   0.30    0.4%  comp.lang.rexx
278   900    71   38%    11   17.8    12   0.12    0.4%  soc.culture.esperanto
279  1500   115   37%    10   20.2     6   0.08    0.7%  sci.bio.technology
280  1300   104   37%    17   19.3    13   0.09    0.6%  comp.os.v
281  1200    96   37%     8   17.1     7   0.08    0.6%  comp.music
282  1100    85   36%     1    0.8     1   0.00    0.5%  comp.unix.cray
283   610    48   36%     2   11.5     4   0.11    0.3%  comp.lang.clu
284  4900   385   35%   218  545.0    44   0.66    2.3%  alt.flame
285  1900   146   35%     4   10.0     2   0.03    0.9%  comp.edu.composition
286  3400   269   34%    52   96.1    15   0.17    1.6%  alt.cyberpunk
287   710    56   31%    24   31.6    34   0.26    0.3%  comp.lang.asm370
288  1500   118   11%    44   96.2    29   0.38    0.7%  comp.sys.mac.hypercard

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/02/87)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
274  1500   126   44%     5    8.0     3   1.50    0.7%  comp.lang.icon
275   750    64   43%    61   55.3    81  21.00    0.3%  comp.lang.rexx
276   730    62   43%     8    6.1    11   2.40    0.3%  comp.sys.zenith
277  3000   254   42%     7   19.3     2   1.80    1.4%  comp.music
278  1500   129   42%     4    4.8     2   0.87    0.7%  comp.os.v
279  1100    91   42%     8   14.7     7   3.70    0.5%  comp.theory.cell-automata
280  1100    90   42%     8   49.2     7  12.00    0.5%  sci.bio.technology
281   800    68   42%     1    1.8     1   0.62    0.4%  soc.culture.esperanto
282  1700   144   41%     7    6.7     4   1.10    0.8%  comp.periphs.printers
283  1500   131   41%    11    8.4     7   1.50    0.7%  comp.mail.mhs.arpa
284  1600   137   40%     2    3.2     1   0.52    0.7%  comp.sys.handhelds
285  1100    91   39%     2    3.9     2   0.89    0.5%  comp.theory.dynamic-sys
286  1600   139   38%    24   29.3    15   4.60    0.7%  rec.games.vectrex
287  1600   139   35%   195  468.5   122  66.00    0.7%  rec.arts.anime
288   830    71   35%    31   32.6    37   9.00    0.4%  comp.lang.asm370
289  2900   252   29%     1    2.9     0   0.19    1.3%  alt.hypertext
290  1500   131   29%   490 1049.6   326 130.00    0.7%  soc.culture.china
291  1500   125   27%   130  239.6    86  28.00    0.7%  rec.models.rc
292  1600   133   23%     1    1.4     0   0.13    0.7%  net.sources.bugs
293  1000    87   15%    32   56.1    32   5.60    0.5%  alt.aquaria

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/02/88)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
280  3400   287   46%     2   10.2     0   0.89    1.6%  comp.ai.edu
281  1500   132   46%    32   39.0    21   7.70    0.7%  comp.lang.icon
282  1100    97   46%     1    1.1     1   0.31    0.6%  comp.sys.zenith
283  3600   305   45%     7   90.4     1   7.40    1.7%  comp.music
284   940    80   45%    35   42.3    37  13.00    0.5%  comp.lang.rexx
285  2000   173   44%     4    9.3     2   1.30    1.0%  comp.theory.cell-automata
286  1500   126   44%    10   15.4     6   2.90    0.7%  comp.os.v
287  1200   102   44%     2   11.7     2   2.80    0.6%  sci.bio.technology
288  1100    94   44%     1    1.4     1   0.37    0.5%  comp.periphs.printers
289   750    64   44%     7   14.6     9   5.60    0.4%  soc.culture.esperanto
290  1800   153   43%    58   98.3    32  15.00    0.9%  alt.aquaria
291  2000   167   42%     1   10.7     0   1.50    0.9%  comp.mail.mhs.arpa
292  1200   105   42%    17   16.1    14   3.70    0.6%  rec.games.vectrex
293  1200   104   42%     4   15.0     3   3.40    0.6%  comp.lang.clu
294   790    67   42%     4    4.1     5   1.40    0.4%  comp.sys.northstar
295   480    41   40%     1  100.1     2  55.00    0.2%  rec.mag.fsfnet
296  1900   163   38%   214  547.1   112  71.00    0.9%  talk.politics.mideast
297   880    75   38%    60  103.8    68  29.00    0.4%  comp.lang.asm370
298  1400   118   15%    24   30.4    17   2.10    0.7%  comp.ivideodisc
299   530    45    9%    35   49.3    67   5.50    0.3%  rec.games.moria

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (03/01/88)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
282  2000   177   47%    25   51.4    12   0.09    0.9%  comp.lang.icon
283  1900   165   47%    88  135.9    46   0.24    0.9%  alt.aquaria
284  1200   102   47%    14   18.2    11   0.05    0.5%  comp.sys.zenith
285  1300   116   46%     2    5.1     2   0.01    0.6%  comp.theory.cell-automata
286  1300   116   46%     1    5.1     1   0.01    0.6%  comp.ai.edu
287   930    82   46%   107  137.2   115   0.48    0.4%  comp.lang.rexx
288  3000   270   45%    25   65.7     8   0.07    1.4%  alt.hypertext
289  1200   103   45%    15   32.4    13   0.09    0.5%  sci.bio.technology
290   770    68   45%    17   52.7    22   0.22    0.4%  soc.culture.esperanto
291  1900   170   44%     4    4.6     2   0.01    0.9%  comp.sys.ibm.pc.net
292   860    76   44%     8   11.3     9   0.04    0.4%  comp.sys.handhelds
293   780    69   43%     1    5.3     1   0.02    0.4%  comp.theory.dynamic-sys
294   720    64   43%     1    0.7     1   0.00    0.3%  rec.games.vectrex
295  1300   119   42%     1    2.6     1   0.01    0.6%  comp.os.aos
296   450    40   42%     4    3.8     9   0.03    0.2%  comp.lang.forth.mac
297   360    32   41%     1  104.5     3   0.85    0.2%  rec.mag.fsfnet
298   900    80   38%    62   63.2    69   0.19    0.4%  comp.lang.asm370
299  2300   207   36%   192  597.0    83   0.67    1.1%  talk.politics.soviet
300  2100   182   13%    52  132.1    25   0.06    1.0%  comp.sources.games.bugs
301   620    55    3%     8    8.7    13   0.00    0.3%  comp.sys.mac.programmer

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/03/88)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
297  3200   243   51%     2   41.5     0   0.05    1.3%  comp.ai.edu
298  2900   226   51%    12   33.7     4   0.04    1.2%  comp.sys.handhelds
299  1900   143   51%    22   59.4    12   0.11    0.8%  sci.bio.technology
300   700    54   51%     1    1.3     2   0.01    0.3%  comp.ai.vision
301  3700   282   50%    22   42.5     6   0.04    1.5%  comp.parallel
302  3100   237   50%     2    3.3     0   0.00    1.3%  comp.theory.cell-automata
303   740    57   50%     7   17.9     9   0.08    0.3%  soc.culture.esperanto
304   580    45   50%     2    3.2     4   0.02    0.2%  comp.os.v
305   990    76   49%     2    1.5     2   0.01    0.4%  comp.lang.lisp.franz
306  1700   134   48%    24   24.1    14   0.05    0.7%  comp.theory.dynamic-sys
307   970    75   48%     2    3.6     2   0.01    0.4%  sci.philosophy.meta
308   600    46   48%     2    2.4     4   0.01    0.2%  comp.lang.clu
309   470    36   48%     1    5.2     3   0.04    0.2%  comp.edu.composition
310  1700   129   47%     7   11.5     4   0.02    0.7%  comp.unix.cray
311  1500   114   46%     1    9.4     0   0.02    0.6%  comp.lang.visual
312   290    22   45%     1  102.7     4   1.10    0.1%  rec.mag.fsfnet
313  1600   126   44%    60   76.8    37   0.14    0.7%  comp.lang.asm370
314  2400   185   37%   144  343.5    60   0.36    1.0%  alt.individualism
315  1800   135   16%    35   43.5    19   0.03    0.7%  comp.unix.aux
316  1700   134   16%    47   70.4    27   0.05    0.7%  comp.mail.sendmail

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/02/88)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
325  1600   150   55%     2    1.6     0%  0.00    0.7%  comp.terminals.bitgraph
326  1300   119   55%     2    4.5   100%  0.00    0.6%  comp.theory.self-org-sys
327   980    90   55%    10   19.3    10%  0.02    0.4%  soc.culture.esperanto
328   710    65   55%     3    2.7     0%  0.00    0.3%  comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel
329  2200   198   54%     1    0.9     0%  0.00    0.9%  comp.lsi.cad
330  1400   129   54%     2   11.9     0%  0.01    0.6%  comp.lang.lisp.x
331   870    80   54%    24   39.7     0%  0.05    0.4%  comp.sys.ti.explorer
332   730    67   54%     3    5.4     0%  0.01    0.3%  comp.lang.clu
333   590    54   54%     1    3.5   100%  0.01    0.3%  comp.protocols.pcnet
334   410    38   54%     1    0.6     0%  0.00    0.2%  comp.sys.northstar
335   340    31   54%     1    0.9   100%  0.00    0.1%  rec.games.vectrex
336   350    32   53%     1    2.9   100%  0.01    0.2%  comp.lang.forth.mac
337   260    24   53%     1   82.7     0%  0.32    0.1%  rec.mag.fsfnet
338  2500   227   50%    30   77.6     4%  0.03    1.1%  alt.individualism
339  1200   114   50%    36   70.0     3%  0.06    0.5%  comp.lang.asm370
340  4800   440   49%    11   36.6     0%  0.01    2.1%  sci.nanotech
341  1200   110   36%    19   30.2     0%  0.02    0.5%  comp.protocols.iso.x400
342  3100   288   34%   277  493.2     0%  0.11    1.4%  alt.sca
343   800    74   13%    68  120.3     3%  0.04    0.4%  rec.autos.sport
344   470    43   13%    24   40.4     0%  0.02    0.2%  rec.folk-dancing

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/02/88)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
335  1100   104   48%    24   91.6     0%  0.08    0.5%  comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway
336  2200   208   39%   110  137.4    14%  0.05    1.1%  alt.emusic
337  2900   281   33%    49  101.5     0%  0.02    1.4%  comp.society.women
338  1600   150   28%    28   50.1     0%  0.02    0.8%  alt.recovery
339  3700   362   25%     4   11.1     0%  0.00    1.9%  gnu.announce
340  2400   231   25%    35   55.8     0%  0.01    1.2%  gnu.emacs
341  1900   187   25%    37  113.2    14%  0.03    1.0%  gnu.gcc
342  1800   176   25%    15   16.1     0%  0.00    0.9%  gnu.g++
343  1500   148   25%     2    3.8   100%  0.00    0.8%  alt.birthright
344  1100   110   25%    93  283.1     0%  0.13    0.6%  gnu.emacs.bug
345   990    96   25%    85  333.8     0%  0.16    0.5%  gnu.gcc.bug
346   880    85   25%    79  318.8     0%  0.18    0.4%  gnu.g++.bug
347   850    82   25%     7   10.5     0%  0.01    0.4%  gnu.gdb.bug
348  1300   123   24%     4    6.4     0%  0.00    0.6%  gnu.emacs.lisp.manual
349   990    96   24%    10   10.4     0%  0.00    0.5%  bionet.general
350   420    41   23%     2    1.8     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.software.pc
351   410    40   23%     6   11.1     0%  0.01    0.2%  bionet.molbio.bio-matrix
352   360    35   23%     5    3.9     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
353   220    21   23%     1    1.0     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.software.pc.comm
354  1300   129   14%   257  256.9     0%  0.06    0.7%  alt.cult-movies

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/01/88)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
342   660    60   47%     5  166.7     0%  0.22    0.3%  alt.sources.amiga
343  3100   280   43%    35   41.3     0%  0.01    1.5%  gnu.gcc
344  2100   192   43%     8    9.7     0%  0.00    1.0%  gnu.g++
345  2000   178   43%    91  277.7     0%  0.11    0.9%  gnu.emacs.bug
346  3700   332   42%    48  151.5     9%  0.03    1.7%  gnu.emacs
347  1600   147   42%    87  309.7     4%  0.15    0.8%  gnu.gcc.bug
348  3500   313   41%     2   13.0     0%  0.00    1.6%  gnu.announce
349  1500   135   41%    45  166.7     2%  0.09    0.7%  gnu.g++.bug
350  1400   126   41%    12   47.6     0%  0.03    0.7%  gnu.gdb.bug
351  2200   203   40%    11   11.3     0%  0.00    1.1%  gnu.emacs.lisp.manual
352   740    67   39%     7    6.3     0%  0.01    0.4%  gnu.emacs.vms
353   340    31   39%     1    0.3     0%  0.00    0.2%  gnu.test
354  3100   277   30%   217  283.6     5%  0.05    1.5%  alt.california
355  1100   101   28%    28   45.7     0%  0.02    0.5%  bionet.general
356   310    28   26%     9   11.3     0%  0.02    0.1%  bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
357  1200   105   23%     3    3.9   100%  0.00    0.6%  comp.ibm.binaries.d
358   190    17    4%    20   23.2    21%  0.01    0.1%  alt.rhode_island
359    66     6    0%   231  410.5    40%  0.06    0.0%  unix-pc.general
360    66     6    0%    13  350.7     8%  0.03    0.0%  unix-pc.sources
361    22     2    0%     6    7.5    17%  0.00    0.0%  unix-pc.bugs

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/03/88)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
341  2900   233   54%   169  577.2     1%  0.19    1.2%  gnu.gcc.bug
342  2300   185   54%    69  141.6     0%  0.06    0.9%  gnu.g++.bug
343  1800   146   54%    41  111.1     3%  0.06    0.7%  alt.recovery
344  4100   323   53%    15   16.7    14%  0.00    1.6%  gnu.g++
345  2100   167   53%     5   12.9     0%  0.01    0.8%  gnu.gdb.bug
346  3400   272   51%     9   10.4     0%  0.00    1.4%  gnu.emacs.lisp.manual
347  1700   137   51%     7   18.6     0%  0.01    0.7%  gnu.emacs.vms
348  2400   192   50%     2    7.3     0%  0.00    1.0%  gnu.announce
349  3400   274   44%   111  179.7    13%  0.04    1.4%  alt.california
350  1100    90   33%    16   27.1     0%  0.01    0.5%  bionet.general
351   440    35   32%     9   14.7     0%  0.02    0.2%  bionet.software.pc
352   330    26   32%     6    4.9     0%  0.01    0.1%  bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
353   260    21   31%     1    0.3     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.molbio.yeast
354  1300   105   30%    72  103.5     7%  0.04    0.5%  alt.rhode_island
355  1600   126   26%    70   92.4     9%  0.03    0.6%  alt.great-lakes
356  1100    90   22%    15   45.9     0%  0.02    0.5%  gnu.utils.bug
357   350    28   16%     3    3.6     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.molbio.swiss-prot
358    63     5    0%    92  154.2    38%  0.02    0.0%  unix-pc.general
359    50     4    0%     5   22.2    20%  0.00    0.0%  unix-pc.sources
360    13     1    0%    15   28.9    21%  0.01    0.0%  unix-pc.bugs

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/03/88)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
351   930    67   55%     1    1.0     0%  0.00    0.3%  comp.protocols.iso.x400
352  2700   194   54%     6   11.2     0%  0.00    1.0%  gnu.gdb.bug
353  1900   135   53%     9    9.8     0%  0.00    0.7%  gnu.emacs.vms
354  6900   496   52%     3   50.1    33%  0.01    2.5%  gnu.announce
355  3100   223   52%    13   11.6     0%  0.00    1.1%  gnu.emacs.lisp.manual
356  3600   260   47%    62   87.0     9%  0.02    1.3%  alt.california
357  3700   267   44%    22   35.5     5%  0.01    1.4%  gnu.utils.bug
358  1700   119   37%    17   21.0     6%  0.01    0.6%  alt.great-lakes
359  1800   128   36%    60   85.6     0%  0.03    0.6%  alt.fishing
360  1400   102   36%    43   66.7    17%  0.03    0.5%  alt.rhode_island
361  1100    82   36%     4   10.0     0%  0.01    0.4%  bionet.general
362  1500   111   35%    10   20.4     0%  0.01    0.6%  bionet.jobs
363   470    34   35%     1    6.4     0%  0.01    0.2%  bionet.software.pc
364  3200   231   32%     7   13.0    14%  0.00    1.2%  comp.protocols.nfs
365  2000   143   29%    81  151.2     7%  0.04    0.7%  alt.activism
366  1900   136   19%    75  126.5     4%  0.02    0.7%  alt.bbs
367  1200    90   11%    12   17.9     0%  0.00    0.5%  gnu.emacs.gnus
368    69     5    0%   131  245.4    41%  0.03    0.0%  unix-pc.general
369    55     4    0%    27  753.8     8%  0.11    0.0%  unix-pc.sources
370    42     3    0%    42   82.0    30%  0.02    0.0%  unix-pc.bugs

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/01/88)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
366  3000   202   39%    22   42.5     5%  0.01    0.8%  bionet.general
367  2200   148   39%     8   12.7     0%  0.00    0.6%  bionet.jobs
368   880    60   39%    11    6.9     0%  0.01    0.2%  bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
369   840    57   39%     5    4.8     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.proteins
370  7500   511   38%   442  599.4     6%  0.06    2.1%  rec.music.cd
371  2100   141   38%     4    3.9     0%  0.00    0.6%  bionet.software.contrib
372  1300    90   38%     5    9.1     0%  0.00    0.4%  bionet.molbio.evolution
373  1200    79   38%     3    6.1     0%  0.00    0.3%  bionet.molbio.bio-matrix
374  1000    70   38%     2    0.9     0%  0.00    0.3%  bionet.molbio.plant
375   850    58   38%     4    3.6     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.news
376   750    51   37%     1    4.2     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.genbank
377   570    39   37%     3    8.8     0%  0.01    0.2%  bionet.software.pc
378  2400   162   34%     5    5.5     0%  0.00    0.7%  gnu.ghostscript.bug
379   410    28   28%     2   12.2     0%  0.02    0.1%  bionet.molbio.swiss-prot
380   350    24   20%     2    4.0     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.technology.conversion
381  2300   159   11%     4   25.1     0%  0.00    0.6%  comp.lang.sigplan
382   850    58    6%    45   99.9    17%  0.01    0.2%  alt.prose
383   150    10    1%    20  116.2     0%  0.02    0.0%  unix-pc.sources
384   120     8    1%   155  249.6    37%  0.04    0.0%  unix-pc.general
385    88     6    1%     4   20.5    50%  0.00    0.0%  unix-pc.bugs

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/01/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
369  2700   177   39%    84  253.9     4%  0.07    0.7%  alt.prose
370  1800   116   39%     3    5.3    33%  0.00    0.5%  bionet.jobs
371   970    63   39%     6    5.9     0%  0.00    0.3%  bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
372  2900   188   38%    10   20.5    20%  0.00    0.8%  bionet.general
373  1700   110   38%     5    9.6     0%  0.00    0.5%  bionet.molbio.evolution
374   990    64   38%     9  101.9     0%  0.07    0.3%  bionet.sci-resources
375  1000    68   37%     9   36.9     0%  0.02    0.3%  bionet.molbio.news
376  1000    65   37%     3    3.2     0%  0.00    0.3%  bionet.molbio.genbank
377   910    59   37%     1    0.7     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.software.pc
378   770    50   37%     2    2.3     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.gene-org
379   650    42   37%     1    0.6     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.yeast
380  5200   336   36%    39   57.8    16%  0.01    1.4%  comp.org.ieee
381  1900   121   36%    27   67.8     0%  0.02    0.5%  comp.lang.eiffel
382  1600   102   32%    55  114.7     2%  0.04    0.4%  alt.prose.d
383  1600   106   29%     6   14.2     0%  0.00    0.4%  sci.military
384   690    45   28%     3    6.2     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.technology.conversion
385  1600   105   14%     8   12.3     0%  0.00    0.4%  rec.arts.misc
386   150    10    1%   145  250.4    35%  0.03    0.0%  unix-pc.general
387   150    10    1%    10  186.6    10%  0.03    0.0%  unix-pc.sources
388    77     5    1%     5    7.8    60%  0.00    0.0%  unix-pc.bugs

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/05/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
381  1800    95   44%    10   29.1     0%  0.01    0.4%  bionet.jobs
382  1400    75   44%     4    8.8     0%  0.00    0.4%  bionet.molbio.evolution
383  1100    55   44%    10   16.8     0%  0.01    0.3%  bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
384   750    39   44%     3    3.9    33%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.gene-express
385   400    21   44%     3    2.9     0%  0.01    0.1%  bionet.molbio.proteins
386  1600    82   43%     8   34.8     0%  0.02    0.4%  bionet.sci-resources
387  1300    69   43%     9   91.4     0%  0.05    0.3%  bionet.molbio.news
388   730    38   43%     3    5.2     0%  0.01    0.2%  bionet.molbio.yeast
389   560    29   43%     1    0.3     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.molbio.oncogenes
390   520    27   43%     1    0.3     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.software.contrib
391   440    23   43%     1    0.4     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.software.pc.comm
392   980    51   42%     1   20.3     0%  0.01    0.2%  bionet.software.pc
393   770    40   42%     2    1.8     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.genbank
394   460    24   41%     2    2.5     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.molbio.pir
395   790    41   37%     3    3.3     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.ageing
396   920    48   13%    12   14.5     0%  0.00    0.2%  alt.co-ops
397  2900   153    8%   128  192.1     5%  0.01    0.7%  soc.couples
398   150     8    1%    42 1134.8     0%  0.13    0.0%  unix-pc.sources
399    77     4    1%     5    8.1    40%  0.00    0.0%  unix-pc.bugs
400   190    10    0%   177  316.6    32%  0.02    0.0%  unix-pc.general

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/05/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
402   420    22   48%     2    1.2     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.molbio.gene-express
403  2000   105   47%   189  353.1     2%  0.14    0.5%  soc.culture.turkish
404  1700    88   47%     4   96.7     0%  0.04    0.4%  bionet.sci-resources
405  1100    58   47%     3   30.6     0%  0.02    0.3%  bionet.molbio.news
406   980    51   47%     7   20.6    14%  0.02    0.2%  bionet.software.contrib
407  3000   158   46%    28   50.8     0%  0.01    0.7%  gnu.g++.lib.bug
408  2000   102   46%     3    2.2     0%  0.00    0.5%  bionet.software.pc.comm
409  1500    77   46%     8    9.6     0%  0.00    0.3%  bionet.software.pc
410  2700   138   42%    19   24.5     0%  0.01    0.6%  comp.protocols.kerberos
411  1200    61   42%    23   56.5     0%  0.03    0.3%  bionet.technology.conversion
412   540    28   42%     1    4.1     0%  0.01    0.1%  bionet.molbio.ageing
413  3100   162   39%    37   79.3    14%  0.02    0.7%  alt.co-ops
414  3100   163   33%   112  216.2     0%  0.04    0.7%  comp.soft-sys.andrew
415  1700    86   12%    25   30.7     8%  0.00    0.4%  rec.ham-radio.swap
416  1300    70   10%    31   61.0    14%  0.01    0.3%  sci.chem
417  1300    67   10%     1    3.4     0%  0.00    0.3%  comp.ai.shells
418  5300   274    8%   126  177.3     0%  0.00    1.2%  alt.sex.bondage
419   400    21    3%   211  547.2     6%  0.07    0.1%  talk.politics.guns
420   190    10    1%   189  338.0    48%  0.03    0.0%  unix-pc.general
421   170     9    1%    18  264.3    47%  0.03    0.0%  unix-pc.sources

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/17/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
355  5800   413   45%    21   32.7    20%  0.00    1.9%  comp.protocols.nfs
356  2000   140   45%    15   16.7     0%  0.01    0.6%  alt.great-lakes
357  2700   193   42%    37   60.5     6%  0.02    0.9%  alt.activism
358  1500   104   40%    26   58.9    48%  0.03    0.5%  alt.rhode_island
359  1700   123   39%    12   59.5    17%  0.02    0.6%  bionet.general
360  4000   283   38%    26   37.1     4%  0.01    1.3%  gnu.emacs.gnus
361   620    44   38%     1    0.5     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.news
362  4800   341   37%    81  203.9    13%  0.03    1.5%  alt.bbs
363  1700   120   37%    15   28.2     0%  0.01    0.5%  bionet.jobs
364   680    48   37%     2    3.2     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.genbank
365   450    32   37%     2    1.0     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.software.pc
366   420    30   37%     5    5.2     0%  0.01    0.1%  bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
367   650    46   36%    11   31.2     0%  0.03    0.2%  bionet.molbio.bio-matrix
368   580    41   36%     2    4.9     0%  0.01    0.2%  bionet.molbio.evolution
369  8900   633   35%   200  384.5    16%  0.03    2.8%  alt.next
370  1600   115   28%    10   47.3     0%  0.01    0.5%  comp.archives
371  7900   558   26%   519 1018.3     5%  0.06    2.5%  comp.sys.next
372   200    14    0%   118  229.7    59%  0.02    0.1%  unix-pc.general
373   180    13    0%    37 1332.0     3%  0.10    0.1%  unix-pc.sources
374   140    10    0%     9   16.0    11%  0.00    0.0%  unix-pc.bugs

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/01/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
395  1800    86   50%     7  107.2     0%  0.05    0.4%  bionet.sci-resources
396  1200    57   50%     7   25.4     0%  0.02    0.2%  bionet.molbio.bio-matrix
397   890    42   50%     2    0.9     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.genbank
398   860    41   50%    10   87.2     0%  0.08    0.2%  bionet.molbio.news
399  6600   315   49%   171  352.8     6%  0.04    1.3%  sci.edu
400  1600    75   49%     1    1.1   100%  0.00    0.3%  bionet.software.contrib
401 23000  1109   47%   940 1964.1    19%  0.06    4.7%  alt.fusion
402  3000   144   47%    20   43.5     0%  0.01    0.6%  alt.co-ops
403  2900   139   47%   118 1044.3     0%  0.28    0.6%  comp.soft-sys.andrew
404  1400    65   47%    60   67.6     0%  0.04    0.3%  bionet.technology.conversion
405   440    21   46%     1    0.3     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.molbio.ageing
406  3400   161   45%   720 1782.9    22%  0.38    0.7%  talk.politics.guns
407 19000   902   37%   229  607.9     0%  0.02    3.8%  alt.sex.bondage
408  1600    74   29%     9    9.9     0%  0.00    0.3%  bionet.population-bio
409  2300   107   27%     6   19.6     0%  0.00    0.5%  alt.cyb-sys
410  1900    92   24%    16   47.0     7%  0.01    0.4%  bionet.software
411  2100   100    8%   152  284.6     2%  0.02    0.4%  soc.culture.asian.american
412  1700    83    8%     4   23.6     0%  0.00    0.4%  comp.sys.isis
413   340    16    1%   174  335.7    37%  0.02    0.1%  unix-pc.general
414   270    13    1%    11  289.1    36%  0.03    0.1%  unix-pc.sources

