reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (01/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced
them.
+-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
| +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
| | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
| | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
| | | | | +-- Participation ratio
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 3500 294 88% 754 2821.1 215 3.20 2.5% comp.sys.amiga
2 7600 640 96% 81 2590.7 10 1.40 5.4% mod.mac.binaries
3 28000 2334 94% 95 2355.2 3 0.34 19.6% net.sources
4 8100 684 88% 944 2142.4 116 1.10 5.8% soc.singles
5 3500 298 88% 372 1918.1 106 2.20 2.5% comp.sys.atari.st
6 2200 184 87% 414 1433.1 188 2.60 1.5% talk.religion.misc
7 15000 1265 93% 47 1101.4 3 0.29 10.6% net.sources.games
8 2900 245 88% 428 1038.3 147 1.40 2.1% talk.politics.misc
9 3400 286 76% 557 1019.7 163 1.20 2.4% rec.arts.startrek
10 1900 160 88% 242 808.0 127 1.70 1.3% talk.abortion
11 3300 279 87% 285 775.2 86 0.94 2.3% soc.motss
12 4000 333 79% 305 707.1 76 0.71 2.8% rec.arts.sf-lovers
13 1800 148 75% 247 652.5 137 1.50 1.2% rec.arts.comics
14 7500 631 89% 367 627.0 48 0.34 5.3% comp.sys.ibm.pc
15 2800 232 92% 190 594.8 67 0.85 2.0% soc.culture.indian
16 2700 230 92% 200 558.3 74 0.83 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
17 6900 579 89% 314 540.9 45 0.31 4.9% comp.lang.c
18 1800 155 88% 134 524.0 74 1.20 1.3% talk.origins
19 4700 396 75% 305 489.4 65 0.42 3.3% rec.arts.movies
20 8600 720 96% 18 463.8 2 0.22 6.1% mod.mac
21 2700 226 89% 171 450.4 63 0.67 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
22 6500 545 90% 277 434.3 42 0.27 4.6% comp.sys.mac
23 2600 221 89% 190 431.9 73 0.67 1.9% comp.sys.apple
24 5700 476 88% 191 425.5 33 0.30 4.0% soc.women
25 6000 504 88% 297 422.8 49 0.28 4.2% talk.bizarre
26 2500 206 77% 278 408.8 111 0.66 1.7% rec.music.misc
27 6400 538 74% 240 356.0 37 0.22 4.5% rec.humor
28 12000 1018 93% 18 351.8 1 0.12 8.6% net.sources.mac
29 1600 133 74% 212 351.4 133 0.88 1.1% rec.aviation
30 1400 116 74% 130 333.1 92 0.95 1.0% rec.ham-radio
31 3800 317 58% 15 329.3 4 0.35 2.7% news.lists
32 7600 640 89% 227 328.3 29 0.17 5.4% comp.unix.questions
33 7100 597 97% 167 310.1 23 0.18 5.0% mod.protocols.tcp-ip
34 9500 796 96% 191 308.3 20 0.13 6.7% mod.computers.vax
35 2200 189 89% 64 295.5 29 0.54 1.6% talk.philosophy.misc
36 2600 216 74% 195 295.4 75 0.46 1.8% rec.video
37 5100 429 91% 104 293.9 20 0.23 3.6% comp.emacs
38 8000 676 91% 181 292.8 22 0.15 5.7% comp.unix.wizards
39 4000 334 76% 162 281.9 40 0.28 2.8% rec.audio
40 4400 371 91% 90 274.1 20 0.25 3.1% news.software.breid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (02/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 5000 397 89% 688 2298.1 137 1.90 3.6% comp.sys.amiga
3 5100 400 90% 600 2182.3 117 1.70 3.6% comp.sys.atari.st
4 9000 714 86% 980 1854.2 108 0.83 6.4% soc.singles
5 3500 275 87% 692 1795.8 197 2.10 2.5% talk.politics.misc
6 15000 1147 96% 41 1754.5 2 0.47 10.3% mod.sources
7 5900 462 87% 641 1606.4 108 1.10 4.2% soc.women
8 5600 446 83% 731 1384.3 130 1.00 4.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
9 12000 932 90% 615 1166.2 51 0.39 8.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
10 2400 192 87% 424 1156.2 176 2.00 1.7% talk.religion.misc
11 2700 215 79% 465 1069.5 172 1.60 1.9% rec.arts.comics
12 9900 779 96% 518 834.3 52 0.34 7.0% mod.computers.vax
13 7600 601 96% 21 791.7 2 0.42 5.4% mod.mac.binaries
14 8800 697 90% 65 770.1 7 0.35 6.3% comp.ai
15 4700 373 79% 478 766.4 101 0.66 3.4% rec.arts.startrek
16 3100 243 89% 274 741.1 88 0.97 2.2% mod.music.gaffa
17 10000 809 79% 605 722.7 60 0.29 7.3% rec.humor
18 9900 781 90% 354 656.6 35 0.27 7.0% comp.lang.c
19 7000 549 91% 277 655.9 39 0.38 4.9% sci.space
20 3800 299 83% 394 641.7 103 0.68 2.7% rec.music.misc
21 8500 670 91% 467 634.2 54 0.30 6.0% comp.sys.mac
22 5600 440 80% 350 602.3 62 0.44 4.0% rec.audio
23 11000 871 89% 404 594.0 36 0.22 7.8% comp.unix.questions
24 15000 1196 90% 55 593.8 3 0.16 10.8% net.sources.games
25 3000 235 92% 304 553.6 101 0.75 2.1% soc.culture.indian
26 2400 186 78% 320 544.2 133 0.92 1.7% rec.aviation
27 8800 692 96% 22 525.7 2 0.24 6.2% mod.mac
28 3000 236 92% 194 514.7 64 0.69 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
29 6400 503 93% 252 498.0 39 0.32 4.5% sci.med
30 6900 548 80% 337 491.4 48 0.29 4.9% rec.arts.movies
31 2000 155 89% 125 476.4 62 0.96 1.4% comp.sys.atari.8bit
32 2900 227 85% 217 438.5 74 0.61 2.0% rec.music.synth
33 2800 218 77% 285 437.8 102 0.63 2.0% rec.sport.football
34 2100 168 78% 187 429.2 89 0.83 1.5% rec.ham-radio
35 1700 137 87% 122 398.5 72 0.95 1.2% talk.abortion
36 6500 513 86% 325 387.3 50 0.24 4.6% talk.bizarre
37 5100 399 78% 261 384.1 51 0.30 3.6% rec.autos
38 2000 154 88% 114 371.4 57 0.75 1.4% talk.philosophy.misc
39 4100 322 79% 261 359.2 63 0.35 2.9% rec.video
40 2000 158 87% 130 354.3 65 0.72 1.4% talk.originsreid@decwrl.UUCP (03/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 7700 560 95% 557 2597.7 72 1.30 4.9% comp.sys.amiga
2 23000 1688 96% 57 2232.2 2 0.39 14.7% mod.sources
3 10000 733 89% 1167 2170.2 116 0.87 6.4% soc.singles
4 6600 480 95% 561 1812.5 85 1.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
5 16000 1166 95% 791 1598.1 49 0.40 10.2% comp.sys.ibm.pc
6 4500 325 89% 524 1396.1 116 1.20 2.8% talk.politics.misc
7 6500 477 89% 574 1252.1 88 0.77 4.2% soc.women
8 3300 240 88% 395 1241.0 119 1.50 2.1% talk.religion.misc
9 27000 1950 88% 114 1161.3 4 0.17 17.0% net.sources
10 4000 292 85% 544 1141.6 136 1.10 2.5% rec.arts.comics
11 7900 576 89% 535 1116.1 67 0.57 5.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
12 5100 371 90% 590 999.7 115 0.78 3.2% rec.music.misc
13 7500 543 95% 41 998.9 5 0.53 4.7% mod.mac.binaries
14 7400 541 95% 594 987.4 80 0.53 4.7% mod.computers.vax
15 2600 190 82% 394 880.5 151 1.40 1.7% rec.ham-radio
16 14000 1054 85% 490 795.0 35 0.23 9.2% rec.humor
17 3200 231 82% 507 776.0 158 0.97 2.0% rec.aviation
18 8700 634 87% 451 757.9 51 0.35 5.5% rec.audio
19 3000 216 88% 325 753.5 108 1.00 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
20 1900 137 89% 75 697.0 39 1.50 1.2% rec.games.pbm
21 2500 183 89% 224 675.3 89 1.10 1.6% talk.origins
22 6600 484 95% 308 647.0 46 0.39 4.2% sci.physics
23 11000 809 96% 427 643.1 38 0.23 7.1% comp.sys.mac
24 7900 572 96% 272 613.0 34 0.31 5.0% sci.math
25 5800 426 84% 341 565.6 58 0.39 3.7% rec.arts.tv
26 7500 548 94% 268 564.3 35 0.30 4.8% sci.space
27 11000 804 95% 248 543.6 22 0.20 7.0% comp.arch
28 9800 716 86% 334 541.5 34 0.22 6.2% rec.arts.movies
29 7300 532 95% 271 541.2 37 0.30 4.6% sci.astro
30 5700 414 84% 290 479.8 50 0.34 3.6% rec.arts.startrek
31 8400 613 94% 18 477.4 2 0.23 5.4% mod.mac
32 7400 536 95% 238 456.9 32 0.25 4.7% sci.med
33 13000 929 95% 284 451.3 21 0.14 8.1% comp.lang.c
34 18000 1307 94% 182 423.1 10 0.09 11.4% misc.jobs
35 15000 1125 96% 282 403.5 18 0.11 9.8% comp.unix.wizards
36 7600 555 89% 268 403.3 35 0.21 4.8% talk.bizarre
37 3000 218 93% 168 389.8 56 0.52 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
38 2300 164 71% 165 389.0 72 0.68 1.4% talk.religion.newage
39 10000 760 95% 141 359.1 14 0.14 6.6% mod.ai
40 14000 1015 95% 264 352.8 18 0.10 8.9% comp.unix.questionsreid@decwrl.UUCP (04/02/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 7400 570 94% 75 2250.7 10 1.40 4.7% mod.mac.binaries
2 23000 1801 95% 47 2114.3 2 0.41 14.8% mod.sources
3 25000 1961 86% 142 2024.8 5 0.36 16.1% net.sources
4 8200 629 95% 700 1996.9 85 1.10 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
5 10000 783 88% 987 1884.6 98 0.85 6.4% soc.singles
6 6700 517 96% 622 1694.2 92 1.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
7 8100 620 92% 881 1679.6 108 0.93 5.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
8 3000 233 87% 558 1533.9 186 2.30 1.9% talk.religion.misc
9 6700 517 88% 647 1331.8 96 0.89 4.2% soc.women
10 4300 330 88% 432 1141.1 100 1.20 2.7% talk.politics.misc
11 4700 361 87% 517 1056.6 110 1.00 3.0% rec.arts.comics
12 6700 513 95% 460 1047.2 68 0.70 4.2% mod.computers.vax
13 17000 1321 96% 551 1013.3 32 0.27 10.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
14 7400 567 85% 492 880.1 66 0.54 4.7% rec.autos
15 5700 442 87% 505 874.4 88 0.69 3.6% rec.arts.startrek
16 5800 444 93% 492 839.6 84 0.65 3.6% rec.music.misc
17 3200 244 87% 321 805.6 100 1.10 2.0% rec.ham-radio
18 11000 882 96% 567 738.4 51 0.30 7.2% comp.sys.mac
19 3400 259 93% 370 692.9 108 0.92 2.1% soc.culture.indian
20 11000 824 95% 277 680.8 25 0.28 6.8% comp.arch
21 6800 526 87% 421 667.7 61 0.44 4.3% talk.bizarre
22 9800 756 88% 427 657.5 43 0.30 6.2% rec.arts.movies
23 3000 231 89% 262 632.9 87 0.95 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
24 17000 1276 87% 501 626.1 29 0.17 10.5% rec.humor
25 16000 1214 97% 382 624.4 23 0.18 10.0% comp.unix.wizards
26 2800 216 85% 321 618.0 114 0.99 1.8% rec.motorcycles
27 7500 578 94% 254 581.0 33 0.35 4.7% sci.space
28 9000 692 89% 321 564.6 35 0.28 5.7% rec.audio
29 2200 169 92% 350 561.6 159 1.10 1.4% rec.music.gdead
30 2900 223 84% 354 557.7 122 0.87 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
31 14000 1061 96% 301 492.9 21 0.16 8.7% comp.unix.questions
32 8500 652 93% 18 434.9 2 0.23 5.3% mod.mac
33 6500 499 87% 268 398.8 41 0.28 4.1% rec.arts.tv
34 10000 768 81% 247 398.2 24 0.18 6.3% comp.windows.x
35 9100 701 97% 230 378.6 25 0.19 5.8% comp.emacs
36 5400 413 88% 164 374.1 30 0.31 3.4% misc.kids
37 7000 535 96% 232 368.5 33 0.24 4.4% mod.protocols.tcp-ip
38 3200 249 85% 244 363.7 76 0.51 2.0% rec.aviation
39 6800 523 95% 172 350.0 25 0.23 4.3% sci.med
40 4600 353 88% 137 348.1 29 0.34 2.9% soc.motssreid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (05/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 7600 595 95% 75 2250.7 9 1.40 4.7% mod.mac.binaries
2 22000 1690 96% 47 2114.3 2 0.44 13.3% mod.sources
3 27000 2108 86% 142 2024.8 5 0.34 16.6% net.sources
4 8900 694 96% 700 1996.9 78 1.00 5.4% comp.sys.amiga
5 11000 834 90% 987 1884.6 89 0.78 6.5% soc.singles
6 6900 544 96% 622 1694.2 90 1.10 4.3% comp.sys.atari.st
7 8500 665 93% 881 1679.6 103 0.91 5.2% rec.arts.sf-lovers
8 3000 237 89% 558 1533.9 186 2.30 1.9% talk.religion.misc
9 6700 525 90% 647 1331.8 96 0.91 4.1% soc.women
10 4600 361 90% 432 1141.1 94 1.10 2.8% talk.politics.misc
11 5200 405 89% 517 1056.6 99 0.93 3.2% rec.arts.comics
12 6500 506 96% 460 1047.2 70 0.74 4.0% mod.computers.vax
13 19000 1467 97% 551 1013.3 29 0.24 11.5% comp.sys.ibm.pc
14 7500 590 87% 492 880.1 65 0.54 4.6% rec.autos
15 6400 498 88% 505 874.4 79 0.63 3.9% rec.arts.startrek
16 6200 484 94% 492 839.6 79 0.62 3.8% rec.music.misc
17 3200 247 88% 321 805.6 100 1.20 1.9% rec.ham-radio
18 13000 979 97% 567 738.4 43 0.26 7.7% comp.sys.mac
19 3600 284 94% 370 692.9 102 0.88 2.2% soc.culture.indian
20 11000 843 96% 277 680.8 25 0.28 6.6% comp.arch
21 7200 567 89% 421 667.7 58 0.42 4.5% talk.bizarre
22 10000 814 90% 427 657.5 42 0.30 6.4% rec.arts.movies
23 3000 237 90% 262 632.9 87 0.97 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
24 18000 1389 89% 501 626.1 27 0.16 10.9% rec.humor
25 16000 1242 98% 382 624.4 23 0.18 9.8% comp.unix.wizards
26 3100 244 87% 321 618.0 103 0.91 1.9% rec.motorcycles
27 7500 586 95% 254 581.0 33 0.35 4.6% sci.space
28 9100 716 90% 321 564.6 35 0.28 5.6% rec.audio
29 2200 172 93% 350 561.6 159 1.20 1.4% rec.music.gdead
30 3200 250 86% 354 557.7 110 0.80 2.0% rec.sport.basketball
31 14000 1110 97% 301 492.9 21 0.16 8.7% comp.unix.questions
32 8200 644 94% 18 434.9 2 0.24 5.1% mod.mac
33 6800 533 89% 268 398.8 39 0.27 4.2% rec.arts.tv
34 13000 984 87% 247 398.2 19 0.14 7.7% comp.windows.x
35 9200 723 98% 230 378.6 24 0.19 5.7% comp.emacs
36 5300 412 90% 164 374.1 30 0.32 3.2% misc.kids
37 6800 533 96% 232 368.5 34 0.25 4.2% mod.protocols.tcp-ip
