reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (01/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 2200 184 87% 414 1433.1 188 2.60 1.5% talk.religion.misc
3 3500 298 88% 372 1918.1 106 2.20 2.5% comp.sys.atari.st
4 1900 160 88% 242 808.0 127 1.70 1.3% talk.abortion
5 1800 148 75% 247 652.5 137 1.50 1.2% rec.arts.comics
6 7600 640 96% 81 2590.7 10 1.40 5.4% mod.mac.binaries
7 2900 245 88% 428 1038.3 147 1.40 2.1% talk.politics.misc
8 3400 286 76% 557 1019.7 163 1.20 2.4% rec.arts.startrek
9 1800 155 88% 134 524.0 74 1.20 1.3% talk.origins
10 8100 684 88% 944 2142.4 116 1.10 5.8% soc.singles
11 1400 116 74% 130 333.1 92 0.95 1.0% rec.ham-radio
12 3300 279 87% 285 775.2 86 0.94 2.3% soc.motss
13 1600 133 74% 212 351.4 133 0.88 1.1% rec.aviation
14 2800 232 92% 190 594.8 67 0.85 2.0% soc.culture.indian
15 2700 230 92% 200 558.3 74 0.83 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
16 960 81 76% 144 186.6 150 0.78 0.7% rec.music.gdead
17 950 80 74% 22 176.6 24 0.75 0.7% rec.ham-radio.packet
18 4000 333 79% 305 707.1 76 0.71 2.8% rec.arts.sf-lovers
19 1500 128 88% 55 252.5 37 0.68 1.1% comp.sys.atari.8bit
20 2700 226 89% 171 450.4 63 0.67 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
21 2600 221 89% 190 431.9 73 0.67 1.9% comp.sys.apple
22 2500 206 77% 278 408.8 111 0.66 1.7% rec.music.misc
23 2200 189 89% 64 295.5 29 0.54 1.6% talk.philosophy.misc
24 1900 160 72% 124 241.8 65 0.51 1.3% rec.sport.football
25 2600 216 74% 195 295.4 75 0.46 1.8% rec.video
26 4700 396 75% 305 489.4 65 0.42 3.3% rec.arts.movies
27 1100 93 73% 52 99.8 48 0.36 0.8% rec.arts.tv.soaps
28 3800 317 58% 15 329.3 4 0.35 2.7% news.lists
29 28000 2334 94% 95 2355.2 3 0.34 19.6% net.sources
30 7500 631 89% 367 627.0 48 0.34 5.3% comp.sys.ibm.pc
31 3200 270 92% 12 270.7 4 0.34 2.3% mod.politics.arms-d
32 1700 142 76% 60 139.8 35 0.33 1.2% rec.games.frp
33 6900 579 89% 314 540.9 45 0.31 4.9% comp.lang.c
34 5700 476 88% 191 425.5 33 0.30 4.0% soc.women
35 2000 172 86% 24 151.2 12 0.30 1.4% mod.religion.christian
36 1300 112 74% 50 95.7 38 0.30 0.9% rec.motorcycles
37 15000 1265 93% 47 1101.4 3 0.29 10.6% net.sources.games
38 6000 504 88% 297 422.8 49 0.28 4.2% talk.bizarre
39 4000 334 76% 162 281.9 40 0.28 2.8% rec.audio
40 1900 156 74% 97 132.7 51 0.28 1.3% rec.arts.drwhoreid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (02/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 275 87% 692 1795.8 197 2.10 2.5% talk.politics.misc
2 2400 192 87% 424 1156.2 176 2.00 1.7% talk.religion.misc
3 5000 397 89% 688 2298.1 137 1.90 3.6% comp.sys.amiga
4 5100 400 90% 600 2182.3 117 1.70 3.6% comp.sys.atari.st
5 2700 215 79% 465 1069.5 172 1.60 1.9% rec.arts.comics
6 5900 462 87% 641 1606.4 108 1.10 4.2% soc.women
7 5600 446 83% 731 1384.3 130 1.00 4.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
8 3100 243 89% 274 741.1 88 0.97 2.2% mod.music.gaffa
9 2000 155 89% 125 476.4 62 0.96 1.4% comp.sys.atari.8bit
10 1700 137 87% 122 398.5 72 0.95 1.2% talk.abortion
11 2400 186 78% 320 544.2 133 0.92 1.7% rec.aviation
12 1600 128 44% 7 330.6 4 0.84 1.2% mod.mag.fidonet
13 9000 714 86% 980 1854.2 108 0.83 6.4% soc.singles
14 2100 168 78% 187 429.2 89 0.83 1.5% rec.ham-radio
15 3000 235 92% 304 553.6 101 0.75 2.1% soc.culture.indian
16 2000 154 88% 114 371.4 57 0.75 1.4% talk.philosophy.misc
17 2000 158 87% 130 354.3 65 0.72 1.4% talk.origins
18 3000 236 92% 194 514.7 64 0.69 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
19 3800 299 83% 394 641.7 103 0.68 2.7% rec.music.misc
20 1500 116 82% 198 249.8 132 0.67 1.0% rec.music.gdead
21 4700 373 79% 478 766.4 101 0.66 3.4% rec.arts.startrek
22 26000 2072 90% 268 4044.3 10 0.63 18.6% net.sources
23 2800 218 77% 285 437.8 102 0.63 2.0% rec.sport.football
24 2900 227 85% 217 438.5 74 0.61 2.0% rec.music.synth
25 15000 1147 96% 41 1754.5 2 0.47 10.3% mod.sources
26 2400 191 82% 110 279.5 45 0.47 1.7% rec.games.frp
27 1400 113 62% 57 159.9 40 0.46 1.0% misc.handicap
28 5600 440 80% 350 602.3 62 0.44 4.0% rec.audio
29 7600 601 96% 21 791.7 2 0.42 5.4% mod.mac.binaries
30 2100 166 77% 138 213.3 65 0.41 1.5% rec.motorcycles
31 12000 932 90% 615 1166.2 51 0.39 8.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
32 7000 549 91% 277 655.9 39 0.38 4.9% sci.space
33 2600 206 78% 167 230.0 64 0.36 1.9% rec.arts.drwho
34 8800 697 90% 65 770.1 7 0.35 6.3% comp.ai
35 4100 322 79% 261 359.2 63 0.35 2.9% rec.video
36 9900 779 96% 518 834.3 52 0.34 7.0% mod.computers.vax
37 1600 125 82% 72 135.7 45 0.34 1.1% rec.games.bridge
38 3500 278 90% 227 284.5 64 0.33 2.5% comp.sys.apple
39 3500 275 83% 184 288.6 52 0.33 2.5% rec.games.hack
40 3300 264 38% 184 268.6 55 0.33 2.4% comp.os.minixreid@decwrl.UUCP (03/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3300 240 88% 395 1241.0 119 1.50 2.1% talk.religion.misc
2 1900 137 89% 75 697.0 39 1.50 1.2% rec.games.pbm
3 2600 190 82% 394 880.5 151 1.40 1.7% rec.ham-radio
4 7700 560 95% 557 2597.7 72 1.30 4.9% comp.sys.amiga
5 4500 325 89% 524 1396.1 116 1.20 2.8% talk.politics.misc
6 6600 480 95% 561 1812.5 85 1.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
7 4000 292 85% 544 1141.6 136 1.10 2.5% rec.arts.comics
8 2500 183 89% 224 675.3 89 1.10 1.6% talk.origins
9 3000 216 88% 325 753.5 108 1.00 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
10 3200 231 82% 507 776.0 158 0.97 2.0% rec.aviation
11 10000 733 89% 1167 2170.2 116 0.87 6.4% soc.singles
12 5100 371 90% 590 999.7 115 0.78 3.2% rec.music.misc
13 6500 477 89% 574 1252.1 88 0.77 4.2% soc.women
14 1600 116 73% 105 292.6 66 0.73 1.0% misc.handicap
15 2300 164 71% 165 389.0 72 0.68 1.4% talk.religion.newage
16 2000 149 89% 235 300.7 117 0.60 1.3% rec.music.gdead
17 7900 576 89% 535 1116.1 67 0.57 5.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
18 7500 543 95% 41 998.9 5 0.53 4.7% mod.mac.binaries
19 7400 541 95% 594 987.4 80 0.53 4.7% mod.computers.vax
20 2600 191 90% 108 343.3 41 0.53 1.7% talk.philosophy.misc
21 3000 218 93% 168 389.8 56 0.52 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
22 2400 176 95% 97 312.3 40 0.52 1.5% comp.sys.atari.8bit
23 1600 120 88% 70 177.2 43 0.44 1.0% talk.abortion
24 16000 1166 95% 791 1598.1 49 0.40 10.2% comp.sys.ibm.pc
25 23000 1688 96% 57 2232.2 2 0.39 14.7% mod.sources
26 6600 484 95% 308 647.0 46 0.39 4.2% sci.physics
27 5800 426 84% 341 565.6 58 0.39 3.7% rec.arts.tv
28 2500 183 82% 182 236.7 73 0.38 1.6% rec.sport.baseball
29 3900 286 91% 171 351.0 43 0.36 2.5% rec.music.synth
30 3200 230 89% 140 291.0 43 0.36 2.0% rec.games.frp
31 8700 634 87% 451 757.9 51 0.35 5.5% rec.audio
32 3400 247 94% 178 294.6 52 0.35 2.2% soc.culture.indian
33 5700 414 84% 290 479.8 50 0.34 3.6% rec.arts.startrek
34 2900 214 82% 127 229.2 43 0.32 1.9% rec.sport.football
35 2600 187 81% 138 207.9 53 0.32 1.6% rec.sport.basketball
36 7900 572 96% 272 613.0 34 0.31 5.0% sci.math
37 2500 179 82% 114 193.5 45 0.31 1.6% rec.motorcycles
38 7500 548 94% 268 564.3 35 0.30 4.8% sci.space
39 7300 532 95% 271 541.2 37 0.30 4.6% sci.astro
40 2500 179 82% 101 187.0 40 0.30 1.6% rec.arts.tv.soapsreid@decwrl.UUCP (04/02/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3000 233 87% 558 1533.9 186 2.30 1.9% talk.religion.misc
2 7400 570 94% 75 2250.7 10 1.40 4.7% mod.mac.binaries
3 4300 330 88% 432 1141.1 100 1.20 2.7% talk.politics.misc
4 8200 629 95% 700 1996.9 85 1.10 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
5 6700 517 96% 622 1694.2 92 1.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
6 3200 244 87% 321 805.6 100 1.10 2.0% rec.ham-radio
7 2200 169 92% 350 561.6 159 1.10 1.4% rec.music.gdead
8 4700 361 87% 517 1056.6 110 1.00 3.0% rec.arts.comics
9 1100 87 65% 10 249.3 9 1.00 0.7% comp.binaries.atari.st
10 2800 216 85% 321 618.0 114 0.99 1.8% rec.motorcycles
11 3000 231 89% 262 632.9 87 0.95 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
12 8100 620 92% 881 1679.6 108 0.93 5.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
13 3400 259 93% 370 692.9 108 0.92 2.1% soc.culture.indian
14 6700 517 88% 647 1331.8 96 0.89 4.2% soc.women
15 2900 223 84% 354 557.7 122 0.87 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
16 10000 783 88% 987 1884.6 98 0.85 6.4% soc.singles
17 960 74 92% 54 150.8 56 0.71 0.6% soc.culture.greek
18 6700 513 95% 460 1047.2 68 0.70 4.2% mod.computers.vax
19 5700 442 87% 505 874.4 88 0.69 3.6% rec.arts.startrek
20 5800 444 93% 492 839.6 84 0.65 3.6% rec.music.misc
21 1800 138 82% 131 249.9 73 0.62 1.1% misc.handicap
22 2400 185 87% 120 323.8 50 0.61 1.5% talk.origins
23 7400 567 85% 492 880.1 66 0.54 4.7% rec.autos
24 3200 249 85% 244 363.7 76 0.51 2.0% rec.aviation
25 2800 218 85% 170 295.1 60 0.47 1.8% rec.sport.baseball
26 6800 526 87% 421 667.7 61 0.44 4.3% talk.bizarre
27 23000 1801 95% 47 2114.3 2 0.41 14.8% mod.sources
28 3900 299 85% 174 329.0 44 0.38 2.5% rec.bicycles
29 3900 303 88% 184 318.4 47 0.37 2.5% rec.arts.drwho
30 25000 1961 86% 142 2024.8 5 0.36 16.1% net.sources
31 1800 141 92% 68 145.3 38 0.36 1.2% rec.games.bridge
32 7500 578 94% 254 581.0 33 0.35 4.7% sci.space
33 4600 353 88% 137 348.1 29 0.34 2.9% soc.motss
34 3400 264 92% 91 241.3 26 0.32 2.2% rec.games.frp
35 3000 228 92% 58 211.2 19 0.32 1.9% rec.music.folk
36 5400 413 88% 164 374.1 30 0.31 3.4% misc.kids
37 11000 882 96% 567 738.4 51 0.30 7.2% comp.sys.mac
38 9800 756 88% 427 657.5 43 0.30 6.2% rec.arts.movies
39 3200 247 95% 122 210.4 38 0.30 2.0% comp.os.cpm
40 2400 185 84% 127 161.3 52 0.30 1.5% rec.arts.tv.soapsreid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) (05/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3000 237 89% 558 1533.9 186 2.30 1.9% talk.religion.misc
2 7600 595 95% 75 2250.7 9 1.40 4.7% mod.mac.binaries
3 3200 247 88% 321 805.6 100 1.20 1.9% rec.ham-radio
4 2200 172 93% 350 561.6 159 1.20 1.4% rec.music.gdead
5 6900 544 96% 622 1694.2 90 1.10 4.3% comp.sys.atari.st
6 4600 361 90% 432 1141.1 94 1.10 2.8% talk.politics.misc
7 8900 694 96% 700 1996.9 78 1.00 5.4% comp.sys.amiga
8 3000 237 90% 262 632.9 87 0.97 1.9% mod.music.gaffa
9 5200 405 89% 517 1056.6 99 0.93 3.2% rec.arts.comics
10 8500 665 93% 881 1679.6 103 0.91 5.2% rec.arts.sf-lovers
11 6700 525 90% 647 1331.8 96 0.91 4.1% soc.women
12 3100 244 87% 321 618.0 103 0.91 1.9% rec.motorcycles
13 3600 284 94% 370 692.9 102 0.88 2.2% soc.culture.indian
14 3200 250 86% 354 557.7 110 0.80 2.0% rec.sport.basketball