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/02/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
401   950    45   55%    30   83.1     0%  0.08    0.2%  bionet.molbio.bio-matrix
402   950    45   55%     3    2.5     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.news
403   870    41   55%     3   29.7     0%  0.03    0.2%  bionet.sci-resources
404   610    29   55%     7    7.1     0%  0.01    0.1%  bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
405  8600   405   54%    46  129.6     2%  0.01    1.7%  comp.sw.components
406  6900   325   54%   221  456.3     4%  0.06    1.3%  soc.culture.asian.american
407   850    40   53%     4    8.9     0%  0.01    0.2%  bionet.molbio.pir
408  1800    83   52%     4   11.7     0%  0.01    0.3%  alt.co-ops
409  1100    50   51%    26   44.7     0%  0.03    0.2%  bionet.technology.conversion
410   420    20   51%     1    1.2     0%  0.00    0.1%  bionet.molbio.ageing
411 21000   969   44%    71  109.3     3%  0.00    4.0%  alt.sex.bondage
412  8900   419   44%    77  105.9    31%  0.01    1.7%  alt.msdos.programmer
413  2500   119   44%     7   18.2     0%  0.01    0.5%  alt.cyb-sys
414  8600   404   43%   251  418.8     3%  0.03    1.7%  alt.restaurants
415  2100    97   38%    36   26.8     0%  0.01    0.4%  bionet.population-bio
416  1500    73   38%    20   36.7     0%  0.02    0.3%  bionet.software
417  1200    59   36%     8  107.3     0%  0.05    0.2%  bionet.journals.contents
418   250    12    1%     9  107.2    56%  0.01    0.0%  unix-pc.sources
419   230    11    1%     7    9.8    29%  0.00    0.0%  unix-pc.uucp
420   210    10    1%   129  228.8    37%  0.03    0.0%  unix-pc.general

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/01/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
409   550    27   55%     3    3.5     0%  0.01    0.1%  bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
410   570    28   54%     1    3.1     0%  0.01    0.1%  bionet.molbio.pir
411  6200   306   52%   388  673.3     5%  0.10    1.2%  rec.music.newage
412  1300    65   52%     2    5.2     0%  0.00    0.3%  alt.co-ops
413  1200    57   52%     7   10.5     0%  0.01    0.2%  bionet.technology.conversion
414  8700   432   50%    81  152.3     0%  0.02    1.8%  alt.restaurants
415  7800   384   49%    64   99.8    10%  0.01    1.6%  alt.msdos.programmer
416 19000   936   46%   259  517.4     5%  0.02    3.8%  alt.sex.bondage
417  1700    86   46%     2    3.4     0%  0.00    0.3%  alt.cyb-sys
418  3700   183   44%    15   35.2     0%  0.01    0.7%  sci.med.physics
419  6000   299   41%   103  293.3     0%  0.04    1.2%  soc.feminism
420  1800    87   40%    39   67.1    11%  0.03    0.4%  bionet.software
421  1300    65   40%    11   10.9     0%  0.01    0.3%  bionet.population-bio
422  1400    69   39%     8  108.0     0%  0.05    0.3%  bionet.journals.contents
423  3400   166   38%   214  409.1     0%  0.08    0.7%  gnu.bash.bug
424  3200   159   33%    27   90.9     0%  0.02    0.6%  gnu.emacs.gnews
425  2200   108   26%     2    2.8    50%  0.00    0.4%  alt.sources.d
426   970    48    8%    80  111.6     0%  0.02    0.2%  soc.culture.nordic
427   590    29    3%   202  321.0    59%  0.03    0.1%  unix-pc.general
428   480    24    2%    16  240.7    67%  0.03    0.1%  unix-pc.sources

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/03/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
425  3200   150   51%   564 1145.7     1%  0.34    0.6%  soc.culture.nordic
426 23000  1063   50%   260  612.5     4%  0.02    4.3%  alt.sex.bondage
427  4800   229   50%   115  201.9     4%  0.04    0.9%  news.software.anu-news
428  5200   245   45%   541  809.1     5%  0.13    1.0%  rec.arts.tv.uk
429  1200    56   44%    12  183.1     0%  0.12    0.2%  bionet.journals.contents
430  1600    77   43%     9   10.4     0%  0.01    0.3%  bionet.population-bio
431  1600    77   43%     6   11.7     0%  0.01    0.3%  bionet.software
432  5700   267   39%   445  660.6     2%  0.08    1.1%  alt.religion.computers
433  4100   195   34%   220  512.7     2%  0.08    0.8%  talk.rape
434  5500   258   23%   177  275.3     1%  0.02    1.0%  alt.romance
435  1600    77   19%    84  105.2     0%  0.02    0.3%  alt.cosuard
436  1400    66   12%    60   82.9     4%  0.01    0.3%  comp.sys.mips
437  2000    93    7%    80  186.8    11%  0.01    0.4%  gnu.misc.discuss
438  1300    61    7%     9  249.7    44%  0.03    0.2%  unix-pc.sources
439  1200    57    7%   207  473.5    53%  0.05    0.2%  unix-pc.general
440  1600    75    6%    93  228.0     0%  0.02    0.3%  news.newusers.questions
441   760    36    6%     3   31.1    67%  0.01    0.1%  unix-pc.uucp
442   640    30    6%     4   10.5    75%  0.00    0.1%  unix-pc.bugs
443   440    21    6%     4    6.7     0%  0.00    0.1%  unix-pc.test
444   420    20    5%    72  146.9     0%  0.04    0.1%  soc.culture.hongkong

