reid@glacier.ARPA (Brian Reid) (03/15/86)
Interim summary results of USENET readership survey.
Valid data received from these sites:
adobe amdahl amdcad astroatc astrovax athena birtch burl calma carmel
cascade celerity chalmers cod csee-vax csi csib cxsea decwrl desint
diablo dione eddie elsie eros felix fisher fluffy fritz ganash gatech
gcc-milo gitpyr glacier gondor gould9 gt-stratus hercules imt3b2
kestrel lll-crg lll-lcc macbeth mck-csc megaron mips mnetor mtu mulga
munnari navajo nmtvax onecom panda peregrine pescadero plus5 potomac
psuvax1 pucc-h pucc-i pucc-j pucc-k pyramid rsch sandia sfmag shasta
stat-l styx su-isl su-russell suadb talcott teddy tekchips tekcrl
teklds tikal topaz.rutgers.edu turtlevax tymix utah-cs utah-gr vu-vlsi
walldata zeus
Summary: 16710 users at 86 sites (2.62% of the net)
3152 of them (18.86%) are netreaders.
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
+-- estimated total number of people who read this group, worldwide
| +-- approximate $US per reader per month spent sending
| | 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
20678 0.08 4.87 25.82 net.announce
19280 0.32 4.54 24.08 net.general
17578 10.74 4.14 21.95 net.sources
16715 3.72 3.94 20.88 net.jokes
15191 0.00 3.58 18.97 mod.movies
13717 1.24 3.23 17.13 net.jobs
13692 8.73 3.23 17.10 mod.sources
13336 0.00 3.14 16.66 mod.newprod
12676 1.13 2.99 15.83 net.announce.newusers
11507 0.00 2.71 14.37 mod.os.unix
11253 2.33 2.65 14.05 net.rumor
10974 2.41 2.59 13.71 net.unix
10669 0.00 2.51 13.32 mod.std
10491 3.48 2.47 13.10 net.unix-wizards
9831 3.03 2.32 12.28 net.micro
9602 4.43 2.26 11.99 net.arch
9551 0.00 2.25 11.93 mod.test
9221 10.44 2.17 11.52 net.sources.games
9043 1.60 2.13 11.29 net.wanted
8865 5.09 2.09 11.07 net.micro.mac
8764 0.67 2.06 10.95 net.sources.bugs
8560 4.12 2.02 10.69 net.audio
8306 0.03 1.96 10.37 mod.os
8103 3.20 1.91 10.12 net.lang.c
7798 0.00 1.84 9.74 mod.std.c
7747 1.26 1.83 9.68 net.news
7544 0.18 1.78 9.42 net.announce.arpa-internet
7544 0.00 1.78 9.42 net.usenix
7493 6.00 1.77 9.36 net.micro.pc
7265 3.87 1.71 9.07 net.consumers
7239 3.66 1.71 9.04 net.med
7239 0.95 1.71 9.04 net.micro.68k
7214 1.34 1.70 9.01 net.graphics
7112 1.61 1.68 8.88 net.misc
7112 0.04 1.68 8.88 mod.compilers
7062 5.23 1.66 8.82 net.movies
7036 13.53 1.66 8.79 net.singles
7036 1.88 1.66 8.79 net.lang
7011 13.33 1.65 8.76 net.women
6985 0.41 1.65 8.72 net.sources.d
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
+-- estimated total number of people who read this group, worldwide
| +-- approximate $US per reader per month spent sending
| | 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
2083 36.56 0.49 2.60 net.religion.christian
1930 27.05 0.45 2.41 net.philosophy
3404 25.55 0.80 4.25 net.politics
2413 22.01 0.57 3.01 net.religion
1981 16.64 0.47 2.47 net.abortion
5207 14.99 1.23 6.50 net.space
7036 13.53 1.66 8.79 net.singles
7011 13.33 1.65 8.76 net.women
4039 12.82 0.95 5.04 mod.techreports
5360 11.67 1.26 6.69 net.micro.amiga
6223 11.43 1.47 7.77 net.music
17578 10.74 4.14 21.95 net.sources
6630 10.51 1.56 8.28 net.sources.mac
9221 10.44 2.17 11.52 net.sources.games
2489 9.02 0.59 3.11 net.comics
3937 8.80 0.93 4.92 net.cse
13692 8.73 3.23 17.10 mod.sources
2591 8.61 0.61 3.24 net.sport.hoops
3454 8.32 0.81 4.31 net.startrek
4597 7.77 1.08 5.74 net.sf-lovers
1193 7.41 0.28 1.49 net.sport.hockey
6045 6.86 1.42 7.55 net.auto
1778 6.85 0.42 2.22 net.games.pbm
7493 6.00 1.77 9.36 net.micro.pc
3073 5.98 0.72 3.84 net.motss
3531 5.90 0.83 4.41 mod.computers.vax
4343 5.61 1.02 5.43 net.micro.apple
2210 5.56 0.52 2.76 net.tv.drwho
3886 5.54 0.92 4.85 net.kids
2337 5.38 0.55 2.92 net.ham-radio
7062 5.23 1.66 8.82 net.movies
2616 5.21 0.62 3.27 net.nlang.india
8865 5.09 2.09 11.07 net.micro.mac
4064 4.90 0.96 5.08 net.music.classical
2260 4.61 0.53 2.82 net.cycle
3505 4.50 0.83 4.38 net.nlang
5969 4.49 1.41 7.46 net.news.group
9602 4.43 2.26 11.99 net.arch
3048 4.40 0.72 3.81 net.aviation
2083 4.32 0.49 2.60 net.sport.baseball
BOTTOM 10 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
+-- estimated total number of people who read this group, worldwide
| +-- approximate $US per reader per month spent sending
| | 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
1702 0.35 0.40 2.13 net.rec.birds
1600 2.46 0.38 2.00 net.railroad
1600 0.26 0.38 2.00 net.nlang.celts
1574 1.76 0.37 1.97 net.micro.trs-80
1574 1.74 0.37 1.97 net.works
1397 1.74 0.33 1.74 net.ham-radio.packet
1371 1.75 0.32 1.71 net.micro.ti
1270 0.63 0.30 1.59 net.nlang.africa
1193 7.41 0.28 1.49 net.sport.hockey
1168 0.44 0.28 1.46 net.nlang.greek
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Brian Reid decwrl!glacier!reid
Stanford reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA