reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (01/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 28000 2334 94% 95 2355.2 3 0.34 19.6% net.sources
2 25000 2113 94% 1 9.6 0 0.00 17.8% mod.announce
3 20000 1652 97% 1 42.0 0 0.01 13.9% mod.sources
4 15000 1265 93% 47 1101.4 3 0.29 10.6% net.sources.games
5 14000 1164 93% 11 51.4 0 0.01 9.8% net.sources.bugs
6 13000 1104 88% 98 130.3 7 0.04 9.3% misc.consumers.house
7 12000 1022 93% 60 155.4 5 0.05 8.6% misc.jobs
8 12000 1018 93% 18 351.8 1 0.12 8.6% net.sources.mac
9 11000 949 96% 8 18.7 0 0.01 8.0% mod.newprod
10 10000 882 96% 2 24.6 0 0.01 7.4% mod.newslists
11 10000 879 96% 57 111.0 5 0.04 7.4% mod.ai
12 9900 835 97% 64 167.3 6 0.07 7.0% mod.recipes
13 9500 796 96% 191 308.3 20 0.13 6.7% mod.computers.vax
14 9300 784 96% 7 12.1 0 0.01 6.6% mod.computers.workstations
15 9200 774 90% 22 42.7 2 0.02 6.5% comp.misc
16 9100 766 96% 11 22.1 1 0.01 6.4% mod.compilers
17 8600 720 96% 18 463.8 2 0.22 6.1% mod.mac
18 8400 702 96% 4 132.7 0 0.06 5.9% mod.computers.ibm-pc
19 8300 697 95% 10 40.7 1 0.02 5.9% mod.os.unix
20 8200 690 96% 1 1.6 0 0.00 5.8% mod.computers.laser-printers
21 8100 684 88% 944 2142.4 116 1.10 5.8% soc.singles
22 8100 683 94% 47 54.9 5 0.03 5.7% misc.wanted
23 8100 679 89% 40 40.4 4 0.02 5.7% misc.forsale
24 8000 676 91% 181 292.8 22 0.15 5.7% comp.unix.wizards
25 7900 660 91% 48 92.6 6 0.05 5.6% comp.sources.d
26 7700 650 97% 15 36.7 2 0.02 5.5% mod.std.unix
27 7600 640 96% 81 2590.7 10 1.40 5.4% mod.mac.binaries
28 7600 640 89% 227 328.3 29 0.17 5.4% comp.unix.questions
29 7600 639 96% 1 11.0 0 0.01 5.4% mod.mac.sources
30 7500 631 89% 367 627.0 48 0.34 5.3% comp.sys.ibm.pc
31 7400 626 93% 37 81.3 5 0.04 5.3% news.misc
32 7200 605 96% 72 135.1 10 0.08 5.1% mod.telecom
33 7200 604 96% 4 26.1 0 0.01 5.1% mod.graphics
34 7100 600 94% 11 181.2 1 0.10 5.0% mod.risks
35 7100 597 97% 167 310.1 23 0.18 5.0% mod.protocols.tcp-ip
36 7000 587 88% 75 96.2 10 0.06 4.9% talk.rumors
37 6900 579 89% 314 540.9 45 0.31 4.9% comp.lang.c
38 6900 576 89% 52 84.2 7 0.05 4.8% comp.graphics
39 6800 573 91% 84 99.5 12 0.06 4.8% comp.sources.wanted
40 6600 558 91% 40 58.7 6 0.04 4.7% news.groupsreid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (02/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 26000 2072 90% 268 4044.3 10 0.63 18.6% net.sources
2 18000 1401 95% 1 2.1 0 0.00 12.6% mod.announce
3 17000 1373 87% 182 264.9 10 0.06 12.3% misc.consumers.house
4 15000 1208 92% 121 242.0 8 0.07 10.9% misc.jobs
5 15000 1196 90% 55 593.8 3 0.16 10.8% net.sources.games
6 15000 1191 95% 4 14.6 0 0.00 10.7% mod.conferences
7 15000 1147 96% 41 1754.5 2 0.47 10.3% mod.sources
8 14000 1067 90% 45 87.5 3 0.03 9.6% net.sources.bugs
9 12000 949 90% 102 177.8 8 0.06 8.5% comp.misc
10 12000 934 91% 217 295.1 18 0.10 8.4% comp.unix.wizards
11 12000 932 90% 615 1166.2 51 0.39 8.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
12 11000 885 92% 112 171.6 10 0.06 8.0% comp.sources.d
13 11000 871 89% 404 594.0 36 0.22 7.8% comp.unix.questions
14 11000 860 90% 7 81.5 0 0.03 7.7% net.sources.mac
15 11000 850 93% 62 65.4 5 0.02 7.6% misc.wanted
16 11000 835 96% 4 8.2 0 0.00 7.5% mod.newprod
17 10000 825 96% 60 157.2 6 0.06 7.4% mod.recipes
18 10000 822 97% 2 24.4 0 0.01 7.4% mod.newslists
19 10000 821 95% 88 214.9 8 0.09 7.4% mod.ai
20 10000 809 79% 605 722.7 60 0.29 7.3% rec.humor
21 10000 803 93% 37 56.2 3 0.02 7.2% news.misc
22 10000 798 87% 51 54.2 5 0.02 7.2% misc.forsale
23 9900 781 90% 354 656.6 35 0.27 7.0% comp.lang.c
24 9900 779 96% 518 834.3 52 0.34 7.0% mod.computers.vax
25 9800 772 96% 5 308.7 0 0.13 6.9% mod.computers.ibm-pc
26 9600 760 91% 150 177.9 15 0.08 6.8% comp.sources.wanted
27 9300 732 90% 141 254.2 15 0.11 6.6% comp.arch
28 9200 730 96% 78 122.9 8 0.05 6.6% mod.telecom
29 9200 728 90% 131 238.3 14 0.10 6.5% comp.graphics
30 9000 714 86% 980 1854.2 108 0.83 6.4% soc.singles
31 8800 697 90% 65 770.1 7 0.35 6.3% comp.ai
32 8800 695 95% 37 79.5 4 0.04 6.2% mod.os
33 8800 692 96% 22 525.7 2 0.24 6.2% mod.mac
34 8700 688 91% 121 174.7 13 0.08 6.2% news.groups
35 8500 670 91% 467 634.2 54 0.30 6.0% comp.sys.mac
36 8400 662 96% 14 25.2 1 0.01 6.0% mod.computers.laser-printers
37 8400 662 87% 132 214.4 15 0.10 6.0% talk.rumors
38 8300 658 92% 100 170.9 12 0.08 5.9% misc.misc
39 8200 645 97% 38 75.1 4 0.04 5.8% mod.std.unix
40 8100 642 95% 1 1.3 0 0.00 5.8% mod.os.unixreid@decwrl.UUCP (03/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 27000 1950 88% 114 1161.3 4 0.17 17.0% net.sources
2 23000 1688 96% 57 2232.2 2 0.39 14.7% mod.sources
3 20000 1427 89% 171 321.8 8 0.06 12.5% misc.consumers.house
4 18000 1307 94% 182 423.1 10 0.09 11.4% misc.jobs
5 17000 1215 93% 22 65.6 1 0.02 10.6% mod.conferences
6 16000 1166 95% 791 1598.1 49 0.40 10.2% comp.sys.ibm.pc
7 16000 1147 88% 57 92.5 3 0.02 10.0% net.sources.games
8 15000 1125 96% 282 403.5 18 0.11 9.8% comp.unix.wizards
9 15000 1089 89% 38 98.8 2 0.03 9.5% net.sources.bugs
10 14000 1054 85% 490 795.0 35 0.23 9.2% rec.humor
11 14000 1053 96% 158 212.0 11 0.06 9.2% comp.sources.d
12 14000 1015 95% 264 352.8 18 0.10 8.9% comp.unix.questions
13 13000 983 94% 90 138.6 6 0.04 8.6% comp.misc
14 13000 932 95% 87 93.3 6 0.03 8.1% misc.wanted
15 13000 929 95% 284 451.3 21 0.14 8.1% comp.lang.c
16 12000 885 94% 4 5.8 0 0.00 7.7% mod.announce
17 12000 880 96% 12 38.1 1 0.01 7.7% news.misc
18 12000 879 94% 67 103.2 5 0.03 7.7% mod.telecom
19 12000 870 96% 214 270.3 17 0.09 7.6% comp.sources.wanted
20 12000 863 95% 15 30.7 1 0.01 7.5% mod.newprod
21 12000 859 95% 7 313.4 0 0.10 7.5% mod.computers.ibm-pc
22 12000 852 95% 111 150.5 9 0.05 7.4% comp.graphics
23 12000 842 62% 215 341.1 17 0.11 7.3% comp.windows.x
24 12000 838 88% 67 66.8 5 0.02 7.3% misc.forsale
25 11000 816 88% 20 171.3 1 0.06 7.1% net.sources.mac
26 11000 809 96% 427 643.1 38 0.23 7.1% comp.sys.mac
27 11000 804 96% 122 244.0 11 0.09 7.0% news.groups
28 11000 804 95% 248 543.6 22 0.20 7.0% comp.arch
29 11000 789 95% 60 178.6 5 0.06 6.9% mod.recipes
30 11000 775 96% 2 27.3 0 0.01 6.8% mod.newslists
31 11000 772 94% 47 114.1 4 0.04 6.7% mod.os
32 10000 760 95% 141 359.1 14 0.14 6.6% mod.ai
33 10000 757 95% 71 271.6 7 0.11 6.6% comp.ai
34 10000 738 95% 11 19.0 1 0.01 6.4% mod.compilers
35 10000 733 89% 1167 2170.2 116 0.87 6.4% soc.singles
36 10000 731 76% 211 328.4 21 0.13 6.4% comp.os.minix
37 9800 716 86% 334 541.5 34 0.22 6.2% rec.arts.movies
38 9800 715 96% 12 25.1 1 0.01 6.2% mod.computers.workstations
39 9600 696 96% 170 251.0 17 0.10 6.1% comp.text
40 9500 691 94% 94 130.5 9 0.05 6.0% misc.miscreid@decwrl.UUCP (04/02/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 25000 1961 86% 142 2024.8 5 0.36 16.1% net.sources
2 23000 1801 95% 47 2114.3 2 0.41 14.8% mod.sources
3 22000 1660 95% 7 56.7 0 0.01 13.6% mod.announce.newusers
4 20000 1537 89% 168 250.6 8 0.06 12.6% misc.consumers.house
5 18000 1359 94% 104 209.5 5 0.05 11.2% misc.jobs
6 17000 1336 94% 15 79.7 0 0.02 11.0% mod.conferences
7 17000 1321 96% 551 1013.3 32 0.27 10.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
8 17000 1276 87% 501 626.1 29 0.17 10.5% rec.humor
9 16000 1214 97% 382 624.4 23 0.18 10.0% comp.unix.wizards
10 16000 1200 93% 4 3.9 0 0.00 9.8% mod.announce
11 15000 1187 84% 21 90.3 1 0.03 9.7% net.sources.games
12 15000 1116 95% 2 3.5 0 0.00 9.2% mod.newprod
13 14000 1097 97% 61 118.2 4 0.04 9.0% comp.sources.d
14 14000 1061 96% 301 492.9 21 0.16 8.7% comp.unix.questions
15 14000 1048 85% 45 213.9 3 0.07 8.6% net.sources.bugs
16 13000 1022 96% 131 172.3 10 0.06 8.4% misc.wanted
17 13000 976 94% 62 104.5 4 0.04 8.0% comp.misc
18 12000 958 96% 204 324.2 17 0.12 7.9% comp.lang.c
19 12000 931 96% 72 126.0 6 0.05 7.6% comp.graphics
20 12000 929 97% 90 114.0 7 0.04 7.6% comp.sources.wanted
21 12000 897 88% 95 111.9 7 0.04 7.4% misc.forsale
22 12000 887 97% 21 36.9 1 0.01 7.3% news.misc
23 12000 885 95% 5 241.6 0 0.09 7.3% mod.computers.ibm-pc
24 11000 882 96% 567 738.4 51 0.30 7.2% comp.sys.mac
25 11000 854 94% 18 30.8 1 0.01 7.0% mod.compilers
26 11000 844 95% 50 112.2 4 0.05 6.9% mod.telecom
27 11000 837 94% 38 104.5 3 0.04 6.9% mod.os
28 11000 824 95% 277 680.8 25 0.28 6.8% comp.arch
29 11000 824 95% 70 218.5 6 0.09 6.8% mod.recipes
30 11000 812 97% 70 154.2 6 0.06 6.7% news.groups
31 11000 809 86% 72 116.0 6 0.05 6.6% comp.os.minix
32 10000 785 95% 58 257.9 5 0.12 6.4% comp.ai
33 10000 784 96% 24 347.2 2 0.16 6.4% comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
34 10000 783 88% 987 1884.6 98 0.85 6.4% soc.singles
35 10000 768 81% 247 398.2 24 0.18 6.3% comp.windows.x
36 9800 756 88% 427 657.5 43 0.30 6.2% rec.arts.movies
37 9700 746 96% 111 157.0 11 0.07 6.1% comp.text
38 9700 743 95% 112 245.1 11 0.11 6.1% mod.ai
39 9600 737 96% 4 52.3 0 0.02 6.0% mod.newslists
40 9400 723 96% 17 34.5 1 0.02 5.9% mod.computers.workstationsreid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (05/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 27000 2108 86% 142 2024.8 5 0.34 16.6% net.sources
2 22000 1690 96% 47 2114.3 2 0.44 13.3% mod.sources
3 21000 1668 95% 4 3.9 0 0.00 13.1% mod.announce
4 21000 1653 96% 7 56.7 0 0.01 13.0% mod.announce.newusers
5 20000 1528 90% 168 250.6 8 0.06 12.0% misc.consumers.house
6 19000 1467 97% 551 1013.3 29 0.24 11.5% comp.sys.ibm.pc
7 18000 1436 95% 104 209.5 5 0.05 11.3% misc.jobs
8 18000 1389 89% 501 626.1 27 0.16 10.9% rec.humor
9 18000 1381 95% 15 79.7 0 0.02 10.8% mod.conferences
10 16000 1285 85% 21 90.3 1 0.03 10.1% net.sources.games
11 16000 1242 98% 382 624.4 23 0.18 9.8% comp.unix.wizards
12 15000 1185 96% 2 3.5 0 0.00 9.3% mod.newprod
13 15000 1171 98% 61 118.2 4 0.04 9.2% comp.sources.d
14 14000 1110 97% 301 492.9 21 0.16 8.7% comp.unix.questions
15 14000 1068 86% 45 213.9 3 0.07 8.4% net.sources.bugs
16 13000 1025 97% 204 324.2 15 0.11 8.0% comp.lang.c
17 13000 1019 97% 131 172.3 10 0.06 8.0% misc.wanted
18 13000 989 96% 62 104.5 4 0.04 7.8% comp.misc
19 13000 984 87% 247 398.2 19 0.14 7.7% comp.windows.x
20 13000 979 97% 567 738.4 43 0.26 7.7% comp.sys.mac
21 12000 975 97% 72 126.0 6 0.05 7.7% comp.graphics
22 12000 967 90% 95 111.9 7 0.04 7.6% misc.forsale
23 12000 954 98% 90 114.0 7 0.04 7.5% comp.sources.wanted
24 12000 936 97% 24 347.2 2 0.13 7.3% comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
25 11000 895 96% 38 104.5 3 0.04 7.0% mod.os
26 11000 895 96% 5 241.6 0 0.10 7.0% mod.computers.ibm-pc
27 11000 891 91% 72 116.0 6 0.05 7.0% comp.os.minix
28 11000 880 95% 18 30.8 1 0.01 6.9% mod.compilers
29 11000 863 98% 21 36.9 1 0.02 6.8% news.misc
30 11000 853 98% 70 154.2 6 0.06 6.7% news.groups
31 11000 843 96% 277 680.8 25 0.28 6.6% comp.arch
32 11000 834 90% 987 1884.6 89 0.78 6.5% soc.singles
33 11000 832 96% 50 112.2 4 0.05 6.5% mod.telecom
34 11000 831 96% 70 218.5 6 0.09 6.5% mod.recipes
35 10000 821 96% 58 257.9 5 0.12 6.4% comp.ai
36 10000 814 90% 427 657.5 42 0.30 6.4% rec.arts.movies
37 10000 791 98% 65 105.1 6 0.05 6.2% comp.mail.uucp
38 10000 782 97% 111 157.0 11 0.07 6.1% comp.text
39 9400 736 95% 122 166.6 13 0.08 5.8% misc.misc
40 9300 732 96% 112 245.1 12 0.12 5.7% mod.aireid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 25000 1977 77% 1 1.5 0 0.00 13.8% news.announce.important
2 22000 1729 97% 618 951.5 28 0.21 12.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc
3 22000 1715 90% 142 251.2 6 0.05 12.0% misc.consumers.house
4 20000 1559 70% 2 1.2 0 0.00 10.9% net.sources
5 20000 1532 95% 164 323.4 8 0.08 10.7% misc.jobs
6 19000 1502 90% 905 942.1 47 0.24 10.5% rec.humor
7 18000 1440 99% 74 121.9 4 0.03 10.1% comp.sources.d
8 18000 1417 99% 314 482.3 17 0.13 9.9% comp.unix.wizards
9 17000 1329 78% 11 36.7 0 0.01 9.3% news.announce.conferences
10 16000 1274 97% 480 739.5 30 0.22 8.9% comp.unix.questions
11 15000 1207 99% 682 1033.2 45 0.33 8.4% comp.sys.mac
12 15000 1182 90% 104 109.1 6 0.03 8.3% misc.forsale
13 14000 1129 98% 81 99.2 5 0.03 7.9% misc.wanted
14 14000 1109 97% 191 387.1 13 0.13 7.8% comp.lang.c
15 14000 1105 96% 101 155.5 7 0.05 7.7% comp.misc
16 14000 1101 97% 71 88.2 5 0.03 7.7% comp.graphics
17 14000 1088 99% 1 2.2 0 0.00 7.6% comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
18 14000 1079 99% 112 203.3 8 0.07 7.5% news.groups
19 14000 1078 99% 138 184.5 9 0.06 7.5% comp.sources.wanted
20 13000 983 99% 95 179.8 7 0.07 6.9% news.misc
21 13000 978 97% 222 594.5 17 0.22 6.8% comp.arch
22 12000 972 99% 60 159.1 5 0.06 6.8% comp.mail.uucp
23 12000 958 96% 148 373.0 12 0.15 6.7% comp.os.minix
24 12000 951 78% 30 556.3 2 0.22 6.7% comp.sources.misc
25 12000 937 90% 890 1407.7 74 0.56 6.6% soc.singles
26 12000 926 95% 57 145.3 4 0.06 6.5% comp.ai
27 12000 902 85% 32 1478.3 2 0.59 6.3% comp.sources.games
28 12000 899 97% 828 3049.5 69 1.20 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
29 11000 894 94% 112 180.6 10 0.08 6.3% comp.windows.x
30 11000 883 82% 11 42.0 1 0.02 6.2% comp.newprod
31 11000 875 99% 71 126.2 6 0.05 6.1% news.admin
32 11000 869 96% 270 555.1 24 0.24 6.1% misc.misc
33 11000 869 91% 280 477.8 25 0.21 6.1% rec.arts.movies
34 11000 843 98% 57 72.8 5 0.03 5.9% comp.text
35 11000 834 94% 810 1696.0 73 0.74 5.8% rec.arts.sf-lovers
36 10000 815 86% 28 28.2 2 0.01 5.7% comp.sources.bugs
37 10000 805 81% 4 10.5 0 0.01 5.6% comp.compilers
38 10000 800 89% 141 203.9 14 0.10 5.6% talk.rumors
39 10000 795 99% 148 245.5 14 0.12 5.6% comp.emacs
40 10000 776 88% 68 117.0 6 0.06 5.4% rec.nudereid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 23000 1798 92% 21 82.2 0 0.02 12.4% news.announce.conferences
2 23000 1782 89% 72 117.1 3 0.03 12.3% misc.consumers.house
3 22000 1761 96% 580 1045.5 26 0.24 12.2% comp.sys.ibm.pc
4 20000 1588 98% 164 341.5 8 0.09 11.0% comp.sources.d
5 19000 1534 89% 965 1165.9 50 0.31 10.6% rec.humor
6 18000 1405 99% 477 787.0 26 0.22 9.7% comp.unix.wizards
7 17000 1323 78% 54 108.3 3 0.03 9.1% misc.jobs.offered
8 17000 1315 91% 48 1318.6 2 0.39 9.1% comp.sources.misc
9 16000 1300 88% 135 150.4 8 0.05 9.0% misc.forsale
10 16000 1288 97% 111 123.8 6 0.04 8.9% misc.wanted
11 16000 1273 96% 338 522.6 21 0.16 8.8% comp.unix.questions
12 16000 1254 96% 445 824.3 27 0.26 8.7% comp.lang.c
13 16000 1230 93% 34 1373.5 2 0.43 8.5% comp.sources.games
14 15000 1220 99% 168 177.3 11 0.06 8.4% comp.sources.wanted
15 15000 1180 99% 101 196.6 6 0.07 8.1% news.groups
16 15000 1156 95% 81 142.5 5 0.05 8.0% comp.misc
17 14000 1135 97% 802 1317.2 57 0.48 7.8% comp.sys.mac
18 14000 1124 96% 122 351.8 8 0.13 7.8% comp.graphics
19 14000 1076 91% 1 1.0 0 0.00 7.4% news.announce.important
20 14000 1067 89% 1340 2186.8 95 0.79 7.4% soc.singles
21 13000 1049 99% 67 113.3 5 0.04 7.2% news.misc
22 13000 1047 98% 10 18.0 0 0.01 7.2% comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
23 13000 1047 93% 41 53.0 3 0.02 7.2% comp.sources.bugs
24 13000 1046 98% 35 51.7 2 0.02 7.2% comp.mail.uucp
25 13000 1028 95% 107 207.8 8 0.08 7.1% comp.arch
26 13000 1004 44% 10 93.8 0 0.04 6.9% net.sources
27 12000 987 93% 97 297.0 8 0.12 6.8% comp.ai
28 12000 986 98% 21 32.6 1 0.01 6.8% news.admin
29 12000 940 98% 54 83.8 4 0.04 6.5% comp.text
30 12000 939 91% 8 22.4 0 0.01 6.5% comp.newprod
31 12000 935 79% 191 380.6 15 0.16 6.5% misc.jobs.misc
32 12000 930 94% 674 1154.5 56 0.49 6.4% rec.arts.sf-lovers
33 12000 919 96% 837 2453.3 69 1.00 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
34 11000 887 97% 175 625.3 15 0.29 6.1% comp.os.minix
35 11000 882 95% 224 399.9 20 0.18 6.1% misc.misc
36 11000 878 98% 224 344.1 20 0.16 6.1% comp.emacs
37 11000 856 87% 50 187.9 4 0.09 5.9% rec.arts.movies.reviews
38 11000 852 90% 440 784.2 40 0.36 5.9% rec.arts.movies
39 11000 847 98% 68 147.7 6 0.07 5.8% comp.org.usenix
40 11000 841 91% 7 42.5 0 0.02 5.8% comp.compilersreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 28000 2139 97% 14 55.2 0 0.01 15.1% news.announce.conferences
2 25000 1923 90% 160 295.3 6 0.06 13.5% misc.consumers.house
3 24000 1853 96% 881 2044.5 36 0.43 13.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc
4 21000 1610 89% 911 1337.9 43 0.32 11.3% rec.humor
5 21000 1605 98% 62 130.0 2 0.03 11.3% comp.sources.d
6 21000 1586 98% 48 944.0 2 0.23 11.2% comp.sources.misc
7 20000 1492 99% 354 584.1 17 0.15 10.5% comp.unix.wizards
8 19000 1454 86% 81 175.0 4 0.05 10.2% misc.jobs.offered
9 19000 1428 98% 51 2538.2 2 0.67 10.1% comp.sources.games
10 18000 1390 98% 45 1979.5 2 0.56 9.8% comp.sources.unix
11 18000 1356 97% 104 117.6 5 0.03 9.6% misc.wanted
12 18000 1339 97% 301 452.5 16 0.13 9.4% comp.unix.questions
13 17000 1317 89% 144 151.3 8 0.04 9.3% misc.forsale
14 17000 1295 96% 587 947.8 34 0.28 9.1% comp.lang.c
15 17000 1292 99% 210 208.6 12 0.06 9.1% comp.sources.wanted
16 17000 1266 99% 90 242.0 5 0.07 8.9% news.groups
17 16000 1244 97% 5 23.8 0 0.01 8.8% comp.newprod
18 16000 1241 89% 671 1221.7 41 0.39 8.7% soc.singles
19 16000 1189 96% 87 169.7 5 0.05 8.4% comp.misc
20 16000 1179 98% 674 1110.9 42 0.35 8.3% comp.sys.mac
21 16000 1176 98% 65 448.6 4 0.14 8.3% comp.sources.bugs
22 15000 1122 96% 107 380.3 7 0.13 7.9% comp.graphics
23 14000 1069 99% 44 70.3 3 0.03 7.5% news.misc
24 14000 1047 98% 94 221.7 6 0.08 7.4% news.admin
25 14000 1046 98% 78 116.9 5 0.04 7.4% comp.text
26 14000 1040 94% 524 925.4 37 0.33 7.3% rec.arts.sf-lovers
27 14000 1030 95% 167 304.1 11 0.11 7.3% comp.arch
28 13000 1003 98% 177 355.7 13 0.14 7.1% comp.emacs
29 13000 969 98% 48 68.3 3 0.03 6.8% comp.mail.uucp
30 13000 949 92% 40 104.8 3 0.04 6.7% comp.ai
31 12000 945 91% 690 1101.2 57 0.46 6.7% rec.arts.movies
32 12000 942 87% 110 183.4 9 0.08 6.6% misc.jobs.misc
33 12000 928 95% 254 496.7 21 0.21 6.5% sci.med
34 12000 922 96% 862 2144.0 71 0.90 6.5% comp.sys.amiga
35 12000 916 95% 182 336.9 15 0.14 6.5% misc.misc
36 12000 894 97% 41 87.0 3 0.04 6.3% comp.compilers
37 12000 892 97% 225 757.2 18 0.32 6.3% comp.os.minix
38 11000 858 89% 218 377.1 19 0.17 6.0% rec.travel
39 11000 847 98% 7 24.6 0 0.01 6.0% comp.org.usenix
40 11000 847 89% 15 55.1 1 0.03 6.0% rec.arts.movies.reviewsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 32000 2390 98% 18 91.0 0 0.01 15.9% news.announce.conferences
2 28000 2048 90% 82 116.7 2 0.02 13.6% misc.consumers.house
3 24000 1774 98% 55 1873.0 2 0.40 11.8% comp.sources.misc
4 23000 1731 89% 385 489.7 16 0.11 11.5% rec.humor
5 23000 1720 92% 48 97.6 2 0.02 11.4% misc.jobs.offered
6 23000 1719 96% 732 1356.6 31 0.30 11.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
7 23000 1690 99% 38 1532.6 1 0.34 11.2% comp.sources.unix
8 21000 1566 99% 372 605.7 17 0.15 10.4% comp.unix.wizards
9 21000 1547 99% 144 349.6 6 0.08 10.3% comp.sources.d
10 21000 1541 99% 4 106.0 0 0.03 10.3% comp.sources.games
11 20000 1457 97% 605 1067.6 30 0.27 9.7% comp.lang.c
12 19000 1434 97% 81 91.3 4 0.02 9.5% misc.wanted
13 19000 1418 99% 65 82.9 3 0.02 9.4% news.groups
14 19000 1400 97% 337 543.3 17 0.15 9.3% comp.unix.questions
15 19000 1393 88% 981 1694.3 51 0.45 9.3% soc.singles
16 19000 1392 99% 244 260.3 12 0.07 9.3% comp.sources.wanted
17 18000 1341 89% 101 97.0 5 0.03 8.9% misc.forsale
18 18000 1329 98% 91 199.1 5 0.06 8.8% comp.sources.bugs
19 17000 1293 98% 811 1221.9 47 0.37 8.6% comp.sys.mac
20 17000 1287 96% 115 195.1 6 0.06 8.6% comp.misc
21 16000 1195 96% 92 146.7 5 0.05 8.0% comp.graphics
22 16000 1166 98% 0 0.0 0 0.00 7.8% news.announce.important
23 15000 1145 96% 287 555.4 19 0.19 7.6% comp.arch
24 15000 1131 97% 215 382.4 14 0.13 7.5% sci.med
25 15000 1092 99% 7 7.2 0 0.00 7.3% news.misc
26 14000 1079 98% 42 127.5 3 0.05 7.2% comp.compilers
27 14000 1064 99% 71 100.5 5 0.04 7.1% comp.text