38 3400 265 87% 244 363.7 71 0.49 2.1% rec.aviation
39 7000 545 95% 172 350.0 24 0.23 4.3% sci.med
40 4700 367 89% 137 348.1 29 0.34 2.9% soc.motssreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 12000 899 97% 828 3049.5 69 1.20 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
2 7900 614 90% 1120 2637.0 141 1.60 4.3% soc.women
3 11000 834 94% 810 1696.0 73 0.74 5.8% rec.arts.sf-lovers
4 12000 902 85% 32 1478.3 2 0.59 6.3% comp.sources.games
5 12000 937 90% 890 1407.7 74 0.56 6.6% soc.singles
6 7900 614 96% 494 1290.0 62 0.78 4.3% comp.sys.atari.st
7 6100 476 77% 35 1174.2 5 0.92 3.3% comp.binaries.mac
8 5200 407 89% 498 1159.7 95 1.10 2.8% talk.politics.misc
9 15000 1207 99% 682 1033.2 45 0.33 8.4% comp.sys.mac
10 22000 1729 97% 618 951.5 28 0.21 12.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc
11 19000 1502 90% 905 942.1 47 0.24 10.5% rec.humor
12 5700 448 89% 382 859.3 67 0.72 3.1% rec.arts.comics
13 7700 598 95% 558 844.0 72 0.52 4.2% rec.music.misc
14 4700 368 80% 261 794.9 55 0.81 2.6% comp.os.vms
15 3700 291 90% 240 765.6 64 0.99 2.0% talk.religion.misc
16 8000 620 90% 328 741.9 41 0.44 4.3% misc.headlines
17 16000 1274 97% 480 739.5 30 0.22 8.9% comp.unix.questions
18 8700 675 88% 451 700.6 51 0.38 4.7% rec.autos
19 8900 696 95% 344 688.8 38 0.37 4.9% sci.med
20 3700 289 96% 62 688.2 16 0.89 2.0% comp.sys.cbm
21 9500 740 91% 301 616.0 31 0.31 5.2% rec.audio
22 3300 259 94% 457 596.7 138 0.86 1.8% rec.music.gdead
23 13000 978 97% 222 594.5 17 0.22 6.8% comp.arch
24 4600 362 95% 305 592.6 66 0.61 2.5% soc.culture.indian
25 9000 705 97% 251 587.5 27 0.31 4.9% sci.space
26 3700 292 88% 378 583.7 102 0.75 2.0% rec.sport.baseball
27 12000 951 78% 30 556.3 2 0.22 6.7% comp.sources.misc
28 11000 869 96% 270 555.1 24 0.24 6.1% misc.misc
29 3400 268 88% 367 540.6 107 0.76 1.9% rec.aviation
30 5300 413 97% 308 529.8 58 0.48 2.9% comp.sys.apple
31 3000 237 78% 255 526.4 85 0.84 1.7% rec.music.gaffa
32 6300 494 78% 21 516.6 3 0.39 3.5% comp.sys.mac.digest
33 6900 541 90% 290 499.8 42 0.35 3.8% rec.arts.startrek
34 4000 308 94% 234 490.2 58 0.58 2.2% soc.culture.jewish
35 18000 1417 99% 314 482.3 17 0.13 9.9% comp.unix.wizards
36 11000 869 91% 280 477.8 25 0.21 6.1% rec.arts.movies
37 7600 591 45% 240 462.5 31 0.29 4.1% misc.jobs.misc
38 7600 593 89% 332 458.1 43 0.29 4.1% rec.arts.tv
39 3400 268 87% 265 441.6 78 0.62 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
40 3900 302 94% 168 417.4 43 0.51 2.1% rec.games.frpreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 8900 705 89% 1434 3000.2 161 1.70 4.9% soc.women
2 12000 919 96% 837 2453.3 69 1.00 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
3 10000 819 93% 48 2258.1 4 1.10 5.7% comp.sources.unix
4 14000 1067 89% 1340 2186.8 95 0.79 7.4% soc.singles
5 7600 599 90% 48 2027.1 6 1.30 4.1% comp.binaries.mac
6 5900 468 90% 734 1695.1 124 1.50 3.2% comp.os.vms
7 9200 730 88% 1012 1668.0 110 0.92 5.0% rec.autos
8 16000 1230 93% 34 1373.5 2 0.43 8.5% comp.sources.games
9 5200 413 87% 585 1361.5 112 1.30 2.9% talk.politics.misc
10 8300 659 97% 395 1361.1 47 0.83 4.6% comp.sys.atari.st
11 17000 1315 91% 48 1318.6 2 0.39 9.1% comp.sources.misc
12 14000 1135 97% 802 1317.2 57 0.48 7.8% comp.sys.mac
13 2200 174 24% 578 1195.0 262 2.70 1.2% soc.men
14 19000 1534 89% 965 1165.9 50 0.31 10.6% rec.humor
15 12000 930 94% 674 1154.5 56 0.49 6.4% rec.arts.sf-lovers
16 4000 320 88% 657 1099.4 164 1.40 2.2% rec.aviation
17 2800 221 33% 24 1096.0 8 2.00 1.5% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
18 22000 1761 96% 580 1045.5 26 0.24 12.2% comp.sys.ibm.pc
19 7500 593 95% 584 966.0 77 0.65 4.1% rec.music.misc
20 9700 770 89% 537 881.8 55 0.46 5.3% rec.audio
21 16000 1254 96% 445 824.3 27 0.26 8.7% comp.lang.c
22 5800 462 94% 234 811.5 40 0.71 3.2% rec.games.hack
23 18000 1405 99% 477 787.0 26 0.22 9.7% comp.unix.wizards
24 11000 852 90% 440 784.2 40 0.36 5.9% rec.arts.movies
25 5000 393 85% 15 752.0 3 0.76 2.7% comp.mail.maps
26 2700 211 89% 22 696.4 8 1.30 1.5% comp.binaries.amiga
27 9800 775 97% 235 652.3 24 0.34 5.4% sci.space
28 8100 637 89% 367 635.4 45 0.40 4.4% rec.arts.startrek
29 11000 887 97% 175 625.3 15 0.29 6.1% comp.os.minix
30 4000 315 89% 227 611.2 56 0.77 2.2% rec.ham-radio
31 10000 806 88% 524 608.9 52 0.31 5.6% talk.bizarre
32 3700 295 88% 185 604.4 50 0.82 2.0% talk.religion.misc
33 3600 282 87% 314 596.1 87 0.84 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
34 4600 363 88% 375 590.0 81 0.65 2.5% rec.bicycles
35 4500 353 94% 272 575.0 60 0.65 2.4% soc.culture.indian
36 3700 293 93% 454 559.9 122 0.76 2.0% rec.music.gdead
37 6300 496 88% 267 544.4 42 0.44 3.4% rec.arts.comics
38 16000 1273 96% 338 522.6 21 0.16 8.8% comp.unix.questions
39 9000 711 95% 242 431.8 26 0.24 4.9% sci.physics
40 7900 628 88% 205 429.2 26 0.27 4.3% misc.headlinesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 19000 1428 98% 51 2538.2 2 0.67 10.1% comp.sources.games
2 3900 292 90% 52 2531.5 13 3.30 2.1% comp.mail.maps
3 6300 480 65% 921 2197.7 146 1.80 3.4% soc.men
4 12000 922 96% 862 2144.0 71 0.90 6.5% comp.sys.amiga
5 8900 674 97% 440 2080.2 49 1.20 4.7% comp.sys.atari.st
6 24000 1853 96% 881 2044.5 36 0.43 13.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc
7 18000 1390 98% 45 1979.5 2 0.56 9.8% comp.sources.unix
8 9400 713 71% 42 1727.6 4 0.93 5.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
9 6900 523 88% 670 1704.5 97 1.20 3.7% talk.politics.misc
10 11000 831 89% 714 1685.0 64 0.77 5.9% soc.women
11 8000 610 95% 878 1489.2 109 0.94 4.3% rec.music.misc
12 8100 613 96% 611 1470.6 75 0.92 4.3% comp.os.vms
13 21000 1610 89% 911 1337.9 43 0.32 11.3% rec.humor
14 16000 1241 89% 671 1221.7 41 0.39 8.7% soc.singles
15 6100 462 91% 210 1183.3 34 0.98 3.3% rec.arts.drwho
16 9900 747 88% 661 1113.5 66 0.57 5.3% rec.autos
17 16000 1179 98% 674 1110.9 42 0.35 8.3% comp.sys.mac
18 12000 945 91% 690 1101.2 57 0.46 6.7% rec.arts.movies
19 8700 658 96% 37 956.7 4 0.56 4.6% comp.binaries.mac
20 17000 1295 96% 587 947.8 34 0.28 9.1% comp.lang.c
21 21000 1586 98% 48 944.0 2 0.23 11.2% comp.sources.misc
22 11000 827 88% 668 935.7 60 0.43 5.8% talk.bizarre
23 14000 1040 94% 524 925.4 37 0.33 7.3% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 5200 393 94% 417 886.6 80 0.86 2.8% soc.culture.indian
25 4400 337 94% 612 881.6 139 1.00 2.4% rec.music.gdead
26 8800 669 89% 404 876.5 45 0.50 4.7% misc.headlines
27 5800 436 96% 341 821.8 58 0.72 3.1% comp.sys.apple
28 7000 533 89% 407 803.9 58 0.58 3.8% rec.arts.comics
29 12000 892 97% 225 757.2 18 0.32 6.3% comp.os.minix
30 10000 771 97% 360 737.4 36 0.37 5.4% sci.space
31 4100 308 88% 201 671.1 49 0.83 2.2% talk.religion.misc
32 9000 682 89% 417 655.6 46 0.37 4.8% rec.arts.startrek
33 4200 316 86% 230 623.0 54 0.75 2.2% talk.religion.newage
34 4200 317 90% 292 621.0 69 0.75 2.2% rec.ham-radio
35 7800 592 89% 457 619.3 58 0.40 4.2% rec.arts.tv
36 4300 323 94% 252 587.9 58 0.69 2.3% soc.culture.jewish
37 5100 389 88% 360 584.6 70 0.58 2.7% rec.bicycles
38 20000 1492 99% 354 584.1 17 0.15 10.5% comp.unix.wizards
39 4000 307 88% 385 556.3 96 0.70 2.2% rec.sport.baseball
40 3000 225 96% 5 555.4 1 0.93 1.6% comp.org.fidonetreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 12000 887 88% 961 2063.6 80 0.88 5.9% soc.women
2 24000 1774 98% 55 1873.0 2 0.40 11.8% comp.sources.misc
3 19000 1393 88% 981 1694.3 51 0.45 9.3% soc.singles
4 23000 1690 99% 38 1532.6 1 0.34 11.2% comp.sources.unix
5 9300 692 89% 382 1427.9 41 0.78 4.6% rec.arts.startrek
6 6600 490 88% 502 1382.2 76 1.10 3.3% talk.politics.misc
7 23000 1719 96% 732 1356.6 31 0.30 11.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
8 11000 838 96% 624 1325.7 56 0.61 5.6% comp.sys.amiga
9 17000 1293 98% 811 1221.9 47 0.37 8.6% comp.sys.mac
10 5000 369 86% 300 1106.7 60 1.10 2.5% talk.religion.newage
11 20000 1457 97% 605 1067.6 30 0.27 9.7% comp.lang.c
12 4900 364 89% 588 1042.5 120 1.10 2.4% rec.aviation
13 8700 648 95% 662 986.3 76 0.58 4.3% rec.music.misc
14 7900 590 73% 465 922.9 58 0.59 3.9% soc.men
15 6400 477 89% 334 920.0 52 0.73 3.2% rec.arts.comics
16 11000 806 88% 490 764.4 44 0.35 5.4% rec.autos
17 12000 899 88% 618 753.2 51 0.32 6.0% talk.bizarre
18 9600 717 96% 47 744.5 4 0.39 4.8% comp.binaries.mac
19 9000 669 97% 252 740.5 28 0.42 4.5% comp.os.vms
20 13000 990 91% 455 693.9 35 0.27 6.6% rec.arts.movies
21 13000 941 81% 12 649.9 0 0.25 6.3% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
22 11000 855 98% 301 630.0 27 0.29 5.7% sci.space
23 21000 1566 99% 372 605.7 17 0.15 10.4% comp.unix.wizards
24 1700 123 97% 15 601.4 9 1.80 0.8% comp.doc
25 4600 339 94% 240 590.0 52 0.65 2.3% soc.culture.jewish
26 15000 1145 96% 287 555.4 19 0.19 7.6% comp.arch
27 19000 1400 97% 337 543.3 17 0.15 9.3% comp.unix.questions
28 14000 1046 95% 264 504.7 18 0.18 7.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
29 23000 1731 89% 385 489.7 16 0.11 11.5% rec.humor
30 5600 417 94% 210 459.3 37 0.42 2.8% soc.culture.indian
31 4400 326 94% 300 458.2 68 0.53 2.2% rec.music.gdead
32 12000 862 89% 270 454.5 22 0.19 5.7% rec.audio
33 12000 857 95% 118 444.8 9 0.19 5.7% comp.windows.x
34 3000 224 87% 117 436.8 39 0.74 1.5% talk.origins
35 4600 346 88% 301 435.4 65 0.48 2.3% rec.sport.baseball
36 5100 379 94% 257 428.6 50 0.43 2.5% rec.ham-radio
37 8000 594 89% 217 425.4 27 0.27 4.0% misc.kids
38 5100 383 98% 190 400.7 37 0.40 2.5% comp.lang.ada
39 5300 397 88% 262 398.3 49 0.38 2.6% rec.bicycles
40 14000 1061 99% 172 395.0 12 0.14 7.1% comp.emacsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 2094 98% 84 3481.4 3 0.64 13.1% comp.sources.unix
2 12000 895 88% 1060 2738.1 88 1.20 5.6% soc.women
3 19000 1419 98% 1097 2512.6 57 0.68 8.9% comp.sys.mac
4 23000 1738 96% 927 2393.0 40 0.53 10.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
5 3200 239 89% 48 2390.1 15 3.80 1.5% comp.mail.maps
6 11000 821 97% 854 2218.3 77 1.00 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
7 20000 1453 88% 1381 2057.7 69 0.53 9.1% soc.singles
8 15000 1135 95% 755 1466.3 50 0.50 7.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
9 9800 727 95% 38 1294.5 3 0.68 4.6% comp.binaries.mac
10 7900 584 97% 482 1237.8 61 0.81 3.7% comp.os.vms
11 5000 370 89% 621 1140.3 124 1.20 2.3% rec.aviation
12 6600 490 89% 437 973.9 66 0.76 3.1% rec.arts.comics
13 9500 704 98% 334 960.5 35 0.52 4.4% comp.sys.atari.st
14 4800 358 94% 378 927.6 78 0.99 2.2% soc.culture.jewish
15 12000 876 89% 537 881.3 44 0.38 5.5% rec.autos
16 12000 897 87% 585 841.2 48 0.36 5.6% talk.bizarre
17 16000 1223 96% 364 826.9 22 0.27 7.7% comp.arch
18 4200 308 97% 295 808.3 70 0.99 1.9% comp.mail.elm
19 20000 1489 97% 431 800.7 21 0.21 9.3% comp.lang.c
20 12000 875 98% 147 796.6 12 0.34 5.5% comp.os.minix
21 5600 414 95% 471 739.7 84 0.68 2.6% rec.music.gdead
22 9400 695 89% 415 727.0 44 0.40 4.4% rec.arts.startrek
23 25000 1833 98% 27 702.8 1 0.14 11.5% comp.sources.misc
24 5000 370 88% 375 702.0 75 0.72 2.3% rec.sport.football
25 12000 869 98% 372 686.6 31 0.29 5.5% sci.space
26 9600 711 88% 285 645.0 29 0.35 4.5% soc.motss
27 23000 1678 89% 485 615.4 21 0.14 10.5% rec.humor
28 13000 972 91% 437 589.9 33 0.23 6.1% rec.arts.movies
29 8200 611 80% 284 567.9 34 0.36 3.8% soc.men
30 9300 687 95% 405 559.1 43 0.31 4.3% rec.music.misc
31 8400 622 90% 221 545.1 26 0.33 3.9% misc.legal
32 20000 1492 97% 310 537.4 15 0.14 9.4% comp.unix.questions
33 12000 884 89% 310 527.7 25 0.23 5.5% rec.audio
34 22000 1620 99% 320 524.3 14 0.12 10.2% comp.unix.wizards
35 11000 821 97% 14 521.0 1 0.24 5.2% comp.doc
36 6500 485 96% 195 515.1 30 0.41 3.0% comp.sys.apple
37 7300 543 88% 281 506.7 38 0.36 3.4% rec.pets
38 6700 499 96% 12 501.3 1 0.38 3.1% comp.sources.amiga
39 6500 485 87% 234 499.5 36 0.39 3.0% talk.politics.misc
40 5300 394 95% 230 463.7 43 0.45 2.5% rec.ham-radioreid@decwrl.DEC.COM (Brian Reid) (11/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced
them.