15 860 67 93% 54 150.8 63 0.80 0.5% soc.culture.greek
16 11000 834 90% 987 1884.6 89 0.78 6.5% soc.singles
17 1500 119 83% 131 249.9 87 0.76 0.9% misc.handicap
18 6500 506 96% 460 1047.2 70 0.74 4.0% mod.computers.vax
19 6400 498 88% 505 874.4 79 0.63 3.9% rec.arts.startrek
20 6200 484 94% 492 839.6 79 0.62 3.8% rec.music.misc
21 2400 186 89% 120 323.8 50 0.62 1.5% talk.origins
22 7500 590 87% 492 880.1 65 0.54 4.6% rec.autos
23 3400 265 87% 244 363.7 71 0.49 2.1% rec.aviation
24 22000 1690 96% 47 2114.3 2 0.44 13.3% mod.sources
25 7200 567 89% 421 667.7 58 0.42 4.5% talk.bizarre
26 3300 258 87% 170 295.1 51 0.41 2.0% rec.sport.baseball
27 2800 221 77% 10 249.3 3 0.41 1.7% comp.binaries.atari.st
28 3900 309 90% 184 318.4 47 0.37 2.4% rec.arts.drwho
29 4200 327 87% 174 329.0 41 0.36 2.6% rec.bicycles
30 7500 586 95% 254 581.0 33 0.35 4.6% sci.space
31 3200 252 93% 91 241.3 28 0.35 2.0% rec.games.frp
32 2800 221 93% 58 211.2 20 0.35 1.7% rec.music.folk
33 1900 145 93% 68 145.3 36 0.35 1.1% rec.games.bridge
34 27000 2108 86% 142 2024.8 5 0.34 16.6% net.sources
35 4700 367 89% 137 348.1 29 0.34 2.9% soc.motss
36 5300 412 90% 164 374.1 30 0.32 3.2% misc.kids
37 2600 202 90% 51 175.9 19 0.31 1.6% talk.philosophy.misc
38 10000 814 90% 427 657.5 42 0.30 6.4% rec.arts.movies
39 2500 193 86% 127 161.3 50 0.30 1.5% rec.arts.tv.soaps
40 11000 843 96% 277 680.8 25 0.28 6.6% comp.archreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 7900 614 90% 1120 2637.0 141 1.60 4.3% soc.women
2 12000 899 97% 828 3049.5 69 1.20 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
3 5200 407 89% 498 1159.7 95 1.10 2.8% talk.politics.misc
4 1700 136 71% 178 383.4 105 1.10 1.0% sci.philosophy.tech
5 3700 291 90% 240 765.6 64 0.99 2.0% talk.religion.misc
6 6100 476 77% 35 1174.2 5 0.92 3.3% comp.binaries.mac
7 3700 289 96% 62 688.2 16 0.89 2.0% comp.sys.cbm
8 3300 259 94% 457 596.7 138 0.86 1.8% rec.music.gdead
9 3000 237 78% 255 526.4 85 0.84 1.7% rec.music.gaffa
10 4700 368 80% 261 794.9 55 0.81 2.6% comp.os.vms
11 7900 614 96% 494 1290.0 62 0.78 4.3% comp.sys.atari.st
12 3400 268 88% 367 540.6 107 0.76 1.9% rec.aviation
13 3700 292 88% 378 583.7 102 0.75 2.0% rec.sport.baseball
14 2500 198 80% 12 391.9 5 0.75 1.4% comp.os.os9
15 11000 834 94% 810 1696.0 73 0.74 5.8% rec.arts.sf-lovers
16 5700 448 89% 382 859.3 67 0.72 3.1% rec.arts.comics
17 3400 268 87% 265 441.6 78 0.62 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
18 4600 362 95% 305 592.6 66 0.61 2.5% soc.culture.indian
19 12000 902 85% 32 1478.3 2 0.59 6.3% comp.sources.games
20 4000 308 94% 234 490.2 58 0.58 2.2% soc.culture.jewish
21 12000 937 90% 890 1407.7 74 0.56 6.6% soc.singles
22 2000 154 66% 77 227.5 38 0.54 1.1% soc.politics
23 7700 598 95% 558 844.0 72 0.52 4.2% rec.music.misc
24 3900 302 94% 168 417.4 43 0.51 2.1% rec.games.frp
25 2100 162 94% 90 218.7 42 0.50 1.1% rec.games.bridge
26 5300 413 97% 308 529.8 58 0.48 2.9% comp.sys.apple
27 2100 162 75% 2 203.0 1 0.46 1.1% comp.org.fidonet
28 2500 195 88% 141 235.3 56 0.45 1.4% rec.arts.tv.soaps
29 8000 620 90% 328 741.9 41 0.44 4.3% misc.headlines
30 3800 293 91% 235 339.0 62 0.43 2.0% rec.arts.drwho
31 2200 174 84% 5 193.9 2 0.42 1.2% comp.sources.mac
32 1200 96 94% 52 106.6 44 0.42 0.7% soc.culture.greek
33 6300 494 78% 21 516.6 3 0.39 3.5% comp.sys.mac.digest
34 8700 675 88% 451 700.6 51 0.38 4.7% rec.autos
35 8900 696 95% 344 688.8 38 0.37 4.9% sci.med
36 4800 371 89% 231 368.1 48 0.37 2.6% rec.bicycles
37 3700 288 90% 10 290.3 2 0.37 2.0% comp.binaries.atari.st
38 3800 298 90% 134 283.8 35 0.36 2.1% rec.ham-radio
39 2200 170 88% 91 164.3 41 0.36 1.2% rec.railroad
40 6900 541 90% 290 499.8 42 0.35 3.8% rec.arts.startrekreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 2200 174 24% 578 1195.0 262 2.70 1.2% soc.men
2 2800 221 33% 24 1096.0 8 2.00 1.5% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
3 8900 705 89% 1434 3000.2 161 1.70 4.9% soc.women
4 5900 468 90% 734 1695.1 124 1.50 3.2% comp.os.vms
5 4000 320 88% 657 1099.4 164 1.40 2.2% rec.aviation
6 7600 599 90% 48 2027.1 6 1.30 4.1% comp.binaries.mac
7 5200 413 87% 585 1361.5 112 1.30 2.9% talk.politics.misc
8 2700 211 89% 22 696.4 8 1.30 1.5% comp.binaries.amiga
9 10000 819 93% 48 2258.1 4 1.10 5.7% comp.sources.unix
10 12000 919 96% 837 2453.3 69 1.00 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
11 9200 730 88% 1012 1668.0 110 0.92 5.0% rec.autos
12 3600 282 87% 314 596.1 87 0.84 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
13 8300 659 97% 395 1361.1 47 0.83 4.6% comp.sys.atari.st
14 3700 295 88% 185 604.4 50 0.82 2.0% talk.religion.misc
15 14000 1067 89% 1340 2186.8 95 0.79 7.4% soc.singles
16 4000 315 89% 227 611.2 56 0.77 2.2% rec.ham-radio
17 5000 393 85% 15 752.0 3 0.76 2.7% comp.mail.maps
18 3700 293 93% 454 559.9 122 0.76 2.0% rec.music.gdead
19 5800 462 94% 234 811.5 40 0.71 3.2% rec.games.hack
20 7500 593 95% 584 966.0 77 0.65 4.1% rec.music.misc
21 4600 363 88% 375 590.0 81 0.65 2.5% rec.bicycles
22 4500 353 94% 272 575.0 60 0.65 2.4% soc.culture.indian
23 3100 243 90% 155 344.7 50 0.56 1.7% comp.sys.apollo
24 1500 119 86% 41 160.7 27 0.54 0.8% misc.handicap
25 12000 930 94% 674 1154.5 56 0.49 6.4% rec.arts.sf-lovers
26 14000 1135 97% 802 1317.2 57 0.48 7.8% comp.sys.mac
27 3200 249 90% 105 304.8 33 0.48 1.7% rec.music.gaffa
28 9700 770 89% 537 881.8 55 0.46 5.3% rec.audio
29 6300 496 88% 267 544.4 42 0.44 3.4% rec.arts.comics
30 16000 1230 93% 34 1373.5 2 0.43 8.5% comp.sources.games
31 8100 637 89% 367 635.4 45 0.40 4.4% rec.arts.startrek
32 4600 364 87% 221 366.3 48 0.40 2.5% rec.pets
33 4000 317 94% 151 319.4 37 0.40 2.2% soc.culture.jewish
34 17000 1315 91% 48 1318.6 2 0.39 9.1% comp.sources.misc
35 11000 852 90% 440 784.2 40 0.36 5.9% rec.arts.movies
36 3500 277 88% 145 252.5 41 0.36 1.9% rec.motorcycles
37 2200 173 81% 7 158.7 3 0.36 1.2% soc.politics.arms-d
38 5200 408 91% 188 362.0 36 0.35 2.8% rec.arts.drwho
39 9800 775 97% 235 652.3 24 0.34 5.4% sci.space
40 3800 304 87% 154 249.3 40 0.33 2.1% rec.sport.baseballreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3900 292 90% 52 2531.5 13 3.30 2.1% comp.mail.maps
2 6300 480 65% 921 2197.7 146 1.80 3.4% soc.men
3 8900 674 97% 440 2080.2 49 1.20 4.7% comp.sys.atari.st
4 6900 523 88% 670 1704.5 97 1.20 3.7% talk.politics.misc
5 4400 337 94% 612 881.6 139 1.00 2.4% rec.music.gdead
6 6100 462 91% 210 1183.3 34 0.98 3.3% rec.arts.drwho
7 8000 610 95% 878 1489.2 109 0.94 4.3% rec.music.misc
8 9400 713 71% 42 1727.6 4 0.93 5.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
9 3000 225 96% 5 555.4 1 0.93 1.6% comp.org.fidonet
10 8100 613 96% 611 1470.6 75 0.92 4.3% comp.os.vms
11 12000 922 96% 862 2144.0 71 0.90 6.5% comp.sys.amiga
12 5200 393 94% 417 886.6 80 0.86 2.8% soc.culture.indian
13 4100 308 88% 201 671.1 49 0.83 2.2% talk.religion.misc
14 11000 831 89% 714 1685.0 64 0.77 5.9% soc.women
15 4200 317 90% 292 621.0 69 0.75 2.2% rec.ham-radio
16 4200 316 86% 230 623.0 54 0.75 2.2% talk.religion.newage
17 5800 436 96% 341 821.8 58 0.72 3.1% comp.sys.apple
18 4000 307 88% 385 556.3 96 0.70 2.2% rec.sport.baseball
19 4300 323 94% 252 587.9 58 0.69 2.3% soc.culture.jewish
20 19000 1428 98% 51 2538.2 2 0.67 10.1% comp.sources.games
21 2700 208 21% 12 352.1 4 0.66 1.5% alt.sources
22 1400 108 88% 80 180.3 57 0.65 0.8% misc.handicap
23 2200 170 88% 10 271.7 4 0.62 1.2% soc.politics.arms-d
24 4300 323 88% 311 520.8 72 0.61 2.3% rec.aviation
25 1200 94 93% 2 139.5 2 0.59 0.7% rec.mag
26 7000 533 89% 407 803.9 58 0.58 3.8% rec.arts.comics
27 5100 389 88% 360 584.6 70 0.58 2.7% rec.bicycles
28 3500 267 95% 142 399.4 40 0.58 1.9% rec.music.gaffa
29 9900 747 88% 661 1113.5 66 0.57 5.3% rec.autos
30 18000 1390 98% 45 1979.5 2 0.56 9.8% comp.sources.unix
31 8700 658 96% 37 956.7 4 0.56 4.6% comp.binaries.mac
32 2700 202 88% 77 282.4 28 0.53 1.4% talk.origins
33 8800 669 89% 404 876.5 45 0.50 4.7% misc.headlines
34 12000 945 91% 690 1101.2 57 0.46 6.7% rec.arts.movies
35 24000 1853 96% 881 2044.5 36 0.43 13.1% comp.sys.ibm.pc
36 11000 827 88% 668 935.7 60 0.43 5.8% talk.bizarre
37 7800 592 89% 457 619.3 58 0.40 4.2% rec.arts.tv
38 4700 354 89% 227 371.5 48 0.40 2.5% rec.photo
39 16000 1241 89% 671 1221.7 41 0.39 8.7% soc.singles
40 10000 771 97% 360 737.4 36 0.37 5.4% sci.spacereid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 1700 123 97% 15 601.4 9 1.80 0.8% comp.doc
2 6600 490 88% 502 1382.2 76 1.10 3.3% talk.politics.misc
3 5000 369 86% 300 1106.7 60 1.10 2.5% talk.religion.newage
4 4900 364 89% 588 1042.5 120 1.10 2.4% rec.aviation
5 12000 887 88% 961 2063.6 80 0.88 5.9% soc.women
6 9300 692 89% 382 1427.9 41 0.78 4.6% rec.arts.startrek
7 3000 224 87% 117 436.8 39 0.74 1.5% talk.origins
8 6400 477 89% 334 920.0 52 0.73 3.2% rec.arts.comics
9 2200 166 89% 10 293.8 4 0.68 1.1% soc.politics.arms-d
10 4600 339 94% 240 590.0 52 0.65 2.3% soc.culture.jewish
11 11000 838 96% 624 1325.7 56 0.61 5.6% comp.sys.amiga
12 7900 590 73% 465 922.9 58 0.59 3.9% soc.men
13 8700 648 95% 662 986.3 76 0.58 4.3% rec.music.misc
14 3300 245 95% 67 365.1 20 0.56 1.6% comp.sys.atari.8bit
15 4400 326 94% 300 458.2 68 0.53 2.2% rec.music.gdead
16 4600 346 88% 301 435.4 65 0.48 2.3% rec.sport.baseball
17 1500 109 88% 57 142.8 38 0.48 0.7% misc.handicap
18 19000 1393 88% 981 1694.3 51 0.45 9.3% soc.singles
19 5100 379 94% 257 428.6 50 0.43 2.5% rec.ham-radio
20 9000 669 97% 252 740.5 28 0.42 4.5% comp.os.vms
21 5600 417 94% 210 459.3 37 0.42 2.8% soc.culture.indian
22 24000 1774 98% 55 1873.0 2 0.40 11.8% comp.sources.misc
23 5100 383 98% 190 400.7 37 0.40 2.5% comp.lang.ada
24 9600 717 96% 47 744.5 4 0.39 4.8% comp.binaries.mac
25 5300 397 88% 262 398.3 49 0.38 2.6% rec.bicycles
26 17000 1293 98% 811 1221.9 47 0.37 8.6% comp.sys.mac
27 11000 806 88% 490 764.4 44 0.35 5.4% rec.autos
28 23000 1690 99% 38 1532.6 1 0.34 11.2% comp.sources.unix
29 4500 335 88% 184 291.2 40 0.33 2.2% rec.sport.football
30 3700 274 97% 4 240.2 1 0.33 1.8% comp.org.fidonet
31 12000 899 88% 618 753.2 51 0.32 6.0% talk.bizarre
32 1100 79 87% 22 68.9 20 0.32 0.5% talk.politics.theory
33 580 43 8% 12 36.1 22 0.32 0.3% rec.arts.int-fiction
34 23000 1719 96% 732 1356.6 31 0.30 11.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
35 2700 201 88% 77 156.9 28 0.30 1.3% rec.railroad
36 11000 855 98% 301 630.0 27 0.29 5.7% sci.space
37 5500 408 91% 185 316.0 33 0.29 2.7% rec.arts.drwho
38 6900 516 96% 170 376.9 24 0.28 3.4% comp.sys.apple
39 4000 299 88% 105 219.1 26 0.28 2.0% rec.motorcycles
40 4000 295 88% 71 222.4 17 0.28 2.0% talk.religion.miscreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3200 239 89% 48 2390.1 15 3.80 1.5% comp.mail.maps
2 12000 895 88% 1060 2738.1 88 1.20 5.6% soc.women
3 5000 370 89% 621 1140.3 124 1.20 2.3% rec.aviation
4 11000 821 97% 854 2218.3 77 1.00 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
5 4800 358 94% 378 927.6 78 0.99 2.2% soc.culture.jewish
6 4200 308 97% 295 808.3 70 0.99 1.9% comp.mail.elm
7 760 56 5% 97 132.8 127 0.90 0.4% alt.cyberpunk
8 7900 584 97% 482 1237.8 61 0.81 3.7% comp.os.vms
9 6600 490 89% 437 973.9 66 0.76 3.1% rec.arts.comics
10 5000 370 88% 375 702.0 75 0.72 2.3% rec.sport.football
11 3100 227 96% 28 421.4 9 0.70 1.4% comp.sys.m6809
12 19000 1419 98% 1097 2512.6 57 0.68 8.9% comp.sys.mac
13 9800 727 95% 38 1294.5 3 0.68 4.6% comp.binaries.mac
14 5600 414 95% 471 739.7 84 0.68 2.6% rec.music.gdead
15 28000 2094 98% 84 3481.4 3 0.64 13.1% comp.sources.unix
16 2300 169 86% 85 280.9 37 0.63 1.1% talk.politics.theory
17 3700 275 89% 160 449.6 43 0.62 1.7% rec.motorcycles
18 2600 193 15% 217 304.4 83 0.60 1.2% alt.flame
19 23000 1738 96% 927 2393.0 40 0.53 10.9% comp.sys.ibm.pc
20 20000 1453 88% 1381 2057.7 69 0.53 9.1% soc.singles
21 9500 704 98% 334 960.5 35 0.52 4.4% comp.sys.atari.st
22 1100 80 26% 100 110.5 90 0.52 0.5% comp.lang.rexx
23 15000 1135 95% 755 1466.3 50 0.50 7.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 4600 342 88% 297 443.1 64 0.50 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
25 2500 188 90% 8 245.0 3 0.50 1.2% soc.politics.arms-d
26 3300 243 97% 4 314.3 1 0.49 1.5% comp.org.fidonet
27 2600 192 88% 94 247.3 36 0.49 1.2% talk.abortion
28 1500 109 23% 78 141.3 52 0.48 0.7% comp.editors
29 2800 210 88% 138 257.8 49 0.47 1.3% rec.railroad
30 4500 337 97% 74 404.2 16 0.46 2.1% comp.os.cpm
31 5300 394 95% 230 463.7 43 0.45 2.5% rec.ham-radio
32 380 28 18% 17 32.3 45 0.44 0.2% rec.equestrian
33 6500 485 96% 195 515.1 30 0.41 3.0% comp.sys.apple
34 3100 230 38% 174 246.0 56 0.41 1.4% rec.music.beatles
35 9400 695 89% 415 727.0 44 0.40 4.4% rec.arts.startrek
36 6500 485 87% 234 499.5 36 0.39 3.0% talk.politics.misc
37 12000 876 89% 537 881.3 44 0.38 5.5% rec.autos
38 6700 499 96% 12 501.3 1 0.38 3.1% comp.sources.amiga
39 3200 241 95% 97 232.7 30 0.37 1.5% rec.music.gaffa
40 12000 897 87% 585 841.2 48 0.36 5.6% talk.bizarrereid@decwrl.DEC.COM (Brian Reid) (11/01/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 2300 185 87% 181 592.8 78 1.50 1.1% talk.abortion
3 4000 317 95% 84 715.8 21 1.10 1.9% comp.sys.atari.8bit
4 4500 351 93% 305 749.9 67 0.98 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
5 4700 367 87% 490 769.8 104 0.96 2.2% rec.sport.baseball
6 7200 564 96% 378 1158.8 52 0.95 3.4% comp.os.vms
7 10000 796 88% 902 1543.0 90 0.91 4.7% rec.arts.startrek
8 9800 769 95% 48 1521.9 4 0.91 4.6% comp.binaries.mac
9 12000 914 86% 607 1684.6 50 0.83 5.4% soc.women
10 4800 382 88% 320 675.6 66 0.83 2.3% rec.arts.comics
11 2000 161 86% 95 278.4 47 0.82 1.0% talk.politics.theory
12 1700 137 88% 87 232.6 51 0.81 0.8% misc.handicap
13 6200 492 88% 474 796.2 76 0.76 2.9% rec.aviation
14 9200 729 97% 555 1162.7 60 0.74 4.3% comp.sys.atari.st
15 6300 494 87% 298 771.0 47 0.72 2.9% talk.politics.misc
16 2700 212 62% 14 324.0 5 0.71 1.3% comp.ai.nlang-know-rep
17 5100 400 94% 264 601.9 51 0.70 2.4% rec.ham-radio
18 4900 385 35% 218 545.0 44 0.66 2.3% alt.flame
19 9000 707 89% 414 996.2 46 0.65 4.2% misc.legal
20 4300 337 60% 202 474.6 47 0.65 2.0% comp.society.futures
21 10000 827 87% 745 1061.1 74 0.62 4.9% talk.bizarre
22 4300 340 87% 161 447.7 37 0.61 2.0% talk.religion.misc
23 21000 1642 98% 1427 2124.3 67 0.60 9.8% comp.sys.mac
24 2700 209 95% 10 276.7 3 0.60 1.2% comp.binaries.atari.st
25 6700 526 96% 394 659.0 58 0.58 3.1% comp.sys.apple
26 31000 2453 98% 68 2667.2 2 0.51 14.6% comp.sources.unix
27 22000 1733 96% 882 1898.9 40 0.51 10.3% comp.sys.ibm.pc
28 2500 199 87% 131 209.6 52 0.49 1.2% rec.railroad
29 2000 157 60% 71 166.1 35 0.49 0.9% comp.sys.dec.micro
30 4800 380 95% 142 384.8 29 0.47 2.3% rec.games.frp
31 3200 251 41% 101 256.7 31 0.47 1.5% alt.drugs
32 12000 963 89% 667 913.3 55 0.45 5.7% rec.arts.movies
33 12000 920 88% 562 923.7 46 0.45 5.5% rec.autos
34 5800 457 94% 244 432.5 42 0.44 2.7% soc.culture.indian
35 3000 237 57% 104 224.4 34 0.44 1.4% soc.culture.japan
36 9700 768 87% 338 710.0 34 0.43 4.6% soc.motss
37 2600 204 86% 71 178.1 27 0.40 1.2% talk.origins
38 8900 703 89% 260 596.5 29 0.39 4.2% misc.headlines
39 8000 634 95% 360 532.5 45 0.39 3.8% rec.music.misc
40 2000 159 96% 5 133.7 2 0.39 0.9% comp.sources.atari.streid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/02/87)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 962 97% 1478 2654.5 134 150.00 5.1% comp.sys.amiga
2 3900 335 86% 365 969.3 93 140.00 1.8% talk.religion.misc
3 10000 894 88% 1278 2344.8 127 130.00 4.8% rec.arts.startrek
4 1500 131 29% 490 1049.6 326 130.00 0.7% soc.culture.china
5 10000 862 86% 1651 2173.9 165 120.00 4.6% talk.bizarre
6 6900 592 87% 528 1533.1 76 120.00 3.1% talk.politics.misc
7 4600 392 94% 474 929.1 103 120.00 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
8 10000 888 96% 57 1831.9 5 110.00 4.7% comp.binaries.mac
9 5300 454 88% 525 1023.7 99 110.00 2.4% rec.arts.comics
10 6100 517 94% 434 975.9 71 98.00 2.8% soc.culture.indian
11 6100 525 88% 557 1026.5 91 97.00 2.8% rec.aviation
12 4800 410 87% 481 810.3 100 96.00 2.2% rec.sport.football
13 4100 353 95% 18 627.9 4 94.00 1.9% comp.binaries.amiga
14 2900 244 94% 58 429.3 20 91.00 1.3% soc.culture.celtic
15 20000 1746 87% 1821 3187.5 91 90.00 9.3% soc.singles
16 3900 330 96% 21 537.7 5 85.00 1.8% comp.binaries.atari.st
17 3600 307 96% 111 473.1 30 82.00 1.6% comp.sys.atari.8bit
18 10000 853 87% 570 1437.6 57 81.00 4.5% soc.motss
19 2400 205 97% 5 310.8 2 81.00 1.1% comp.org.fidonet
20 5000 427 85% 221 679.7 44 75.00 2.3% talk.religion.newage
21 8100 690 95% 698 966.1 86 74.00 3.7% rec.music.misc
22 4900 416 96% 330 558.1 67 71.00 2.2% rec.ham-radio
23 4700 399 96% 18 523.3 3 70.00 2.1% comp.sources.atari.st
24 1600 139 35% 195 468.5 122 66.00 0.7% rec.arts.anime
25 4100 351 87% 285 461.7 69 64.00 1.9% rec.sport.baseball
26 6100 520 88% 394 667.0 64 62.00 2.8% rec.arts.drwho
27 3100 261 88% 190 339.7 61 62.00 1.4% rec.railroad
28 6300 535 96% 392 612.5 62 61.00 2.8% comp.sys.apple
29 6400 543 95% 404 620.8 63 60.00 2.9% rec.music.gdead
30 5800 493 95% 237 557.2 40 59.00 2.6% rec.music.synth
31 22000 1838 98% 1302 2011.5 59 58.00 9.8% comp.sys.mac
32 24000 2089 98% 60 2140.3 2 57.00 11.1% comp.sources.misc
33 4600 389 95% 217 418.4 47 56.00 2.1% rec.games.frp
34 1500 129 92% 5 141.3 3 56.00 0.7% soc.politics.arms-d
35 9300 794 97% 420 808.9 45 55.00 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
36 6900 593 97% 325 602.1 47 55.00 3.2% comp.os.vms
37 2000 171 86% 71 198.9 35 55.00 0.9% talk.politics.theory
38 11000 978 88% 644 1036.5 58 54.00 5.2% rec.autos
39 2900 244 87% 108 279.0 37 54.00 1.3% talk.abortion
40 15000 1259 95% 784 1272.6 52 53.00 6.7% rec.arts.sf-loversreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3100 263 86% 491 1278.9 158 230.00 1.5% talk.religion.misc
2 6500 555 91% 127 2319.5 19 210.00 3.1% comp.mail.maps
3 3500 297 69% 407 1142.3 116 150.00 1.7% soc.culture.china
4 4300 371 94% 451 939.2 104 130.00 2.1% soc.culture.jewish
5 12000 1003 96% 1241 2279.5 103 120.00 5.7% comp.sys.amiga
6 10000 869 96% 52 1847.7 5 120.00 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
7 4300 369 94% 270 828.5 62 120.00 2.1% rec.games.frp
8 5800 496 88% 525 1041.1 90 100.00 2.8% rec.aviation
9 4800 407 95% 27 809.0 5 100.00 2.3% comp.binaries.amiga
10 7700 657 94% 690 1187.9 89 94.00 3.7% rec.music.misc
11 4700 404 86% 452 755.1 96 90.00 2.3% rec.sport.football
12 9800 839 88% 771 1364.3 78 79.00 4.8% rec.arts.startrek
13 4900 418 87% 265 667.9 54 77.00 2.4% rec.arts.comics
14 12000 1041 94% 100 1484.1 8 76.00 5.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
15 9300 791 98% 208 1099.1 22 75.00 4.5% comp.os.minix
16 9200 785 86% 1082 1242.1 117 75.00 4.5% talk.bizarre
17 9200 789 98% 497 1082.1 54 74.00 4.5% comp.sys.atari.st
18 1900 163 38% 214 547.1 112 71.00 0.9% talk.politics.mideast
19 11000 908 87% 598 1369.6 54 70.00 5.1% soc.women
20 2000 167 85% 78 254.1 39 70.00 0.9% talk.politics.theory
21 7500 642 86% 345 848.2 46 63.00 3.6% talk.politics.misc
22 21000 1756 87% 1265 2322.9 60 62.00 10.0% soc.singles
23 13000 1144 94% 747 1319.1 57 62.00 6.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 4800 412 95% 270 481.7 56 62.00 2.3% rec.ham-radio
25 5800 498 94% 355 586.1 61 61.00 2.8% soc.culture.indian
26 22000 1896 97% 871 2108.8 39 60.00 10.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
27 11000 939 87% 624 1075.1 56 55.00 5.3% rec.autos
28 480 41 40% 1 100.1 2 55.00 0.2% rec.mag.fsfnet
29 3800 321 87% 242 368.2 63 54.00 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
30 6900 585 97% 305 572.6 44 52.00 3.3% comp.os.vms
31 2200 189 66% 67 265.3 30 52.00 1.1% rec.arts.anime
32 9200 785 87% 394 838.0 42 51.00 4.5% soc.motss
33 6200 527 96% 307 508.7 49 51.00 3.0% comp.sys.apple
34 5600 480 95% 247 459.7 44 51.00 2.7% rec.music.classical
35 5500 472 94% 324 455.5 58 50.00 2.7% rec.music.gdead
36 1500 132 86% 45 136.2 30 50.00 0.7% talk.philosophy.misc
37 4800 407 84% 174 424.4 36 48.00 2.3% talk.religion.newage
38 2300 195 97% 2 173.7 1 47.00 1.1% comp.org.fidonet
39 3200 277 88% 141 251.1 44 45.00 1.6% rec.music.beatles
40 2500 214 87% 114 196.2 45 44.00 1.2% rec.railroadreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (03/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 6700 597 90% 137 2652.0 20 2.50 3.1% comp.mail.maps
2 7100 632 85% 1187 2846.7 167 2.40 3.3% talk.politics.misc
3 4100 361 85% 402 1264.5 98 1.90 1.9% talk.religion.misc
4 3800 333 75% 568 1338.0 149 1.90 1.7% soc.culture.china
5 2200 199 52% 398 980.3 181 1.70 1.0% talk.politics.mideast
6 13000 1128 97% 1591 3010.1 122 1.60 5.9% comp.sys.amiga
7 2400 217 85% 212 644.4 88 1.60 1.1% talk.abortion
8 15000 1330 95% 170 3289.9 11 1.50 7.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
9 13000 1179 94% 1125 2970.0 86 1.50 6.2% rec.arts.sf-lovers
10 18000 1600 98% 74 3721.2 4 1.40 8.4% comp.sources.games
11 5900 526 93% 658 1177.5 111 1.30 2.8% soc.culture.indian
12 5300 468 95% 24 1009.3 4 1.30 2.5% comp.binaries.amiga
13 11000 980 84% 1840 2215.3 167 1.20 5.1% talk.bizarre
14 5000 441 93% 372 871.1 74 1.20 2.3% soc.culture.jewish
15 10000 930 97% 58 1630.6 5 1.10 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
16 8700 769 93% 887 1473.5 101 1.10 4.0% rec.music.misc
17 6400 568 93% 278 1081.1 43 1.10 3.0% rec.music.synth
18 5300 468 86% 587 905.5 110 1.00 2.5% rec.sport.football
19 6300 558 87% 568 998.5 90 0.99 2.9% rec.aviation
20 6700 598 97% 451 933.9 67 0.97 3.1% comp.os.vms
21 8400 742 86% 572 1251.4 68 0.92 3.9% soc.motss
22 1500 133 91% 8 212.9 5 0.92 0.7% soc.politics.arms-d
23 11000 963 87% 831 1570.6 75 0.88 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
24 5200 465 93% 310 685.3 59 0.88 2.4% rec.games.frp
25 21000 1903 98% 1715 2613.6 81 0.87 10.0% comp.sys.mac
26 20000 1736 86% 1521 2837.1 76 0.87 9.1% soc.singles
27 1600 144 87% 137 223.0 85 0.87 0.8% misc.handicap
28 8000 711 89% 301 1071.1 37 0.85 3.7% misc.headlines
29 360 32 41% 1 104.5 3 0.85 0.2% rec.mag.fsfnet
30 2900 256 92% 58 372.0 20 0.84 1.3% comp.sys.dec.micro
31 4600 405 84% 231 603.8 50 0.78 2.1% talk.religion.newage
32 1900 171 84% 82 244.6 43 0.78 0.9% talk.politics.theory
33 12000 1065 86% 687 1497.7 57 0.77 5.6% soc.women
34 5800 517 95% 325 639.7 56 0.74 2.7% rec.ham-radio
35 12000 1089 86% 850 1417.4 70 0.73 5.7% rec.autos
36 9600 855 89% 335 1066.2 34 0.71 4.5% misc.legal
37 6500 575 97% 455 653.4 70 0.70 3.0% comp.sys.apple
38 4100 367 88% 288 452.8 70 0.69 1.9% rec.music.beatles
39 2700 242 86% 138 299.6 51 0.68 1.3% rec.railroad
40 2300 207 36% 192 597.0 83 0.67 1.1% talk.politics.sovietreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 6700 513 90% 430 6347.0 64 5.70 2.8% comp.mail.maps
2 7100 550 87% 1271 3367.8 179 2.80 3.0% talk.politics.misc
3 19000 1468 95% 347 6868.0 18 2.30 7.9% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
4 6500 501 94% 617 1894.2 94 1.90 2.7% rec.games.frp
5 3700 286 94% 515 1125.0 139 1.90 1.5% rec.music.gdead
6 4400 339 86% 381 1333.0 86 1.80 1.8% talk.religion.misc
7 2600 197 86% 288 784.7 110 1.80 1.1% talk.origins
8 6000 462 88% 667 1465.9 111 1.50 2.5% rec.arts.comics
9 2800 216 70% 391 866.8 139 1.50 1.2% talk.politics.mideast
10 2600 197 86% 217 664.9 83 1.50 1.1% talk.politics.theory
11 2300 176 87% 234 599.7 101 1.50 0.9% talk.abortion
12 4900 381 87% 747 1150.7 152 1.40 2.1% rec.sport.basketball
13 1900 147 86% 150 451.4 78 1.40 0.8% soc.religion.christian
14 9900 765 94% 1248 1962.0 126 1.30 4.1% rec.music.misc
15 7000 541 95% 674 1452.0 96 1.30 2.9% soc.culture.indian
16 6400 492 89% 745 1421.3 116 1.30 2.7% rec.aviation
17 4700 365 88% 345 994.9 73 1.30 2.0% soc.culture.china
18 5200 399 94% 340 858.0 65 1.10 2.2% soc.culture.jewish
19 290 22 45% 1 102.7 4 1.10 0.1% rec.mag.fsfnet
20 12000 925 86% 1414 2042.9 117 0.99 5.0% talk.bizarre
21 2300 178 94% 90 353.6 39 0.97 1.0% soc.culture.greek
22 13000 995 97% 74 1886.8 5 0.95 5.4% comp.binaries.mac
23 11000 843 88% 962 1706.3 87 0.93 4.5% rec.arts.startrek
24 3100 238 95% 18 426.9 5 0.88 1.3% rec.mag.otherrealms
25 6800 522 95% 28 920.5 4 0.87 2.8% comp.binaries.amiga
26 14000 1069 88% 917 2021.9 65 0.86 5.8% soc.women
27 4500 343 96% 122 589.3 27 0.85 1.9% comp.sys.atari.8bit
28 2500 194 82% 107 365.0 42 0.81 1.0% rec.arts.anime
29 13000 975 98% 660 1548.9 50 0.79 5.3% comp.sys.atari.st
30 13000 978 88% 995 1682.8 76 0.77 5.3% rec.autos
31 1700 128 93% 5 206.8 3 0.77 0.7% soc.politics.arms-d
32 20000 1504 88% 1582 2558.2 79 0.76 8.1% soc.singles
33 8100 626 97% 441 896.6 54 0.73 3.4% comp.os.vms
34 4000 305 90% 270 437.6 67 0.67 1.6% rec.music.beatles
35 7800 604 97% 478 792.3 61 0.66 3.3% comp.sys.apple
36 4500 345 88% 278 480.7 61 0.64 1.9% rec.puzzles
37 3200 249 97% 4 297.8 1 0.61 1.3% comp.org.fidonet
38 21000 1652 98% 1045 1905.7 49 0.60 8.9% comp.lang.c
39 5200 403 87% 317 527.9 60 0.60 2.2% rec.sport.baseball
40 9300 714 89% 238 876.1 25 0.57 3.9% misc.headlinesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 2300 215 86% 617 1883.8 5% 1.30 1.0% talk.origins
2 4900 449 92% 160 2780.2 0% 1.00 2.2% comp.mail.maps
3 4400 409 89% 1046 2359.7 12% 0.92 2.0% soc.culture.china
4 2600 235 77% 623 1340.5 12% 0.76 1.1% talk.politics.mideast
5 6500 601 86% 880 2303.8 36% 0.58 2.9% talk.politics.misc
6 3600 327 86% 432 1248.9 7% 0.57 1.6% talk.religion.misc
7 3600 328 94% 587 1021.3 3% 0.51 1.6% rec.music.gdead
8 17000 1538 96% 110 4203.4 3% 0.45 7.4% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
9 7400 681 98% 765 1687.4 2% 0.43 3.3% comp.os.vms
10 5000 460 90% 672 1202.6 3% 0.42 2.2% rec.aviation
11 4400 405 89% 808 1094.2 1% 0.42 1.9% rec.sport.baseball
12 4800 438 95% 28 992.9 7% 0.38 2.1% comp.binaries.amiga
13 2900 264 70% 32 818.2 0% 0.38 1.3% comp.binaries.apple2
14 5800 536 96% 34 1133.1 0% 0.36 2.6% comp.binaries.atari.st
15 9800 901 95% 1053 1767.4 8% 0.33 4.3% rec.music.misc
16 3800 350 89% 447 727.7 1% 0.33 1.7% rec.sport.basketball
17 14000 1306 97% 1366 2454.8 6% 0.32 6.3% comp.sys.amiga
18 260 24 53% 1 82.7 0% 0.32 0.1% rec.mag.fsfnet
19 5700 521 94% 354 982.1 4% 0.31 2.5% rec.games.frp
20 1900 175 86% 107 361.5 5% 0.31 0.8% talk.politics.theory
21 13000 1173 90% 1246 2246.3 5% 0.30 5.6% rec.arts.startrek
22 12000 1111 82% 1791 2281.4 6% 0.30 5.3% talk.bizarre
23 12000 1072 95% 1043 1909.9 7% 0.29 5.1% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 12000 1061 97% 67 1742.7 0% 0.27 5.1% comp.binaries.mac
25 6800 621 94% 517 1013.4 4% 0.27 3.0% soc.culture.indian
26 5800 536 90% 268 884.3 6% 0.26 2.6% rec.arts.comics
27 5400 501 82% 428 889.8 3% 0.26 2.4% comp.sys.amiga.tech
28 7900 724 98% 210 979.2 3% 0.23 3.5% comp.os.minix
29 18000 1654 98% 1270 2125.8 9% 0.22 7.9% comp.sys.mac
30 4500 411 91% 182 571.0 5% 0.22 2.0% soc.culture.japan
31 2800 256 89% 199 344.7 1% 0.21 1.2% rec.sport.hockey
32 12000 1061 90% 771 1390.2 33% 0.20 5.1% rec.autos
33 16000 1436 89% 1060 1815.7 8% 0.19 6.9% soc.singles
34 12000 1078 90% 606 1316.2 20% 0.19 5.2% soc.women
35 6600 607 96% 416 679.7 2% 0.19 2.9% comp.sys.apple
36 6500 599 95% 261 671.7 9% 0.19 2.9% rec.ham-radio
37 5800 531 97% 18 591.6 0% 0.19 2.5% comp.sources.atari.st
38 5600 515 89% 367 624.6 1% 0.19 2.5% rec.bicycles
39 4400 403 94% 190 473.7 51% 0.19 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
40 3300 303 90% 240 368.7 4% 0.19 1.5% rec.motorcyclesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/02/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 2300 225 84% 507 1293.1 16% 0.92 1.2% talk.religion.misc
3 2600 253 78% 560 1413.0 22% 0.82 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
4 5100 491 85% 816 2312.6 22% 0.74 2.5% talk.politics.misc
5 4700 459 94% 649 1797.7 0% 0.69 2.4% rec.games.frp
6 1900 184 85% 290 745.8 2% 0.64 0.9% talk.origins
7 2700 261 78% 32 1038.7 0% 0.58 1.3% comp.binaries.apple2
8 1800 171 85% 190 593.5 11% 0.54 0.9% talk.politics.theory
9 4800 462 90% 593 1422.4 9% 0.51 2.4% soc.culture.china
10 1700 166 93% 135 477.0 18% 0.50 0.9% soc.culture.greek
11 16000 1587 98% 79 4114.0 0% 0.49 8.1% comp.sources.games
12 5100 498 88% 698 1446.4 2% 0.48 2.6% soc.motss
13 3400 328 94% 568 865.3 3% 0.46 1.7% rec.music.gdead
14 9000 872 96% 444 2087.5 2% 0.43 4.5% comp.windows.x
15 2800 273 88% 381 714.9 1% 0.43 1.4% rec.motorcycles
16 9100 880 81% 1795 2441.6 3% 0.42 4.5% talk.bizarre
17 4100 392 88% 618 1007.6 0% 0.42 2.0% rec.sport.baseball
18 3800 366 88% 581 935.3 1% 0.42 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
19 11000 1089 96% 1262 2438.9 7% 0.41 5.6% comp.sys.amiga
20 4900 472 95% 37 1055.4 17% 0.39 2.4% comp.binaries.amiga
21 9900 961 94% 1225 2027.7 15% 0.37 4.9% rec.music.misc
22 5600 537 89% 672 1203.4 1% 0.37 2.8% rec.aviation
23 5100 489 94% 492 1038.5 1% 0.37 2.5% soc.culture.indian
24 3700 354 94% 259 733.5 24% 0.36 1.8% soc.culture.jewish
25 2000 197 94% 56 381.8 0% 0.35 1.0% rec.games.go
26 10000 984 97% 61 1799.5 0% 0.34 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
27 4500 435 89% 394 855.6 2% 0.33 2.2% rec.arts.comics
28 5200 504 88% 498 960.4 3% 0.31 2.6% rec.bicycles
29 2800 270 83% 198 522.8 12% 0.30 1.4% talk.religion.newage
30 6400 615 98% 452 985.7 3% 0.29 3.2% comp.os.vms
31 1100 105 85% 92 194.3 6% 0.29 0.5% rec.equestrian
32 2000 194 98% 4 291.4 0% 0.27 1.0% comp.org.fidonet
33 1800 176 85% 107 293.7 25% 0.27 0.9% talk.philosophy.misc
34 14000 1359 88% 1269 2184.7 4% 0.26 7.0% soc.singles
35 1400 137 54% 154 342.7 3% 0.25 0.7% rec.folk-dancing
36 15000 1437 95% 60 1997.1 2% 0.24 7.4% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
37 5600 542 96% 395 729.8 2% 0.24 2.8% comp.sys.apple
38 5400 519 88% 383 750.8 6% 0.24 2.7% comp.sys.amiga.tech
39 6000 584 95% 34 752.1 3% 0.23 3.0% comp.binaries.atari.st
40 5500 534 95% 312 679.7 3% 0.23 2.7% rec.ham-radioreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 2000 183 85% 453 1207.3 2% 0.97 1.0% talk.origins
4 4600 416 96% 42 2083.2 8% 0.82 2.2% comp.lsi
5 2700 248 78% 648 1481.2 43% 0.81 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
6 5400 490 90% 919 2157.9 6% 0.68 2.6% soc.culture.china
7 3000 269 84% 433 1126.3 16% 0.60 1.4% talk.religion.misc
8 2000 178 85% 198 752.9 6% 0.60 0.9% talk.politics.theory
9 6500 592 98% 529 1937.1 2% 0.55 3.1% comp.os.vms
10 4800 439 88% 661 1499.2 3% 0.52 2.3% rec.arts.comics
11 6200 562 87% 826 1722.6 10% 0.46 3.0% soc.motss
12 4500 406 87% 732 1264.4 0% 0.46 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
13 6200 565 89% 889 1552.3 14% 0.42 3.0% rec.aviation
14 4600 414 94% 445 1096.0 2% 0.42 2.2% rec.games.frp
15 9000 812 80% 2119 2419.2 2% 0.41 4.3% talk.bizarre
16 5100 459 93% 560 1099.8 1% 0.38 2.4% soc.culture.indian
17 4400 398 94% 604 948.0 2% 0.38 2.1% rec.music.gdead
18 6800 617 98% 181 1319.0 0% 0.36 3.3% comp.os.minix
19 2800 253 87% 22 593.8 0% 0.35 1.3% comp.binaries.apple2
20 16000 1491 98% 57 2909.1 0% 0.34 7.9% comp.sources.games
21 2200 195 94% 94 411.7 0% 0.33 1.0% rec.games.go
22 4100 372 88% 415 765.4 1% 0.31 2.0% rec.arts.tv.soaps
23 1800 167 59% 143 500.5 35% 0.31 0.9% alt.individualism
24 15000 1350 87% 1567 2704.2 2% 0.30 7.1% soc.singles
25 11000 1024 94% 1080 1838.5 16% 0.30 5.4% rec.music.misc
26 4100 368 93% 320 688.4 14% 0.30 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
27 5900 534 87% 627 1053.9 1% 0.29 2.8% rec.bicycles
28 1900 168 98% 11 297.7 0% 0.29 0.9% comp.sys.masscomp
29 3600 324 88% 350 575.8 2% 0.27 1.7% rec.motorcycles
30 1600 144 95% 13 235.6 0% 0.27 0.8% comp.theory.info-retrieval
31 260 24 55% 1 67.7 0% 0.27 0.1% rec.mag.fsfnet
32 5800 530 94% 326 834.4 15% 0.26 2.8% rec.music.synth
33 12000 1071 97% 52 1552.4 0% 0.24 5.6% comp.binaries.mac
34 3300 299 96% 15 436.2 0% 0.24 1.6% rec.mag.otherrealms
35 11000 1036 96% 744 1410.1 8% 0.23 5.5% comp.sys.amiga
36 5600 505 95% 364 734.6 8% 0.23 2.7% rec.ham-radio
37 1700 156 85% 60 248.0 0% 0.23 0.8% soc.religion.christian
38 1700 158 93% 45 214.0 0% 0.22 0.8% soc.culture.greek
39 660 60 47% 5 166.7 0% 0.22 0.3% alt.sources.amiga
40 2100 193 57% 188 409.2 1% 0.21 1.0% alt.scareid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 5500 439 91% 143 3269.8 0% 0.95 2.2% comp.mail.maps
2 6500 520 86% 1714 4104.6 21% 0.94 2.6% talk.politics.misc
3 7900 631 98% 643 3525.0 3% 0.76 3.2% comp.os.vms
4 5100 403 94% 621 1976.8 6% 0.63 2.0% rec.games.frp
5 4600 365 85% 788 1761.4 15% 0.57 1.8% talk.religion.misc
6 2600 209 85% 296 997.2 14% 0.57 1.0% talk.politics.theory
7 6800 539 90% 1060 2286.9 7% 0.53 2.7% soc.culture.china
8 3200 257 79% 382 937.0 20% 0.41 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
9 4700 377 93% 489 1158.8 1% 0.40 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
10 1800 142 86% 34 457.4 3% 0.38 0.7% soc.roots
11 5400 430 88% 545 1292.9 8% 0.37 2.2% rec.arts.comics
12 5700 456 87% 740 1293.0 1% 0.34 2.3% rec.sport.baseball
13 6200 495 93% 559 1213.5 1% 0.32 2.5% soc.culture.indian
14 4400 347 93% 651 864.0 1% 0.32 1.7% rec.music.gdead
15 7500 600 86% 810 1514.0 3% 0.30 3.0% soc.motss
16 6800 540 87% 727 1279.1 1% 0.29 2.7% rec.bicycles
17 3000 240 90% 16 547.3 0% 0.29 1.2% comp.binaries.apple2
18 2500 196 85% 200 491.6 25% 0.29 1.0% talk.origins
19 2400 191 94% 67 415.9 0% 0.29 1.0% comp.sys.sgi
20 16000 1254 87% 1666 2809.5 8% 0.27 6.3% soc.singles
21 8600 686 80% 1500 1661.9 2% 0.27 3.4% talk.bizarre
22 6900 551 88% 656 1146.0 3% 0.26 2.8% rec.aviation
23 6400 513 94% 264 1012.8 10% 0.26 2.6% rec.music.synth
24 3800 300 87% 399 648.9 1% 0.26 1.5% rec.motorcycles
25 12000 982 94% 1113 1829.3 9% 0.25 4.9% rec.music.misc
26 18000 1412 95% 81 2624.1 0% 0.24 7.1% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
27 13000 1021 96% 1085 1893.2 6% 0.24 5.1% comp.sys.amiga
28 13000 1067 97% 54 1731.4 0% 0.23 5.3% comp.binaries.mac
29 8100 641 62% 40 1632.0 0% 0.22 3.2% comp.sources.x
30 2000 158 63% 197 402.1 68% 0.22 0.8% alt.individualism
31 12000 926 87% 776 1670.1 8% 0.21 4.6% soc.women
32 8700 696 89% 610 1193.9 30% 0.21 3.5% misc.kids
33 15000 1186 94% 905 1726.9 10% 0.19 5.9% rec.arts.sf-lovers
34 12000 991 88% 862 1449.8 13% 0.19 5.0% rec.arts.movies
35 2900 233 54% 169 577.2 1% 0.19 1.2% gnu.gcc.bug
36 9000 714 89% 408 1038.8 29% 0.18 3.6% misc.headlines
37 3500 277 85% 158 421.4 1% 0.18 1.4% talk.abortion
38 7300 583 98% 142 663.7 1% 0.16 2.9% comp.os.minix
39 6400 510 94% 291 625.2 14% 0.16 2.6% rec.ham-radio
40 5100 402 87% 351 551.2 0% 0.16 2.0% rec.arts.tv.soapsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (10/03/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 5800 419 91% 142 2346.6 0% 0.66 2.1% comp.mail.maps
3 4300 311 85% 685 1769.4 19% 0.63 1.6% talk.religion.misc
4 3100 225 79% 507 1327.3 10% 0.61 1.1% talk.politics.mideast
5 6200 450 88% 980 2012.8 8% 0.51 2.3% rec.arts.comics
6 5900 422 94% 579 1635.5 2% 0.47 2.1% rec.games.frp
7 2900 212 85% 300 744.5 21% 0.39 1.1% talk.origins
8 2700 198 85% 220 651.4 10% 0.37 1.0% talk.politics.theory
9 8400 602 98% 688 1510.3 9% 0.32 3.1% comp.os.vms
10 7600 548 95% 45 1410.1 0% 0.32 2.8% comp.binaries.atari.st
11 6600 479 90% 648 1314.3 3% 0.32 2.4% soc.culture.china
12 3300 240 85% 267 695.2 3% 0.32 1.2% talk.abortion
13 8700 626 98% 244 1464.3 0% 0.30 3.2% comp.os.minix
14 7800 559 87% 685 1435.6 0% 0.29 2.8% soc.motss
15 7600 549 94% 287 1241.8 4% 0.28 2.8% rec.music.synth
16 5000 362 94% 580 845.1 3% 0.28 1.8% rec.music.gdead
17 4400 316 87% 447 752.8 1% 0.27 1.6% rec.motorcycles
18 11000 822 79% 40 2005.7 0% 0.26 4.2% comp.sources.x
19 2200 160 87% 151 361.7 0% 0.26 0.8% rec.railroad
20 10000 736 81% 1622 1706.3 3% 0.25 3.7% talk.bizarre
21 8000 574 89% 740 1272.1 0% 0.25 2.9% rec.aviation
22 6300 454 86% 567 1020.6 1% 0.25 2.3% rec.sport.football
23 14000 1022 96% 1103 1923.9 8% 0.24 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
24 15000 1108 94% 1029 1958.3 5% 0.22 5.6% rec.arts.sf-lovers
25 12000 869 94% 1029 1586.8 8% 0.22 4.4% rec.music.misc
26 3600 260 91% 286 479.2 3% 0.22 1.3% rec.music.beatles
27 6800 487 93% 417 836.7 4% 0.21 2.5% soc.culture.indian
28 6700 482 87% 547 906.0 0% 0.21 2.4% rec.bicycles
29 5900 423 87% 460 804.2 0% 0.21 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
30 5500 400 87% 492 746.4 0% 0.21 2.0% rec.arts.tv.soaps
31 3900 280 87% 290 506.2 0% 0.20 1.4% rec.sport.basketball
32 7600 550 94% 448 868.1 6% 0.19 2.8% rec.ham-radio
33 4600 333 88% 335 551.4 13% 0.19 1.7% rec.arts.drwho
34 1500 111 86% 15 180.2 0% 0.19 0.6% soc.roots
35 26000 1874 99% 75 2607.6 0% 0.18 9.5% comp.sources.misc
36 6300 451 97% 291 639.7 2% 0.18 2.3% comp.lang.fortran
37 14000 991 96% 439 1375.7 2% 0.17 5.0% comp.sys.atari.st
38 28000 2046 96% 1265 2619.1 13% 0.16 10.4% comp.sys.ibm.pc
39 15000 1079 97% 42 1387.3 0% 0.16 5.5% comp.binaries.mac
40 7900 572 96% 395 721.6 1% 0.16 2.9% comp.sys.applereid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/01/88)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3600 246 79% 883 2306.8 13% 0.93 1.0% talk.politics.mideast
2 11000 747 85% 2127 5358.4 23% 0.76 3.0% talk.politics.misc
3 7400 502 89% 166 2712.7 0% 0.60 2.0% comp.mail.maps
4 8300 561 93% 773 2348.0 0% 0.49 2.3% rec.games.frp
5 7000 478 87% 969 1956.3 0% 0.45 1.9% rec.arts.comics
6 8300 561 90% 971 2161.7 3% 0.43 2.3% soc.culture.china
7 6100 413 93% 551 1326.4 19% 0.37 1.7% soc.culture.jewish
8 4900 330 84% 424 1119.0 8% 0.36 1.3% talk.religion.misc
9 3400 233 94% 88 679.3 1% 0.35 0.9% comp.sys.sgi
10 10000 704 98% 750 1832.1 4% 0.33 2.8% comp.os.vms
11 9800 664 86% 966 2072.3 7% 0.33 2.7% soc.motss
12 4600 310 86% 488 892.5 1% 0.31 1.2% rec.motorcycles
13 2500 169 86% 155 484.5 1% 0.31 0.7% rec.railroad
14 3100 213 95% 87 537.7 0% 0.30 0.9% rec.music.gaffa
15 11000 725 98% 363 1732.7 4% 0.28 2.9% comp.os.minix
16 3100 208 85% 281 554.9 8% 0.28 0.8% talk.abortion
17 17000 1130 94% 1615 2698.9 8% 0.27 4.5% rec.music.misc
18 9400 636 93% 657 1473.3 1% 0.27 2.6% soc.culture.indian
19 3700 252 84% 246 603.4 3% 0.25 1.0% talk.origins
20 10000 686 85% 621 1512.9 22% 0.24 2.8% soc.men
21 7700 522 88% 498 1044.4 1% 0.22 2.1% rec.aviation
22 4800 329 86% 394 679.7 0% 0.22 1.3% rec.sport.basketball
23 2300 157 62% 218 430.2 1% 0.21 0.6% alt.sca
24 18000 1233 87% 1087 2202.6 2% 0.20 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
25 18000 1197 96% 1190 2039.1 5% 0.20 4.8% comp.sys.amiga
26 7400 505 85% 488 933.7 0% 0.20 2.0% rec.sport.football
27 3700 250 85% 221 473.5 0% 0.20 1.0% rec.sport.hockey
28 3400 233 98% 155 387.7 0% 0.20 0.9% comp.sys.nsc.32k
29 11000 726 87% 491 1315.2 61% 0.19 2.9% misc.headlines
30 8800 597 95% 576 952.9 2% 0.19 2.4% rec.music.classical
31 6200 420 93% 475 686.3 3% 0.19 1.7% rec.music.gdead
32 21000 1446 86% 1541 2375.5 4% 0.18 5.8% soc.singles
33 11000 733 80% 1242 1355.3 3% 0.18 2.9% talk.bizarre
34 4100 278 86% 356 467.0 4% 0.18 1.1% rec.arts.poems
35 2800 193 86% 87 325.2 0% 0.18 0.8% misc.handicap
36 2700 181 93% 105 290.1 3% 0.18 0.7% soc.culture.greek
37 15000 1028 86% 911 1580.3 27% 0.17 4.1% rec.autos
38 15000 1000 94% 837 1445.7 1% 0.17 4.0% rec.arts.sf-lovers
39 14000 966 96% 604 1326.2 14% 0.17 3.9% sci.space
40 5300 359 91% 289 533.6 7% 0.17 1.4% rec.music.beatlesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 3100 204 79% 687 1695.1 12% 0.76 0.9% talk.politics.mideast
3 4700 305 84% 893 2245.3 3% 0.71 1.3% talk.religion.misc
4 6700 433 89% 156 2342.9 0% 0.55 1.8% comp.mail.maps
5 5600 361 98% 142 1358.9 8% 0.42 1.5% comp.mail.elm
6 3900 251 63% 125 1325.1 0% 0.38 1.1% gnu.gcc.bug
7 3000 197 91% 26 704.6 0% 0.38 0.8% comp.binaries.apple2
8 9700 629 84% 1016 2342.8 27% 0.36 2.6% talk.politics.misc
9 3200 206 84% 288 785.0 4% 0.36 0.9% talk.origins
10 9800 635 98% 226 1746.8 4% 0.31 2.7% comp.os.minix
11 9600 621 98% 468 1731.2 3% 0.31 2.6% comp.os.vms
12 8000 522 93% 490 1340.0 1% 0.28 2.2% rec.games.frp
13 10000 663 85% 982 1817.3 2% 0.27 2.8% soc.motss
14 9000 588 90% 687 1504.5 5% 0.27 2.5% soc.culture.china
15 2300 152 62% 311 549.7 0% 0.26 0.6% alt.sca
16 17000 1128 96% 1444 2524.0 8% 0.25 4.7% comp.sys.amiga
17 6900 447 93% 456 1059.3 15% 0.25 1.9% soc.culture.jewish
18 20000 1276 86% 1809 3102.4 6% 0.24 5.3% soc.singles
19 18000 1196 87% 1093 2772.8 0% 0.24 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
20 14000 942 94% 45 2016.6 0% 0.24 3.9% comp.sources.x
21 10000 671 80% 1557 1685.6 6% 0.24 2.8% talk.bizarre
22 8700 565 84% 638 1409.6 13% 0.24 2.4% soc.men
23 2700 176 95% 11 393.3 0% 0.24 0.7% comp.sources.atari.st
24 7300 476 96% 31 985.9 0% 0.23 2.0% comp.sources.amiga
25 3000 197 95% 166 412.3 0% 0.23 0.8% rec.music.gaffa
26 12000 801 87% 822 1748.0 27% 0.22 3.4% soc.women
27 5800 377 93% 469 791.8 5% 0.22 1.6% rec.music.gdead
28 2100 138 86% 30 307.1 0% 0.22 0.6% soc.roots
29 8400 543 85% 607 1182.7 0% 0.21 2.3% rec.sport.football
30 4500 294 86% 334 621.9 5% 0.21 1.2% rec.motorcycles
31 7300 474 88% 543 947.2 1% 0.20 2.0% rec.aviation
32 5000 325 85% 388 668.5 0% 0.20 1.4% rec.sport.basketball
33 3900 256 95% 98 458.0 5% 0.20 1.1% comp.sys.atari.8bit
34 2700 175 84% 165 350.3 1% 0.19 0.7% talk.abortion
35 9800 634 93% 496 1065.4 4% 0.18 2.7% soc.culture.indian
36 7800 505 95% 406 838.9 3% 0.18 2.1% rec.music.classical
37 7500 485 95% 25 795.1 0% 0.18 2.0% comp.binaries.atari.st
38 6600 430 87% 413 779.1 9% 0.18 1.8% rec.arts.comics
39 6400 418 85% 391 755.5 0% 0.18 1.8% rec.arts.tv.soaps
40 2900 187 78% 126 386.2 58% 0.18 0.8% talk.politics.sovietreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/05/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 344 90% 129 2412.3 0% 0.54 1.6% comp.mail.maps
2 6500 337 83% 923 2226.6 5% 0.47 1.6% talk.religion.misc
3 5200 271 78% 791 1862.0 13% 0.46 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
4 4300 223 90% 49 1157.7 4% 0.40 1.1% comp.binaries.apple2
5 12000 643 83% 1150 3221.6 26% 0.37 3.0% talk.politics.misc
6 6900 359 85% 1027 1726.5 1% 0.35 1.7% rec.sport.basketball
7 3900 202 82% 493 1016.5 5% 0.35 1.0% talk.abortion
8 11000 569 88% 1256 2455.3 4% 0.33 2.7% soc.culture.china
9 8900 467 93% 712 1834.9 1% 0.32 2.2% rec.games.frp
10 21000 1087 95% 113 3732.8 0% 0.28 5.1% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
11 4500 233 82% 293 935.7 22% 0.28 1.1% talk.politics.theory
12 3700 191 64% 360 884.4 1% 0.25 0.9% alt.sca
13 14000 709 80% 2123 2435.4 5% 0.23 3.4% talk.bizarre
14 11000 578 85% 1014 1830.7 1% 0.23 2.7% soc.motss
15 9700 508 95% 901 1404.3 3% 0.23 2.4% comp.sys.apple
16 9300 484 93% 687 1408.7 5% 0.23 2.3% rec.ham-radio
17 14000 706 91% 920 2027.7 9% 0.22 3.3% soc.culture.indian
18 5000 260 87% 443 720.3 0% 0.21 1.2% rec.motorcycles
19 17000 901 93% 1397 2192.8 9% 0.20 4.3% rec.music.misc
20 13000 673 97% 285 1615.0 17% 0.20 3.2% comp.emacs
21 12000 609 98% 358 1502.0 1% 0.20 2.9% comp.os.minix
22 12000 604 97% 654 1481.3 4% 0.20 2.9% comp.os.vms
23 11000 556 83% 791 1624.7 5% 0.20 2.6% soc.men
24 8200 427 88% 658 1141.3 0% 0.20 2.0% rec.aviation
25 23000 1198 85% 1556 3070.6 16% 0.19 5.7% soc.singles
26 8300 431 85% 590 1106.3 0% 0.19 2.0% rec.arts.tv.soaps
27 7200 378 91% 387 931.8 1% 0.19 1.8% soc.culture.jewish
28 5000 262 84% 215 696.4 0% 0.19 1.2% rec.guns
29 20000 1037 87% 1506 2525.3 3% 0.18 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
30 19000 992 93% 1353 2241.8 6% 0.18 4.7% rec.arts.sf-lovers
31 11000 563 86% 682 1412.4 2% 0.18 2.7% rec.arts.comics
32 5800 304 94% 28 673.8 7% 0.18 1.4% comp.binaries.atari.st
33 4100 213 82% 210 545.6 10% 0.18 1.0% talk.origins
34 2800 148 84% 114 348.1 0% 0.17 0.7% soc.religion.christian
35 15000 763 93% 409 1566.7 9% 0.16 3.6% rec.music.synth
36 5200 273 84% 266 592.0 2% 0.16 1.3% rec.sport.hockey
37 21000 1076 95% 1323 2016.9 6% 0.15 5.1% comp.sys.amiga
38 12000 633 87% 506 1218.3 52% 0.15 3.0% misc.headlines
39 20000 1053 96% 63 1771.7 0% 0.14 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
40 16000 858 86% 926 1568.6 23% 0.14 4.1% rec.autosreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/05/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 6700 347 90% 151 2698.6 0% 0.60 1.6% comp.mail.maps
2 5700 295 80% 896 2262.8 20% 0.52 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
3 9800 509 95% 67 3174.2 0% 0.50 2.3% comp.sources.amiga
4 8400 434 94% 57 2738.3 0% 0.50 1.9% comp.binaries.amiga
5 10000 539 89% 1408 3089.7 7% 0.45 2.4% soc.culture.china
6 9200 480 93% 879 2351.8 3% 0.39 2.1% rec.games.frp
7 8900 465 83% 1096 2530.7 6% 0.39 2.1% talk.religion.misc
8 7800 405 86% 1166 1963.9 0% 0.36 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
9 14000 724 83% 1211 3405.7 31% 0.33 3.2% talk.politics.misc
10 5300 277 88% 605 1176.5 2% 0.32 1.2% rec.motorcycles
11 11000 590 85% 1175 2164.2 6% 0.28 2.6% soc.motss
12 9400 490 86% 1160 1863.3 0% 0.28 2.2% rec.sport.baseball
13 7400 384 94% 48 1365.3 0% 0.28 1.7% comp.binaries.atari.st
14 12000 615 98% 318 2049.8 2% 0.27 2.8% comp.os.minix
15 7700 400 91% 536 1370.3 5% 0.27 1.8% soc.culture.jewish
16 4200 217 89% 58 780.6 2% 0.27 1.0% comp.binaries.apple2
17 3300 173 65% 307 829.0 0% 0.27 0.8% alt.sca
18 2500 128 86% 154 467.2 0% 0.26 0.6% misc.handicap
19 12000 604 95% 1128 1879.7 2% 0.24 2.7% comp.sys.apple
20 26000 1356 85% 1963 4226.6 17% 0.23 6.1% soc.singles
21 9800 510 94% 687 1446.3 8% 0.23 2.3% rec.ham-radio
22 8100 419 89% 702 1249.1 12% 0.23 1.9% rec.aviation
23 460 24 62% 1 103.1 0% 0.23 0.1% rec.mag.fsfnet
24 25000 1273 94% 106 3565.1 0% 0.22 5.7% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
25 10000 531 88% 802 1548.8 1% 0.22 2.4% rec.arts.comics
26 4100 213 83% 262 667.6 13% 0.22 1.0% talk.origins
27 16000 827 94% 380 2175.2 10% 0.21 3.7% rec.music.synth
28 11000 573 97% 771 1431.3 3% 0.21 2.6% comp.os.vms
29 5200 272 85% 288 791.5 0% 0.21 1.2% rec.guns
30 12000 602 79% 1541 1840.0 1% 0.20 2.7% talk.bizarre
31 17000 898 94% 1171 2144.0 15% 0.19 4.0% rec.music.misc
32 5700 297 83% 381 785.4 1% 0.19 1.3% talk.abortion
33 21000 1096 95% 1348 2349.8 5% 0.18 4.9% comp.sys.amiga
34 8400 439 93% 616 977.2 5% 0.18 2.0% rec.music.gdead
35 8400 438 86% 612 1039.3 0% 0.18 2.0% rec.arts.tv.soaps
36 4400 231 85% 289 563.5 6% 0.18 1.0% rec.arts.anime
37 3900 204 83% 165 515.6 18% 0.18 0.9% talk.politics.theory
38 22000 1123 96% 75 2349.2 0% 0.17 5.0% comp.binaries.mac
39 9400 488 95% 504 1044.9 9% 0.17 2.2% rec.music.classical
40 23000 1197 82% 110 2705.1 10% 0.16 5.4% alt.sourcesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (04/17/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 2800 201 79% 736 2013.6 7% 1.00 0.9% talk.politics.mideast
3 6100 434 91% 158 2540.0 0% 0.67 1.9% comp.mail.maps
4 3700 264 84% 649 1596.5 2% 0.64 1.2% talk.abortion
5 6000 427 89% 1058 2184.0 4% 0.57 1.9% soc.culture.china
6 6100 434 95% 46 1996.9 0% 0.55 1.9% comp.sources.amiga
7 4200 298 85% 622 1467.4 6% 0.52 1.3% talk.religion.misc
8 6300 450 94% 621 1722.1 1% 0.45 2.0% rec.games.frp
9 7100 506 88% 956 1817.3 6% 0.40 2.3% rec.arts.comics
10 6400 456 95% 41 1365.9 10% 0.36 2.0% comp.binaries.amiga
11 6700 478 87% 666 1388.9 2% 0.32 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
12 6300 444 95% 34 1203.0 3% 0.32 2.0% comp.binaries.atari.st
13 4800 342 93% 388 932.8 10% 0.32 1.5% soc.culture.jewish
14 1800 128 96% 15 342.6 0% 0.32 0.6% rec.mag.otherrealms
15 8400 599 86% 861 1724.9 6% 0.31 2.7% soc.motss
16 7300 520 93% 622 1357.1 2% 0.30 2.3% soc.culture.indian
17 3700 263 91% 423 701.2 9% 0.30 1.2% rec.music.beatles
18 9800 695 98% 664 1573.1 8% 0.28 3.1% comp.os.vms
19 6000 428 96% 36 966.0 85% 0.27 1.9% comp.lsi
20 2300 166 87% 184 403.8 1% 0.27 0.7% rec.railroad
21 15000 1075 96% 1326 2327.4 7% 0.26 4.8% comp.sys.amiga
22 7900 561 89% 697 1306.2 2% 0.26 2.5% rec.aviation
23 7900 561 94% 577 1163.3 6% 0.25 2.5% rec.ham-radio
24 4000 285 87% 378 662.8 1% 0.25 1.3% rec.sport.basketball
25 2600 187 87% 185 422.7 0% 0.25 0.8% misc.handicap
26 11000 754 80% 1727 1826.6 2% 0.24 3.4% talk.bizarre
27 8500 605 85% 560 1335.8 35% 0.24 2.7% soc.men
28 4100 289 87% 360 645.1 0% 0.24 1.3% rec.motorcycles
29 5800 415 87% 576 871.6 0% 0.23 1.9% rec.arts.tv.soaps
30 6300 444 87% 505 912.9 4% 0.22 2.0% rec.sport.football
31 15000 1095 97% 68 1813.0 0% 0.21 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
32 13000 898 94% 885 1648.2 9% 0.21 4.0% rec.music.misc
33 5300 378 88% 384 708.3 7% 0.21 1.7% rec.arts.drwho
34 3700 263 98% 67 459.1 13% 0.21 1.2% comp.os.os9
35 14000 959 88% 946 1760.6 19% 0.20 4.3% rec.autos
36 10000 713 98% 252 1136.4 3% 0.20 3.2% comp.os.minix
37 3400 242 84% 187 465.5 2% 0.20 1.1% talk.origins
38 3400 239 58% 203 653.7 1% 0.20 1.1% gnu.gcc.bug
39 3000 216 93% 174 345.0 11% 0.19 1.0% soc.culture.celtic
40 9700 692 89% 426 1114.5 51% 0.18 3.1% misc.headlinesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 7700 365 88% 199 2948.4 0% 0.54 1.5% comp.mail.maps
2 8000 381 82% 1197 2981.8 4% 0.49 1.6% talk.religion.misc
3 12000 571 89% 1637 3749.2 3% 0.45 2.4% soc.culture.china
4 5200 248 89% 63 1579.4 3% 0.43 1.0% comp.binaries.apple2
5 3400 161 45% 720 1782.9 22% 0.38 0.7% talk.politics.guns
6 5900 279 87% 835 1583.6 2% 0.37 1.2% rec.motorcycles
7 6400 303 79% 668 1792.7 15% 0.36 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
8 6200 293 93% 25 1299.5 0% 0.31 1.2% comp.sources.amiga
9 5200 245 92% 20 1098.6 0% 0.31 1.0% comp.binaries.amiga
10 5600 267 84% 678 1232.4 0% 0.30 1.1% rec.sport.hockey
11 12000 555 92% 868 2341.2 2% 0.29 2.3% rec.games.frp
12 2900 139 47% 118 1044.3 0% 0.28 0.6% comp.soft-sys.andrew
13 3500 165 66% 386 895.6 0% 0.27 0.7% alt.sca
14 18000 866 93% 1800 3107.6 10% 0.26 3.7% rec.music.misc
15 2800 133 95% 5 473.4 0% 0.26 0.6% comp.org.fidonet
16 6500 310 81% 583 1243.0 21% 0.25 1.3% talk.abortion
17 12000 552 96% 862 1809.1 3% 0.23 2.3% comp.os.vms
18 9800 466 93% 720 1509.0 8% 0.23 2.0% rec.ham-radio
19 14000 668 82% 933 2289.5 30% 0.22 2.8% talk.politics.misc
20 12000 582 84% 1220 1823.4 1% 0.21 2.5% rec.sport.baseball
21 4400 207 94% 334 574.0 0% 0.20 0.9% rec.music.gaffa
22 10000 483 92% 872 1295.3 2% 0.19 2.0% rec.music.gdead
23 21000 980 90% 1285 2620.0 6% 0.18 4.1% soc.culture.indian
24 16000 762 84% 1106 2136.0 5% 0.18 3.2% soc.motss
25 11000 510 86% 706 1438.7 3% 0.18 2.2% rec.arts.comics
26 5000 236 85% 376 657.1 1% 0.18 1.0% rec.arts.poems
27 9400 447 84% 628 1172.5 0% 0.17 1.9% rec.arts.tv.soaps
28 7600 362 91% 290 891.9 1% 0.17 1.5% soc.culture.jewish
29 4600 217 83% 383 591.5 3% 0.17 0.9% rec.arts.anime
30 4400 208 81% 248 585.6 8% 0.17 0.9% talk.origins
31 14000 668 78% 1606 1847.9 3% 0.16 2.8% talk.bizarre
32 14000 658 93% 355 1495.0 11% 0.16 2.8% rec.music.synth
33 9600 456 84% 665 1156.4 0% 0.16 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
34 8900 422 87% 600 1037.8 2% 0.16 1.8% rec.aviation
35 4400 210 90% 240 473.9 13% 0.16 0.9% soc.culture.celtic
36 3000 140 68% 112 429.4 35% 0.16 0.6% soc.culture.turkish
37 2700 129 84% 155 320.0 0% 0.16 0.5% misc.handicap
38 28000 1327 84% 1730 3165.4 5% 0.15 5.6% soc.singles
39 26000 1219 94% 1652 2532.0 5% 0.15 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
40 17000 787 94% 32 1586.6 0% 0.14 3.3% comp.sources.xreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (06/02/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 7900 373 88% 131 2929.4 0% 0.52 1.5% comp.mail.maps
2 7400 351 80% 1152 3023.6 2% 0.52 1.4% talk.religion.misc
3 4600 215 90% 66 1498.6 0% 0.47 0.9% comp.binaries.apple2
4 16000 740 89% 2319 4777.8 2% 0.43 3.0% soc.culture.china
5 3500 167 57% 660 1568.0 17% 0.41 0.7% talk.politics.guns
6 3900 186 67% 512 1353.2 0% 0.37 0.8% alt.sca
7 15000 715 81% 1488 3627.3 42% 0.31 2.9% talk.politics.misc
8 4700 220 94% 282 875.7 2% 0.28 0.9% comp.sys.sgi
9 2300 108 77% 147 519.0 20% 0.28 0.4% soc.culture.turkish
10 9900 469 93% 39 1780.8 0% 0.27 1.9% comp.binaries.amiga
11 5200 245 83% 439 970.6 0% 0.25 1.0% rec.sport.hockey
12 5000 236 94% 80 824.1 20% 0.25 1.0% sci.med.aids
13 4700 221 80% 324 904.3 2% 0.25 0.9% talk.origins
14 12000 564 93% 808 1973.0 2% 0.24 2.3% rec.games.frp
15 11000 508 86% 952 1906.1 2% 0.24 2.1% rec.arts.comics
16 6900 327 86% 652 1182.9 1% 0.24 1.3% rec.motorcycles
17 3000 144 84% 257 540.2 0% 0.24 0.6% misc.handicap
18 5500 260 78% 455 1019.1 6% 0.23 1.1% talk.politics.mideast
19 12000 570 96% 875 1668.5 2% 0.21 2.3% comp.os.vms
20 12000 547 94% 38 1678.4 0% 0.21 2.2% comp.sources.amiga
21 6500 308 80% 527 1076.4 4% 0.21 1.3% talk.abortion
22 13000 608 84% 1212 1892.4 0% 0.20 2.5% rec.sport.baseball
23 12000 544 94% 1023 1576.3 1% 0.20 2.2% comp.sys.apple
24 1600 76 73% 17 278.6 0% 0.20 0.3% rec.games.vectrex
25 5000 235 95% 288 643.0 0% 0.19 1.0% rec.music.gaffa
26 12000 584 97% 229 1367.4 3% 0.18 2.4% comp.os.minix
27 9600 453 84% 752 1305.1 1% 0.18 1.9% rec.sport.basketball
28 4800 228 84% 371 649.8 3% 0.18 0.9% rec.arts.poems
29 23000 1108 95% 1505 2511.2 7% 0.17 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
30 9200 436 87% 594 1093.4 1% 0.17 1.8% rec.aviation
31 2800 131 96% 4 315.3 0% 0.17 0.5% comp.org.fidonet
32 25000 1199 85% 1363 2878.9 2% 0.16 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
33 11000 518 92% 860 1206.9 3% 0.16 2.1% rec.music.gdead
34 11000 516 93% 549 1158.0 6% 0.16 2.1% rec.ham-radio
35 7600 358 90% 331 840.7 3% 0.16 1.5% soc.culture.jewish
36 19000 921 90% 856 1947.4 4% 0.15 3.8% soc.culture.indian
37 11000 501 84% 683 1240.2 1% 0.15 2.1% rec.arts.tv.soaps
38 20000 929 83% 1061 2090.3 3% 0.14 3.8% soc.motss
39 19000 902 93% 1062 1790.3 15% 0.14 3.7% rec.music.misc
40 10000 484 93% 31 969.6 10% 0.14 2.0% comp.binaries.atari.streid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (07/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 7900 393 80% 1115 2860.3 4% 0.52 1.6% talk.religion.misc
2 8100 401 88% 121 2632.0 0% 0.51 1.6% comp.mail.maps
3 31000 1517 90% 3579 8919.6 3% 0.46 6.2% soc.culture.china
4 6400 319 78% 711 1701.8 7% 0.37 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
5 18000 880 80% 1757 4332.8 20% 0.35 3.6% talk.politics.misc
6 8700 431 85% 1009 1823.9 0% 0.32 1.8% rec.sport.basketball
7 2900 143 84% 292 621.5 0% 0.32 0.6% misc.handicap
8 2700 132 96% 4 481.2 0% 0.31 0.5% comp.org.fidonet
9 12000 598 96% 746 2066.1 2% 0.30 2.4% comp.os.vms
10 11000 524 85% 1341 2170.4 0% 0.30 2.1% rec.sport.baseball
11 3800 190 59% 495 1084.0 14% 0.30 0.8% talk.politics.guns
12 8000 394 87% 735 1497.9 0% 0.29 1.6% rec.motorcycles
13 11000 542 86% 1002 1948.6 4% 0.27 2.2% rec.arts.comics
14 6300 313 94% 19 1004.7 0% 0.27 1.3% comp.binaries.amiga
15 4200 209 67% 350 902.4 0% 0.26 0.8% alt.sca
16 11000 568 93% 566 1667.8 3% 0.25 2.3% rec.games.frp
17 10000 515 93% 54 1415.7 0% 0.24 2.1% comp.binaries.atari.st
18 8800 434 87% 732 1356.2 2% 0.24 1.8% rec.aviation
19 5600 279 80% 245 959.3 7% 0.24 1.1% talk.philosophy.misc
20 4600 228 95% 288 662.2 0% 0.24 0.9% rec.music.gaffa
21 5600 275 94% 79 778.9 23% 0.23 1.1% sci.med.aids
22 3100 154 78% 142 508.0 27% 0.23 0.6% soc.culture.turkish
23 8800 437 92% 772 1195.4 3% 0.22 1.8% rec.music.gdead
24 5000 249 80% 295 722.5 0% 0.21 1.0% talk.abortion
25 4500 224 94% 108 567.1 1% 0.21 0.9% comp.sys.atari.8bit
26 11000 529 84% 781 1490.6 0% 0.20 2.2% rec.arts.tv.soaps
27 15000 752 83% 994 1912.0 17% 0.19 3.1% soc.motss
28 4100 202 93% 163 480.9 7% 0.19 0.8% rec.games.pbm
29 4100 201 70% 57 616.1 24% 0.19 0.8% gnu.emacs.gnus
30 2400 120 82% 109 308.6 2% 0.19 0.5% soc.roots
31 27000 1334 83% 1788 3188.7 2% 0.18 5.4% soc.singles
32 23000 1116 95% 1413 2400.8 7% 0.18 4.5% comp.sys.amiga
33 22000 1109 93% 1147 2332.2 10% 0.18 4.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
34 5800 285 84% 325 707.9 0% 0.18 1.2% rec.guns
35 40000 1984 98% 81 3829.6 1% 0.17 8.1% comp.sources.unix
36 30000 1476 95% 76 3008.1 0% 0.17 6.0% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
37 24000 1194 96% 83 2400.1 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
38 12000 604 76% 1194 1508.5 12% 0.17 2.5% talk.bizarre
39 7600 378 90% 289 794.5 4% 0.17 1.5% soc.culture.jewish
40 11000 555 85% 692 1164.1 2% 0.16 2.3% rec.bicyclesreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (08/03/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 8300 392 80% 1553 3872.9 5% 0.68 1.6% talk.religion.misc
2 6700 318 80% 1232 2907.1 1% 0.63 1.3% talk.abortion
3 6700 318 78% 980 2423.9 6% 0.51 1.3% talk.politics.mideast
4 9400 444 88% 120 2699.4 0% 0.46 1.8% comp.mail.maps
5 9800 461 92% 84 2578.4 4% 0.44 1.9% comp.binaries.atari.st
6 12000 555 85% 1512 2795.6 0% 0.36 2.3% rec.sport.baseball
7 3200 150 51% 564 1145.7 1% 0.34 0.6% soc.culture.nordic
8 7300 343 87% 802 1528.5 1% 0.33 1.4% rec.motorcycles
9 20000 935 81% 1666 4037.4 28% 0.30 3.8% talk.politics.misc
10 4800 228 80% 336 970.7 3% 0.30 0.9% talk.origins
11 5100 243 68% 436 1197.9 0% 0.29 1.0% alt.sca
12 4000 187 64% 429 1012.2 8% 0.29 0.8% talk.politics.guns
13 3800 179 85% 372 724.6 0% 0.29 0.7% misc.handicap
14 35000 1648 95% 147 5466.2 1% 0.27 6.7% comp.binaries.ibm.pc
15 35000 1639 96% 105 5238.3 0% 0.26 6.7% comp.sources.games
16 30000 1406 89% 1736 4781.1 2% 0.26 5.7% soc.culture.china
17 16000 754 83% 1288 2707.7 10% 0.26 3.1% soc.motss
18 14000 661 83% 1114 2419.9 15% 0.26 2.7% soc.men
19 13000 599 96% 715 1943.9 5% 0.26 2.4% comp.os.vms
20 1900 90 74% 53 360.0 0% 0.25 0.4% comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway
21 6400 302 69% 568 1223.2 8% 0.24 1.2% soc.culture.asian.american
22 12000 559 86% 902 1767.5 3% 0.23 2.3% rec.arts.comics
23 30000 1437 83% 2670 4397.6 13% 0.22 5.8% soc.singles
24 11000 533 93% 594 1417.7 2% 0.22 2.2% rec.ham-radio
25 19000 893 95% 48 2346.8 0% 0.21 3.6% comp.sources.x
26 5900 278 93% 20 722.5 0% 0.21 1.1% comp.sources.atari.st
27 15000 727 96% 453 1737.7 11% 0.20 3.0% comp.os.minix
28 14000 642 85% 1024 1831.5 1% 0.20 2.6% rec.bicycles
29 12000 571 85% 845 1528.4 0% 0.20 2.3% rec.arts.tv.soaps
30 11000 519 88% 796 1357.8 1% 0.20 2.1% rec.aviation
31 5100 242 80% 136 713.5 3% 0.20 1.0% talk.philosophy.misc
32 13000 596 93% 595 1483.7 1% 0.19 2.4% rec.games.frp
33 3700 176 80% 145 487.0 20% 0.19 0.7% talk.politics.theory
34 24000 1135 95% 1419 2506.6 6% 0.18 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
35 8300 390 85% 535 972.9 0% 0.18 1.6% rec.sport.basketball
36 9900 468 92% 660 1024.7 2% 0.17 1.9% rec.music.gdead
37 20000 941 90% 935 1975.4 2% 0.16 3.8% soc.culture.indian
38 6900 328 84% 426 720.7 1% 0.16 1.3% rec.sport.football
39 5200 244 73% 402 644.0 2% 0.16 1.0% alt.aquaria
40 5100 239 94% 231 468.2 0% 0.16 1.0% rec.music.gaffareid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (09/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 9000 424 88% 139 3354.2 0% 0.59 1.8% comp.mail.maps
2 6400 302 80% 887 2010.4 1% 0.46 1.3% talk.abortion
3 3600 170 84% 547 1002.8 0% 0.42 0.7% misc.handicap
4 4200 196 80% 400 1156.3 6% 0.40 0.8% talk.origins
5 6900 324 78% 817 1908.0 27% 0.39 1.4% talk.politics.mideast
6 7900 371 80% 777 2011.6 3% 0.37 1.6% talk.religion.misc
7 12000 569 85% 1468 2696.8 0% 0.34 2.4% rec.sport.baseball
8 13000 611 96% 852 2341.6 2% 0.31 2.6% comp.os.vms
9 7600 356 84% 748 1384.2 1% 0.28 1.5% rec.sport.football
10 11000 514 95% 1076 1660.4 0% 0.26 2.2% comp.sys.apple
11 4100 192 67% 354 890.1 0% 0.26 0.8% alt.sca
12 20000 952 80% 1455 3306.9 23% 0.24 4.1% talk.politics.misc
13 2800 134 80% 84 466.1 25% 0.24 0.6% soc.culture.turkish
14 28000 1334 90% 1521 3945.9 2% 0.23 5.7% soc.culture.china
15 23000 1092 95% 1605 3099.5 6% 0.23 4.7% comp.sys.amiga
16 11000 495 93% 594 1501.8 2% 0.23 2.1% rec.games.frp
17 12000 573 86% 832 1676.1 7% 0.22 2.5% rec.arts.comics
18 10000 473 93% 875 1305.4 4% 0.22 2.0% rec.music.gdead
19 21000 977 94% 1346 2612.1 11% 0.21 4.2% rec.music.misc
20 17000 810 83% 1126 2370.0 6% 0.21 3.5% soc.motss
21 12000 567 84% 928 1659.7 0% 0.21 2.4% rec.arts.tv.soaps
22 5500 260 94% 296 688.8 0% 0.21 1.1% rec.music.gaffa
23 23000 1074 93% 1121 2786.6 6% 0.20 4.6% rec.arts.sf-lovers
24 3600 170 91% 20 430.3 0% 0.20 0.7% comp.binaries.apple2
25 12000 543 93% 673 1341.5 5% 0.19 2.3% rec.ham-radio
26 7700 360 87% 555 946.8 1% 0.19 1.5% rec.motorcycles
27 7000 330 84% 296 879.7 5% 0.19 1.4% rec.arts.anime
28 1600 76 40% 292 418.9 0% 0.19 0.3% alt.cosuard
29 29000 1381 82% 2050 3565.5 4% 0.18 5.9% soc.singles
30 14000 665 82% 715 1676.9 20% 0.18 2.8% soc.men
31 4900 230 71% 398 665.7 1% 0.18 1.0% alt.aquaria
32 4900 230 52% 195 916.5 0% 0.18 1.0% misc.headlines.unitex
33 4300 200 65% 249 653.6 15% 0.18 0.9% talk.politics.guns
34 4000 186 60% 365 660.4 4% 0.18 0.8% soc.culture.nordic
35 13000 633 97% 609 1294.5 0% 0.17 2.7% comp.dcom.telecom
36 15000 716 85% 876 1584.4 2% 0.16 3.1% rec.bicycles
37 10000 490 93% 28 920.1 0% 0.16 2.1% comp.binaries.atari.st
38 7700 360 85% 453 795.0 0% 0.16 1.5% rec.sport.basketball
39 5300 251 93% 87 501.2 16% 0.16 1.1% rec.games.pbm
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 PER-READER COST
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 3800 173 85% 628 1284.5 0% 0.52 0.7% misc.handicap
2 13000 565 94% 121 3764.8 3% 0.50 2.4% comp.binaries.atari.st
3 4300 195 66% 266 1466.2 0% 0.41 0.8% misc.headlines.unitex
4 10000 453 88% 109 2450.8 0% 0.40 1.9% comp.mail.maps
5 4700 213 67% 660 1475.6 7% 0.39 0.9% talk.politics.guns
6 6900 311 81% 733 1724.0 0% 0.37 1.3% talk.abortion
7 9200 414 81% 858 2209.4 1% 0.36 1.8% talk.religion.misc
8 7800 354 79% 748 1834.8 16% 0.34 1.5% talk.politics.mideast
9 11000 478 85% 1275 2331.3 1% 0.33 2.0% rec.sport.football
10 11000 490 93% 686 2008.6 2% 0.31 2.1% rec.games.frp
11 4800 217 81% 298 916.9 8% 0.28 0.9% talk.origins
12 1500 66 50% 347 462.9 0% 0.28 0.3% alt.cosuard
13 4400 197 82% 192 788.9 0% 0.27 0.8% soc.religion.christian
14 3800 171 46% 617 1215.2 3% 0.27 0.7% soc.culture.taiwan
15 15000 699 84% 1163 2406.4 3% 0.25 3.0% soc.motss
16 13000 583 88% 837 1995.9 0% 0.25 2.5% rec.aviation
17 12000 545 86% 995 1920.3 2% 0.25 2.3% rec.arts.comics
18 13000 577 85% 1208 2044.7 1% 0.24 2.5% rec.sport.baseball
19 12000 549 96% 1052 1565.4 1% 0.23 2.3% comp.sys.apple
20 11000 476 59% 911 2304.1 8% 0.23 2.0% sci.skeptic
21 4900 221 93% 67 659.2 0% 0.23 0.9% rec.games.go
22 24000 1086 86% 1292 3336.6 2% 0.22 4.6% rec.arts.startrek
23 5600 254 94% 366 716.9 0% 0.22 1.1% rec.music.gaffa
24 1000 47 68% 2 174.3 0% 0.22 0.2% rec.mag.fsfnet
25 11000 474 93% 740 1368.2 6% 0.21 2.0% rec.music.gdead
26 8400 378 87% 593 1093.6 1% 0.21 1.6% rec.motorcycles
27 16000 725 97% 399 1829.7 0% 0.20 3.1% comp.os.minix
28 15000 661 96% 777 1727.5 2% 0.20 2.8% comp.os.vms
29 5300 241 93% 106 625.0 7% 0.20 1.0% rec.games.pbm
30 20000 921 82% 1045 2569.5 16% 0.19 3.9% talk.politics.misc
31 14000 641 93% 718 1573.1 4% 0.19 2.7% rec.ham-radio
32 4400 198 91% 25 497.5 0% 0.19 0.8% comp.binaries.apple2
33 12000 546 85% 709 1408.9 0% 0.18 2.3% rec.arts.tv.soaps
34 5800 263 62% 481 897.6 5% 0.18 1.1% soc.culture.hongkong
35 4700 214 80% 213 580.3 5% 0.18 0.9% talk.politics.theory
36 30000 1336 83% 1791 3239.7 12% 0.17 5.7% soc.singles
37 26000 1186 90% 978 2672.2 10% 0.17 5.1% soc.culture.china
38 25000 1140 95% 85 2447.2 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
39 15000 663 97% 573 1398.7 0% 0.17 2.8% comp.dcom.telecom
40 6300 286 94% 65 626.9 20% 0.17 1.2% sci.med.aidsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (11/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 4600 208 77% 306 1811.0 0% 0.55 0.8% misc.headlines.unitex
2 5100 229 64% 1008 2256.8 13% 0.52 0.9% soc.culture.taiwan
3 11000 490 89% 158 3209.1 0% 0.48 2.0% comp.mail.maps
4 9100 407 82% 1120 2851.5 13% 0.47 1.7% talk.religion.misc
5 13000 593 89% 1568 3010.3 1% 0.37 2.4% rec.arts.comics
6 4600 205 88% 497 984.0 0% 0.34 0.8% misc.handicap
7 1200 55 56% 11 391.5 0% 0.34 0.2% bionet.sci-resources
8 12000 549 88% 1397 2492.3 1% 0.33 2.2% rec.sport.football
9 6700 300 95% 633 1262.1 0% 0.33 1.2% rec.music.gaffa
10 5200 231 72% 616 1325.4 1% 0.33 0.9% alt.sca
11 8300 374 82% 722 1766.6 3% 0.32 1.5% talk.abortion
12 8600 387 81% 699 1737.0 24% 0.30 1.6% talk.politics.mideast
13 6500 291 72% 547 1382.6 2% 0.28 1.2% soc.culture.hongkong
14 5400 240 70% 483 1179.3 5% 0.28 1.0% talk.politics.guns
15 25000 1135 88% 2258 4217.5 4% 0.27 4.6% rec.arts.startrek
16 13000 588 95% 49 1928.7 0% 0.26 2.4% comp.binaries.atari.st
17 12000 548 94% 1095 1724.8 1% 0.25 2.2% rec.music.gdead
18 12000 534 96% 1150 1713.4 1% 0.25 2.2% comp.sys.apple
19 9500 427 89% 793 1420.4 5% 0.24 1.7% rec.motorcycles
20 6900 309 95% 18 959.6 0% 0.24 1.3% comp.binaries.amiga
21 6700 298 95% 136 845.2 0% 0.22 1.2% sci.med.aids
22 25000 1133 96% 1819 2989.7 8% 0.21 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
23 13000 569 93% 665 1596.0 3% 0.21 2.3% rec.games.frp
24 6200 278 82% 118 867.4 6% 0.21 1.1% gnu.gcc.bug
25 6000 271 92% 27 751.0 0% 0.21 1.1% comp.binaries.apple2
26 24000 1087 91% 981 2845.1 13% 0.20 4.4% soc.culture.china
27 20000 908 83% 1060 2640.1 12% 0.20 3.7% talk.politics.misc
28 16000 695 96% 799 1799.6 2% 0.20 2.8% comp.os.vms
29 10000 455 73% 620 1525.2 8% 0.20 1.8% sci.skeptic
30 8200 366 96% 16 898.9 0% 0.19 1.5% comp.sources.amiga
31 4800 216 85% 168 581.3 0% 0.19 0.9% soc.religion.christian
32 15000 677 94% 797 1552.4 5% 0.18 2.7% rec.ham-radio
33 14000 638 88% 814 1540.2 1% 0.18 2.6% rec.arts.tv.soaps
34 6600 296 74% 459 896.2 21% 0.18 1.2% alt.aquaria
35 36000 1596 98% 80 3482.6 3% 0.17 6.5% comp.sources.unix
36 27000 1211 96% 92 2609.7 0% 0.17 4.9% comp.binaries.mac
37 15000 656 90% 807 1531.7 2% 0.17 2.7% rec.aviation
38 2100 92 56% 167 358.6 0% 0.17 0.4% alt.cosuard
39 22000 969 94% 1163 2050.7 10% 0.16 3.9% rec.music.misc
40 16000 704 97% 441 1442.2 12% 0.16 2.9% comp.os.minixreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (12/01/89)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 500 84% 1258 3480.9 1% 0.50 1.8% talk.religion.misc
2 12000 529 89% 156 3267.2 0% 0.46 1.9% comp.mail.maps
3 16000 701 90% 2044 4143.0 1% 0.44 2.5% rec.arts.comics
4 9600 418 85% 788 2446.1 0% 0.40 1.5% talk.abortion
5 9300 405 93% 68 2024.4 0% 0.38 1.5% comp.binaries.apple2
6 18000 772 90% 1755 3444.5 1% 0.32 2.8% rec.sport.football
7 4400 193 90% 398 821.1 0% 0.31 0.7% misc.handicap
8 21000 899 96% 1062 3450.9 3% 0.30 3.2% comp.os.vms
9 18000 774 94% 942 2636.4 2% 0.26 2.8% rec.games.frp
10 15000 666 96% 35 2062.9 0% 0.25 2.4% comp.sources.amiga
11 9500 416 83% 642 1527.2 31% 0.25 1.5% talk.politics.mideast
12 23000 1008 85% 1456 3398.8 19% 0.24 3.6% talk.politics.misc
13 15000 674 96% 1360 1911.8 1% 0.23 2.4% comp.sys.apple
14 13000 554 90% 902 1737.0 0% 0.23 2.0% rec.sport.basketball
15 3900 172 45% 417 1042.2 1% 0.23 0.6% rec.org.sca
16 5700 248 85% 305 783.3 1% 0.22 0.9% talk.origins
17 16000 712 90% 1173 1950.3 0% 0.21 2.6% rec.arts.tv.soaps
18 6700 293 71% 493 1042.3 15% 0.21 1.1% soc.culture.taiwan
19 6100 264 75% 355 929.9 34% 0.21 1.0% talk.politics.guns
20 30000 1303 91% 1308 3383.6 8% 0.19 4.7% soc.culture.china
21 28000 1234 94% 1654 2974.3 14% 0.19 4.5% rec.music.misc
22 16000 684 92% 953 1784.0 1% 0.19 2.5% rec.aviation
23 30000 1305 97% 1840 2947.7 5% 0.18 4.7% comp.sys.amiga
24 19000 848 97% 346 1883.2 7% 0.18 3.1% comp.os.minix
25 13000 569 95% 22 1291.4 0% 0.18 2.1% comp.binaries.amiga
26 11000 475 90% 663 1144.9 0% 0.18 1.7% rec.motorcycles
27 30000 1301 90% 1811 3056.3 1% 0.17 4.7% rec.arts.startrek
28 27000 1174 91% 1346 2609.1 1% 0.17 4.2% soc.culture.indian
29 13000 563 97% 66 1202.0 0% 0.17 2.0% comp.windows.news
30 8900 389 89% 433 883.8 4% 0.17 1.4% rec.arts.anime
31 18000 790 94% 901 1669.6 5% 0.16 2.9% rec.ham-radio
32 9000 392 77% 432 1015.5 3% 0.16 1.4% soc.culture.hongkong
33 8800 383 95% 369 802.4 0% 0.16 1.4% rec.music.gaffa
34 8700 380 84% 369 873.4 10% 0.16 1.4% talk.religion.newage
35 15000 659 94% 817 1269.0 9% 0.15 2.4% rec.music.gdead
36 8300 361 94% 76 711.2 6% 0.15 1.3% rec.games.pbm
37 6100 268 84% 161 575.7 13% 0.15 1.0% talk.politics.theory
38 5500 241 87% 184 505.5 0% 0.15 0.9% soc.religion.christian
39 10000 445 74% 203 993.9 32% 0.14 1.6% soc.rights.human
40 8900 387 94% 63 711.2 3% 0.14 1.4% sci.med.aidsreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (01/02/90)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 10000 426 85% 866 2454.2 4% 0.39 1.6% talk.religion.misc
3 7800 319 85% 566 1800.4 1% 0.36 1.2% talk.abortion
4 22000 913 97% 300 4185.8 1% 0.34 3.4% comp.os.minix
5 10000 418 76% 177 2180.9 10% 0.31 1.5% comp.os.os2
6 5700 232 75% 503 1224.5 16% 0.30 0.9% talk.politics.guns
7 3900 161 51% 373 1215.8 0% 0.30 0.6% alt.callahans
8 2600 108 61% 540 642.1 0% 0.28 0.4% alt.cosuard
9 13000 553 91% 948 1840.3 3% 0.24 2.0% rec.sport.basketball
10 5400 220 91% 310 760.0 0% 0.24 0.8% misc.handicap
11 10000 423 91% 813 1375.7 1% 0.23 1.6% rec.motorcycles
12 9800 403 97% 228 1227.0 4% 0.23 1.5% comp.lang.forth
13 22000 901 85% 1189 3077.1 39% 0.22 3.3% talk.politics.misc
14 10000 429 84% 497 1434.8 20% 0.22 1.6% talk.politics.mideast
15 6600 271 75% 503 1008.6 5% 0.21 1.0% soc.culture.taiwan
16 6100 249 73% 354 956.9 1% 0.21 0.9% alt.recovery
17 6800 279 93% 212 785.7 0% 0.20 1.0% rec.games.empire
18 5800 236 85% 201 752.3 2% 0.20 0.9% talk.politics.theory
19 21000 850 91% 1272 2333.3 2% 0.19 3.1% rec.sport.football
20 3900 159 59% 305 679.8 1% 0.19 0.6% rec.org.sca
21 27000 1122 90% 1026 2896.0 5% 0.18 4.2% soc.culture.china
22 8000 329 85% 75 941.1 1% 0.18 1.2% gnu.g++.bug
23 17000 690 91% 890 1764.0 1% 0.17 2.6% rec.arts.comics
24 34000 1399 97% 1764 3012.6 8% 0.16 5.2% comp.sys.amiga
25 17000 703 93% 814 1447.6 1% 0.15 2.6% rec.aviation
26 16000 673 96% 553 1312.3 2% 0.15 2.5% rec.music.classical
27 15000 603 90% 768 1346.2 0% 0.15 2.2% rec.arts.tv.soaps
28 8600 352 95% 281 725.1 0% 0.15 1.3% rec.music.gaffa
29 5800 240 88% 146 534.3 0% 0.15 0.9% soc.religion.christian
30 23000 951 88% 801 1931.9 16% 0.14 3.5% soc.women
31 22000 892 96% 841 1681.2 3% 0.14 3.3% comp.os.vms
32 18000 753 94% 732 1418.6 6% 0.14 2.8% rec.ham-radio
33 17000 682 93% 523 1353.0 1% 0.14 2.5% rec.games.frp
34 8600 354 77% 226 813.7 1% 0.14 1.3% soc.culture.hongkong
35 7200 296 93% 93 591.9 0% 0.14 1.1% rec.games.go
36 32000 1319 91% 1483 2543.5 2% 0.13 4.9% rec.arts.startrek
37 21000 867 88% 870 1685.7 8% 0.13 3.2% soc.motss
38 19000 763 95% 41 1389.4 8% 0.13 2.8% comp.binaries.atari.st
39 17000 716 97% 827 1199.0 1% 0.13 2.6% comp.sys.apple
40 33000 1357 97% 58 2221.9 0% 0.12 5.0% comp.binaries.macreid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) (03/01/90)
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST
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 10000 355 86% 997 2754.5 2% 0.44 1.2% talk.abortion
2 15000 523 89% 160 3776.8 0% 0.41 1.8% comp.mail.maps
3 15000 527 93% 116 3059.7 1% 0.35 1.8% comp.binaries.apple2
4 7100 250 87% 454 1431.2 1% 0.32 0.9% talk.origins
5 6600 233 88% 201 1207.8 1% 0.30 0.8% soc.roots
6 20000 689 91% 1958 3491.6 0% 0.29 2.4% rec.sport.basketball
7 20000 691 95% 65 3229.1 2% 0.28 2.4% comp.binaries.amiga
8 14000 504 91% 1294 2176.6 1% 0.26 1.7% rec.motorcycles
9 9500 335 93% 91 1261.3 4% 0.23 1.2% rec.games.go
10 22000 777 97% 58 2742.3 2% 0.22 2.7% comp.sources.amiga
11 32000 1118 87% 1687 4260.2 30% 0.21 3.8% talk.politics.misc
12 8100 285 65% 676 1461.5 1% 0.21 1.0% rec.sport.soccer
13 7300 258 92% 513 879.5 0% 0.20 0.9% misc.handicap
14 5700 200 73% 406 838.7 0% 0.20 0.7% rec.org.sca
15 21000 745 97% 1457 2276.1 2% 0.19 2.6% comp.sys.apple
16 17000 589 86% 820 2035.1 1% 0.19 2.0% talk.religion.misc
17 5400 189 38% 630 1479.3 3% 0.19 0.7% alt.atheism
18 25000 869 93% 1087 2603.9 3% 0.18 3.0% rec.games.frp
19 20000 696 93% 1164 2118.0 1% 0.18 2.4% rec.aviation
20 18000 645 95% 68 1919.9 0% 0.18 2.2% comp.binaries.atari.st
21 11000 391 94% 392 1114.3 0% 0.18 1.3% rec.music.gaffa
22 9400 330 48% 1340 1960.5 4% 0.18 1.1% soc.culture.british
23 8900 312 78% 457 1091.8 6% 0.18 1.1% talk.politics.guns
24 27000 961 92% 1073 2706.3 15% 0.17 3.3% misc.legal
25 19000 667 93% 1310 1849.6 1% 0.17 2.3% rec.music.gdead
26 41000 1460 92% 2291 3976.9 1% 0.16 5.0% rec.arts.startrek
27 6900 244 60% 307 1030.5 12% 0.16 0.8% soc.culture.asean
28 24000 840 92% 1217 2105.5 2% 0.15 2.9% rec.arts.comics
29 22000 789 94% 889 1912.1 7% 0.15 2.7% rec.ham-radio
30 38000 1347 93% 1729 3079.4 14% 0.14 4.6% rec.music.misc
31 38000 1346 96% 2011 3075.0 6% 0.14 4.6% comp.sys.amiga
32 15000 537 91% 556 1237.7 2% 0.14 1.8% rec.arts.anime
33 14000 495 90% 548 1215.8 3% 0.14 1.7% soc.culture.jewish
34 13000 457 85% 215 1170.6 12% 0.14 1.6% soc.culture.turkish
35 12000 434 91% 559 981.3 2% 0.14 1.5% rec.sport.hockey
36 11000 383 92% 129 939.7 12% 0.14 1.3% rec.games.pbm
37 4800 168 63% 403 560.6 0% 0.14 0.6% alt.cosuard
38 38000 1322 93% 1602 2801.4 5% 0.13 4.5% rec.arts.sf-lovers
39 5600 196 39% 454 1007.2 7% 0.13 0.7% alt.pagan
40 44000 1543 88% 1774 3325.6 19% 0.12 5.3% soc.singles