28 14000 1061 99% 172 395.0 12 0.14 7.1% comp.emacs
29 14000 1054 92% 80 113.6 5 0.04 7.0% misc.jobs.misc
30 14000 1053 93% 44 154.8 3 0.06 7.0% comp.ai
31 14000 1046 95% 264 504.7 18 0.18 7.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
32 13000 990 91% 455 693.9 35 0.27 6.6% rec.arts.movies
33 13000 984 99% 67 107.3 5 0.04 6.5% comp.mail.uucp
34 13000 980 98% 1 1.0 0 0.00 6.5% comp.unix
35 13000 968 99% 82 162.1 6 0.06 6.4% news.admin
36 13000 948 96% 77 158.8 5 0.06 6.3% misc.misc
37 13000 941 81% 12 649.9 0 0.25 6.3% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
38 12000 903 42% 34 44.9 2 0.02 6.0% rec.humor.funny
39 12000 899 88% 618 753.2 51 0.32 6.0% talk.bizarre
40 12000 887 88% 961 2063.6 80 0.88 5.9% soc.womenreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 36000 2683 97% 4 16.7 0 0.00 16.8% news.announce.conferences
2 28000 2094 98% 84 3481.4 3 0.64 13.1% comp.sources.unix
3 28000 2086 90% 251 357.4 8 0.07 13.1% misc.consumers.house
4 25000 1833 98% 27 702.8 1 0.14 11.5% comp.sources.misc
5 24000 1776 93% 75 170.0 3 0.04 11.1% misc.jobs.offered
6 23000 1738 96% 927 2393.0 40 0.53 10.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
7 23000 1678 89% 485 615.4 21 0.14 10.5% rec.humor
8 22000 1620 99% 320 524.3 14 0.12 10.2% comp.unix.wizards
9 21000 1559 89% 111 114.6 5 0.03 9.8% misc.forsale
10 21000 1538 99% 232 225.2 11 0.06 9.7% comp.sources.wanted
11 21000 1531 99% 84 152.0 4 0.04 9.6% comp.sources.d
12 20000 1492 97% 310 537.4 15 0.14 9.4% comp.unix.questions
13 20000 1489 97% 431 800.7 21 0.21 9.3% comp.lang.c
14 20000 1468 99% 87 161.1 4 0.04 9.2% news.groups
15 20000 1453 88% 1381 2057.7 69 0.53 9.1% soc.singles
16 19000 1422 98% 5 281.1 0 0.08 8.9% comp.sources.games
17 19000 1419 98% 1097 2512.6 57 0.68 8.9% comp.sys.mac
18 19000 1415 98% 71 126.6 3 0.03 8.9% comp.sources.bugs
19 18000 1369 98% 51 48.3 2 0.01 8.6% misc.wanted
20 18000 1352 60% 21 43.3 1 0.01 8.5% rec.humor.funny
21 18000 1332 96% 107 167.0 5 0.05 8.4% comp.misc
22 17000 1228 98% 184 331.8 10 0.10 7.7% sci.med
23 16000 1223 96% 364 826.9 22 0.27 7.7% comp.arch
24 16000 1213 96% 72 93.6 4 0.03 7.6% comp.graphics
25 16000 1175 97% 12 50.6 0 0.02 7.4% comp.newprod
26 15000 1143 99% 35 78.0 2 0.03 7.2% news.misc
27 15000 1135 95% 755 1466.3 50 0.50 7.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
28 15000 1133 94% 100 153.0 6 0.05 7.1% comp.ai
29 15000 1083 99% 4 14.2 0 0.00 6.8% comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
30 14000 1075 93% 124 242.7 8 0.09 6.7% misc.jobs.misc
31 14000 1071 99% 64 141.8 4 0.05 6.7% news.admin
32 14000 1048 97% 7 64.0 0 0.02 6.6% news.announce.newusers
33 14000 1028 95% 224 297.5 16 0.11 6.5% comp.windows.x
34 14000 1006 97% 12 34.0 0 0.01 6.3% comp.unix
35 14000 1006 97% 4 8.7 0 0.00 6.3% comp.compilers
36 13000 975 99% 25 26.8 1 0.01 6.1% comp.mail.uucp
37 13000 972 91% 437 589.9 33 0.23 6.1% rec.arts.movies
38 13000 968 96% 34 60.1 2 0.02 6.1% misc.misc
39 13000 966 99% 68 97.3 5 0.04 6.1% comp.text
40 13000 953 99% 178 375.3 13 0.15 6In gies
ice 12reid@decwrl.DEC.COM (Brian Reid) (11/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 34000 2715 98% 34 144.3 1 0.02 16.2% news.announce.conferences
2 31000 2453 98% 68 2667.2 2 0.51 14.6% comp.sources.unix
3 28000 2222 89% 291 406.8 10 0.09 13.2% misc.consumers.house
4 25000 1934 94% 88 203.1 3 0.05 11.5% misc.jobs.offered
5 24000 1920 98% 38 1016.5 1 0.25 11.4% comp.sources.misc
6 24000 1878 75% 27 50.8 1 0.01 11.2% rec.humor.funny
7 23000 1808 99% 444 695.6 19 0.18 10.8% comp.unix.wizards
8 22000 1755 88% 507 675.6 23 0.18 10.5% rec.humor
9 22000 1733 96% 882 1898.9 40 0.51 10.3% comp.sys.ibm.pc
10 21000 1680 97% 532 853.7 25 0.24 10.0% comp.lang.c
11 21000 1642 98% 1427 2124.3 67 0.60 9.8% comp.sys.mac
12 20000 1611 99% 141 251.3 7 0.07 9.6% news.groups
13 20000 1602 99% 184 163.8 9 0.05 9.5% comp.sources.wanted
14 20000 1595 99% 171 342.7 8 0.10 9.5% comp.sources.d
15 20000 1575 87% 607 968.2 30 0.29 9.4% soc.singles
16 20000 1572 97% 278 479.0 13 0.14 9.4% comp.unix.questions
17 19000 1500 89% 141 138.6 7 0.04 8.9% misc.forsale
18 18000 1405 97% 55 111.9 3 0.04 8.4% comp.sources.bugs
19 17000 1375 98% 111 121.6 6 0.04 8.2% misc.wanted
20 17000 1374 98% 15 734.9 0 0.25 8.2% comp.sources.games
21 17000 1367 96% 127 169.2 7 0.06 8.1% comp.misc
22 17000 1354 99% 38 73.0 2 0.03 8.1% news.misc
23 17000 1315 96% 235 509.4 13 0.18 7.8% comp.arch
24 16000 1291 97% 11 27.0 0 0.01 7.7% comp.newprod
25 16000 1233 98% 120 209.7 7 0.08 7.3% sci.med
26 16000 1231 99% 147 372.6 9 0.14 7.3% news.admin
27 16000 1223 94% 161 331.9 10 0.12 7.3% comp.ai
28 15000 1217 97% 61 78.3 4 0.03 7.3% comp.graphics
29 15000 1147 97% 12 75.7 0 0.03 6.8% comp.unix
30 14000 1127 95% 558 914.5 39 0.38 6.7% rec.arts.sf-lovers
31 14000 1107 94% 92 164.8 6 0.07 6.6% misc.jobs.misc
32 14000 1068 96% 50 93.5 3 0.04 6.4% misc.misc
33 13000 1057 99% 67 123.3 5 0.06 6.3% comp.mail.uucp
34 12000 963 89% 667 913.3 55 0.45 5.7% rec.arts.movies
35 12000 954 99% 78 105.0 6 0.05 5.7% comp.mail.misc
36 12000 947 98% 267 483.1 22 0.24 5.6% sci.space
37 12000 938 99% 170 323.5 14 0.16 5.6% comp.emacs
38 12000 936 89% 342 494.4 28 0.24 5.6% misc.invest
39 12000 935 98% 141 294.9 11 0.14 5.6% comp.os.minix
40 12000 920 88% 562 923.7 46 0.45 5.5% rec.autosreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/02/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 32000 2727 97% 24 116.3 0 2.30 14.5% news.announce.conferences
2 30000 2565 99% 15 747.5 0 16.00 13.6% comp.sources.unix
3 27000 2268 83% 57 129.4 2 2.60 12.1% rec.humor.funny
4 26000 2263 89% 267 457.7 10 10.00 12.0% misc.consumers.house
5 25000 2115 94% 84 168.8 3 4.10 11.3% misc.jobs.offered
6 24000 2089 98% 60 2140.3 2 57.00 11.1% comp.sources.misc
7 23000 1972 97% 798 1708.9 34 47.00 10.5% comp.sys.ibm.pc
8 23000 1962 99% 264 378.9 11 11.00 10.4% comp.unix.wizards
9 22000 1869 89% 774 949.0 35 25.00 9.9% rec.humor
10 22000 1838 98% 1302 2011.5 59 58.00 9.8% comp.sys.mac
11 21000 1783 99% 120 162.0 5 4.90 9.5% comp.sources.d
12 21000 1757 98% 21 922.6 1 28.00 9.3% comp.sources.games
13 20000 1751 99% 172 311.3 8 10.00 9.3% news.groups
14 20000 1746 87% 1821 3187.5 91 90.00 9.3% soc.singles
15 20000 1702 98% 375 565.0 18 18.00 9.1% comp.lang.c
16 20000 1690 99% 152 139.1 7 4.50 9.0% comp.sources.wanted
17 19000 1601 98% 15 21.3 0 0.71 8.5% comp.newprod
18 19000 1593 98% 77 76.2 4 2.60 8.5% misc.wanted
19 18000 1576 98% 95 171.5 5 6.10 8.4% comp.sources.bugs
20 18000 1566 97% 344 455.9 19 16.00 8.3% comp.unix.questions
21 18000 1550 89% 158 177.0 8 5.70 8.2% misc.forsale
22 17000 1425 97% 100 143.8 5 5.30 7.6% comp.misc
23 16000 1346 97% 194 350.1 12 14.00 7.2% comp.arch
24 15000 1291 98% 140 268.5 9 11.00 6.9% sci.med
25 15000 1286 99% 40 141.7 2 6.10 6.8% news.misc
26 15000 1282 97% 128 227.3 8 9.50 6.8% comp.graphics
27 15000 1259 97% 11 17.4 0 0.73 6.7% comp.unix
28 15000 1259 95% 784 1272.6 52 53.00 6.7% rec.arts.sf-lovers
29 14000 1218 99% 25 41.3 1 1.90 6.5% comp.mail.uucp
30 14000 1210 93% 118 354.6 8 15.00 6.4% comp.ai
31 14000 1196 99% 108 228.9 7 10.00 6.4% news.admin
32 14000 1175 94% 62 131.5 4 5.70 6.3% misc.jobs.misc
33 13000 1133 97% 125 170.1 9 8.20 6.0% misc.misc
34 13000 1129 98% 5 15.8 0 0.77 6.0% comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
35 13000 1125 87% 41 49.9 3 2.20 6.0% rec.nude
36 13000 1081 99% 74 100.7 5 5.00 5.8% comp.mail.misc
37 12000 1030 89% 431 646.0 35 31.00 5.5% rec.arts.movies
38 12000 990 89% 358 688.1 29 33.00 5.3% misc.invest
39 11000 978 88% 644 1036.5 58 54.00 5.2% rec.autos
40 11000 971 88% 27 104.0 2 5.40 5.2% rec.arts.movies.reviewsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 34000 2887 98% 14 46.0 0 0.86 16.4% news.announce.conferences
2 26000 2223 89% 138 251.0 5 5.60 12.6% misc.consumers.house
3 25000 2164 84% 40 68.2 1 1.50 12.3% rec.humor.funny
4 24000 2064 99% 20 655.1 0 17.00 11.7% comp.sources.misc
5 23000 2004 93% 70 138.2 3 3.60 11.4% misc.jobs.offered
6 23000 1999 99% 375 1346.9 16 37.00 11.3% comp.unix.wizards
7 22000 1896 97% 871 2108.8 39 60.00 10.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
8 21000 1800 99% 125 268.2 5 8.20 10.2% comp.sources.d
9 21000 1790 87% 587 685.1 27 19.00 10.2% rec.humor
10 21000 1785 99% 110 179.1 5 5.40 10.1% news.groups
11 21000 1756 87% 1265 2322.9 60 62.00 10.0% soc.singles
12 20000 1738 98% 858 1304.2 42 41.00 9.9% comp.sys.mac
13 20000 1721 98% 105 106.9 5 3.40 9.8% misc.wanted
14 19000 1660 97% 537 929.5 28 31.00 9.4% comp.lang.c
15 19000 1620 99% 227 245.5 11 8.30 9.2% comp.sources.wanted
16 19000 1608 98% 15 795.3 0 27.00 9.1% comp.sources.games
17 18000 1520 98% 118 361.2 6 13.00 8.6% comp.sources.bugs
18 18000 1508 97% 231 374.1 12 13.00 8.6% comp.unix.questions
19 18000 1505 89% 121 134.3 6 4.30 8.5% misc.forsale
20 17000 1466 96% 57 304.7 3 11.00 8.3% comp.misc
21 16000 1398 98% 17 42.8 1 1.70 7.9% comp.newprod
22 15000 1305 96% 208 509.2 13 21.00 7.4% comp.arch
23 15000 1264 97% 92 125.8 6 5.30 7.2% comp.graphics
24 15000 1261 99% 48 76.5 3 3.30 7.2% news.misc
25 15000 1251 98% 268 422.2 17 18.00 7.1% sci.med
26 14000 1218 99% 47 83.8 3 3.80 6.9% comp.mail.uucp
27 14000 1171 99% 55 133.1 3 6.10 6.6% news.admin
28 13000 1144 94% 747 1319.1 57 62.00 6.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
29 13000 1121 99% 2 4.2 0 0.21 6.4% comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel
30 13000 1119 93% 34 62.1 2 2.90 6.3% comp.ai
31 13000 1110 99% 67 116.7 5 5.70 6.3% comp.mail.misc
32 13000 1104 96% 105 187.3 8 9.00 6.3% misc.misc
33 12000 1060 94% 71 99.7 5 5.00 6.0% misc.jobs.misc
34 12000 1051 98% 8 15.3 0 0.81 6.0% comp.unix
35 12000 1041 94% 100 1484.1 8 76.00 5.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
36 12000 1027 87% 124 189.2 10 8.90 5.8% rec.nude
37 12000 1009 88% 368 666.0 30 32.00 5.7% rec.arts.movies
38 12000 1006 98% 1 8.9 0 0.47 5.7% comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
39 12000 1003 96% 1241 2279.5 103 120.00 5.7% comp.sys.amiga
40 12000 995 97% 32 78.0 2 4.10 5.6% comp.compilersreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (03/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 37000 3244 98% 17 131.7 0 0.02 17.0% news.announce.conferences
2 29000 2558 89% 181 286.1 6 0.06 13.4% misc.consumers.house
3 26000 2283 94% 151 302.0 5 0.08 12.0% misc.jobs.offered
4 25000 2259 83% 52 105.8 2 0.03 11.8% rec.humor.funny
5 25000 2246 97% 1150 2388.8 46 0.66 11.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
6 24000 2165 98% 48 1217.8 2 0.36 11.3% comp.sources.misc
7 22000 1986 87% 1041 1742.3 47 0.49 10.4% rec.humor
8 22000 1961 98% 131 149.9 5 0.05 10.3% misc.wanted
9 22000 1953 99% 344 528.6 15 0.17 10.2% comp.unix.wizards
10 21000 1903 98% 1715 2613.6 81 0.87 10.0% comp.sys.mac
11 21000 1866 99% 88 157.2 4 0.05 9.8% comp.sources.d
12 20000 1801 98% 1200 1901.5 60 0.66 9.4% comp.lang.c
13 20000 1786 97% 174 324.4 8 0.11 9.4% comp.misc
14 20000 1736 86% 1521 2837.1 76 0.87 9.1% soc.singles
15 19000 1723 89% 225 253.4 11 0.08 9.0% misc.forsale
16 19000 1687 98% 501 749.6 26 0.28 8.8% comp.unix.questions
17 19000 1644 99% 271 428.9 14 0.16 8.6% news.groups
18 19000 1640 99% 320 310.9 16 0.12 8.6% comp.sources.wanted
19 18000 1600 98% 74 3721.2 4 1.40 8.4% comp.sources.games
20 17000 1506 98% 74 455.7 4 0.19 7.9% comp.sources.bugs
21 17000 1482 97% 178 373.7 10 0.15 7.8% comp.arch
22 16000 1422 97% 184 342.5 11 0.15 7.5% comp.graphics
23 16000 1381 98% 8 247.7 0 0.11 7.2% comp.sources.unix
24 15000 1330 95% 170 3289.9 11 1.50 7.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
25 15000 1328 99% 37 67.5 2 0.03 7.0% news.misc
26 15000 1327 95% 101 208.6 6 0.09 7.0% comp.ai
27 14000 1253 98% 5 12.3 0 0.01 6.6% comp.newprod
28 14000 1246 99% 7 8.4 0 0.00 6.5% comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel
29 14000 1235 99% 105 223.8 7 0.11 6.5% news.admin
30 14000 1211 66% 27 521.6 1 0.18 6.3% alt.sources
31 13000 1196 97% 194 324.7 14 0.17 6.3% misc.misc
32 13000 1193 94% 227 374.7 17 0.19 6.3% misc.jobs.misc
33 13000 1179 94% 1125 2970.0 86 1.50 6.2% rec.arts.sf-lovers
34 13000 1173 99% 52 75.4 4 0.04 6.1% comp.mail.uucp
35 13000 1169 98% 27 40.7 2 0.02 6.1% comp.unix
36 13000 1128 97% 1591 3010.1 122 1.60 5.9% comp.sys.amiga
37 12000 1089 86% 850 1417.4 70 0.73 5.7% rec.autos
38 12000 1088 86% 62 79.6 5 0.04 5.7% rec.nude
39 12000 1086 98% 304 554.7 25 0.32 5.7% comp.emacs
40 12000 1085 87% 641 955.0 53 0.50 5.7% rec.arts.moviesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 41000 3176 99% 32 159.2 0 0.03 17.1% news.announce.conferences
2 32000 2453 89% 198 327.9 6 0.06 13.2% misc.consumers.house
3 32000 2447 95% 152 292.8 4 0.06 13.2% misc.jobs.offered
4 31000 2405 99% 17 551.8 0 0.12 13.0% comp.sources.unix
5 31000 2372 85% 44 65.7 1 0.01 12.8% rec.humor.funny
6 31000 2356 97% 1042 1593.4 33 0.34 12.7% comp.sys.ibm.pc
7 27000 2048 99% 12 300.3 0 0.07 11.1% comp.sources.misc
8 25000 1906 88% 861 1131.6 34 0.27 10.3% rec.humor
9 24000 1873 99% 57 134.9 2 0.04 10.1% comp.sources.d
10 23000 1780 98% 1127 1824.8 49 0.52 9.6% comp.sys.mac
11 22000 1682 99% 602 1015.2 27 0.31 9.1% comp.unix.wizards
12 21000 1652 98% 1045 1905.7 49 0.60 8.9% comp.lang.c
13 21000 1637 97% 168 306.2 8 0.10 8.8% comp.sys.amiga.tech
14 21000 1634 89% 210 251.1 10 0.07 8.8% misc.forsale
15 21000 1623 98% 370 505.8 17 0.16 8.8% comp.unix.questions
16 21000 1587 97% 125 302.6 5 0.09 8.6% comp.misc
17 20000 1543 99% 344 880.7 17 0.29 8.3% news.groups
18 20000 1530 98% 4 167.7 0 0.06 8.3% comp.sources.games
19 20000 1504 88% 1582 2558.2 79 0.76 8.1% soc.singles
20 19000 1501 98% 147 201.4 7 0.07 8.1% misc.wanted
21 19000 1485 99% 195 264.1 10 0.09 8.0% comp.sources.wanted
22 19000 1468 95% 347 6868.0 18 2.30 7.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
23 19000 1460 97% 224 565.1 11 0.19 7.9% comp.graphics
24 18000 1367 97% 322 690.6 17 0.25 7.4% comp.arch
25 17000 1345 99% 37 75.4 2 0.03 7.3% comp.sources.bugs
26 17000 1303 95% 67 111.4 3 0.04 7.0% misc.jobs.misc
27 16000 1258 96% 65 128.2 4 0.05 6.8% comp.ai
28 16000 1232 87% 57 67.3 3 0.02 6.6% rec.nude
29 15000 1160 98% 115 281.6 7 0.12 6.3% news.admin
30 15000 1154 99% 58 131.2 3 0.06 6.2% news.misc
31 15000 1139 97% 195 296.3 13 0.13 6.1% misc.misc
32 15000 1138 72% 14 300.3 0 0.10 6.1% alt.sources
33 15000 1129 99% 91 180.0 6 0.08 6.1% comp.mail.uucp
34 14000 1069 88% 917 2021.9 65 0.86 5.8% soc.women
35 14000 1046 98% 2 11.9 0 0.01 5.6% news.announce.important
36 13000 1030 97% 24 44.6 1 0.02 5.6% comp.sys.misc
37 13000 1027 98% 197 413.1 15 0.21 5.5% comp.emacs
38 13000 1027 97% 317 738.1 24 0.37 5.5% sci.space
39 13000 997 98% 10 242.4 0 0.12 5.4% comp.risks
40 13000 997 89% 531 768.5 40 0.35 5.4% rec.arts.moviesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 38000 3469 99% 21 120.2 0% 0.01 16.6% news.announce.conferences
2 30000 2758 99% 53 1987.6 6% 0.13 13.2% comp.sources.unix
3 28000 2610 97% 871 1601.6 21% 0.11 12.5% comp.sys.ibm.pc
4 28000 2609 95% 143 279.2 16% 0.02 12.5% misc.jobs.offered
5 26000 2382 85% 45 90.2 0% 0.01 11.4% rec.humor.funny
6 23000 2132 99% 12 245.9 0% 0.02 10.2% comp.sources.misc
7 23000 2107 87% 790 1290.8 13% 0.09 10.1% rec.humor
8 21000 1894 99% 169 371.5 57% 0.03 9.1% comp.sources.d
9 20000 1807 99% 750 1238.4 20% 0.12 8.7% comp.unix.wizards
10 19000 1792 91% 219 252.8 39% 0.02 8.6% misc.forsale
11 19000 1776 97% 595 1038.2 10% 0.10 8.5% comp.lang.c
12 18000 1683 99% 26 200.8 16% 0.02 8.1% news.announce.newusers
13 18000 1670 98% 405 652.3 24% 0.07 8.0% comp.unix.questions
14 18000 1654 98% 1270 2125.8 9% 0.22 7.9% comp.sys.mac
15 18000 1651 97% 158 254.1 14% 0.03 7.9% comp.graphics
16 17000 1538 96% 110 4203.4 3% 0.45 7.4% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
17 17000 1533 99% 140 161.2 44% 0.02 7.4% misc.wanted
18 17000 1520 99% 232 316.4 30% 0.04 7.3% comp.sources.wanted
19 16000 1494 97% 174 310.3 34% 0.04 7.2% comp.misc
20 16000 1472 99% 573 1139.2 24% 0.13 7.1% news.groups
21 16000 1440 91% 357 654.4 33% 0.07 6.9% misc.consumers
22 16000 1436 89% 1060 1815.7 8% 0.19 6.9% soc.singles
23 15000 1395 97% 414 844.1 16% 0.10 6.7% comp.arch
24 15000 1349 99% 52 114.7 12% 0.01 6.5% comp.sources.bugs
25 14000 1306 97% 1366 2454.8 6% 0.32 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
26 14000 1284 99% 280 644.5 30% 0.09 6.2% news.admin
27 14000 1273 98% 4 7.1 0% 0.00 6.1% comp.newprod
28 14000 1270 95% 79 151.8 18% 0.02 6.1% misc.jobs.misc
29 14000 1269 97% 397 723.5 6% 0.10 6.1% sci.space
30 14000 1268 98% 75 134.2 10% 0.02 6.1% comp.databases
31 13000 1239 73% 7 190.0 0% 0.02 5.9% alt.sources
32 13000 1178 97% 58 89.5 31% 0.01 5.7% misc.misc
33 13000 1177 96% 258 633.4 6% 0.09 5.6% comp.ai
34 13000 1173 90% 1246 2246.3 5% 0.30 5.6% rec.arts.startrek
35 13000 1163 98% 24 468.6 0% 0.07 5.6% comp.risks
36 13000 1157 89% 55 95.0 6% 0.01 5.5% rec.nude
37 12000 1135 99% 84 345.0 18% 0.05 5.4% news.misc
38 12000 1123 91% 266 409.0 14% 0.06 5.4% misc.consumers.house
39 12000 1111 82% 1791 2281.4 6% 0.30 5.3% talk.bizarre
40 12000 1078 90% 606 1316.2 20% 0.19 5.2% soc.womenreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 33000 3144 98% 8 37.7 0% 0.00 16.1% news.announce.conferences
2 28000 2742 99% 57 2419.0 2% 0.16 14.1% comp.sources.unix
3 25000 2403 94% 142 299.1 8% 0.02 12.3% misc.jobs.offered
4 25000 2402 97% 808 1322.1 13% 0.10 12.3% comp.sys.ibm.pc
5 24000 2276 84% 61 136.1 0% 0.01 11.7% rec.humor.funny
6 22000 2084 99% 39 842.3 0% 0.07 10.7% comp.sources.misc
7 20000 1934 86% 602 913.6 11% 0.08 9.9% rec.humor
8 19000 1842 99% 148 231.7 13% 0.02 9.4% comp.sources.d
9 18000 1721 56% 255 527.0 3% 0.03 8.8% alt.sex
10 18000 1704 90% 279 296.9 29% 0.03 8.7% misc.forsale
11 17000 1680 99% 650 1632.2 15% 0.18 8.6% comp.unix.wizards
12 17000 1675 97% 472 787.1 10% 0.09 8.6% comp.lang.c
13 17000 1602 97% 408 849.4 19% 0.09 8.2% comp.unix.questions
14 16000 1587 98% 79 4114.0 0% 0.49 8.1% comp.sources.games
15 16000 1544 98% 1162 1725.9 7% 0.20 7.9% comp.sys.mac
16 16000 1508 98% 110 109.8 38% 0.01 7.7% misc.wanted
17 15000 1499 97% 160 223.0 16% 0.03 7.7% comp.graphics
18 15000 1448 96% 100 176.1 34% 0.02 7.4% comp.misc
19 15000 1437 95% 60 1997.1 2% 0.24 7.4% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
20 15000 1426 99% 488 1019.4 25% 0.13 7.3% news.groups
21 14000 1397 98% 452 896.8 23% 0.12 7.2% news.admin
22 14000 1384 98% 289 638.0 4% 0.09 7.1% comp.arch
23 14000 1383 98% 172 211.2 27% 0.03 7.1% comp.sources.wanted
24 14000 1378 90% 406 613.1 21% 0.08 7.1% misc.consumers
25 14000 1359 88% 1269 2184.7 4% 0.26 7.0% soc.singles
26 14000 1344 95% 52 81.1 22% 0.01 6.9% misc.jobs.misc
27 13000 1298 98% 53 138.1 10% 0.02 6.7% comp.sources.bugs
28 13000 1253 99% 72 129.3 65% 0.02 6.4% news.misc
29 12000 1175 96% 178 356.1 14% 0.05 6.0% sci.space
30 12000 1162 89% 282 393.8 10% 0.06 6.0% misc.consumers.house
31 12000 1160 94% 709 1250.3 9% 0.19 5.9% rec.arts.sf-lovers
32 12000 1159 98% 10 28.8 0% 0.00 5.9% comp.newprod
33 12000 1132 96% 131 192.2 36% 0.03 5.8% misc.misc
34 12000 1126 99% 81 179.9 20% 0.03 5.8% comp.databases
35 12000 1126 99% 2 3.8 100% 0.00 5.8% news.announce.important
36 12000 1122 89% 706 1236.4 6% 0.18 5.8% rec.arts.startrek
37 11000 1089 96% 1262 2438.9 7% 0.41 5.6% comp.sys.amiga
38 11000 1053 96% 118 286.6 14% 0.05 5.4% comp.ai
39 11000 1025 96% 395 810.5 2% 0.14 5.3% comp.sys.atari.st
40 11000 1019 98% 11 215.0 0% 0.04 5.2% comp.risksreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 34000 3105 99% 15 78.2 0% 0.00 16.4% news.announce.conferences