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/01/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
423  5100   240   46%   103  146.6     2%  0.02    1.0%  alt.religion.computers
424  1600    75   46%    10   16.3     0%  0.01    0.3%  bionet.software
425  1000    47   46%    10  166.3     0%  0.14    0.2%  bionet.journals.contents
426  2600   124   45%   230  451.9     0%  0.14    0.5%  rec.music.dylan
427  7200   339   44%   113  196.3     0%  0.02    1.5%  alt.romance
428  1600    76   40%   292  418.9     0%  0.19    0.3%  alt.cosuard
429  5100   239   38%    40   74.2    16%  0.01    1.0%  comp.os.mach
430  4200   197   36%   182  359.6     9%  0.06    0.8%  alt.gambling
431  3100   146   30%    60  126.3     0%  0.02    0.6%  misc.emerg-services
432   910    43   27%     4    2.2     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.agroforestry
433  2100   100   11%   155  276.3    55%  0.03    0.4%  unix-pc.general
434  1700    81   10%    11  428.9   100%  0.05    0.3%  unix-pc.sources
435  1700    79   10%    92  174.7     3%  0.02    0.3%  soc.rights.human
436  1100    54   10%     2    2.0     0%  0.00    0.2%  unix-pc.bugs
437  1000    49   10%     8   11.9     0%  0.00    0.2%  unix-pc.uucp
438   640    30    9%     8   11.0     0%  0.00    0.1%  unix-pc.test
439   450    21    6%     3    6.0   100%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.tech
440  1400    65    5%     2    7.7    50%  0.00    0.3%  sci.aeronautics
441   620    29    5%    21   40.3     0%  0.01    0.1%  soc.rights.alien
442  1900    88    4%    38   64.6     3%  0.00    0.4%  sci.skeptic

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/01/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
438  1300    57   47%    11  157.2     9%  0.10    0.2%  bionet.journals.contents
439  3800   171   46%   617 1215.2     3%  0.27    0.7%  soc.culture.taiwan
440  1400    63   46%     7    9.1     0%  0.01    0.3%  bionet.population-bio
441  3300   148   44%   291  673.6     4%  0.16    0.6%  sci.econ
442  1900    85   36%     7    9.0     0%  0.00    0.4%  bionet.agroforestry
443  3700   168   26%    80  124.6     8%  0.02    0.7%  comp.unix.aix
444   690    31   25%     5    6.6     0%  0.00    0.1%  soc.rights.alien
445  2400   107   13%   109  175.4    33%  0.02    0.5%  unix-pc.general
446  2100    94   13%    21  760.6     5%  0.09    0.4%  unix-pc.sources
447  1600    70   13%    11   37.5     0%  0.01    0.3%  unix-pc.uucp
448  1000    47   13%     8    9.2    50%  0.00    0.2%  unix-pc.bugs
449  2800   128   12%   170  361.4    10%  0.03    0.5%  comp.dsp
450   710    32   12%     2    0.8    50%  0.00    0.1%  unix-pc.test
451   620    28    8%    26   44.3     0%  0.01    0.1%  soc.culture.sri-lanka
452  3300   148    7%    46   62.2     5%  0.00    0.6%  alt.sys.sun
453   670    30    7%     3    1.4     0%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.test
454   440    20    7%    13   13.3     8%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.tech
455   350    16    7%    23   35.3     9%  0.01    0.1%  u3b.misc
456  4300   192    5%    50   60.9     9%  0.00    0.8%  alt.sex.bestiality
457   470    21    3%     1    1.2     0%  0.00    0.1%  comp.object

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (11/01/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
458  2000    91   39%     2    5.5     0%  0.00    0.4%  comp.hypercube
459  8600   386   30%   181  235.0     5%  0.01    1.6%  comp.sys.mac.hardware
460  9700   436   27%     5   21.3     0%  0.00    1.8%  comp.security.announce
461  4500   201   27%   375  641.7     4%  0.07    0.8%  misc.rural
462 11000   499   25%    24   34.4    13%  0.00    2.0%  alt.sex.bestiality
463  3500   159   25%   125 1003.5     7%  0.13    0.6%  comp.os.os2
464  2400   108   22%     4    4.6     0%  0.00    0.4%  biz.clarinet.sample
465  2800   125   21%     3    3.3    67%  0.00    0.5%  biz.clarinet
466  2700   119   16%   199  378.0    37%  0.04    0.5%  unix-pc.general
467  2200    97   15%    23  220.9    27%  0.03    0.4%  unix-pc.sources
468  1600    71   15%    21   30.4     0%  0.01    0.3%  unix-pc.uucp
469   980    44   15%     5    8.2    80%  0.00    0.2%  unix-pc.bugs
470   710    32   14%    10    6.2     0%  0.00    0.1%  unix-pc.test
471  1100    51   12%   125  207.1     1%  0.04    0.2%  soc.culture.latin-america
472   600    27    9%     5    7.5    80%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.tech
473   540    24    9%     4    4.2    25%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.misc
474   690    31    8%     1    0.5   100%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.test
475  1900    85    6%   305  337.5     4%  0.02    0.3%  alt.peeves
476   830    37    3%     3    2.8    67%  0.00    0.2%  alt.sex.masterbation
477  2500   110    2%     2    2.1    50%  0.00    0.4%  alt.sex.carasso

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/01/89)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
473  2500   107   40%   153  323.9     1%  0.10    0.4%  soc.culture.korean
474 13000   576   38%    41   53.3    49%  0.00    2.1%  alt.sources.wanted
475  6300   274   36%   555  710.4     6%  0.08    1.0%  alt.peeves
476  5400   234   34%    41   93.9     3%  0.01    0.8%  alt.cyberpunk.tech
477  4100   179   34%   246  491.5     0%  0.08    0.6%  alt.callahans
478  2900   128   32%    62  127.9    53%  0.03    0.5%  sci.aquaria
479  3600   158   31%    52   86.6    20%  0.01    0.6%  alt.exotic-music
480  4600   200   28%    79  154.6     3%  0.02    0.7%  alt.cyberspace
481  3000   130   28%     4   10.2    75%  0.00    0.5%  biz.clarinet
482  3800   166   21%   178  299.7    35%  0.03    0.6%  unix-pc.general
483  3200   140   21%    17  488.5    25%  0.06    0.5%  unix-pc.sources
484  2300    99   20%     5    9.5    80%  0.00    0.4%  unix-pc.uucp
485  1600    68   20%     8    3.9    25%  0.00    0.2%  unix-pc.test
486  1200    52   12%     6   15.2     0%  0.00    0.2%  soc.religion.islam
487   730    32   12%     6    5.1     0%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.misc
488   570    25   11%     2    3.2    50%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.tech
489   570    25   11%     1    0.3     0%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.test
490   870    38    6%    45   69.2     0%  0.01    0.1%  rec.models.rockets
491   850    37    5%    30   83.7     0%  0.01    0.1%  soc.culture.asean
492   180     8    5%     7    4.8     0%  0.00    0.0%  alt.sex.carasso.snuggles

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/02/90)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
470  2600   108   34%     2    7.2   100%  0.00    0.4%  biz.clarinet
471  2200    92   34%   257  372.9     3%  0.11    0.3%  alt.rock-n-roll.metal
472  3200   133   33%    73  136.0     1%  0.03    0.5%  alt.kids-talk
473  8000   328   31%     6    4.8     0%  0.00    1.2%  alt.sources.index
474  3400   138   25%     5    8.1    20%  0.00    0.5%  comp.groupware
475  4200   173   24%   184  278.4    22%  0.03    0.6%  unix-pc.general
476  1000    43   24%    13   24.0   100%  0.01    0.2%  soc.rights.alien
477  4600   187   23%     6   99.7     0%  0.01    0.7%  alt.sources.patches
478  2900   121   23%     4    8.9    75%  0.00    0.4%  unix-pc.sources
479  2200    91   23%    99  188.8    15%  0.04    0.3%  rec.sport.soccer
480  2000    83   22%     2    1.8     0%  0.00    0.3%  unix-pc.uucp
481  1600    65   22%     6    3.2     0%  0.00    0.2%  unix-pc.test
482  1400    57   20%     2    1.6     0%  0.00    0.2%  bionet.molbio.genome-program
483  1200    51   19%    46   72.8    37%  0.02    0.2%  rec.aquaria
484   610    25   13%     1    0.4     0%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.test
485   560    23   13%     5    9.4    60%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.misc
486   510    21   13%     5    4.8     0%  0.00    0.1%  u3b.tech
487   760    31   11%     7   11.0     0%  0.00    0.1%  comp.sys.ncr
488  1100    47    9%    26   33.7     8%  0.01    0.2%  alt.mud
489   460    19    6%    82  118.1     1%  0.03    0.1%  alt.suicide.holiday

reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (03/01/90)

BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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
504  5400   189   38%   630 1479.3     3%  0.19    0.7%  alt.atheism
505  2800    98   37%     3   26.7    67%  0.01    0.3%  biz.clarinet
506 12000   440   33%   151  214.0     9%  0.01    1.5%  comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
507  5400   189   33%   113  264.8    24%  0.03    0.7%  alt.skinheads
508  3500   124   31%     1    7.1     0%  0.00    0.4%  comp.hypercube
509  6100   215   27%   220  420.0    34%  0.03    0.7%  unix-pc.general
510  3900   138   27%     4    7.0    50%  0.00    0.5%  vmsnet.misc
511  4500   159   26%     6  178.1    83%  0.02    0.5%  unix-pc.sources
512  4400   155   26%     6    8.7     0%  0.00    0.5%  unix-pc.uucp
513  2500    89   26%     5   10.4    20%  0.00    0.3%  unix-pc.bugs
514  2200    76   26%     2    6.7   100%  0.00    0.3%  vmsnet.mail
515   770    27   26%     7   16.3     0%  0.01    0.1%  vmsnet.mail.pmdf
516  6800   240   25%   206  381.2     5%  0.03    0.8%  comp.text.tex
517  2200    77   25%     3    1.3     0%  0.00    0.3%  unix-pc.test
518  5300   188   23%    75  130.3     7%  0.01    0.6%  comp.periphs.scsi
519  2400    83   23%     1    1.3   100%  0.00    0.3%  vmsnet.admin
520  1400    48   23%     5    2.3     0%  0.00    0.2%  vmsnet.test
521  1600    58   18%    21   42.5     0%  0.01    0.2%  vmsnet.uucp
522  1300    47   15%     2    2.5    50%  0.00    0.2%  u3b.misc
523   850    30   12%     1    5.2     0%  0.00    0.1%  rec.arts.cinema