reid@glacier.ARPA (Brian Reid) (03/18/86)
Valid data received from these sites (I have manually removed data from one
site because it is so aberrant that I am convinced it was fudged; all of the
others look reasonable and are relatively consistent with one another.)
3comvax aaec adobe amdahl amdcad astroatc astrovax athena birtch burl
calma carmel cascade cca celerity chalmers chinet cod csee-vax csi csib
cxsea dalcs decwrl desint diablo dione down eddie elsie eros felix
fisher fluffy fritz ganash garfield gatech gcc-milo gitpyr glacier
gondor gould9 grkermi gt-oscar gt-stratus harvard hercules hoptoad
ia-sun2 imt3b2 infinet kestrel kontron lll-crg lll-lcc lsuc macbeth
mck-csc megaron mhuxh midacs mips mnetor mordred mtu mtung mtunh mulga
munnari navajo nbires nmtvax noao nsc octopus oddjob onecom opus
panda peregrine pescadero plus5 potomac psuvax1 pucc-h pucc-i pucc-j
pucc-k pyramid30 ritcv rsch saber sandia seismo sfmag sfsup shasta
stat-l styx su-isl su-russell suadb tahoe talcott teddy tekchips tekcrl
teklds tflop tikal topaz.rutgers.edu turtlevax tymix ucsfcgl unrvax
utah-cs utah-gr uwslh vu-vlsi walldata watdcsu watdragon watlion
watmath watmum watrose zeus zinfandel
Summary:
This Estimated
Sample for entire net
Sites: 128 2044
Fraction reporting: 6.27% 100.00%
Users with accounts: 21248 334000
Netreaders: 5396 (25%) 84000
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
+-- estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide
| +-- approximate $US per reader per month spent
| | transmitting this group, worldwide.
| | +-- (rating) percentage of the total user
| | | population who read this group
| | | +-- (share) percentage of newsreaders who
| | | | read this group.
V V V V
1 14507 0.07 6.51 25.65 net.announce
2 13888 0.28 6.24 24.56 net.general
3 12997 2.98 5.84 22.98 net.jokes
4 12201 9.65 5.48 21.57 net.sources
5 10157 0.88 4.56 17.96 net.announce.newusers
6 9653 0.00 4.33 17.07 mod.movies
7 9423 7.91 4.23 16.66 mod.sources
8 9412 1.12 4.23 16.64 net.jobs
9 8689 0.00 3.90 15.36 mod.newprod
10 7641 2.16 3.43 13.51 net.unix
11 7641 0.00 3.43 13.51 mod.os.unix
12 7285 2.55 3.27 12.88 net.micro
13 7264 3.13 3.26 12.84 net.unix-wizards
14 7211 0.00 3.24 12.75 mod.std
15 7117 2.30 3.20 12.58 net.rumor
16 6718 0.54 3.02 11.88 net.sources.bugs
17 6708 8.95 3.01 11.86 net.sources.games
18 6456 1.40 2.90 11.42 net.wanted
19 6194 2.61 2.78 10.95 net.lang.c
20 6069 4.37 2.72 10.73 net.arch
21 6048 4.65 2.72 10.69 net.micro.mac
22 6037 0.14 2.71 10.67 net.announce.arpa-internet
23 5953 4.71 2.67 10.53 net.micro.pc
24 5712 0.00 2.56 10.10 mod.test
25 5702 3.86 2.56 10.08 net.audio
26 5534 0.03 2.48 9.79 mod.os
27 5408 10.98 2.43 9.56 net.singles
28 5282 1.15 2.37 9.34 net.news
29 5241 0.00 2.35 9.27 mod.std.c
30 5209 11.19 2.34 9.21 net.women
31 5041 1.19 2.26 8.91 net.graphics
32 5031 4.58 2.26 8.90 net.movies
33 4989 0.86 2.24 8.82 net.micro.68k
34 4978 1.44 2.24 8.80 net.misc
35 4968 0.00 2.23 8.78 mod.unix
36 4916 3.57 2.21 8.69 net.consumers
37 4905 0.00 2.20 8.67 net.usenix
38 4884 0.37 2.19 8.64 net.sources.d
39 4832 3.42 2.17 8.54 net.med
40 4821 1.71 2.16 8.52 net.lang
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
+-- estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide
| +-- approximate $US per reader per month spent
| | transmitting this group, worldwide.
| | +-- (rating) percentage of the total user
| | | population who read this group
| | | +-- (share) percentage of newsreaders who
| | | | read this group.