+-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
| +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
| | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
| | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
| | | | | +-- Participation ratio
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 11000 845 97% 1351 3092.1 122 1.70 5.0% comp.sys.amiga
2 31000 2453 98% 68 2667.2 2 0.51 14.6% comp.sources.unix
3 21000 1642 98% 1427 2124.3 67 0.60 9.8% comp.sys.mac
4 22000 1733 96% 882 1898.9 40 0.51 10.3% comp.sys.ibm.pc
5 12000 914 86% 607 1684.6 50 0.83 5.4% soc.women
6 10000 796 88% 902 1543.0 90 0.91 4.7% rec.arts.startrek
7 9800 769 95% 48 1521.9 4 0.91 4.6% comp.binaries.mac
8 9200 729 97% 555 1162.7 60 0.74 4.3% comp.sys.atari.st
9 7200 564 96% 378 1158.8 52 0.95 3.4% comp.os.vms
10 10000 827 87% 745 1061.1 74 0.62 4.9% talk.bizarre
11 24000 1920 98% 38 1016.5 1 0.25 11.4% comp.sources.misc
12 9000 707 89% 414 996.2 46 0.65 4.2% misc.legal
13 20000 1575 87% 607 968.2 30 0.29 9.4% soc.singles
14 12000 920 88% 562 923.7 46 0.45 5.5% rec.autos
15 14000 1127 95% 558 914.5 39 0.38 6.7% rec.arts.sf-lovers
16 12000 963 89% 667 913.3 55 0.45 5.7% rec.arts.movies
17 21000 1680 97% 532 853.7 25 0.24 10.0% comp.lang.c
18 6200 492 88% 474 796.2 76 0.76 2.9% rec.aviation
19 6300 494 87% 298 771.0 47 0.72 2.9% talk.politics.misc
20 4700 367 87% 490 769.8 104 0.96 2.2% rec.sport.baseball
21 4500 351 93% 305 749.9 67 0.98 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
22 17000 1374 98% 15 734.9 0 0.25 8.2% comp.sources.games
23 4000 317 95% 84 715.8 21 1.10 1.9% comp.sys.atari.8bit
24 9700 768 87% 338 710.0 34 0.43 4.6% soc.motss
25 23000 1808 99% 444 695.6 19 0.18 10.8% comp.unix.wizards
26 22000 1755 88% 507 675.6 23 0.18 10.5% rec.humor
27 4800 382 88% 320 675.6 66 0.83 2.3% rec.arts.comics
28 6700 526 96% 394 659.0 58 0.58 3.1% comp.sys.apple
29 5100 400 94% 264 601.9 51 0.70 2.4% rec.ham-radio
30 8900 703 89% 260 596.5 29 0.39 4.2% misc.headlines
31 2300 185 87% 181 592.8 78 1.50 1.1% talk.abortion
32 4900 385 35% 218 545.0 44 0.66 2.3% alt.flame
33 8000 634 95% 360 532.5 45 0.39 3.8% rec.music.misc
34 17000 1315 96% 235 509.4 13 0.18 7.8% comp.arch
35 10000 796 87% 100 499.4 10 0.29 4.7% rec.travel
36 12000 936 89% 342 494.4 28 0.24 5.6% misc.invest
37 12000 947 98% 267 483.1 22 0.24 5.6% sci.space
38 20000 1572 97% 278 479.0 13 0.14 9.4% comp.unix.questions
39 4300 337 60% 202 474.6 47 0.65 2.0% comp.society.futures
40 11000 876 88% 294 464.5 26 0.25 5.2% rec.audioreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/02/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 20000 1746 87% 1821 3187.5 91 90.00 9.3% soc.singles
2 11000 962 97% 1478 2654.5 134 150.00 5.1% comp.sys.amiga
3 10000 894 88% 1278 2344.8 127 130.00 4.8% rec.arts.startrek
4 10000 862 86% 1651 2173.9 165 120.00 4.6% talk.bizarre
5 24000 2089 98% 60 2140.3 2 57.00 11.1% comp.sources.misc
6 22000 1838 98% 1302 2011.5 59 58.00 9.8% comp.sys.mac
7 10000 888 96% 57 1831.9 5 110.00 4.7% comp.binaries.mac
8 23000 1972 97% 798 1708.9 34 47.00 10.5% comp.sys.ibm.pc
9 6900 592 87% 528 1533.1 76 120.00 3.1% talk.politics.misc
10 10000 853 87% 570 1437.6 57 81.00 4.5% soc.motss
11 15000 1259 95% 784 1272.6 52 53.00 6.7% rec.arts.sf-lovers
12 1500 131 29% 490 1049.6 326 130.00 0.7% soc.culture.china
13 11000 978 88% 644 1036.5 58 54.00 5.2% rec.autos
14 6100 525 88% 557 1026.5 91 97.00 2.8% rec.aviation
15 5300 454 88% 525 1023.7 99 110.00 2.4% rec.arts.comics
16 6100 517 94% 434 975.9 71 98.00 2.8% soc.culture.indian
17 3900 335 86% 365 969.3 93 140.00 1.8% talk.religion.misc
18 8100 690 95% 698 966.1 86 74.00 3.7% rec.music.misc
19 22000 1869 89% 774 949.0 35 25.00 9.9% rec.humor
20 4600 392 94% 474 929.1 103 120.00 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
21 21000 1757 98% 21 922.6 1 28.00 9.3% comp.sources.games
22 4800 410 87% 481 810.3 100 96.00 2.2% rec.sport.football
23 9300 794 97% 420 808.9 45 55.00 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
24 11000 962 88% 478 783.5 43 41.00 5.1% rec.audio
25 8500 729 89% 360 780.2 42 53.00 3.9% misc.headlines
26 30000 2565 99% 15 747.5 0 16.00 13.6% comp.sources.unix
27 8800 750 89% 345 724.1 39 48.00 4.0% misc.legal
28 12000 990 89% 358 688.1 29 33.00 5.3% misc.invest
29 5000 427 85% 221 679.7 44 75.00 2.3% talk.religion.newage
30 6100 520 88% 394 667.0 64 62.00 2.8% rec.arts.drwho
31 12000 1030 89% 431 646.0 35 31.00 5.5% rec.arts.movies
32 11000 943 99% 304 645.1 27 38.00 5.0% comp.emacs
33 4100 353 95% 18 627.9 4 94.00 1.9% comp.binaries.amiga
34 8200 703 83% 287 622.0 35 41.00 3.7% soc.men
35 6400 543 95% 404 620.8 63 60.00 2.9% rec.music.gdead
36 6300 535 96% 392 612.5 62 61.00 2.8% comp.sys.apple
37 11000 937 87% 245 609.2 22 31.00 5.0% soc.women
38 6900 593 97% 325 602.1 47 55.00 3.2% comp.os.vms
39 11000 923 97% 284 569.9 25 33.00 4.9% sci.space
40 20000 1702 98% 375 565.0 18 18.00 9.1% comp.lang.creid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 21000 1756 87% 1265 2322.9 60 62.00 10.0% soc.singles
2 6500 555 91% 127 2319.5 19 210.00 3.1% comp.mail.maps
3 12000 1003 96% 1241 2279.5 103 120.00 5.7% comp.sys.amiga
4 22000 1896 97% 871 2108.8 39 60.00 10.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
5 10000 869 96% 52 1847.7 5 120.00 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
6 12000 1041 94% 100 1484.1 8 76.00 5.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
7 11000 908 87% 598 1369.6 54 70.00 5.1% soc.women
8 9800 839 88% 771 1364.3 78 79.00 4.8% rec.arts.startrek
9 23000 1999 99% 375 1346.9 16 37.00 11.3% comp.unix.wizards
10 13000 1144 94% 747 1319.1 57 62.00 6.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
11 20000 1738 98% 858 1304.2 42 41.00 9.9% comp.sys.mac
12 3100 263 86% 491 1278.9 158 230.00 1.5% talk.religion.misc
13 9200 785 86% 1082 1242.1 117 75.00 4.5% talk.bizarre
14 7700 657 94% 690 1187.9 89 94.00 3.7% rec.music.misc
15 3500 297 69% 407 1142.3 116 150.00 1.7% soc.culture.china
16 9300 791 98% 208 1099.1 22 75.00 4.5% comp.os.minix
17 9200 789 98% 497 1082.1 54 74.00 4.5% comp.sys.atari.st
18 11000 939 87% 624 1075.1 56 55.00 5.3% rec.autos
19 5800 496 88% 525 1041.1 90 100.00 2.8% rec.aviation
20 4300 371 94% 451 939.2 104 130.00 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
21 19000 1660 97% 537 929.5 28 31.00 9.4% comp.lang.c
22 7500 642 86% 345 848.2 46 63.00 3.6% talk.politics.misc
23 9200 785 87% 394 838.0 42 51.00 4.5% soc.motss
24 4300 369 94% 270 828.5 62 120.00 2.1% rec.games.frp
25 4800 407 95% 27 809.0 5 100.00 2.3% comp.binaries.amiga
26 19000 1608 98% 15 795.3 0 27.00 9.1% comp.sources.games
27 4700 404 86% 452 755.1 96 90.00 2.3% rec.sport.football
28 12000 991 88% 418 692.2 34 33.00 5.6% rec.audio
29 21000 1790 87% 587 685.1 27 19.00 10.2% rec.humor
30 4900 418 87% 265 667.9 54 77.00 2.4% rec.arts.comics
31 12000 1009 88% 368 666.0 30 32.00 5.7% rec.arts.movies
32 24000 2064 99% 20 655.1 0 17.00 11.7% comp.sources.misc
33 9500 811 96% 185 654.4 19 43.00 4.6% comp.windows.x
34 5800 498 94% 355 586.1 61 61.00 2.8% soc.culture.indian
35 6900 585 97% 305 572.6 44 52.00 3.3% comp.os.vms
36 7500 641 87% 361 561.7 48 42.00 3.6% rec.video
37 1900 163 38% 214 547.1 112 71.00 0.9% talk.politics.mideast
38 15000 1305 96% 208 509.2 13 21.00 7.4% comp.arch
39 6200 527 96% 307 508.7 49 51.00 3.0% comp.sys.apple
40 8400 713 98% 167 492.1 19 37.00 4.0% comp.unix.xenixreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (03/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 18000 1600 98% 74 3721.2 4 1.40 8.4% comp.sources.games
2 15000 1330 95% 170 3289.9 11 1.50 7.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
3 13000 1128 97% 1591 3010.1 122 1.60 5.9% comp.sys.amiga
4 13000 1179 94% 1125 2970.0 86 1.50 6.2% rec.arts.sf-lovers
5 7100 632 85% 1187 2846.7 167 2.40 3.3% talk.politics.misc
6 20000 1736 86% 1521 2837.1 76 0.87 9.1% soc.singles
7 6700 597 90% 137 2652.0 20 2.50 3.1% comp.mail.maps
8 21000 1903 98% 1715 2613.6 81 0.87 10.0% comp.sys.mac
9 25000 2246 97% 1150 2388.8 46 0.66 11.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
10 11000 980 84% 1840 2215.3 167 1.20 5.1% talk.bizarre
11 20000 1801 98% 1200 1901.5 60 0.66 9.4% comp.lang.c
12 22000 1986 87% 1041 1742.3 47 0.49 10.4% rec.humor
13 10000 930 97% 58 1630.6 5 1.10 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
14 11000 963 87% 831 1570.6 75 0.88 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
15 12000 1065 86% 687 1497.7 57 0.77 5.6% soc.women
16 8700 769 93% 887 1473.5 101 1.10 4.0% rec.music.misc
17 12000 1089 86% 850 1417.4 70 0.73 5.7% rec.autos
18 3800 333 75% 568 1338.0 149 1.90 1.7% soc.culture.china
19 4100 361 85% 402 1264.5 98 1.90 1.9% talk.religion.misc
20 8400 742 86% 572 1251.4 68 0.92 3.9% soc.motss
21 24000 2165 98% 48 1217.8 2 0.36 11.3% comp.sources.misc
22 5900 526 93% 658 1177.5 111 1.30 2.8% soc.culture.indian
23 6400 568 93% 278 1081.1 43 1.10 3.0% rec.music.synth
24 8000 711 89% 301 1071.1 37 0.85 3.7% misc.headlines
25 9600 855 89% 335 1066.2 34 0.71 4.5% misc.legal
26 5300 468 95% 24 1009.3 4 1.30 2.5% comp.binaries.amiga
27 6300 558 87% 568 998.5 90 0.99 2.9% rec.aviation
28 2200 199 52% 398 980.3 181 1.70 1.0% talk.politics.mideast
29 12000 1085 87% 641 955.0 53 0.50 5.7% rec.arts.movies
30 6700 598 97% 451 933.9 67 0.97 3.1% comp.os.vms
31 5300 468 86% 587 905.5 110 1.00 2.5% rec.sport.football
32 9600 851 98% 480 885.6 50 0.65 4.5% comp.sys.atari.st
33 5000 441 93% 372 871.1 74 1.20 2.3% soc.culture.jewish
34 19000 1687 98% 501 749.6 26 0.28 8.8% comp.unix.questions
35 12000 1034 98% 425 749.0 35 0.44 5.4% sci.space
36 12000 1028 98% 380 737.4 31 0.43 5.4% sci.med
37 12000 1024 86% 507 727.1 42 0.37 5.4% rec.audio
38 8200 723 89% 394 706.4 48 0.54 3.8% misc.kids
39 5200 465 93% 310 685.3 59 0.88 2.4% rec.games.frp
40 6500 575 97% 455 653.4 70 0.70 3.0% comp.sys.applereid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 19000 1468 95% 347 6868.0 18 2.30 7.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
2 6700 513 90% 430 6347.0 64 5.70 2.8% comp.mail.maps
3 7100 550 87% 1271 3367.8 179 2.80 3.0% talk.politics.misc
4 20000 1504 88% 1582 2558.2 79 0.76 8.1% soc.singles
5 12000 925 86% 1414 2042.9 117 0.99 5.0% talk.bizarre
6 14000 1069 88% 917 2021.9 65 0.86 5.8% soc.women
7 9900 765 94% 1248 1962.0 126 1.30 4.1% rec.music.misc
8 21000 1652 98% 1045 1905.7 49 0.60 8.9% comp.lang.c
9 6500 501 94% 617 1894.2 94 1.90 2.7% rec.games.frp
10 13000 995 97% 74 1886.8 5 0.95 5.4% comp.binaries.mac
11 23000 1780 98% 1127 1824.8 49 0.52 9.6% comp.sys.mac
12 11000 843 88% 962 1706.3 87 0.93 4.5% rec.arts.startrek
13 13000 978 88% 995 1682.8 76 0.77 5.3% rec.autos
14 31000 2356 97% 1042 1593.4 33 0.34 12.7% comp.sys.ibm.pc
15 13000 975 98% 660 1548.9 50 0.79 5.3% comp.sys.atari.st
16 6000 462 88% 667 1465.9 111 1.50 2.5% rec.arts.comics
17 7000 541 95% 674 1452.0 96 1.30 2.9% soc.culture.indian
18 6400 492 89% 745 1421.3 116 1.30 2.7% rec.aviation
19 4400 339 86% 381 1333.0 86 1.80 1.8% talk.religion.misc
20 4900 381 87% 747 1150.7 152 1.40 2.1% rec.sport.basketball
21 25000 1906 88% 861 1131.6 34 0.27 10.3% rec.humor
22 3700 286 94% 515 1125.0 139 1.90 1.5% rec.music.gdead
23 22000 1682 99% 602 1015.2 27 0.31 9.1% comp.unix.wizards
24 4700 365 88% 345 994.9 73 1.30 2.0% soc.culture.china
25 12000 944 95% 580 929.2 48 0.49 5.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
26 6800 522 95% 28 920.5 4 0.87 2.8% comp.binaries.amiga
27 8100 626 97% 441 896.6 54 0.73 3.4% comp.os.vms
28 20000 1543 99% 344 880.7 17 0.29 8.3% news.groups
29 9300 714 89% 238 876.1 25 0.57 3.9% misc.headlines
30 2800 216 70% 391 866.8 139 1.50 1.2% talk.politics.mideast
31 5200 399 94% 340 858.0 65 1.10 2.2% soc.culture.jewish
32 11000 830 88% 520 810.7 47 0.44 4.5% rec.audio
33 7800 604 97% 478 792.3 61 0.66 3.3% comp.sys.apple
34 2600 197 86% 288 784.7 110 1.80 1.1% talk.origins
35 13000 997 89% 531 768.5 40 0.35 5.4% rec.arts.movies
36 13000 1027 97% 317 738.1 24 0.37 5.5% sci.space
37 11000 850 90% 310 728.1 28 0.40 4.6% misc.legal
38 11000 837 96% 365 713.2 33 0.42 4.5% sci.med
39 18000 1367 97% 322 690.6 17 0.25 7.4% comp.arch
40 10000 767 96% 290 684.8 29 0.45 4.1% sci.miscreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 17000 1538 96% 110 4203.4 3% 0.45 7.4% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
2 4900 449 92% 160 2780.2 0% 1.00 2.2% comp.mail.maps
3 14000 1306 97% 1366 2454.8 6% 0.32 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
4 4400 409 89% 1046 2359.7 12% 0.92 2.0% soc.culture.china
5 6500 601 86% 880 2303.8 36% 0.58 2.9% talk.politics.misc
6 12000 1111 82% 1791 2281.4 6% 0.30 5.3% talk.bizarre
7 13000 1173 90% 1246 2246.3 5% 0.30 5.6% rec.arts.startrek
8 18000 1654 98% 1270 2125.8 9% 0.22 7.9% comp.sys.mac
9 30000 2758 99% 53 1987.6 6% 0.13 13.2% comp.sources.unix
10 12000 1072 95% 1043 1909.9 7% 0.29 5.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
11 2300 215 86% 617 1883.8 5% 1.30 1.0% talk.origins
12 16000 1436 89% 1060 1815.7 8% 0.19 6.9% soc.singles
13 9800 901 95% 1053 1767.4 8% 0.33 4.3% rec.music.misc
14 12000 1061 97% 67 1742.7 0% 0.27 5.1% comp.binaries.mac
15 7400 681 98% 765 1687.4 2% 0.43 3.3% comp.os.vms
16 28000 2610 97% 871 1601.6 21% 0.11 12.5% comp.sys.ibm.pc
17 12000 1061 90% 771 1390.2 33% 0.20 5.1% rec.autos
18 2600 235 77% 623 1340.5 12% 0.76 1.1% talk.politics.mideast
19 12000 1078 90% 606 1316.2 20% 0.19 5.2% soc.women
20 23000 2107 87% 790 1290.8 13% 0.09 10.1% rec.humor
21 3600 327 86% 432 1248.9 7% 0.57 1.6% talk.religion.misc
22 20000 1807 99% 750 1238.4 20% 0.12 8.7% comp.unix.wizards
23 5000 460 90% 672 1202.6 3% 0.42 2.2% rec.aviation
24 16000 1472 99% 573 1139.2 24% 0.13 7.1% news.groups
25 5800 536 96% 34 1133.1 0% 0.36 2.6% comp.binaries.atari.st
26 4400 405 89% 808 1094.2 1% 0.42 1.9% rec.sport.baseball
27 19000 1776 97% 595 1038.2 10% 0.10 8.5% comp.lang.c
28 3600 328 94% 587 1021.3 3% 0.51 1.6% rec.music.gdead
29 6800 621 94% 517 1013.4 4% 0.27 3.0% soc.culture.indian
30 4800 438 95% 28 992.9 7% 0.38 2.1% comp.binaries.amiga
31 5700 521 94% 354 982.1 4% 0.31 2.5% rec.games.frp
32 7900 724 98% 210 979.2 3% 0.23 3.5% comp.os.minix
33 5400 501 82% 428 889.8 3% 0.26 2.4% comp.sys.amiga.tech
34 5800 536 90% 268 884.3 6% 0.26 2.6% rec.arts.comics
35 15000 1395 97% 414 844.1 16% 0.10 6.7% comp.arch
36 9200 847 91% 380 828.9 44% 0.16 4.1% misc.legal
37 2900 264 70% 32 818.2 0% 0.38 1.3% comp.binaries.apple2
38 8400 771 98% 18 810.2 0% 0.18 3.7% comp.sources.games
39 10000 920 97% 412 780.6 4% 0.14 4.4% comp.windows.x
40 11000 1043 90% 473 762.9 15% 0.12 5.0% rec.arts.moviesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced
them.
+-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
| +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
| | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
| | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 4700 454 92% 241 4847.9 0% 1.80 2.3% comp.mail.maps
2 16000 1587 98% 79 4114.0 0% 0.49 8.1% comp.sources.games
3 9100 880 81% 1795 2441.6 3% 0.42 4.5% talk.bizarre
4 11000 1089 96% 1262 2438.9 7% 0.41 5.6% comp.sys.amiga
5 28000 2742 99% 57 2419.0 2% 0.16 14.1% comp.sources.unix
6 5100 491 85% 816 2312.6 22% 0.74 2.5% talk.politics.misc
7 14000 1359 88% 1269 2184.7 4% 0.26 7.0% soc.singles
8 9000 872 96% 444 2087.5 2% 0.43 4.5% comp.windows.x
9 9900 961 94% 1225 2027.7 15% 0.37 4.9% rec.music.misc
10 15000 1437 95% 60 1997.1 2% 0.24 7.4% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
11 10000 984 97% 61 1799.5 0% 0.34 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
12 4700 459 94% 649 1797.7 0% 0.69 2.4% rec.games.frp
13 16000 1544 98% 1162 1725.9 7% 0.20 7.9% comp.sys.mac
14 17000 1680 99% 650 1632.2 15% 0.18 8.6% comp.unix.wizards
15 5100 498 88% 698 1446.4 2% 0.48 2.6% soc.motss
16 4800 462 90% 593 1422.4 9% 0.51 2.4% soc.culture.china
17 2600 253 78% 560 1413.0 22% 0.82 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
18 25000 2402 97% 808 1322.1 13% 0.10 12.3% comp.sys.ibm.pc
19 2300 225 84% 507 1293.1 16% 0.92 1.2% talk.religion.misc
20 12000 1160 94% 709 1250.3 9% 0.19 5.9% rec.arts.sf-lovers
21 12000 1122 89% 706 1236.4 6% 0.18 5.8% rec.arts.startrek
22 5600 537 89% 672 1203.4 1% 0.37 2.8% rec.aviation
23 10000 1002 88% 801 1201.3 20% 0.20 5.1% rec.autos
24 4900 472 95% 37 1055.4 17% 0.39 2.4% comp.binaries.amiga
25 2700 261 78% 32 1038.7 0% 0.58 1.3% comp.binaries.apple2
26 5100 489 94% 492 1038.5 1% 0.37 2.5% soc.culture.indian
27 15000 1426 99% 488 1019.4 25% 0.13 7.3% news.groups
28 10000 989 89% 687 1013.1 10% 0.17 5.1% rec.arts.movies
29 4100 392 88% 618 1007.6 0% 0.42 2.0% rec.sport.baseball
30 6400 615 98% 452 985.7 3% 0.29 3.2% comp.os.vms
31 11000 1018 88% 458 963.7 10% 0.15 5.2% soc.women
32 5200 504 88% 498 960.4 3% 0.31 2.6% rec.bicycles
33 3800 366 88% 581 935.3 1% 0.42 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
34 8000 774 90% 405 926.5 45% 0.20 4.0% misc.legal
35 20000 1934 86% 602 913.6 11% 0.08 9.9% rec.humor
36 7600 737 86% 426 902.6 10% 0.20 3.8% soc.men
37 9300 896 96% 487 899.2 25% 0.18 4.6% sci.med
38 14000 1397 98% 452 896.8 23% 0.12 7.2% news.admin
39 3400 328 94% 568 865.3 3% 0.46 1.7% rec.music.gdead
40 4500 435 89% 394 855.6 2% 0.33 2.2% rec.arts.comicsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced
them.
+-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
| +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
| | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
| | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 4800 434 92% 222 4959.1 0% 1.80 2.3% comp.mail.maps
2 5800 525 85% 1463 3506.5 34% 0.97 2.8% talk.politics.misc
3 16000 1491 98% 57 2909.1 0% 0.34 7.9% comp.sources.games
4 15000 1350 87% 1567 2704.2 2% 0.30 7.1% soc.singles
5 9000 812 80% 2119 2419.2 2% 0.41 4.3% talk.bizarre
6 5400 490 90% 919 2157.9 6% 0.68 2.6% soc.culture.china
7 4600 416 96% 42 2083.2 8% 0.82 2.2% comp.lsi
8 6500 592 98% 529 1937.1 2% 0.55 3.1% comp.os.vms
9 11000 1024 94% 1080 1838.5 16% 0.30 5.4% rec.music.misc
10 18000 1652 98% 1234 1829.5 9% 0.19 8.7% comp.sys.mac
11 6200 562 87% 826 1722.6 10% 0.46 3.0% soc.motss
12 12000 1071 97% 52 1552.4 0% 0.24 5.6% comp.binaries.mac
13 6200 565 89% 889 1552.3 14% 0.42 3.0% rec.aviation
14 4800 439 88% 661 1499.2 3% 0.52 2.3% rec.arts.comics
15 2700 248 78% 648 1481.2 43% 0.81 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
16 25000 2251 97% 831 1454.8 10% 0.11 11.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
17 11000 1036 96% 744 1410.1 8% 0.23 5.5% comp.sys.amiga
18 19000 1762 60% 893 1385.3 13% 0.08 9.3% alt.sex
19 11000 965 88% 821 1347.7 28% 0.20 5.1% rec.autos
20 6800 617 98% 181 1319.0 0% 0.36 3.3% comp.os.minix
21 4500 406 87% 732 1264.4 0% 0.46 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
22 11000 997 89% 774 1227.0 6% 0.19 5.3% rec.arts.movies
23 13000 1204 94% 680 1208.8 12% 0.17 6.3% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 2000 183 85% 453 1207.3 2% 0.97 1.0% talk.origins
25 19000 1703 99% 417 1148.3 5% 0.11 9.0% comp.unix.wizards
26 29000 2603 99% 27 1133.3 4% 0.07 13.7% comp.sources.unix
27 3000 269 84% 433 1126.3 16% 0.60 1.4% talk.religion.misc
28 5100 459 93% 560 1099.8 1% 0.38 2.4% soc.culture.indian
29 4600 414 94% 445 1096.0 2% 0.42 2.2% rec.games.frp
30 22000 2011 86% 900 1087.6 5% 0.08 10.6% rec.humor
31 18000 1588 97% 603 1062.9 14% 0.11 8.4% comp.unix.questions
32 5900 534 87% 627 1053.9 1% 0.29 2.8% rec.bicycles
33 9200 832 90% 450 1045.7 47% 0.19 4.4% misc.legal
34 14000 1314 98% 436 1043.1 9% 0.14 6.9% comp.arch
35 11000 1008 89% 495 1022.6 3% 0.16 5.3% rec.arts.startrek
36 18000 1611 97% 504 1020.7 25% 0.10 8.5% comp.lang.c
37 9300 847 89% 665 1009.1 10% 0.18 4.5% rec.audio
38 10000 922 97% 420 983.4 4% 0.18 4.9% comp.windows.x
39 4400 398 94% 604 948.0 2% 0.38 2.1% rec.music.gdead
40 7800 709 89% 475 935.8 23% 0.20 3.7% rec.arts.booksreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 6500 520 86% 1714 4104.6 21% 0.94 2.6% talk.politics.misc
2 7900 631 98% 643 3525.0 3% 0.76 3.2% comp.os.vms
3 5500 439 91% 143 3269.8 0% 0.95 2.2% comp.mail.maps
4 16000 1254 87% 1666 2809.5 8% 0.27 6.3% soc.singles
5 18000 1412 95% 81 2624.1 0% 0.24 7.1% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
6 6800 539 90% 1060 2286.9 7% 0.53 2.7% soc.culture.china
7 5100 403 94% 621 1976.8 6% 0.63 2.0% rec.games.frp
8 13000 1021 96% 1085 1893.2 6% 0.24 5.1% comp.sys.amiga
9 12000 982 94% 1113 1829.3 9% 0.25 4.9% rec.music.misc
10 4600 365 85% 788 1761.4 15% 0.57 1.8% talk.religion.misc
11 13000 1067 97% 54 1731.4 0% 0.23 5.3% comp.binaries.mac
12 15000 1186 94% 905 1726.9 10% 0.19 5.9% rec.arts.sf-lovers
13 12000 926 87% 776 1670.1 8% 0.21 4.6% soc.women
14 8600 686 80% 1500 1661.9 2% 0.27 3.4% talk.bizarre
15 8100 641 62% 40 1632.0 0% 0.22 3.2% comp.sources.x
16 27000 2177 96% 1051 1591.1 16% 0.10 10.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
17 22000 1754 98% 1046 1517.6 10% 0.12 8.8% comp.sys.mac
18 7500 600 86% 810 1514.0 3% 0.30 3.0% soc.motss
19 12000 991 88% 862 1449.8 13% 0.19 5.0% rec.arts.movies
20 5700 456 87% 740 1293.0 1% 0.34 2.3% rec.sport.baseball
21 5400 430 88% 545 1292.9 8% 0.37 2.2% rec.arts.comics
22 6800 540 87% 727 1279.1 1% 0.29 2.7% rec.bicycles
23 13000 1000 88% 733 1249.5 14% 0.15 5.0% rec.autos
24 6200 495 93% 559 1213.5 1% 0.32 2.5% soc.culture.indian
25 8700 696 89% 610 1193.9 30% 0.21 3.5% misc.kids
26 4700 377 93% 489 1158.8 1% 0.40 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
27 6900 551 88% 656 1146.0 3% 0.26 2.8% rec.aviation
28 21000 1675 97% 639 1039.1 23% 0.08 8.4% comp.lang.c
29 9000 714 89% 408 1038.8 29% 0.18 3.6% misc.headlines
30 22000 1715 99% 564 1028.8 10% 0.08 8.6% comp.unix.wizards
31 24000 1894 85% 882 1014.0 10% 0.06 9.5% rec.humor
32 6400 513 94% 264 1012.8 10% 0.26 2.6% rec.music.synth
33 2600 209 85% 296 997.2 14% 0.57 1.0% talk.politics.theory
34 12000 956 88% 560 990.3 4% 0.13 4.8% rec.arts.startrek
35 18000 1425 89% 577 987.9 56% 0.09 7.1% misc.consumers
36 3200 257 79% 382 937.0 20% 0.41 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
37 25000 2018 99% 32 935.9 0% 0.06 10.1% comp.sources.misc
38 12000 931 96% 504 906.1 3% 0.13 4.7% comp.sys.atari.st
39 4400 347 93% 651 864.0 1% 0.32 1.7% rec.music.gdead
40 12000 970 98% 552 863.4 3% 0.12 4.9% comp.windows.xreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced
them.
+-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
| +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
| | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
| | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 7500 543 85% 2103 5194.6 35% 1.10 2.8% talk.politics.misc
2 28000 2046 96% 1265 2619.1 13% 0.16 10.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
3 26000 1874 99% 75 2607.6 0% 0.18 9.5% comp.sources.misc
4 5800 419 91% 142 2346.6 0% 0.66 2.1% comp.mail.maps
5 6200 450 88% 980 2012.8 8% 0.51 2.3% rec.arts.comics
6 11000 822 79% 40 2005.7 0% 0.26 4.2% comp.sources.x
7 15000 1108 94% 1029 1958.3 5% 0.22 5.6% rec.arts.sf-lovers
8 14000 1022 96% 1103 1923.9 8% 0.24 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
9 24000 1741 98% 1203 1864.1 11% 0.14 8.8% comp.sys.mac
10 4300 311 85% 685 1769.4 19% 0.63 1.6% talk.religion.misc
11 28000 1990 99% 38 1722.1 8% 0.11 10.1% comp.sources.unix
12 10000 736 81% 1622 1706.3 3% 0.25 3.7% talk.bizarre
13 5900 422 94% 579 1635.5 2% 0.47 2.1% rec.games.frp
14 12000 869 94% 1029 1586.8 8% 0.22 4.4% rec.music.misc
15 18000 1308 87% 964 1572.0 11% 0.14 6.6% soc.singles
16 8400 602 98% 688 1510.3 9% 0.32 3.1% comp.os.vms
17 8700 626 98% 244 1464.3 0% 0.30 3.2% comp.os.minix
18 7800 559 87% 685 1435.6 0% 0.29 2.8% soc.motss
19 7600 548 95% 45 1410.1 0% 0.32 2.8% comp.binaries.atari.st
20 15000 1079 97% 42 1387.3 0% 0.16 5.5% comp.binaries.mac
21 14000 991 96% 439 1375.7 2% 0.17 5.0% comp.sys.atari.st
22 3100 225 79% 507 1327.3 10% 0.61 1.1% talk.politics.mideast
23 6600 479 90% 648 1314.3 3% 0.32 2.4% soc.culture.china
24 8000 574 89% 740 1272.1 0% 0.25 2.9% rec.aviation
25 13000 916 88% 721 1252.5 14% 0.15 4.6% rec.autos
26 7600 549 94% 287 1241.8 4% 0.28 2.8% rec.music.synth
27 23000 1693 97% 708 1221.6 16% 0.09 8.6% comp.lang.c
28 14000 1008 88% 661 1156.7 6% 0.13 5.1% rec.arts.startrek
29 12000 880 96% 550 1077.4 22% 0.15 4.5% sci.space
30 14000 1027 88% 652 1053.8 16% 0.12 5.2% rec.arts.movies
31 7500 538 57% 589 1031.9 9% 0.14 2.7% alt.flame
32 6300 454 86% 567 1020.6 1% 0.25 2.3% rec.sport.football
33 18000 1289 96% 37 1005.7 3% 0.10 6.5% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
34 11000 793 87% 503 1001.6 10% 0.14 4.0% soc.women
35 20000 1464 97% 177 933.1 10% 0.08 7.4% comp.graphics
36 6700 482 87% 547 906.0 0% 0.21 2.4% rec.bicycles
37 7600 550 94% 448 868.1 6% 0.19 2.8% rec.ham-radio
38 24000 1729 99% 536 853.9 12% 0.06 8.8% comp.unix.wizards
39 5000 362 94% 580 845.1 3% 0.28 1.8% rec.music.gdead
40 6800 487 93% 417 836.7 4% 0.21 2.5% soc.culture.indianreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced
them.
+-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
| +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
| | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
| | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 11000 747 85% 2127 5358.4 23% 0.76 3.0% talk.politics.misc
2 7400 502 89% 166 2712.7 0% 0.60 2.0% comp.mail.maps
3 17000 1130 94% 1615 2698.9 8% 0.27 4.5% rec.music.misc
4 21000 1446 86% 1541 2375.5 4% 0.18 5.8% soc.singles
5 8300 561 93% 773 2348.0 0% 0.49 2.3% rec.games.frp
6 3600 246 79% 883 2306.8 13% 0.93 1.0% talk.politics.mideast
7 18000 1233 87% 1087 2202.6 2% 0.20 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
8 8300 561 90% 971 2161.7 3% 0.43 2.3% soc.culture.china
9 9800 664 86% 966 2072.3 7% 0.33 2.7% soc.motss
10 18000 1197 96% 1190 2039.1 5% 0.20 4.8% comp.sys.amiga
11 27000 1819 97% 1237 2029.9 14% 0.13 7.3% comp.sys.mac
12 7000 478 87% 969 1956.3 0% 0.45 1.9% rec.arts.comics
13 10000 704 98% 750 1832.1 4% 0.33 2.8% comp.os.vms
14 11000 725 98% 363 1732.7 4% 0.28 2.9% comp.os.minix
15 30000 2056 84% 1133 1673.2 3% 0.09 8.3% rec.humor
16 41000 2759 96% 1009 1583.6 10% 0.07 11.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc
17 15000 1028 86% 911 1580.3 27% 0.17 4.1% rec.autos
18 22000 1515 95% 41 1569.9 0% 0.12 6.1% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
19 29000 1979 99% 875 1514.5 18% 0.09 8.0% comp.unix.wizards
20 10000 686 85% 621 1512.9 22% 0.24 2.8% soc.men
21 41000 2792 98% 39 1490.2 8% 0.07 11.2% comp.sources.unix
22 9400 636 93% 657 1473.3 1% 0.27 2.6% soc.culture.indian
23 15000 1000 94% 837 1445.7 1% 0.17 4.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 11000 733 80% 1242 1355.3 3% 0.18 2.9% talk.bizarre
25 6100 413 93% 551 1326.4 19% 0.37 1.7% soc.culture.jewish
26 14000 966 96% 604 1326.2 14% 0.17 3.9% sci.space
27 11000 726 87% 491 1315.2 61% 0.19 2.9% misc.headlines
28 32000 2192 60% 781 1140.3 8% 0.04 8.8% alt.sex
29 28000 1905 97% 668 1131.4 11% 0.07 7.7% comp.lang.c
30 4900 330 84% 424 1119.0 8% 0.36 1.3% talk.religion.misc
31 7700 522 88% 498 1044.4 1% 0.22 2.1% rec.aviation
32 13000 892 87% 421 1029.8 11% 0.13 3.6% soc.women
33 17000 1170 96% 33 1002.1 0% 0.10 4.7% comp.binaries.mac
34 15000 1039 99% 557 994.2 17% 0.12 4.2% comp.protocols.tcp-ip
35 8800 597 95% 576 952.9 2% 0.19 2.4% rec.music.classical
36 7400 505 85% 488 933.7 0% 0.20 2.0% rec.sport.football
37 17000 1145 98% 594 922.8 3% 0.10 4.6% comp.windows.x
38 4600 310 86% 488 892.5 1% 0.31 1.2% rec.motorcycles
39 18000 1204 88% 665 864.0 2% 0.08 4.8% rec.arts.movies
40 16000 1059 99% 446 852.8 16% 0.10 4.3% news.sysadminreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced
them.
+-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
| +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
| | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
| | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 6600 429 95% 103 5333.0 0% 1.40 1.8% comp.binaries.amiga
2 30000 1933 84% 773 3247.8 3% 0.16 8.1% rec.humor
3 20000 1276 86% 1809 3102.4 6% 0.24 5.3% soc.singles
4 18000 1196 87% 1093 2772.8 0% 0.24 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
5 17000 1128 96% 1444 2524.0 8% 0.25 4.7% comp.sys.amiga
6 6700 433 89% 156 2342.9 0% 0.55 1.8% comp.mail.maps
7 9700 629 84% 1016 2342.8 27% 0.36 2.6% talk.politics.misc
8 4700 305 84% 893 2245.3 3% 0.71 1.3% talk.religion.misc
9 14000 942 94% 45 2016.6 0% 0.24 3.9% comp.sources.x
10 42000 2711 97% 1006 1925.9 13% 0.08 11.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
11 10000 663 85% 982 1817.3 2% 0.27 2.8% soc.motss
12 12000 801 87% 822 1748.0 27% 0.22 3.4% soc.women
13 9800 635 98% 226 1746.8 4% 0.31 2.7% comp.os.minix
14 9600 621 98% 468 1731.2 3% 0.31 2.6% comp.os.vms
15 3100 204 79% 687 1695.1 12% 0.76 0.9% talk.politics.mideast
16 10000 671 80% 1557 1685.6 6% 0.24 2.8% talk.bizarre
17 34000 2211 98% 55 1667.0 2% 0.08 9.3% comp.sources.unix
18 26000 1690 97% 1014 1636.1 13% 0.11 7.1% comp.sys.mac
19 16000 1047 94% 1027 1555.7 13% 0.16 4.4% rec.music.misc
20 9000 588 90% 687 1504.5 5% 0.27 2.5% soc.culture.china
21 8700 565 84% 638 1409.6 13% 0.24 2.4% soc.men
22 5600 361 98% 142 1358.9 8% 0.42 1.5% comp.mail.elm
23 8000 522 93% 490 1340.0 1% 0.28 2.2% rec.games.frp
24 3900 251 63% 125 1325.1 0% 0.38 1.1% gnu.gcc.bug
25 16000 1050 96% 43 1324.2 0% 0.14 4.4% comp.binaries.mac
26 14000 937 94% 668 1196.6 3% 0.14 3.9% rec.arts.sf-lovers
27 8400 543 85% 607 1182.7 0% 0.21 2.3% rec.sport.football
28 27000 1754 97% 645 1156.6 11% 0.07 7.4% comp.lang.c
29 14000 915 87% 709 1142.4 23% 0.12 3.8% rec.autos
30 28000 1793 99% 559 1134.4 15% 0.07 7.5% comp.unix.wizards
31 9800 634 93% 496 1065.4 4% 0.18 2.7% soc.culture.indian
32 22000 1401 96% 31 1062.3 0% 0.08 5.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
33 12000 799 87% 546 1060.2 7% 0.14 3.3% rec.audio
34 6900 447 93% 456 1059.3 15% 0.25 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
35 16000 1024 98% 550 1031.2 2% 0.11 4.3% comp.windows.x
36 14000 906 98% 609 992.4 0% 0.12 3.8% comp.sys.sun
37 7300 476 96% 31 985.9 0% 0.23 2.0% comp.sources.amiga
38 32000 2086 98% 33 972.4 0% 0.05 8.7% comp.sources.misc
39 11000 727 87% 477 950.0 21% 0.13 3.0% misc.kids
40 7300 474 88% 543 947.2 1% 0.20 2.0% rec.aviationreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/05/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 21000 1087 95% 113 3732.8 0% 0.28 5.1% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
2 12000 643 83% 1150 3221.6 26% 0.37 3.0% talk.politics.misc
3 23000 1198 85% 1556 3070.6 16% 0.19 5.7% soc.singles
4 20000 1037 87% 1506 2525.3 3% 0.18 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
5 11000 569 88% 1256 2455.3 4% 0.33 2.7% soc.culture.china
6 14000 709 80% 2123 2435.4 5% 0.23 3.4% talk.bizarre
7 6600 344 90% 129 2412.3 0% 0.54 1.6% comp.mail.maps
8 32000 1668 97% 1577 2320.6 9% 0.12 7.9% comp.sys.mac
9 19000 992 93% 1353 2241.8 6% 0.18 4.7% rec.arts.sf-lovers
10 6500 337 83% 923 2226.6 5% 0.47 1.6% talk.religion.misc
11 17000 901 93% 1397 2192.8 9% 0.20 4.3% rec.music.misc
12 14000 706 91% 920 2027.7 9% 0.22 3.3% soc.culture.indian
13 21000 1076 95% 1323 2016.9 6% 0.15 5.1% comp.sys.amiga
14 40000 2084 96% 1265 1874.2 11% 0.07 9.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
15 5200 271 78% 791 1862.0 13% 0.46 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
16 8900 467 93% 712 1834.9 1% 0.32 2.2% rec.games.frp
17 11000 578 85% 1014 1830.7 1% 0.23 2.7% soc.motss
18 20000 1053 96% 63 1771.7 0% 0.14 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
19 35000 1850 98% 43 1738.6 2% 0.08 8.8% comp.sources.unix
20 6900 359 85% 1027 1726.5 1% 0.35 1.7% rec.sport.basketball
21 11000 556 83% 791 1624.7 5% 0.20 2.6% soc.men
22 13000 673 97% 285 1615.0 17% 0.20 3.2% comp.emacs
23 16000 858 86% 926 1568.6 23% 0.14 4.1% rec.autos
24 15000 763 93% 409 1566.7 9% 0.16 3.6% rec.music.synth
25 12000 609 98% 358 1502.0 1% 0.20 2.9% comp.os.minix
26 12000 604 97% 654 1481.3 4% 0.20 2.9% comp.os.vms
27 38000 1975 84% 1029 1458.6 28% 0.05 9.3% rec.humor
28 24000 1231 91% 1039 1445.6 9% 0.09 5.8% rec.arts.movies
29 11000 563 86% 682 1412.4 2% 0.18 2.7% rec.arts.comics
30 9300 484 93% 687 1408.7 5% 0.23 2.3% rec.ham-radio
31 9700 508 95% 901 1404.3 3% 0.23 2.4% comp.sys.apple
32 16000 828 85% 557 1362.4 18% 0.12 3.9% soc.women
33 20000 1026 98% 731 1239.8 6% 0.10 4.9% comp.windows.x
34 15000 760 93% 28 1225.1 4% 0.12 3.6% comp.sources.x
35 39000 2038 62% 728 1222.6 12% 0.03 9.6% alt.sex
36 12000 633 87% 506 1218.3 52% 0.15 3.0% misc.headlines
37 4300 223 90% 49 1157.7 4% 0.40 1.1% comp.binaries.apple2
38 8200 427 88% 658 1141.3 0% 0.20 2.0% rec.aviation
39 150 8 1% 42 1134.8 0% 0.13 0.0% unix-pc.sources
40 8300 431 85% 590 1106.3 0% 0.19 2.0% rec.arts.tv.soapsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/05/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 26000 1356 85% 1963 4226.6 17% 0.23 6.1% soc.singles
2 25000 1273 94% 106 3565.1 0% 0.22 5.7% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
3 43000 2253 98% 83 3452.5 4% 0.13 10.1% comp.sources.unix
4 14000 724 83% 1211 3405.7 31% 0.33 3.2% talk.politics.misc
5 9800 509 95% 67 3174.2 0% 0.50 2.3% comp.sources.amiga
6 10000 539 89% 1408 3089.7 7% 0.45 2.4% soc.culture.china
7 8400 434 94% 57 2738.3 0% 0.50 1.9% comp.binaries.amiga
8 23000 1197 82% 110 2705.1 10% 0.16 5.4% alt.sources
9 6700 347 90% 151 2698.6 0% 0.60 1.6% comp.mail.maps
10 8900 465 83% 1096 2530.7 6% 0.39 2.1% talk.religion.misc
11 9200 480 93% 879 2351.8 3% 0.39 2.1% rec.games.frp
12 21000 1096 95% 1348 2349.8 5% 0.18 4.9% comp.sys.amiga
13 22000 1123 96% 75 2349.2 0% 0.17 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
14 36000 1885 97% 1573 2329.1 9% 0.10 8.4% comp.sys.mac
15 5700 295 80% 896 2262.8 20% 0.52 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
16 22000 1159 88% 1155 2180.5 4% 0.14 5.2% rec.arts.startrek
17 16000 827 94% 380 2175.2 10% 0.21 3.7% rec.music.synth
18 11000 590 85% 1175 2164.2 6% 0.28 2.6% soc.motss
19 17000 898 94% 1171 2144.0 15% 0.19 4.0% rec.music.misc
20 12000 615 98% 318 2049.8 2% 0.27 2.8% comp.os.minix
21 40000 2100 63% 1136 1967.6 29% 0.05 9.4% alt.sex
22 7800 405 86% 1166 1963.9 0% 0.36 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
23 12000 604 95% 1128 1879.7 2% 0.24 2.7% comp.sys.apple
24 9400 490 86% 1160 1863.3 0% 0.28 2.2% rec.sport.baseball
25 12000 602 79% 1541 1840.0 1% 0.20 2.7% talk.bizarre
26 18000 947 93% 999 1823.0 10% 0.16 4.2% rec.arts.sf-lovers
27 17000 875 91% 931 1770.2 15% 0.16 3.9% soc.culture.indian
28 41000 2137 96% 1144 1711.8 12% 0.07 9.6% comp.sys.ibm.pc
29 27000 1377 98% 820 1592.1 30% 0.09 6.2% news.groups
30 10000 531 88% 802 1548.8 1% 0.22 2.4% rec.arts.comics
31 9800 510 94% 687 1446.3 8% 0.23 2.3% rec.ham-radio
32 11000 573 97% 771 1431.3 3% 0.21 2.6% comp.os.vms
33 16000 843 88% 859 1388.8 15% 0.12 3.8% rec.autos
34 28000 1429 92% 968 1372.2 6% 0.07 6.4% rec.arts.movies
35 7700 400 91% 536 1370.3 5% 0.27 1.8% soc.culture.jewish
36 7400 384 94% 48 1365.3 0% 0.28 1.7% comp.binaries.atari.st
37 18000 929 95% 759 1275.2 5% 0.11 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
38 15000 767 92% 35 1275.2 6% 0.13 3.4% comp.sources.x
39 17000 895 90% 681 1259.4 8% 0.11 4.0% rec.audio
40 8100 419 89% 702 1249.1 12% 0.23 1.9% rec.aviationreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/17/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced
them.
+-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
| +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
| | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
| | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 8600 608 85% 2806 6453.8 19% 1.10 2.7% talk.politics.misc
2 6100 434 91% 158 2540.0 0% 0.67 1.9% comp.mail.maps
3 15000 1075 96% 1326 2327.4 7% 0.26 4.8% comp.sys.amiga
4 6000 427 89% 1058 2184.0 4% 0.57 1.9% soc.culture.china
5 2800 201 79% 736 2013.6 7% 1.00 0.9% talk.politics.mideast
6 25000 1797 97% 1330 2010.6 13% 0.14 8.1% comp.sys.mac
7 6100 434 95% 46 1996.9 0% 0.55 1.9% comp.sources.amiga
8 19000 1334 87% 1067 1844.3 6% 0.15 6.0% soc.singles
9 11000 754 80% 1727 1826.6 2% 0.24 3.4% talk.bizarre
10 7100 506 88% 956 1817.3 6% 0.40 2.3% rec.arts.comics
11 15000 1095 97% 68 1813.0 0% 0.21 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
12 14000 959 88% 946 1760.6 19% 0.20 4.3% rec.autos
13 8400 599 86% 861 1724.9 6% 0.31 2.7% soc.motss
14 6300 450 94% 621 1722.1 1% 0.45 2.0% rec.games.frp
15 13000 898 94% 885 1648.2 9% 0.21 4.0% rec.music.misc
16 3700 264 84% 649 1596.5 2% 0.64 1.2% talk.abortion
17 16000 1120 94% 763 1588.5 4% 0.17 5.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
18 9800 695 98% 664 1573.1 8% 0.28 3.1% comp.os.vms
19 16000 1103 88% 935 1495.1 3% 0.15 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
20 4200 298 85% 622 1467.4 6% 0.52 1.3% talk.religion.misc
21 31000 2213 96% 921 1455.4 17% 0.08 9.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
22 6700 478 87% 666 1388.9 2% 0.32 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
23 6400 456 95% 41 1365.9 10% 0.36 2.0% comp.binaries.amiga
24 7300 520 93% 622 1357.1 2% 0.30 2.3% soc.culture.indian
25 8500 605 85% 560 1335.8 35% 0.24 2.7% soc.men
26 180 13 0% 37 1332.0 3% 0.10 0.1% unix-pc.sources
27 31000 2169 59% 720 1324.6 6% 0.04 9.7% alt.sex
28 7900 561 89% 697 1306.2 2% 0.26 2.5% rec.aviation
29 13000 935 96% 637 1301.2 9% 0.17 4.2% sci.space
30 12000 851 89% 633 1248.6 36% 0.16 3.8% misc.kids
31 29000 2085 99% 54 1248.2 0% 0.08 9.4% comp.sources.misc
32 19000 1331 95% 36 1246.7 0% 0.11 6.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
33 6300 444 95% 34 1203.0 3% 0.32 2.0% comp.binaries.atari.st
34 7900 561 94% 577 1163.3 6% 0.25 2.5% rec.ham-radio
35 22000 1535 98% 522 1136.8 24% 0.09 6.9% comp.arch
36 10000 713 98% 252 1136.4 3% 0.20 3.2% comp.os.minix
37 9700 692 89% 426 1114.5 51% 0.18 3.1% misc.headlines
38 25000 1796 97% 651 1103.5 9% 0.08 8.1% comp.lang.c
39 7900 558 26% 519 1018.3 5% 0.06 2.5% comp.sys.next
40 6000 428 96% 36 966.0 85% 0.27 1.9% comp.lsireid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 12000 571 89% 1637 3749.2 3% 0.45 2.4% soc.culture.china
2 28000 1327 84% 1730 3165.4 5% 0.15 5.6% soc.singles
3 18000 866 93% 1800 3107.6 10% 0.26 3.7% rec.music.misc
4 8000 381 82% 1197 2981.8 4% 0.49 1.6% talk.religion.misc
5 7700 365 88% 199 2948.4 0% 0.54 1.5% comp.mail.maps
6 21000 980 90% 1285 2620.0 6% 0.18 4.1% soc.culture.indian
7 26000 1219 94% 1652 2532.0 5% 0.15 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
8 41000 1933 97% 1625 2477.5 8% 0.09 8.2% comp.sys.mac
9 12000 555 92% 868 2341.2 2% 0.29 2.3% rec.games.frp
10 14000 668 82% 933 2289.5 30% 0.22 2.8% talk.politics.misc
11 51000 2411 64% 1355 2232.3 7% 0.05 10.2% alt.sex
12 16000 762 84% 1106 2136.0 5% 0.18 3.2% soc.motss
13 24000 1147 86% 1303 2103.0 2% 0.12 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
14 23000 1109 47% 940 1964.1 19% 0.06 4.7% alt.fusion
15 50000 2357 95% 1156 1939.0 11% 0.06 10.0% comp.sys.ibm.pc
16 45000 2151 97% 41 1863.9 0% 0.06 9.1% comp.sources.unix
17 14000 668 78% 1606 1847.9 3% 0.16 2.8% talk.bizarre
18 12000 582 84% 1220 1823.4 1% 0.21 2.5% rec.sport.baseball
19 12000 552 96% 862 1809.1 3% 0.23 2.3% comp.os.vms
20 25000 1163 95% 64 1801.3 0% 0.11 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
21 6400 303 79% 668 1792.7 15% 0.36 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
22 3400 161 45% 720 1782.9 22% 0.38 0.7% talk.politics.guns
23 21000 1017 92% 837 1591.8 6% 0.11 4.3% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 17000 787 94% 32 1586.6 0% 0.14 3.3% comp.sources.x
25 5900 279 87% 835 1583.6 2% 0.37 1.2% rec.motorcycles
26 5200 248 89% 63 1579.4 3% 0.43 1.0% comp.binaries.apple2
27 39000 1874 84% 1294 1551.9 5% 0.05 7.9% rec.humor
28 26000 1240 94% 50 1509.4 0% 0.09 5.2% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
29 9800 466 93% 720 1509.0 8% 0.23 2.0% rec.ham-radio
30 14000 658 93% 355 1495.0 11% 0.16 2.8% rec.music.synth
31 11000 510 86% 706 1438.7 3% 0.18 2.2% rec.arts.comics
32 35000 1653 95% 900 1426.7 8% 0.06 7.0% comp.lang.c
33 21000 990 94% 821 1423.8 6% 0.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
34 31000 1486 94% 722 1416.7 40% 0.07 6.3% sci.physics
35 18000 865 88% 710 1346.1 3% 0.11 3.7% rec.audio
36 20000 948 86% 823 1315.8 24% 0.09 4.0% rec.autos
37 6200 293 93% 25 1299.5 0% 0.31 1.2% comp.sources.amiga
38 10000 483 92% 872 1295.3 2% 0.19 2.0% rec.music.gdead
39 25000 1179 96% 30 1265.8 0% 0.08 5.0% comp.sources.games
40 6500 310 81% 583 1243.0 21% 0.25 1.3% talk.abortionreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/02/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 16000 740 89% 2319 4777.8 2% 0.43 3.0% soc.culture.china
2 15000 715 81% 1488 3627.3 42% 0.31 2.9% talk.politics.misc
3 7400 351 80% 1152 3023.6 2% 0.52 1.4% talk.religion.misc
4 7900 373 88% 131 2929.4 0% 0.52 1.5% comp.mail.maps
5 25000 1199 85% 1363 2878.9 2% 0.16 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
6 28000 1301 83% 1536 2753.0 2% 0.13 5.3% soc.singles
7 23000 1108 95% 1505 2511.2 7% 0.17 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
8 56000 2629 65% 1183 2455.9 13% 0.05 10.8% alt.sex
9 37000 1743 97% 1545 2277.2 10% 0.10 7.2% comp.sys.mac
10 44000 2062 95% 1218 2156.2 17% 0.07 8.5% comp.sys.ibm.pc
11 25000 1182 95% 71 2122.5 0% 0.13 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
12 20000 929 83% 1061 2090.3 3% 0.14 3.8% soc.motss
13 42000 2000 83% 1422 2077.6 2% 0.07 8.2% rec.humor
14 12000 564 93% 808 1973.0 2% 0.24 2.3% rec.games.frp
15 19000 921 90% 856 1947.4 4% 0.15 3.8% soc.culture.indian
16 11000 508 86% 952 1906.1 2% 0.24 2.1% rec.arts.comics
17 13000 608 84% 1212 1892.4 0% 0.20 2.5% rec.sport.baseball
18 22000 1059 93% 1102 1871.1 6% 0.13 4.4% rec.arts.sf-lovers
19 19000 902 93% 1062 1790.3 15% 0.14 3.7% rec.music.misc
20 9900 469 93% 39 1780.8 0% 0.27 1.9% comp.binaries.amiga
21 25000 1167 94% 49 1712.0 0% 0.10 4.8% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
22 12000 547 94% 38 1678.4 0% 0.21 2.2% comp.sources.amiga
23 12000 570 96% 875 1668.5 2% 0.21 2.3% comp.os.vms
24 33000 1544 93% 1055 1600.1 3% 0.07 6.3% rec.arts.movies
25 12000 544 94% 1023 1576.3 1% 0.20 2.2% comp.sys.apple
26 3500 167 57% 660 1568.0 17% 0.41 0.7% talk.politics.guns
27 17000 814 76% 1378 1551.4 3% 0.11 3.3% talk.bizarre
28 4600 215 90% 66 1498.6 0% 0.47 0.9% comp.binaries.apple2
29 12000 584 97% 229 1367.4 3% 0.18 2.4% comp.os.minix
30 3900 186 67% 512 1353.2 0% 0.37 0.8% alt.sca
31 22000 1047 85% 723 1322.4 15% 0.08 4.3% rec.autos
32 18000 850 83% 622 1307.3 24% 0.10 3.5% soc.women
33 9600 453 84% 752 1305.1 1% 0.18 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
34 22000 1023 94% 721 1294.8 4% 0.09 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
35 20000 932 83% 560 1266.4 29% 0.08 3.8% soc.men
36 11000 501 84% 683 1240.2 1% 0.15 2.1% rec.arts.tv.soaps
37 11000 518 92% 860 1206.9 3% 0.16 2.1% rec.music.gdead
38 18000 859 86% 741 1205.4 8% 0.09 3.5% rec.food.cooking
39 18000 829 95% 692 1192.6 12% 0.10 3.4% comp.sys.mac.programmer
40 30000 1439 95% 722 1190.8 7% 0.06 5.9% comp.lang.creid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 31000 1517 90% 3579 8919.6 3% 0.46 6.2% soc.culture.china
2 18000 880 80% 1757 4332.8 20% 0.35 3.6% talk.politics.misc
3 40000 1984 98% 81 3829.6 1% 0.17 8.1% comp.sources.unix
4 27000 1334 83% 1788 3188.7 2% 0.18 5.4% soc.singles
5 30000 1476 95% 76 3008.1 0% 0.17 6.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
6 36000 1789 93% 1586 2908.0 7% 0.13 7.3% rec.arts.movies
7 7900 393 80% 1115 2860.3 4% 0.52 1.6% talk.religion.misc
8 8100 401 88% 121 2632.0 0% 0.51 1.6% comp.mail.maps
9 27000 1324 86% 1414 2505.0 6% 0.14 5.4% rec.arts.startrek
10 34000 1705 98% 57 2467.0 0% 0.13 6.9% comp.sources.misc
11 23000 1116 95% 1413 2400.8 7% 0.18 4.5% comp.sys.amiga
12 24000 1194 96% 83 2400.1 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
13 45000 2239 66% 1397 2381.2 11% 0.06 9.1% alt.sex
14 22000 1109 93% 1147 2332.2 10% 0.18 4.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
15 11000 524 85% 1341 2170.4 0% 0.30 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
16 12000 598 96% 746 2066.1 2% 0.30 2.4% comp.os.vms
17 11000 542 86% 1002 1948.6 4% 0.27 2.2% rec.arts.comics
18 15000 752 83% 994 1912.0 17% 0.19 3.1% soc.motss
19 8700 431 85% 1009 1823.9 0% 0.32 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
20 37000 1817 97% 1286 1764.5 9% 0.08 7.4% comp.sys.mac
21 6400 319 78% 711 1701.8 7% 0.37 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
22 48000 2386 95% 1152 1672.4 16% 0.06 9.7% comp.sys.ibm.pc
23 11000 568 93% 566 1667.8 3% 0.25 2.3% rec.games.frp
24 19000 926 95% 34 1608.7 0% 0.14 3.8% comp.sources.x
25 19000 944 94% 985 1604.0 18% 0.14 3.8% rec.music.misc
26 25000 1256 86% 971 1538.2 17% 0.09 5.1% rec.autos
27 12000 604 76% 1194 1508.5 12% 0.17 2.5% talk.bizarre
28 8000 394 87% 735 1497.9 0% 0.29 1.6% rec.motorcycles
29 11000 529 84% 781 1490.6 0% 0.20 2.2% rec.arts.tv.soaps
30 19000 945 83% 609 1446.9 24% 0.11 3.8% soc.women
31 10000 515 93% 54 1415.7 0% 0.24 2.1% comp.binaries.atari.st
32 44000 2167 84% 1096 1410.9 2% 0.05 8.8% rec.humor
33 8800 434 87% 732 1356.2 2% 0.24 1.8% rec.aviation
34 21000 1020 90% 744 1306.7 8% 0.10 4.1% soc.culture.indian
35 14000 690 83% 631 1215.6 21% 0.13 2.8% soc.men
36 8800 437 92% 772 1195.4 3% 0.22 1.8% rec.music.gdead
37 20000 982 96% 399 1174.7 7% 0.10 4.0% sci.space
38 11000 555 85% 692 1164.1 2% 0.16 2.3% rec.bicycles
39 33000 1631 97% 640 1153.7 24% 0.06 6.6% news.groups
40 16000 812 97% 181 1098.6 28% 0.12 3.3% comp.emacsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/03/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 35000 1648 95% 147 5466.2 1% 0.27 6.7% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
2 35000 1639 96% 105 5238.3 0% 0.26 6.7% comp.sources.games
3 30000 1406 89% 1736 4781.1 2% 0.26 5.7% soc.culture.china
4 30000 1437 83% 2670 4397.6 13% 0.22 5.8% soc.singles
5 20000 935 81% 1666 4037.4 28% 0.30 3.8% talk.politics.misc
6 8300 392 80% 1553 3872.9 5% 0.68 1.6% talk.religion.misc
7 6700 318 80% 1232 2907.1 1% 0.63 1.3% talk.abortion
8 38000 1791 93% 1506 2804.1 7% 0.12 7.3% rec.arts.movies
9 12000 555 85% 1512 2795.6 0% 0.36 2.3% rec.sport.baseball
10 16000 754 83% 1288 2707.7 10% 0.26 3.1% soc.motss
11 9400 444 88% 120 2699.4 0% 0.46 1.8% comp.mail.maps
12 9800 461 92% 84 2578.4 4% 0.44 1.9% comp.binaries.atari.st
13 24000 1135 95% 1419 2506.6 6% 0.18 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
14 6700 318 78% 980 2423.9 6% 0.51 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
15 14000 661 83% 1114 2419.9 15% 0.26 2.7% soc.men
16 19000 893 95% 48 2346.8 0% 0.21 3.6% comp.sources.x
17 40000 1866 96% 1463 2090.4 10% 0.09 7.6% comp.sys.mac
18 52000 2471 95% 1395 2077.4 11% 0.07 10.0% comp.sys.ibm.pc
19 27000 1257 86% 915 1996.5 6% 0.12 5.1% rec.arts.startrek
20 20000 941 90% 935 1975.4 2% 0.16 3.8% soc.culture.indian
21 13000 599 96% 715 1943.9 5% 0.26 2.4% comp.os.vms
22 21000 997 93% 1103 1898.5 16% 0.15 4.0% rec.music.misc
23 36000 1724 98% 66 1896.1 0% 0.09 7.0% comp.sources.misc
24 27000 1285 95% 51 1847.9 0% 0.12 5.2% comp.binaries.mac
25 14000 642 85% 1024 1831.5 1% 0.20 2.6% rec.bicycles
26 12000 559 86% 902 1767.5 3% 0.23 2.3% rec.arts.comics
27 15000 727 96% 453 1737.7 11% 0.20 3.0% comp.os.minix
28 30000 1409 86% 1058 1624.7 14% 0.08 5.7% rec.autos
29 49000 2324 84% 1308 1592.5 6% 0.05 9.4% rec.humor
30 7300 343 87% 802 1528.5 1% 0.33 1.4% rec.motorcycles
31 12000 571 85% 845 1528.4 0% 0.20 2.3% rec.arts.tv.soaps
32 25000 1193 93% 857 1523.4 6% 0.10 4.8% rec.arts.sf-lovers
33 13000 596 93% 595 1483.7 1% 0.19 2.4% rec.games.frp
34 51000 2388 66% 701 1478.7 24% 0.04 9.7% alt.sex
35 11000 533 93% 594 1417.7 2% 0.22 2.2% rec.ham-radio
36 11000 519 88% 796 1357.8 1% 0.20 2.1% rec.aviation
37 19000 911 84% 535 1288.1 16% 0.10 3.7% soc.women
38 35000 1632 97% 608 1243.8 17% 0.06 6.6% news.groups
39 13000 594 87% 451 1240.4 21% 0.15 2.4% sci.environment
40 17000 793 77% 1023 1225.6 12% 0.10 3.2% talk.bizarrereid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 28000 1334 90% 1521 3945.9 2% 0.23 5.7% soc.culture.china
2 29000 1381 82% 2050 3565.5 4% 0.18 5.9% soc.singles
3 9000 424 88% 139 3354.2 0% 0.59 1.8% comp.mail.maps
4 20000 952 80% 1455 3306.9 23% 0.24 4.1% talk.politics.misc
5 23000 1092 95% 1605 3099.5 6% 0.23 4.7% comp.sys.amiga
6 23000 1074 93% 1121 2786.6 6% 0.20 4.6% rec.arts.sf-lovers
7 12000 569 85% 1468 2696.8 0% 0.34 2.4% rec.sport.baseball
8 21000 977 94% 1346 2612.1 11% 0.21 4.2% rec.music.misc
9 37000 1733 97% 1587 2406.2 7% 0.11 7.4% comp.sys.mac
10 17000 810 83% 1126 2370.0 6% 0.21 3.5% soc.motss
11 13000 611 96% 852 2341.6 2% 0.31 2.6% comp.os.vms
12 37000 1718 93% 1332 2333.6 8% 0.11 7.4% rec.arts.movies
13 7900 371 80% 777 2011.6 3% 0.37 1.6% talk.religion.misc
14 6400 302 80% 887 2010.4 1% 0.46 1.3% talk.abortion
15 49000 2311 96% 1321 1997.5 11% 0.07 9.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
16 28000 1338 86% 1264 1945.8 9% 0.11 5.7% rec.autos
17 6900 324 78% 817 1908.0 27% 0.39 1.4% talk.politics.mideast
18 22000 1021 95% 825 1735.8 5% 0.14 4.4% comp.sys.atari.st
19 14000 665 82% 715 1676.9 20% 0.18 2.8% soc.men
20 12000 573 86% 832 1676.1 7% 0.22 2.5% rec.arts.comics
21 11000 514 95% 1076 1660.4 0% 0.26 2.2% comp.sys.apple
22 12000 567 84% 928 1659.7 0% 0.21 2.4% rec.arts.tv.soaps
23 39000 1823 98% 57 1642.1 0% 0.07 7.8% comp.sources.misc
24 29000 1359 97% 910 1586.8 4% 0.10 5.8% comp.windows.x
25 15000 716 85% 876 1584.4 2% 0.16 3.1% rec.bicycles
26 34000 1610 97% 1007 1563.2 6% 0.08 6.9% comp.lang.c
27 24000 1151 86% 826 1550.5 4% 0.10 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
28 22000 1021 96% 49 1512.1 0% 0.12 4.4% comp.binaries.mac
29 11000 495 93% 594 1501.8 2% 0.23 2.1% rec.games.frp
30 17000 799 90% 696 1496.3 6% 0.14 3.4% soc.culture.indian
31 23000 1063 96% 712 1489.0 5% 0.11 4.6% sci.space
32 43000 2042 96% 568 1476.3 11% 0.06 8.7% comp.graphics
33 23000 1079 94% 592 1474.4 7% 0.11 4.6% misc.misc
34 16000 735 77% 1207 1416.0 3% 0.12 3.1% talk.bizarre
35 7600 356 84% 748 1384.2 1% 0.28 1.5% rec.sport.football
36 12000 543 93% 673 1341.5 5% 0.19 2.3% rec.ham-radio
37 10000 473 93% 875 1305.4 4% 0.22 2.0% rec.music.gdead
38 13000 633 97% 609 1294.5 0% 0.17 2.7% comp.dcom.telecom
39 19000 902 96% 695 1286.4 5% 0.12 3.9% comp.sys.mac.programmer
40 13000 613 87% 672 1265.0 1% 0.15 2.6% rec.aviationreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced
them.
+-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
| +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
| | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
| | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 13000 565 94% 121 3764.8 3% 0.50 2.4% comp.binaries.atari.st
2 24000 1086 86% 1292 3336.6 2% 0.22 4.6% rec.arts.startrek
3 30000 1336 83% 1791 3239.7 12% 0.17 5.7% soc.singles
4 41000 1860 96% 1776 2769.3 10% 0.12 7.9% comp.sys.mac
5 35000 1593 85% 105 2705.6 0% 0.12 6.8% alt.sources
6 26000 1186 90% 978 2672.2 10% 0.17 5.1% soc.culture.china
7 20000 921 82% 1045 2569.5 16% 0.19 3.9% talk.politics.misc
8 10000 453 88% 109 2450.8 0% 0.40 1.9% comp.mail.maps
9 25000 1140 95% 85 2447.2 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
10 15000 699 84% 1163 2406.4 3% 0.25 3.0% soc.motss
11 11000 478 85% 1275 2331.3 1% 0.33 2.0% rec.sport.football
12 11000 476 59% 911 2304.1 8% 0.23 2.0% sci.skeptic
13 25000 1118 96% 1376 2293.9 6% 0.16 4.8% comp.sys.amiga
14 9200 414 81% 858 2209.4 1% 0.36 1.8% talk.religion.misc
15 35000 1595 93% 1088 2086.8 6% 0.10 6.8% rec.arts.movies
16 13000 577 85% 1208 2044.7 1% 0.24 2.5% rec.sport.baseball
17 11000 490 93% 686 2008.6 2% 0.31 2.1% rec.games.frp
18 13000 583 88% 837 1995.9 0% 0.25 2.5% rec.aviation
19 50000 2271 96% 1366 1990.3 9% 0.07 9.7% comp.sys.ibm.pc
20 12000 545 86% 995 1920.3 2% 0.25 2.3% rec.arts.comics
21 20000 900 94% 1111 1873.8 16% 0.16 3.8% rec.music.misc
22 7800 354 79% 748 1834.8 16% 0.34 1.5% talk.politics.mideast
23 16000 725 97% 399 1829.7 0% 0.20 3.1% comp.os.minix
24 29000 1326 86% 1126 1827.7 10% 0.10 5.7% rec.autos
25 15000 661 96% 777 1727.5 2% 0.20 2.8% comp.os.vms
26 6900 311 81% 733 1724.0 0% 0.37 1.3% talk.abortion
27 53000 2395 67% 1011 1668.3 12% 0.04 10.2% alt.sex
28 15000 683 78% 1378 1649.9 2% 0.16 2.9% talk.bizarre
29 34000 1554 97% 34 1645.9 0% 0.09 6.6% comp.sources.games
30 43000 1925 98% 39 1624.4 0% 0.07 8.2% comp.sources.misc
31 14000 641 93% 718 1573.1 4% 0.19 2.7% rec.ham-radio
32 12000 549 96% 1052 1565.4 1% 0.23 2.3% comp.sys.apple
33 36000 1606 97% 918 1560.6 6% 0.08 6.9% comp.lang.c
34 53000 2379 84% 1152 1544.6 3% 0.04 10.2% rec.humor
35 24000 1061 96% 889 1506.4 2% 0.11 4.5% comp.sys.atari.st
36 23000 1059 93% 877 1495.4 5% 0.11 4.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
37 4700 213 67% 660 1475.6 7% 0.39 0.9% talk.politics.guns
38 4300 195 66% 266 1466.2 0% 0.41 0.8% misc.headlines.unitex
39 12000 546 85% 709 1408.9 0% 0.18 2.3% rec.arts.tv.soaps
40 15000 663 97% 573 1398.7 0% 0.17 2.8% comp.dcom.telecomreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (11/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 25000 1135 88% 2258 4217.5 4% 0.27 4.6% rec.arts.startrek
2 36000 1596 98% 80 3482.6 3% 0.17 6.5% comp.sources.unix
3 11000 490 89% 158 3209.1 0% 0.48 2.0% comp.mail.maps
4 13000 593 89% 1568 3010.3 1% 0.37 2.4% rec.arts.comics
5 25000 1133 96% 1819 2989.7 8% 0.21 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
6 9100 407 82% 1120 2851.5 13% 0.47 1.7% talk.religion.misc
7 24000 1087 91% 981 2845.1 13% 0.20 4.4% soc.culture.china
8 47000 2109 97% 1787 2706.9 9% 0.10 8.6% comp.sys.mac
9 20000 908 83% 1060 2640.1 12% 0.20 3.7% talk.politics.misc
10 27000 1211 96% 92 2609.7 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
11 12000 549 88% 1397 2492.3 1% 0.33 2.2% rec.sport.football
12 56000 2502 97% 1482 2305.1 9% 0.07 10.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc
13 5100 229 64% 1008 2256.8 13% 0.52 0.9% soc.culture.taiwan
14 62000 2759 87% 1270 2187.2 5% 0.06 11.2% rec.humor
15 22000 969 94% 1163 2050.7 10% 0.16 3.9% rec.music.misc
16 32000 1424 85% 1044 2012.2 8% 0.10 5.8% soc.singles
17 35000 1562 93% 1202 1940.3 3% 0.09 6.3% rec.arts.movies
18 13000 588 95% 49 1928.7 0% 0.26 2.4% comp.binaries.atari.st
19 18000 810 80% 1535 1909.7 4% 0.15 3.3% talk.bizarre
20 34000 1509 85% 85 1816.9 3% 0.08 6.1% alt.sources
21 4600 208 77% 306 1811.0 0% 0.55 0.8% misc.headlines.unitex
22 16000 695 96% 799 1799.6 2% 0.20 2.8% comp.os.vms
23 8300 374 82% 722 1766.6 3% 0.32 1.5% talk.abortion
24 8600 387 81% 699 1737.0 24% 0.30 1.6% talk.politics.mideast
25 12000 548 94% 1095 1724.8 1% 0.25 2.2% rec.music.gdead
26 26000 1161 89% 1133 1723.9 8% 0.11 4.7% rec.autos
27 12000 534 96% 1150 1713.4 1% 0.25 2.2% comp.sys.apple
28 24000 1064 94% 1063 1695.3 13% 0.12 4.3% rec.arts.sf-lovers
29 24000 1058 96% 1012 1655.2 1% 0.12 4.3% comp.sys.atari.st
30 36000 1615 98% 981 1632.1 10% 0.08 6.5% comp.lang.c
31 37000 1637 97% 880 1611.4 19% 0.08 6.6% news.groups
32 17000 765 85% 813 1603.7 21% 0.15 3.1% soc.men
33 13000 569 93% 665 1596.0 3% 0.21 2.3% rec.games.frp
34 20000 876 91% 827 1592.5 2% 0.13 3.6% soc.culture.indian
35 25000 1129 96% 738 1574.5 12% 0.11 4.6% sci.space
36 15000 677 94% 797 1552.4 5% 0.18 2.7% rec.ham-radio
37 14000 638 88% 814 1540.2 1% 0.18 2.6% rec.arts.tv.soaps
38 15000 656 90% 807 1531.7 2% 0.17 2.7% rec.aviation
39 10000 455 73% 620 1525.2 8% 0.20 1.8% sci.skeptic
40 20000 910 89% 505 1515.2 61% 0.12 3.7% misc.headlinesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 16000 701 90% 2044 4143.0 1% 0.44 2.5% rec.arts.comics
2 11000 500 84% 1258 3480.9 1% 0.50 1.8% talk.religion.misc
3 21000 899 96% 1062 3450.9 3% 0.30 3.2% comp.os.vms
4 18000 772 90% 1755 3444.5 1% 0.32 2.8% rec.sport.football
5 23000 1008 85% 1456 3398.8 19% 0.24 3.6% talk.politics.misc
6 30000 1303 91% 1308 3383.6 8% 0.19 4.7% soc.culture.china
7 12000 529 89% 156 3267.2 0% 0.46 1.9% comp.mail.maps
8 30000 1301 90% 1811 3056.3 1% 0.17 4.7% rec.arts.startrek
9 28000 1234 94% 1654 2974.3 14% 0.19 4.5% rec.music.misc
10 30000 1305 97% 1840 2947.7 5% 0.18 4.7% comp.sys.amiga
11 18000 774 94% 942 2636.4 2% 0.26 2.8% rec.games.frp
12 27000 1174 91% 1346 2609.1 1% 0.17 4.2% soc.culture.indian
13 75000 3289 71% 1182 2465.9 15% 0.04 11.9% alt.sex
14 9600 418 85% 788 2446.1 0% 0.40 1.5% talk.abortion
15 60000 2600 97% 1702 2406.2 9% 0.07 9.4% comp.sys.mac
16 42000 1815 97% 1267 2344.3 13% 0.10 6.6% news.groups
17 52000 2286 98% 56 2333.3 0% 0.08 8.3% comp.sources.misc
18 29000 1273 90% 1335 2311.6 10% 0.13 4.6% rec.autos
19 70000 3042 89% 1167 2302.8 3% 0.05 11.0% rec.humor
20 32000 1390 96% 63 2300.2 0% 0.13 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
21 36000 1578 96% 51 2230.4 0% 0.11 5.7% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
22 68000 2953 97% 1477 2176.6 9% 0.06 10.7% comp.sys.ibm.pc
23 39000 1692 93% 1023 2104.8 3% 0.09 6.1% rec.arts.movies
24 15000 666 96% 35 2062.9 0% 0.25 2.4% comp.sources.amiga
25 29000 1276 96% 1196 2051.1 1% 0.13 4.6% comp.sys.atari.st
26 9300 405 93% 68 2024.4 0% 0.38 1.5% comp.binaries.apple2
27 16000 712 90% 1173 1950.3 0% 0.21 2.6% rec.arts.tv.soaps
28 15000 674 96% 1360 1911.8 1% 0.23 2.4% comp.sys.apple
29 19000 848 97% 346 1883.2 7% 0.18 3.1% comp.os.minix
30 16000 684 92% 953 1784.0 1% 0.19 2.5% rec.aviation
31 13000 554 90% 902 1737.0 0% 0.23 2.0% rec.sport.basketball
32 36000 1561 87% 1013 1706.1 5% 0.08 5.6% soc.singles
33 18000 790 94% 901 1669.6 5% 0.16 2.9% rec.ham-radio
34 22000 957 88% 828 1563.6 7% 0.12 3.5% soc.motss
35 23000 1000 71% 917 1545.5 17% 0.09 3.6% alt.flame
36 9500 416 83% 642 1527.2 31% 0.25 1.5% talk.politics.mideast
37 25000 1088 90% 985 1512.4 9% 0.10 3.9% rec.arts.tv
38 29000 1251 94% 994 1492.5 6% 0.09 4.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
39 22000 975 82% 1168 1465.5 6% 0.10 3.5% talk.bizarre
40 29000 1281 96% 635 1373.2 13% 0.09 4.6% sci.spacereid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/02/90)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced
them.
+-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
| +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
| | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
| | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
| | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
| | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders
| | | | | | | | who read this group.
V V V V V V V V
1 13000 550 90% 208 4382.7 0% 0.56 2.0% comp.mail.maps
2 22000 913 97% 300 4185.8 1% 0.34 3.4% comp.os.minix
3 22000 901 85% 1189 3077.1 39% 0.22 3.3% talk.politics.misc
4 34000 1399 97% 1764 3012.6 8% 0.16 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
5 27000 1122 90% 1026 2896.0 5% 0.18 4.2% soc.culture.china
6 79000 3240 72% 1346 2751.9 4% 0.05 12.0% alt.sex
7 61000 2483 97% 1672 2701.0 15% 0.08 9.2% comp.sys.mac
8 32000 1319 91% 1483 2543.5 2% 0.13 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
9 10000 426 85% 866 2454.2 4% 0.39 1.6% talk.religion.misc
10 71000 2916 98% 1505 2424.8 17% 0.06 10.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
11 55000 2276 98% 57 2344.2 0% 0.08 8.4% comp.sources.misc
12 21000 850 91% 1272 2333.3 2% 0.19 3.1% rec.sport.football
13 33000 1357 97% 58 2221.9 0% 0.12 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
14 10000 418 76% 177 2180.9 10% 0.31 1.5% comp.os.os2
15 33000 1351 91% 1189 2115.7 10% 0.11 5.0% rec.autos
16 30000 1213 91% 1158 2086.9 2% 0.12 4.5% soc.culture.indian
17 68000 2810 91% 1279 2082.2 4% 0.05 10.4% rec.humor
18 23000 951 88% 801 1931.9 16% 0.14 3.5% soc.women
19 27000 1114 93% 936 1873.4 3% 0.12 4.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
20 13000 553 91% 948 1840.3 3% 0.24 2.0% rec.sport.basketball
21 7800 319 85% 566 1800.4 1% 0.36 1.2% talk.abortion
22 34000 1400 87% 940 1791.0 8% 0.09 5.2% soc.singles
23 17000 690 91% 890 1764.0 1% 0.17 2.6% rec.arts.comics
24 32000 1318 97% 1092 1727.7 3% 0.10 4.9% comp.sys.atari.st
25 14000 561 37% 1001 1707.9 1% 0.09 2.1% alt.folklore.computers
26 21000 867 88% 870 1685.7 8% 0.13 3.2% soc.motss
27 22000 892 96% 841 1681.2 3% 0.14 3.3% comp.os.vms
28 25000 1011 91% 1040 1659.1 5% 0.11 3.7% rec.arts.tv
29 37000 1534 93% 993 1644.5 5% 0.08 5.7% rec.arts.movies
30 26000 1061 94% 882 1476.5 13% 0.10 3.9% rec.music.misc
31 17000 703 93% 814 1447.6 1% 0.15 2.6% rec.aviation
32 10000 429 84% 497 1434.8 20% 0.22 1.6% talk.politics.mideast
33 21000 867 91% 624 1430.3 25% 0.12 3.2% misc.headlines
34 18000 753 94% 732 1418.6 6% 0.14 2.8% rec.ham-radio
35 19000 763 95% 41 1389.4 8% 0.13 2.8% comp.binaries.atari.st
36 25000 1023 84% 1106 1380.8 6% 0.09 3.8% talk.bizarre
37 10000 423 91% 813 1375.7 1% 0.23 1.6% rec.motorcycles
38 17000 682 93% 523 1353.0 1% 0.14 2.5% rec.games.frp
39 15000 603 90% 768 1346.2 0% 0.15 2.2% rec.arts.tv.soaps
40 16000 673 96% 553 1312.3 2% 0.15 2.5% rec.music.classicalreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (03/01/90)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME
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 32000 1118 87% 1687 4260.2 30% 0.21 3.8% talk.politics.misc
2 41000 1460 92% 2291 3976.9 1% 0.16 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
3 15000 523 89% 160 3776.8 0% 0.41 1.8% comp.mail.maps
4 97000 3426 75% 1703 3597.4 15% 0.05 11.8% alt.sex
5 20000 689 91% 1958 3491.6 0% 0.29 2.4% rec.sport.basketball
6 44000 1543 88% 1774 3325.6 19% 0.12 5.3% soc.singles
7 20000 691 95% 65 3229.1 2% 0.28 2.4% comp.binaries.amiga
8 38000 1347 93% 1729 3079.4 14% 0.14 4.6% rec.music.misc
9 38000 1346 96% 2011 3075.0 6% 0.14 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
10 15000 527 93% 116 3059.7 1% 0.35 1.8% comp.binaries.apple2
11 40000 1413 91% 1525 2997.9 3% 0.12 4.9% soc.culture.indian
12 82000 2882 92% 1520 2956.9 4% 0.06 9.9% rec.humor
13 74000 2604 97% 1984 2889.5 10% 0.07 9.0% comp.sys.ibm.pc
14 64000 2273 97% 1918 2828.8 9% 0.08 7.8% comp.sys.mac
15 38000 1322 93% 1602 2801.4 5% 0.13 4.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
16 40000 1402 97% 54 2759.6 0% 0.12 4.8% comp.sources.games
17 10000 355 86% 997 2754.5 2% 0.44 1.2% talk.abortion
18 22000 777 97% 58 2742.3 2% 0.22 2.7% comp.sources.amiga
19 51000 1800 93% 1526 2719.3 6% 0.09 6.2% rec.arts.movies
20 27000 961 92% 1073 2706.3 15% 0.17 3.3% misc.legal
21 25000 869 93% 1087 2603.9 3% 0.18 3.0% rec.games.frp
22 41000 1462 96% 82 2523.0 0% 0.11 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
23 21000 745 97% 1457 2276.1 2% 0.19 2.6% comp.sys.apple
24 35000 1218 90% 925 2251.7 3% 0.11 4.2% soc.culture.china
25 29000 1018 88% 1242 2225.1 9% 0.12 3.5% soc.motss
26 14000 504 91% 1294 2176.6 1% 0.26 1.7% rec.motorcycles
27 29000 1019 92% 620 2148.3 11% 0.12 3.5% misc.headlines
28 20000 696 93% 1164 2118.0 1% 0.18 2.4% rec.aviation
29 24000 840 92% 1217 2105.5 2% 0.15 2.9% rec.arts.comics
30 57000 1993 97% 1375 2105.3 4% 0.07 6.9% comp.windows.x
31 17000 589 86% 820 2035.1 1% 0.19 2.0% talk.religion.misc
32 66000 2316 97% 1046 1974.1 23% 0.05 8.0% news.groups
33 33000 1163 92% 1268 1961.5 6% 0.10 4.0% rec.arts.tv
34 9400 330 48% 1340 1960.5 4% 0.18 1.1% soc.culture.british
35 65000 2303 97% 51 1942.9 0% 0.05 7.9% comp.sources.misc
36 18000 645 95% 68 1919.9 0% 0.18 2.2% comp.binaries.atari.st
37 22000 789 94% 889 1912.1 7% 0.15 2.7% rec.ham-radio
38 19000 667 93% 1310 1849.6 1% 0.17 2.3% rec.music.gdead
39 34000 1213 96% 1190 1832.3 3% 0.09 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
40 36000 1276 91% 1054 1763.9 6% 0.08 4.4% rec.autos