2 29000 2603 99% 27 1133.3 4% 0.07 13.7% comp.sources.unix
3 26000 2328 85% 39 57.8 0% 0.00 12.3% rec.humor.funny
4 26000 2317 95% 159 352.4 8% 0.02 12.2% misc.jobs.offered
5 25000 2251 97% 831 1454.8 10% 0.11 11.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
6 22000 2011 86% 900 1087.6 5% 0.08 10.6% rec.humor
7 21000 1872 99% 25 423.1 0% 0.04 9.9% comp.sources.misc
8 19000 1762 60% 893 1385.3 13% 0.08 9.3% alt.sex
9 19000 1755 99% 123 228.5 20% 0.02 9.2% comp.sources.d
10 19000 1711 89% 249 290.5 30% 0.03 9.0% misc.forsale
11 19000 1703 99% 417 1148.3 5% 0.11 9.0% comp.unix.wizards
12 18000 1652 98% 1234 1829.5 9% 0.19 8.7% comp.sys.mac
13 18000 1629 98% 116 120.8 33% 0.01 8.6% misc.wanted
14 18000 1611 97% 504 1020.7 25% 0.10 8.5% comp.lang.c
15 18000 1588 97% 603 1062.9 14% 0.11 8.4% comp.unix.questions
16 17000 1513 97% 200 427.1 19% 0.05 8.0% comp.graphics
17 16000 1491 98% 57 2909.1 0% 0.34 7.9% comp.sources.games
18 16000 1414 99% 195 236.3 35% 0.03 7.4% comp.sources.wanted
19 16000 1413 90% 517 896.9 33% 0.09 7.4% misc.consumers
20 15000 1359 96% 191 360.3 27% 0.04 7.2% comp.misc
21 15000 1350 87% 1567 2704.2 2% 0.30 7.1% soc.singles
22 15000 1341 95% 20 600.5 0% 0.07 7.1% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
23 15000 1337 99% 279 612.9 64% 0.08 7.0% news.admin
24 14000 1314 98% 436 1043.1 9% 0.14 6.9% comp.arch
25 14000 1276 95% 147 282.8 12% 0.04 6.7% misc.jobs.misc
26 14000 1253 99% 204 396.4 59% 0.05 6.6% news.groups
27 13000 1212 99% 81 710.8 9% 0.10 6.4% comp.sources.bugs
28 13000 1204 94% 680 1208.8 12% 0.17 6.3% rec.arts.sf-lovers
29 13000 1162 99% 35 92.8 12% 0.01 6.1% news.misc
30 13000 1160 96% 333 815.1 15% 0.11 6.1% sci.space
31 12000 1130 89% 292 472.8 8% 0.07 6.0% misc.consumers.house
32 12000 1105 96% 255 342.3 27% 0.05 5.8% misc.misc
33 12000 1071 97% 52 1552.4 0% 0.24 5.6% comp.binaries.mac
34 12000 1069 96% 117 229.2 55% 0.03 5.6% comp.ai
35 12000 1064 99% 8 61.4 0% 0.01 5.6% news.announce.newusers
36 12000 1043 88% 260 415.5 8% 0.06 5.5% rec.travel
37 11000 1042 99% 99 206.5 9% 0.03 5.5% comp.databases
38 11000 1036 96% 744 1410.1 8% 0.23 5.5% comp.sys.amiga
39 11000 1024 94% 1080 1838.5 16% 0.30 5.4% rec.music.misc
40 11000 1019 98% 18 318.0 0% 0.05 5.4% comp.risksreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 39000 3085 99% 24 115.8 0% 0.01 15.5% news.announce.conferences
2 32000 2565 88% 46 82.4 2% 0.00 12.9% rec.humor.funny
3 29000 2313 99% 1 38.7 100% 0.00 11.6% comp.sources.unix
4 29000 2306 95% 132 284.4 5% 0.02 11.6% misc.jobs.offered
5 27000 2177 96% 1051 1591.1 16% 0.10 10.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
6 25000 2018 99% 32 935.9 0% 0.06 10.1% comp.sources.misc
7 24000 1894 85% 882 1014.0 10% 0.06 9.5% rec.humor
8 23000 1814 61% 426 641.1 12% 0.03 9.1% alt.sex
9 23000 1795 99% 68 130.5 23% 0.01 9.0% comp.sources.d
10 22000 1754 98% 1046 1517.6 10% 0.12 8.8% comp.sys.mac
11 22000 1728 97% 125 139.3 34% 0.01 8.7% misc.wanted
12 22000 1726 89% 249 268.6 37% 0.02 8.6% misc.forsale
13 22000 1715 99% 564 1028.8 10% 0.08 8.6% comp.unix.wizards
14 21000 1675 97% 639 1039.1 23% 0.08 8.4% comp.lang.c
15 21000 1642 97% 399 644.9 19% 0.05 8.2% comp.unix.questions
16 20000 1630 97% 174 831.5 10% 0.07 8.2% comp.graphics
17 20000 1613 99% 7 59.2 0% 0.01 8.1% news.announce.newusers
18 18000 1425 89% 577 987.9 56% 0.09 7.1% misc.consumers
19 18000 1412 95% 81 2624.1 0% 0.24 7.1% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
20 18000 1405 97% 293 492.4 20% 0.05 7.0% comp.misc
21 17000 1390 98% 8 217.9 0% 0.02 7.0% comp.sources.games
22 17000 1385 98% 268 600.9 10% 0.06 6.9% comp.arch
23 17000 1376 98% 90 239.7 43% 0.02 6.9% news.admin
24 17000 1367 99% 203 227.0 25% 0.02 6.9% comp.sources.wanted
25 16000 1283 96% 215 349.9 5% 0.04 6.4% misc.misc
26 16000 1254 87% 1666 2809.5 8% 0.27 6.3% soc.singles
27 15000 1233 99% 46 120.0 12% 0.01 6.2% comp.sources.bugs
28 15000 1216 95% 165 277.4 8% 0.03 6.1% misc.jobs.misc
29 15000 1186 94% 905 1726.9 10% 0.19 5.9% rec.arts.sf-lovers
30 15000 1179 88% 266 376.5 8% 0.04 5.9% misc.consumers.house
31 15000 1168 98% 100 158.5 36% 0.02 5.9% news.groups
32 14000 1088 96% 73 183.0 54% 0.02 5.5% comp.ai
33 13000 1067 97% 54 1731.4 0% 0.23 5.3% comp.binaries.mac
34 13000 1055 99% 98 140.9 7% 0.02 5.3% comp.lang.c++
35 13000 1053 98% 13 284.1 0% 0.04 5.3% comp.risks
36 13000 1049 88% 192 286.8 15% 0.03 5.3% rec.travel
37 13000 1028 99% 46 70.6 12% 0.01 5.2% news.misc
38 13000 1027 98% 26 55.5 0% 0.01 5.1% comp.compilers
39 13000 1026 99% 101 215.4 3% 0.03 5.1% comp.databases
40 13000 1021 96% 1085 1893.2 6% 0.24 5.1% comp.sys.amigareid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 40000 2911 98% 20 73.3 0% 0.00 14.8% news.announce.conferences
2 35000 2493 89% 49 94.3 0% 0.00 12.7% rec.humor.funny
3 32000 2340 95% 139 259.0 5% 0.01 11.9% misc.jobs.offered
4 28000 2046 96% 1265 2619.1 13% 0.16 10.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
5 28000 1990 99% 38 1722.1 8% 0.11 10.1% comp.sources.unix
6 27000 1919 59% 368 678.9 5% 0.03 9.7% alt.sex
7 26000 1874 99% 75 2607.6 0% 0.18 9.5% comp.sources.misc
8 26000 1843 85% 601 807.5 21% 0.05 9.4% rec.humor
9 24000 1741 98% 1203 1864.1 11% 0.14 8.8% comp.sys.mac
10 24000 1729 99% 536 853.9 12% 0.06 8.8% comp.unix.wizards
11 23000 1693 97% 708 1221.6 16% 0.09 8.6% comp.lang.c
12 23000 1689 88% 286 318.2 25% 0.02 8.6% misc.forsale
13 23000 1669 97% 406 561.1 29% 0.04 8.5% comp.unix.questions
14 23000 1657 97% 118 127.1 32% 0.01 8.4% misc.wanted
15 21000 1533 99% 5 55.6 0% 0.00 7.8% news.announce.newusers
16 21000 1522 99% 95 168.2 9% 0.01 7.7% comp.sources.d
17 21000 1484 98% 5 130.9 0% 0.01 7.5% comp.sources.games
18 20000 1464 97% 177 933.1 10% 0.08 7.4% comp.graphics
19 20000 1448 99% 250 373.8 38% 0.03 7.4% comp.sources.wanted
20 20000 1427 98% 190 354.9 12% 0.03 7.2% comp.arch
21 20000 1415 97% 369 604.6 24% 0.05 7.2% comp.misc
22 19000 1336 96% 136 197.6 20% 0.02 6.8% misc.misc
23 18000 1326 89% 435 708.6 33% 0.06 6.7% misc.consumers
24 18000 1308 87% 964 1572.0 11% 0.14 6.6% soc.singles
25 18000 1291 98% 272 592.2 40% 0.06 6.6% news.admin
26 18000 1289 96% 37 1005.7 3% 0.10 6.5% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
27 17000 1255 98% 183 320.2 40% 0.03 6.4% news.groups
28 17000 1218 95% 94 175.7 11% 0.02 6.2% misc.jobs.misc
29 16000 1187 99% 110 302.7 5% 0.03 6.0% comp.sources.bugs
30 16000 1134 96% 135 211.6 17% 0.02 5.8% comp.ai
31 16000 1118 99% 145 249.3 14% 0.03 5.7% comp.lang.c++
32 15000 1110 88% 277 480.6 20% 0.05 5.6% misc.consumers.house
33 15000 1108 94% 1029 1958.3 5% 0.22 5.6% rec.arts.sf-lovers
34 15000 1090 98% 85 169.0 14% 0.02 5.5% news.misc
35 15000 1079 97% 42 1387.3 0% 0.16 5.5% comp.binaries.mac
36 15000 1072 98% 17 318.1 0% 0.04 5.4% comp.risks
37 14000 1027 88% 652 1053.8 16% 0.12 5.2% rec.arts.movies
38 14000 1022 96% 1103 1923.9 8% 0.24 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
39 14000 1008 88% 661 1156.7 6% 0.13 5.1% rec.arts.startrek
40 14000 1003 99% 201 619.8 13% 0.08 5.1% comp.emacsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 56000 3792 98% 24 99.0 0% 0.00 15.2% news.announce.conferences
2 42000 2816 87% 68 138.2 5% 0.01 11.3% rec.humor.funny
3 41000 2792 98% 39 1490.2 8% 0.07 11.2% comp.sources.unix
4 41000 2759 96% 1009 1583.6 10% 0.07 11.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc
5 39000 2648 99% 6 70.7 0% 0.00 10.6% news.announce.newusers
6 37000 2526 95% 178 312.4 8% 0.01 10.2% misc.jobs.offered
7 37000 2510 97% 342 544.0 16% 0.03 10.1% comp.unix.questions
8 34000 2303 98% 33 657.8 0% 0.04 9.3% comp.sources.misc
9 33000 2243 87% 282 302.7 36% 0.01 9.0% misc.forsale
10 32000 2192 60% 781 1140.3 8% 0.04 8.8% alt.sex
11 30000 2056 84% 1133 1673.2 3% 0.09 8.3% rec.humor
12 29000 1979 99% 875 1514.5 18% 0.09 8.0% comp.unix.wizards
13 28000 1927 98% 324 621.1 34% 0.04 7.7% news.groups
14 28000 1915 98% 120 199.9 18% 0.01 7.7% comp.sources.d
15 28000 1905 97% 668 1131.4 11% 0.07 7.7% comp.lang.c
16 27000 1819 97% 1237 2029.9 14% 0.13 7.3% comp.sys.mac
17 27000 1804 97% 237 518.0 9% 0.03 7.3% comp.misc
18 26000 1776 97% 133 141.6 41% 0.01 7.1% misc.wanted
19 25000 1721 97% 252 439.2 21% 0.03 6.9% comp.graphics
20 24000 1652 98% 287 565.3 57% 0.04 6.6% news.admin
21 23000 1587 98% 425 821.1 5% 0.06 6.4% comp.arch
22 23000 1572 98% 211 252.6 28% 0.02 6.3% comp.sources.wanted
23 22000 1515 95% 41 1569.9 0% 0.12 6.1% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
24 22000 1508 98% 213 373.4 61% 0.03 6.1% news.misc
25 22000 1502 68% 385 730.6 10% 0.04 6.0% comp.sys.next
26 22000 1481 98% 10 521.9 0% 0.04 6.0% comp.sources.games
27 21000 1446 86% 1541 2375.5 4% 0.18 5.8% soc.singles
28 21000 1439 97% 18 61.0 0% 0.01 5.8% comp.newprod
29 21000 1415 99% 3 10.9 67% 0.00 5.7% news.announce.important
30 20000 1376 88% 484 757.2 34% 0.06 5.5% misc.consumers
31 20000 1370 87% 385 567.7 9% 0.05 5.5% misc.consumers.house
32 19000 1276 95% 113 189.4 2% 0.02 5.1% misc.jobs.misc
33 19000 1256 96% 249 471.5 38% 0.04 5.1% comp.ai
34 18000 1243 98% 70 510.0 6% 0.05 5.0% comp.sources.bugs
35 18000 1240 80% 15 308.3 14% 0.03 5.0% alt.sources
36 18000 1238 96% 152 196.6 26% 0.02 5.0% misc.misc
37 18000 1233 87% 1087 2202.6 2% 0.20 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
38 18000 1232 98% 18 155.3 53% 0.02 5.0% news.lists
39 18000 1228 98% 17 341.6 0% 0.03 4.9% comp.risks
40 18000 1204 88% 665 864.0 2% 0.08 4.8% rec.arts.moviesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 53000 3457 98% 22 91.6 0% 0.00 14.5% news.announce.conferences
2 43000 2771 87% 52 107.6 0% 0.00 11.6% rec.humor.funny
3 42000 2711 97% 1006 1925.9 13% 0.08 11.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
4 38000 2448 95% 130 266.2 7% 0.01 10.3% misc.jobs.offered
5 37000 2400 99% 6 72.0 0% 0.00 10.1% news.announce.newusers
6 35000 2276 97% 377 510.2 14% 0.02 9.5% comp.unix.questions
7 34000 2211 98% 55 1667.0 2% 0.08 9.3% comp.sources.unix
8 32000 2088 87% 295 331.6 43% 0.02 8.8% misc.forsale
9 32000 2086 98% 33 972.4 0% 0.05 8.7% comp.sources.misc
10 31000 2036 59% 485 705.6 10% 0.02 8.5% alt.sex
11 30000 1933 84% 773 3247.8 3% 0.16 8.1% rec.humor
12 28000 1823 98% 165 336.9 25% 0.02 7.6% news.groups
13 28000 1793 99% 559 1134.4 15% 0.07 7.5% comp.unix.wizards
14 27000 1754 97% 645 1156.6 11% 0.07 7.4% comp.lang.c
15 26000 1690 97% 1014 1636.1 13% 0.11 7.1% comp.sys.mac
16 25000 1609 97% 129 129.0 44% 0.01 6.7% misc.wanted
17 24000 1573 97% 180 476.1 14% 0.03 6.6% comp.misc
18 24000 1557 98% 105 144.8 14% 0.01 6.5% comp.sources.d
19 24000 1550 98% 118 214.7 29% 0.02 6.5% news.misc
20 23000 1509 97% 203 381.7 14% 0.03 6.3% comp.graphics
21 23000 1471 98% 206 465.3 38% 0.04 6.2% news.admin
22 22000 1455 98% 267 688.0 15% 0.05 6.1% comp.arch
23 22000 1401 96% 31 1062.3 0% 0.08 5.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
24 21000 1387 97% 4 117.1 0% 0.01 5.8% comp.sources.games
25 21000 1376 80% 147 282.7 11% 0.02 5.8% comp.sys.next
26 21000 1354 98% 201 206.1 29% 0.02 5.7% comp.sources.wanted
27 21000 1333 87% 323 496.4 21% 0.04 5.6% misc.consumers
28 20000 1276 86% 1809 3102.4 6% 0.24 5.3% soc.singles
29 19000 1212 95% 103 174.7 4% 0.02 5.1% misc.jobs.misc
30 19000 1206 81% 21 29.4 5% 0.00 5.1% alt.sources
31 18000 1196 87% 1093 2772.8 0% 0.24 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
32 17000 1131 98% 16 117.1 0% 0.01 4.7% comp.sources.bugs
33 17000 1128 96% 1444 2524.0 8% 0.25 4.7% comp.sys.amiga
34 17000 1127 87% 267 428.8 13% 0.04 4.7% misc.consumers.house
35 17000 1120 98% 18 159.6 53% 0.02 4.7% news.lists
36 17000 1120 96% 75 186.2 37% 0.02 4.7% comp.periphs
37 17000 1119 98% 13 290.9 0% 0.03 4.7% comp.risks
38 17000 1119 95% 48 225.2 4% 0.02 4.7% misc.jobs.resumes
39 17000 1114 95% 122 188.0 40% 0.02 4.7% misc.misc
40 17000 1097 88% 510 887.4 17% 0.08 4.6% rec.arts.moviesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/05/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 59000 3071 93% 58 145.4 0% 0.00 13.8% rec.humor.funny
2 50000 2577 97% 45 266.8 0% 0.01 11.5% news.announce.conferences
3 46000 2365 94% 182 354.2 8% 0.01 10.6% misc.jobs.offered
4 43000 2253 98% 83 3452.5 4% 0.13 10.1% comp.sources.unix
5 41000 2137 96% 1144 1711.8 12% 0.07 9.6% comp.sys.ibm.pc
6 40000 2100 63% 1136 1967.6 29% 0.05 9.4% alt.sex
7 39000 2045 85% 784 1152.5 7% 0.04 9.2% rec.humor
8 36000 1885 97% 1573 2329.1 9% 0.10 8.4% comp.sys.mac
9 35000 1839 98% 6 73.7 0% 0.00 8.2% news.announce.newusers
10 34000 1743 87% 447 508.0 26% 0.02 7.8% misc.forsale
11 32000 1688 98% 4 13.1 75% 0.00 7.6% news.announce.important
12 29000 1499 98% 47 688.5 0% 0.04 6.7% comp.sources.misc
13 29000 1485 96% 579 896.0 9% 0.05 6.6% comp.lang.c
14 28000 1474 96% 351 789.9 14% 0.04 6.6% comp.graphics
15 28000 1464 97% 124 239.2 11% 0.01 6.6% comp.sources.d
16 28000 1429 92% 968 1372.2 6% 0.07 6.4% rec.arts.movies
17 27000 1413 96% 189 213.5 32% 0.01 6.3% misc.wanted
18 27000 1387 98% 290 560.5 16% 0.03 6.2% comp.unix.wizards
19 27000 1377 98% 820 1592.1 30% 0.09 6.2% news.groups
20 26000 1356 85% 1963 4226.6 17% 0.23 6.1% soc.singles
21 25000 1308 95% 268 548.4 37% 0.03 5.9% comp.misc
22 25000 1307 96% 486 715.5 18% 0.05 5.9% comp.unix.questions
23 25000 1293 97% 22 737.1 0% 0.05 5.8% comp.sources.games
24 25000 1273 94% 106 3565.1 0% 0.22 5.7% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
25 24000 1261 98% 273 634.3 17% 0.04 5.6% news.admin
26 24000 1261 94% 208 347.8 15% 0.02 5.6% misc.jobs.misc
27 24000 1226 87% 414 715.1 23% 0.04 5.5% misc.consumers
28 23000 1214 97% 517 1084.1 13% 0.07 5.4% comp.arch
29 23000 1206 98% 75 132.1 57% 0.01 5.4% news.misc
30 23000 1197 82% 110 2705.1 10% 0.16 5.4% alt.sources
31 22000 1159 88% 1155 2180.5 4% 0.14 5.2% rec.arts.startrek
32 22000 1137 97% 245 264.9 23% 0.02 5.1% comp.sources.wanted
33 22000 1123 96% 75 2349.2 0% 0.17 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
34 21000 1096 95% 1348 2349.8 5% 0.18 4.9% comp.sys.amiga
35 20000 1038 97% 32 129.4 3% 0.01 4.6% comp.newprod
36 20000 1036 98% 46 320.1 5% 0.03 4.6% comp.sources.bugs
37 20000 1034 91% 151 215.6 7% 0.02 4.6% comp.sys.next
38 19000 1010 98% 13 278.2 0% 0.02 4.5% comp.risks
39 19000 971 95% 215 320.5 27% 0.03 4.3% sci.electronics
40 19000 970 85% 496 1220.5 24% 0.09 4.3% soc.womenreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/17/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 51000 3634 99% 18 92.1 0% 0.00 16.3% news.announce.conferences
2 38000 2691 88% 76 136.8 0% 0.01 12.1% rec.humor.funny
3 35000 2509 97% 405 567.0 30% 0.03 11.3% comp.unix.questions
4 33000 2347 95% 130 283.9 5% 0.01 10.5% misc.jobs.offered
5 33000 2339 99% 9 438.0 0% 0.02 10.5% comp.sources.unix
6 33000 2308 99% 5 56.2 0% 0.00 10.4% news.announce.newusers
7 31000 2213 96% 921 1455.4 17% 0.08 9.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
8 31000 2169 59% 720 1324.6 6% 0.04 9.7% alt.sex
9 29000 2085 99% 54 1248.2 0% 0.08 9.4% comp.sources.misc
10 28000 1978 85% 705 856.3 9% 0.05 8.9% rec.humor
11 26000 1858 89% 421 458.8 34% 0.03 8.3% misc.forsale
12 25000 1797 97% 1330 2010.6 13% 0.14 8.1% comp.sys.mac
13 25000 1796 97% 651 1103.5 9% 0.08 8.1% comp.lang.c
14 25000 1771 97% 152 156.1 37% 0.01 8.0% misc.wanted
15 25000 1740 99% 514 776.0 14% 0.05 7.8% comp.unix.wizards
16 23000 1610 99% 160 233.1 18% 0.02 7.2% comp.sources.d
17 22000 1541 97% 178 360.6 37% 0.03 6.9% comp.misc
18 22000 1536 97% 221 400.6 27% 0.03 6.9% comp.graphics
19 22000 1535 98% 522 1136.8 24% 0.09 6.9% comp.arch
20 21000 1525 99% 213 229.1 27% 0.02 6.8% comp.sources.wanted
21 21000 1486 98% 402 672.4 22% 0.06 6.7% news.groups
22 20000 1401 98% 215 383.2 23% 0.03 6.3% news.admin
23 19000 1334 87% 1067 1844.3 6% 0.15 6.0% soc.singles
24 19000 1331 95% 36 1246.7 0% 0.11 6.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
25 19000 1327 98% 13 686.7 0% 0.06 6.0% comp.sources.games
26 18000 1265 98% 79 140.2 27% 0.01 5.7% news.misc
27 18000 1263 89% 483 799.3 22% 0.07 5.7% misc.consumers
28 17000 1231 96% 112 154.9 16% 0.02 5.5% misc.misc
29 17000 1229 98% 152 308.9 14% 0.03 5.5% comp.lang.c++
30 17000 1177 99% 49 191.8 11% 0.02 5.3% comp.sources.bugs
31 16000 1165 95% 112 170.8 3% 0.02 5.2% misc.jobs.misc
32 16000 1135 98% 22 71.5 0% 0.01 5.1% comp.newprod
33 16000 1120 94% 763 1588.5 4% 0.17 5.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
34 16000 1103 88% 935 1495.1 3% 0.15 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
35 15000 1097 96% 145 216.8 15% 0.02 4.9% comp.ai
36 15000 1095 97% 68 1813.0 0% 0.21 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
37 15000 1083 88% 311 465.2 3% 0.05 4.9% misc.consumers.house
38 15000 1075 96% 1326 2327.4 7% 0.26 4.8% comp.sys.amiga
39 15000 1049 87% 71 221.5 13% 0.02 4.7% rec.nude
40 15000 1046 89% 635 817.9 8% 0.09 4.7% rec.arts.moviesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 65000 3079 93% 55 136.9 0% 0.00 13.0% rec.humor.funny
2 58000 2763 97% 39 199.2 0% 0.01 11.7% news.announce.conferences
3 57000 2722 98% 0 0.0 0% 0.00 11.5% news.announce.important
4 51000 2411 64% 1355 2232.3 7% 0.05 10.2% alt.sex
5 50000 2357 95% 1156 1939.0 11% 0.06 10.0% comp.sys.ibm.pc
6 49000 2336 93% 166 327.6 8% 0.01 9.9% misc.jobs.offered
7 45000 2151 97% 41 1863.9 0% 0.06 9.1% comp.sources.unix
8 43000 2044 98% 6 73.8 0% 0.00 8.6% news.announce.newusers
9 41000 1933 97% 1625 2477.5 8% 0.09 8.2% comp.sys.mac
10 40000 1891 86% 550 622.7 27% 0.02 8.0% misc.forsale
11 39000 1874 84% 1294 1551.9 5% 0.05 7.9% rec.humor
12 35000 1653 95% 900 1426.7 8% 0.06 7.0% comp.lang.c
13 33000 1550 92% 715 1124.4 6% 0.05 6.6% rec.arts.movies
14 32000 1502 98% 482 717.6 12% 0.04 6.4% comp.unix.wizards
15 31000 1494 95% 198 197.3 31% 0.01 6.3% misc.wanted
16 31000 1486 94% 722 1416.7 40% 0.07 6.3% sci.physics
17 30000 1417 97% 16 481.7 0% 0.03 6.0% comp.sources.misc
18 29000 1391 98% 583 1122.4 22% 0.06 5.9% news.groups
19 29000 1383 95% 138 293.5 16% 0.02 5.9% comp.misc
20 29000 1366 96% 563 825.2 18% 0.04 5.8% comp.unix.questions
21 29000 1357 98% 229 482.8 29% 0.03 5.7% news.admin
22 29000 1357 97% 64 126.0 12% 0.01 5.7% comp.sources.d
23 29000 1357 95% 347 853.5 14% 0.05 5.7% comp.graphics
24 28000 1327 84% 1730 3165.4 5% 0.15 5.6% soc.singles
25 27000 1269 84% 21 258.9 10% 0.01 5.4% alt.sources
26 26000 1242 96% 408 1029.3 5% 0.06 5.3% comp.arch
27 26000 1240 94% 50 1509.4 0% 0.09 5.2% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
28 26000 1238 93% 176 351.3 5% 0.02 5.2% misc.jobs.misc
29 26000 1219 94% 1652 2532.0 5% 0.15 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
30 25000 1179 96% 30 1265.8 0% 0.08 5.0% comp.sources.games
31 25000 1163 95% 64 1801.3 0% 0.11 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
32 24000 1147 86% 1303 2103.0 2% 0.12 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
33 24000 1146 86% 532 962.3 28% 0.06 4.8% misc.consumers
34 23000 1109 47% 940 1964.1 19% 0.06 4.7% alt.fusion
35 23000 1091 97% 257 394.1 21% 0.03 4.6% comp.sources.wanted
36 23000 1082 97% 124 279.0 25% 0.02 4.6% news.misc
37 23000 1068 95% 240 438.9 10% 0.03 4.5% sci.electronics
38 22000 1024 97% 19 373.7 0% 0.03 4.3% comp.risks
39 22000 1022 89% 23 104.8 5% 0.01 4.3% rec.arts.movies.reviews
40 21000 1017 92% 837 1591.8 6% 0.11 4.3% rec.arts.sf-loversreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/02/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 67000 3156 94% 67 116.3 5% 0.00 13.0% rec.humor.funny
2 59000 2767 97% 19 122.4 0% 0.00 11.4% news.announce.conferences
3 56000 2629 65% 1183 2455.9 13% 0.05 10.8% alt.sex
4 49000 2323 93% 204 414.6 8% 0.01 9.5% misc.jobs.offered
5 46000 2162 85% 505 565.7 29% 0.02 8.9% misc.forsale
6 45000 2130 97% 7 81.2 14% 0.00 8.8% news.announce.newusers
7 44000 2062 95% 1218 2156.2 17% 0.07 8.5% comp.sys.ibm.pc
8 42000 2000 83% 1422 2077.6 2% 0.07 8.2% rec.humor
9 37000 1743 97% 1545 2277.2 10% 0.10 7.2% comp.sys.mac
10 35000 1638 95% 398 740.1 13% 0.03 6.7% comp.graphics
11 35000 1633 98% 22 861.5 0% 0.04 6.7% comp.sources.misc
12 33000 1544 93% 1055 1600.1 3% 0.07 6.3% rec.arts.movies
13 32000 1514 98% 567 959.0 4% 0.05 6.2% comp.unix.wizards
14 30000 1439 95% 722 1190.8 7% 0.06 5.9% comp.lang.c
15 30000 1407 95% 200 179.4 29% 0.01 5.8% misc.wanted
16 30000 1406 96% 653 993.4 15% 0.05 5.8% comp.unix.questions
17 29000 1376 96% 557 1088.8 14% 0.06 5.7% sci.physics
18 29000 1366 93% 183 350.0 6% 0.02 5.6% misc.jobs.misc
19 28000 1329 97% 448 897.4 21% 0.05 5.5% news.groups
20 28000 1320 98% 96 275.6 11% 0.02 5.4% comp.sources.d
21 28000 1301 83% 1536 2753.0 2% 0.13 5.3% soc.singles
22 27000 1257 95% 185 461.4 28% 0.03 5.2% comp.misc
23 26000 1232 85% 52 174.9 2% 0.01 5.1% alt.sources
24 26000 1229 96% 5 176.3 0% 0.01 5.0% comp.sources.games
25 26000 1206 97% 499 1159.7 3% 0.07 5.0% comp.arch
26 25000 1199 85% 1363 2878.9 2% 0.16 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
27 25000 1182 95% 71 2122.5 0% 0.13 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
28 25000 1167 94% 49 1712.0 0% 0.10 4.8% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
29 25000 1161 98% 17 725.6 6% 0.05 4.8% comp.sources.unix
30 24000 1151 97% 313 364.0 39% 0.02 4.7% comp.sources.wanted
31 24000 1150 97% 145 326.2 18% 0.02 4.7% news.admin
32 24000 1143 63% 465 1080.5 17% 0.05 4.7% alt.fusion
33 24000 1137 97% 90 139.6 19% 0.01 4.7% news.misc
34 23000 1108 95% 1505 2511.2 7% 0.17 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
35 23000 1098 97% 684 1058.1 5% 0.07 4.5% comp.windows.x
36 23000 1079 85% 341 579.5 10% 0.03 4.4% misc.consumers
37 22000 1059 93% 1102 1871.1 6% 0.13 4.4% rec.arts.sf-lovers
38 22000 1057 94% 280 430.0 13% 0.03 4.3% sci.electronics
39 22000 1048 93% 216 1124.6 1% 0.08 4.3% misc.jobs.resumes
40 22000 1047 85% 723 1322.4 15% 0.08 4.3% rec.autosreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 66000 3251 94% 52 116.5 0% 0.00 13.2% rec.humor.funny
2 57000 2822 98% 25 170.9 0% 0.01 11.5% news.announce.conferences
3 53000 2607 93% 261 543.0 14% 0.02 10.6% misc.jobs.offered
4 48000 2386 95% 1152 1672.4 16% 0.06 9.7% comp.sys.ibm.pc
5 46000 2284 86% 459 519.6 33% 0.02 9.3% misc.forsale
6 45000 2239 66% 1397 2381.2 11% 0.06 9.1% alt.sex
7 44000 2167 84% 1096 1410.9 2% 0.05 8.8% rec.humor
8 40000 1984 98% 81 3829.6 1% 0.17 8.1% comp.sources.unix
9 40000 1982 96% 301 711.0 14% 0.03 8.1% comp.graphics
10 40000 1972 98% 7 81.7 14% 0.00 8.0% news.announce.newusers
11 37000 1817 97% 1286 1764.5 9% 0.08 7.4% comp.sys.mac
12 36000 1789 93% 1586 2908.0 7% 0.13 7.3% rec.arts.movies
13 35000 1741 95% 151 150.4 33% 0.01 7.1% misc.wanted
14 34000 1705 98% 57 2467.0 0% 0.13 6.9% comp.sources.misc
15 33000 1631 97% 640 1153.7 24% 0.06 6.6% news.groups
16 33000 1630 98% 451 926.9 10% 0.05 6.6% comp.unix.wizards
17 33000 1609 96% 552 919.9 9% 0.05 6.5% comp.lang.c
18 32000 1576 96% 544 800.1 11% 0.04 6.4% comp.unix.questions
19 31000 1517 90% 3579 8919.6 3% 0.46 6.2% soc.culture.china
20 30000 1489 98% 157 292.1 20% 0.02 6.1% news.misc
21 30000 1476 95% 76 3008.1 0% 0.17 6.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
22 29000 1445 96% 110 236.3 32% 0.01 5.9% comp.misc
23 28000 1378 94% 196 307.5 7% 0.02 5.6% misc.jobs.misc
24 28000 1369 85% 169 898.6 31% 0.05 5.6% alt.sources
25 27000 1355 97% 407 749.9 13% 0.05 5.5% comp.arch
26 27000 1335 97% 207 447.8 15% 0.03 5.4% news.admin
27 27000 1334 83% 1788 3188.7 2% 0.18 5.4% soc.singles
28 27000 1333 98% 78 231.9 15% 0.02 5.4% comp.sources.d
29 27000 1324 86% 1414 2505.0 6% 0.14 5.4% rec.arts.startrek
30 27000 1322 96% 280 442.0 17% 0.03 5.4% sci.physics
31 25000 1260 97% 726 1071.9 5% 0.07 5.1% comp.windows.x
32 25000 1256 86% 971 1538.2 17% 0.09 5.1% rec.autos
33 24000 1204 97% 231 224.3 21% 0.02 4.9% comp.sources.wanted
34 24000 1194 96% 83 2400.1 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
35 24000 1170 86% 540 868.6 13% 0.06 4.8% misc.consumers
36 23000 1163 95% 369 656.8 16% 0.05 4.7% sci.electronics
37 23000 1124 97% 265 420.6 18% 0.03 4.6% sci.math
38 23000 1116 95% 1413 2400.8 7% 0.18 4.5% comp.sys.amiga
39 22000 1109 93% 1147 2332.2 10% 0.18 4.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
40 22000 1108 94% 362 748.4 14% 0.06 4.5% misc.miscreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/03/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 69000 3244 94% 60 121.7 0% 0.00 13.2% rec.humor.funny
2 59000 2772 93% 233 456.1 8% 0.01 11.3% misc.jobs.offered
3 58000 2752 98% 37 192.6 0% 0.01 11.2% news.announce.conferences
4 52000 2471 95% 1395 2077.4 11% 0.07 10.0% comp.sys.ibm.pc
5 51000 2402 86% 577 623.6 32% 0.02 9.8% misc.forsale
6 51000 2388 66% 701 1478.7 24% 0.04 9.7% alt.sex
7 49000 2324 84% 1308 1592.5 6% 0.05 9.4% rec.humor
8 46000 2150 95% 295 444.1 9% 0.02 8.7% comp.graphics
9 41000 1943 98% 7 82.9 14% 0.00 7.9% news.announce.newusers
10 40000 1866 96% 1463 2090.4 10% 0.09 7.6% comp.sys.mac
11 39000 1825 95% 186 187.7 26% 0.01 7.4% misc.wanted
12 38000 1791 93% 1506 2804.1 7% 0.12 7.3% rec.arts.movies
13 37000 1726 98% 244 453.2 10% 0.02 7.0% comp.unix.wizards
14 36000 1724 98% 66 1896.1 0% 0.09 7.0% comp.sources.misc
15 36000 1698 96% 577 948.3 9% 0.05 6.9% comp.lang.c
16 36000 1695 96% 605 1019.1 20% 0.05 6.9% comp.unix.questions
17 35000 1648 95% 147 5466.2 1% 0.27 6.7% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
18 35000 1639 96% 105 5238.3 0% 0.26 6.7% comp.sources.games
19 35000 1632 97% 608 1243.8 17% 0.06 6.6% news.groups
20 33000 1537 86% 63 668.0 24% 0.03 6.2% alt.sources
21 31000 1480 95% 141 340.2 25% 0.02 6.0% comp.misc
22 31000 1471 98% 109 200.4 11% 0.01 6.0% news.misc
23 30000 1440 97% 80 143.2 13% 0.01 5.8% comp.sources.d
24 30000 1440 94% 247 459.0 2% 0.03 5.8% misc.jobs.misc
25 30000 1437 97% 210 515.9 24% 0.03 5.8% news.admin
26 30000 1437 83% 2670 4397.6 13% 0.22 5.8% soc.singles
27 30000 1409 86% 1058 1624.7 14% 0.08 5.7% rec.autos
28 30000 1406 89% 1736 4781.1 2% 0.26 5.7% soc.culture.china
29 29000 1375 96% 356 782.9 14% 0.05 5.6% comp.arch
30 28000 1329 97% 281 283.4 17% 0.02 5.4% comp.sources.wanted
31 28000 1320 86% 541 895.1 13% 0.05 5.4% misc.consumers
32 27000 1285 95% 51 1847.9 0% 0.12 5.2% comp.binaries.mac
33 27000 1260 97% 740 968.9 5% 0.06 5.1% comp.windows.x
34 27000 1257 86% 915 1996.5 6% 0.12 5.1% rec.arts.startrek
35 26000 1251 96% 372 627.8 4% 0.04 5.1% sci.physics
36 26000 1213 93% 439 514.8 8% 0.03 4.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
37 25000 1193 93% 857 1523.4 6% 0.10 4.8% rec.arts.sf-lovers
38 25000 1184 94% 25 105.5 0% 0.01 4.8% rec.arts.movies.reviews
39 25000 1165 96% 229 446.9 20% 0.03 4.7% sci.math
40 24000 1138 97% 347 622.1 9% 0.05 4.6% comp.lang.c++reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 71000 3334 94% 51 113.3 0% 0.00 14.3% rec.humor.funny
2 58000 2737 94% 208 455.3 7% 0.01 11.7% misc.jobs.offered
3 52000 2435 98% 7 48.6 0% 0.00 10.4% news.announce.conferences
4 51000 2389 83% 686 1124.5 3% 0.03 10.2% rec.humor
5 50000 2366 86% 650 801.0 30% 0.02 10.1% misc.forsale
6 49000 2311 96% 1321 1997.5 11% 0.07 9.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
7 49000 2285 66% 601 1260.0 11% 0.03 9.8% alt.sex
8 43000 2042 96% 568 1476.3 11% 0.06 8.7% comp.graphics
9 41000 1915 95% 217 204.1 33% 0.01 8.2% misc.wanted
10 40000 1872 98% 1 4.7 0% 0.00 8.0% news.announce.newusers
11 39000 1823 98% 57 1642.1 0% 0.07 7.8% comp.sources.misc
12 37000 1733 97% 1587 2406.2 7% 0.11 7.4% comp.sys.mac
13 37000 1718 93% 1332 2333.6 8% 0.11 7.4% rec.arts.movies
14 36000 1692 97% 586 823.7 15% 0.04 7.2% comp.unix.questions
15 35000 1655 98% 365 566.8 9% 0.03 7.1% comp.unix.wizards
16 35000 1646 98% 619 1220.4 11% 0.06 7.1% news.groups
17 34000 1610 97% 1007 1563.2 6% 0.08 6.9% comp.lang.c
18 33000 1557 97% 15 673.8 0% 0.04 6.7% comp.sources.games
19 31000 1449 98% 2 55.6 100% 0.00 6.2% comp.sources.unix
20 31000 1445 94% 407 758.8 2% 0.04 6.2% misc.jobs.misc
21 30000 1433 85% 56 474.0 13% 0.02 6.1% alt.sources
22 30000 1413 98% 177 338.4 19% 0.02 6.1% news.admin
23 29000 1381 82% 2050 3565.5 4% 0.18 5.9% soc.singles
24 29000 1361 96% 109 183.0 11% 0.01 5.8% comp.misc
25 29000 1359 97% 910 1586.8 4% 0.10 5.8% comp.windows.x
26 28000 1338 86% 1264 1945.8 9% 0.11 5.7% rec.autos
27 28000 1334 90% 1521 3945.9 2% 0.23 5.7% soc.culture.china
28 28000 1327 86% 700 1053.2 10% 0.06 5.7% misc.consumers
29 28000 1300 97% 352 696.9 12% 0.04 5.6% comp.arch
30 28000 1297 98% 21 35.4 30% 0.00 5.6% news.misc
31 27000 1285 97% 233 231.3 20% 0.02 5.5% comp.sources.wanted
32 27000 1258 98% 49 70.1 24% 0.00 5.4% comp.sources.d
33 26000 1216 96% 268 552.8 19% 0.04 5.2% sci.math
34 25000 1179 97% 244 539.3 7% 0.04 5.1% comp.lang.c++
35 25000 1163 85% 337 643.4 11% 0.04 5.0% rec.travel
36 24000 1151 86% 826 1550.5 4% 0.10 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
37 24000 1138 94% 21 144.4 0% 0.01 4.9% rec.arts.movies.reviews
38 24000 1133 94% 278 440.8 5% 0.03 4.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
39 24000 1117 53% 32 152.6 13% 0.01 4.8% news.announce.newgroups
40 24000 1106 51% 268 545.8 2% 0.02 4.7% alt.sex.bondagereid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 70000 3170 94% 52 117.6 0% 0.00 13.5% rec.humor.funny
2 59000 2646 94% 264 561.9 6% 0.02 11.3% misc.jobs.offered
3 53000 2395 67% 1011 1668.3 12% 0.04 10.2% alt.sex
4 53000 2379 84% 1152 1544.6 3% 0.04 10.2% rec.humor
5 52000 2354 97% 37 214.6 3% 0.01 10.0% news.announce.conferences
6 50000 2271 96% 1366 1990.3 9% 0.07 9.7% comp.sys.ibm.pc
7 50000 2246 87% 568 662.6 28% 0.02 9.6% misc.forsale
8 49000 2193 96% 199 190.4 32% 0.01 9.4% misc.wanted
9 47000 2102 95% 337 615.7 15% 0.02 9.0% comp.graphics
10 43000 1925 98% 39 1624.4 0% 0.07 8.2% comp.sources.misc
11 42000 1910 98% 7 85.1 14% 0.00 8.2% news.announce.newusers
12 41000 1860 96% 1776 2769.3 10% 0.12 7.9% comp.sys.mac
13 38000 1693 97% 484 721.3 12% 0.03 7.2% comp.unix.questions
14 36000 1622 98% 663 1217.2 17% 0.06 6.9% news.groups
15 36000 1622 97% 417 672.0 7% 0.03 6.9% comp.unix.wizards
16 36000 1606 97% 918 1560.6 6% 0.08 6.9% comp.lang.c
17 35000 1595 93% 1088 2086.8 6% 0.10 6.8% rec.arts.movies
18 35000 1593 85% 105 2705.6 0% 0.12 6.8% alt.sources
19 34000 1554 97% 34 1645.9 0% 0.09 6.6% comp.sources.games
20 33000 1506 97% 373 719.3 11% 0.04 6.4% news.admin
21 32000 1438 94% 356 841.3 18% 0.05 6.1% misc.jobs.misc
22 31000 1391 96% 318 655.0 6% 0.04 5.9% comp.arch
23 30000 1365 97% 790 1381.2 5% 0.08 5.8% comp.windows.x
24 30000 1360 95% 97 170.7 26% 0.01 5.8% comp.misc
25 30000 1341 76% 37 299.0 14% 0.01 5.7% news.announce.newgroups
26 30000 1336 83% 1791 3239.7 12% 0.17 5.7% soc.singles
27 29000 1326 86% 1126 1827.7 10% 0.10 5.7% rec.autos
28 29000 1311 98% 54 91.5 14% 0.01 5.6% news.misc
29 29000 1293 98% 23 527.7 0% 0.03 5.5% comp.sources.unix
30 28000 1255 87% 698 1129.6 11% 0.06 5.4% misc.consumers
31 28000 1252 97% 97 151.7 13% 0.01 5.3% comp.sources.d
32 27000 1219 86% 381 728.0 10% 0.04 5.2% rec.travel
33 27000 1217 97% 227 272.9 15% 0.02 5.2% comp.sources.wanted
34 26000 1192 96% 228 347.2 13% 0.02 5.1% sci.math
35 26000 1186 90% 978 2672.2 10% 0.17 5.1% soc.culture.china
36 26000 1171 96% 641 1339.6 3% 0.09 5.0% sci.space
37 26000 1159 97% 326 528.6 14% 0.04 4.9% comp.lang.c++
38 26000 1156 94% 281 469.3 9% 0.03 4.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
39 26000 1152 55% 244 431.9 4% 0.02 4.9% alt.sex.bondage
40 25000 1140 95% 85 2447.2 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.macreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (11/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 75000 3380 95% 61 111.5 0% 0.00 13.7% rec.humor.funny
2 63000 2830 96% 217 198.5 30% 0.01 11.5% misc.wanted
3 63000 2816 95% 216 467.0 7% 0.01 11.4% misc.jobs.offered
4 62000 2794 68% 943 1435.2 9% 0.03 11.3% alt.sex
5 62000 2759 87% 1270 2187.2 5% 0.06 11.2% rec.humor
6 57000 2574 90% 682 799.2 28% 0.02 10.4% misc.forsale
7 56000 2516 97% 43 199.9 17% 0.01 10.2% news.announce.conferences
8 56000 2502 97% 1482 2305.1 9% 0.07 10.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc
9 47000 2125 98% 7 85.2 14% 0.00 8.6% news.announce.newusers
10 47000 2109 97% 1787 2706.9 9% 0.10 8.6% comp.sys.mac
11 46000 2081 97% 436 1067.5 9% 0.04 8.4% comp.graphics
12 43000 1920 98% 7 268.4 0% 0.01 7.8% comp.sources.misc
13 43000 1918 98% 493 805.7 9% 0.03 7.8% comp.unix.questions
14 39000 1734 98% 587 1036.4 5% 0.05 7.0% comp.unix.wizards
15 37000 1637 97% 880 1611.4 19% 0.08 6.6% news.groups
16 36000 1615 98% 981 1632.1 10% 0.08 6.5% comp.lang.c
17 36000 1596 98% 80 3482.6 3% 0.17 6.5% comp.sources.unix
18 35000 1562 93% 1202 1940.3 3% 0.09 6.3% rec.arts.movies
19 34000 1528 98% 197 449.5 34% 0.02 6.2% news.admin
20 34000 1509 85% 85 1816.9 3% 0.08 6.1% alt.sources
21 33000 1496 95% 268 599.3 4% 0.03 6.1% misc.jobs.misc
22 33000 1483 85% 23 117.8 50% 0.01 6.0% news.announce.newgroups
23 33000 1474 96% 508 1012.2 6% 0.05 6.0% comp.arch
24 33000 1456 97% 133 269.1 15% 0.01 5.9% comp.misc
25 32000 1444 97% 795 1205.7 6% 0.07 5.9% comp.windows.x
26 32000 1424 85% 1044 2012.2 8% 0.10 5.8% soc.singles
27 32000 1417 57% 331 749.0 4% 0.02 5.7% alt.sex.bondage
28 31000 1381 89% 685 1111.6 15% 0.06 5.6% misc.consumers
29 31000 1379 97% 7 346.4 0% 0.02 5.6% comp.sources.games
30 30000 1336 98% 33 58.2 10% 0.00 5.4% news.misc
31 30000 1326 97% 253 311.2 23% 0.02 5.4% comp.sources.wanted
32 29000 1306 98% 1 1.7 0% 0.00 5.3% news.announce.important
33 29000 1293 89% 403 690.5 10% 0.04 5.2% rec.travel
34 29000 1291 96% 34 1178.6 3% 0.07 5.2% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
35 28000 1250 98% 115 235.2 6% 0.01 5.1% comp.sources.d
36 27000 1216 95% 287 525.5 8% 0.03 4.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
37 27000 1211 97% 188 308.6 7% 0.02 4.9% comp.databases
38 27000 1211 96% 92 2609.7 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
39 27000 1196 95% 94 142.6 20% 0.01 4.8% misc.misc
40 26000 1183 97% 26 88.5 0% 0.01 4.8% comp.newprodreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/02/90)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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 85000 3494 95% 65 180.4 0% 0.00 12.9% rec.humor.funny
2 82000 3366 95% 182 385.2 9% 0.01 12.5% misc.jobs.offered
3 79000 3240 72% 1346 2751.9 4% 0.05 12.0% alt.sex
4 74000 3044 96% 167 154.1 31% 0.00 11.3% misc.wanted
5 71000 2916 98% 1505 2424.8 17% 0.06 10.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
6 68000 2810 91% 1279 2082.2 4% 0.05 10.4% rec.humor
7 67000 2766 98% 5 24.8 80% 0.00 10.2% news.announce.conferences
8 65000 2655 97% 258 414.2 11% 0.01 9.8% comp.graphics
9 62000 2536 92% 536 582.5 30% 0.02 9.4% misc.forsale
10 61000 2483 97% 1672 2701.0 15% 0.08 9.2% comp.sys.mac
11 58000 2363 98% 456 690.6 18% 0.02 8.7% comp.unix.questions
12 55000 2276 98% 57 2344.2 0% 0.08 8.4% comp.sources.misc
13 53000 2178 98% 7 85.6 14% 0.00 8.1% news.announce.newusers
14 51000 2073 97% 183 382.5 36% 0.01 7.7% comp.misc
15 50000 2044 98% 333 595.0 8% 0.02 7.6% comp.unix.wizards
16 46000 1897 98% 636 1124.4 25% 0.04 7.0% news.groups
17 43000 1782 98% 566 1044.6 10% 0.04 6.6% comp.lang.c
18 43000 1752 97% 650 1133.4 6% 0.05 6.5% comp.windows.x
19 41000 1689 97% 171 252.4 8% 0.01 6.3% comp.databases
20 40000 1657 84% 79 739.8 11% 0.03 6.1% alt.sources
21 40000 1624 97% 186 433.6 33% 0.02 6.0% comp.ai
22 40000 1622 95% 171 375.9 11% 0.02 6.0% misc.jobs.misc
23 39000 1620 98% 132 336.3 48% 0.02 6.0% news.admin
24 39000 1586 98% 127 298.8 9% 0.01 5.9% news.misc
25 38000 1564 98% 263 269.0 23% 0.01 5.8% comp.sources.wanted
26 38000 1558 93% 41 229.4 44% 0.01 5.8% news.announce.newgroups
27 38000 1556 62% 180 427.7 4% 0.01 5.8% alt.sex.bondage
28 37000 1536 97% 30 121.7 7% 0.01 5.7% comp.newprod
29 37000 1534 93% 993 1644.5 5% 0.08 5.7% rec.arts.movies
30 37000 1530 97% 272 505.8 8% 0.02 5.7% comp.arch
31 37000 1529 97% 9 226.6 0% 0.01 5.7% comp.sources.games
32 36000 1461 98% 219 576.5 8% 0.03 5.4% comp.lang.c++
33 35000 1452 95% 409 683.2 9% 0.03 5.4% comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
34 35000 1417 95% 305 471.1 4% 0.02 5.2% sci.electronics
35 34000 1400 87% 940 1791.0 8% 0.09 5.2% soc.singles
36 34000 1399 97% 1764 3012.6 8% 0.16 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
37 34000 1387 96% 242 422.0 13% 0.02 5.1% sci.math
38 34000 1380 98% 61 80.3 19% 0.00 5.1% comp.sources.d
39 34000 1379 99% 1 2.7 0% 0.00 5.1% news.announce.important
40 33000 1363 97% 189 487.3 7% 0.03 5.0% comp.textreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (03/01/90)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
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
1110000 3723 95% 65 142.5 0% 0.00 12.8% rec.humor.funny
2 97000 3426 75% 1703 3597.4 15% 0.05 11.8% alt.sex
3 87000 3074 98% 40 291.3 3% 0.01 10.6% news.announce.conferences
4 87000 3070 94% 298 619.5 10% 0.01 10.6% misc.jobs.offered
5 82000 2882 92% 1520 2956.9 4% 0.06 9.9% rec.humor
6 79000 2769 96% 337 349.4 34% 0.01 9.5% misc.wanted
7 76000 2665 93% 829 956.2 27% 0.02 9.2% misc.forsale
8 74000 2604 97% 1984 2889.5 10% 0.07 9.0% comp.sys.ibm.pc
9 73000 2573 97% 437 820.1 15% 0.02 8.9% comp.graphics
10 71000 2504 98% 7 87.6 14% 0.00 8.6% news.announce.newusers
11 66000 2316 97% 1046 1974.1 23% 0.05 8.0% news.groups
12 65000 2303 97% 51 1942.9 0% 0.05 7.9% comp.sources.misc
13 64000 2273 97% 1918 2828.8 9% 0.08 7.8% comp.sys.mac
14 62000 2202 98% 667 1057.2 11% 0.03 7.6% comp.unix.questions
15 59000 2096 98% 750 1287.5 17% 0.04 7.2% comp.lang.c
16 57000 2014 96% 273 760.9 24% 0.02 6.9% comp.ai
17 57000 1997 97% 136 212.1 22% 0.01 6.9% comp.misc
18 57000 1993 97% 1375 2105.3 4% 0.07 6.9% comp.windows.x
19 54000 1905 98% 336 544.7 13% 0.02 6.6% comp.unix.wizards
20 51000 1802 94% 226 376.2 9% 0.01 6.2% misc.jobs.misc
21 51000 1800 93% 1526 2719.3 6% 0.09 6.2% rec.arts.movies
22 50000 1771 66% 292 788.3 7% 0.02 6.1% alt.sex.bondage
23 50000 1768 98% 172 402.7 38% 0.01 6.1% news.admin
24 50000 1767 84% 52 948.5 12% 0.03 6.1% alt.sources
25 48000 1706 93% 65 291.2 64% 0.01 5.9% news.announce.newgroups
26 48000 1684 96% 863 1755.3 5% 0.06 5.8% comp.arch
27 45000 1576 93% 669 1199.2 10% 0.05 5.4% misc.consumers
28 44000 1555 98% 98 180.2 14% 0.01 5.3% news.misc
29 44000 1543 88% 1774 3325.6 19% 0.12 5.3% soc.singles
30 43000 1533 97% 323 591.8 22% 0.02 5.3% comp.lang.c++
31 43000 1516 97% 331 345.2 21% 0.01 5.2% comp.sources.wanted
32 42000 1481 95% 538 1129.3 5% 0.05 5.1% comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
33 41000 1462 96% 82 2523.0 0% 0.11 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
34 41000 1460 92% 2291 3976.9 1% 0.16 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
35 41000 1443 96% 484 685.2 6% 0.03 5.0% sci.electronics
36 41000 1437 96% 529 910.5 13% 0.04 4.9% sci.math
37 41000 1428 96% 102 286.0 23% 0.01 4.9% comp.software-eng
38 40000 1420 97% 21 997.5 10% 0.04 4.9% comp.sources.unix
39 40000 1413 91% 1525 2997.9 3% 0.12 4.9% soc.culture.indian
40 40000 1402 97% 54 2759.6 0% 0.12 4.8% comp.sources.games