V V V V
1 1436 33.08 0.64 2.54 net.religion.christian
2 2557 21.21 1.15 4.52 net.politics
3 1125 19.53 0.51 1.99 net.abortion
4 1677 19.42 0.75 2.97 net.philosophy
5 1981 16.72 0.89 3.50 net.religion
6 4025 12.09 1.81 7.12 net.space
7 2882 11.21 1.29 5.10 mod.techreports
8 5209 11.19 2.34 9.21 net.women
9 5408 10.98 2.43 9.56 net.singles
10 4297 10.33 1.93 7.60 net.music
11 12201 9.65 5.48 21.57 net.sources
12 4108 9.50 1.84 7.26 net.micro.amiga
13 4580 9.49 2.06 8.10 net.sources.mac
14 1519 9.16 0.68 2.69 net.sport.hoops
15 6708 8.95 3.01 11.86 net.sources.games
16 9423 7.91 4.23 16.66 mod.sources
17 1792 7.81 0.80 3.17 net.comics
18 2777 7.78 1.25 4.91 net.cse
19 2662 6.73 1.20 4.71 net.startrek
20 3951 6.55 1.77 6.99 net.auto
21 3459 6.44 1.55 6.12 net.sf-lovers
22 901 6.12 0.40 1.59 net.sport.hockey
23 2096 5.47 0.94 3.71 net.motss
24 1394 5.45 0.63 2.46 net.games.pbm
25 2599 5.17 1.17 4.60 net.kids
26 2547 5.11 1.14 4.50 mod.computers.vax
27 1698 5.00 0.76 3.00 net.nlang.india
28 2536 4.90 1.14 4.48 net.music.classical
29 1572 4.87 0.71 2.78 net.tv.drwho
30 1341 4.85 0.60 2.37 net.cycle
31 1656 4.74 0.74 2.93 net.ham-radio
32 5953 4.71 2.67 10.53 net.micro.pc
33 6048 4.65 2.72 10.69 net.micro.mac
34 5031 4.58 2.26 8.90 net.movies
35 3427 4.44 1.54 6.06 net.micro.apple
36 6069 4.37 2.72 10.73 net.arch
37 2410 4.08 1.08 4.26 net.nlang
38 2096 3.99 0.94 3.71 net.aviation
39 5702 3.86 2.56 10.08 net.audio
40 4329 3.86 1.94 7.65 net.news.group
BOTTOM 10 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
+-- estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide
| +-- approximate $US per reader per month spent
| | transmitting this group, worldwide.
| | +-- (rating) percentage of the total user
| | | population who read this group
| | | +-- (share) percentage of newsreaders who
| | | | read this group.
V V V V
225 1121 1.21 0.50 1.98 net.rec.skydive
226 1079 1.39 0.48 1.91 net.micro.ti
227 1058 2.32 0.48 1.87 net.railroad
228 1058 0.25 0.48 1.87 net.nlang.celts
229 1006 0.32 0.45 1.78 net.nlang.greek
230 964 0.51 0.43 1.70 net.nlang.africa
231 953 1.59 0.43 1.69 net.ham-radio.packet
232 953 0.39 0.43 1.69 net.rec.birds
233 901 6.12 0.40 1.59 net.sport.hockey
234 681 2.51 0.31 1.20 net.works
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Brian Reid decwrl!glacier!reid
Stanford reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA