¯ BBS: Channel 1 (R) [Microcom 9600] 617-354-8873 Date: 08-03-92 (04:29) Number: 13917 To: ALL Refer#: NONE (Msg #28 of 32) From: BRIAN REID Read: NO (Thread #1 of 3) Subj: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDE Status: PUBLIC MSG Conf: groups (1453) Direction: FORWARD (Read) ú Newsgroup: news.groups ú Message-ID: <1992Aug2.003150.20572@PA.dec.com> ú Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST (JUL 92) 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/rdr | | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsrders | | | | | | | | who read this group. V V V V V V V V 1 61 1 2% 15526 22244.0 0% 18.00 0.0% ncar.weather 2 45000 735 52% 936 45677.9 2% 1.10 1.8% alt.binaries.sounds.misc 3 14000 233 42% 3849 15300.6 0% 0.95 0.6% bionet.molbio.genbank.updates 4 86000 1419 54% 1160 52578.3 2% 0.68 3.5% alt.binaries.pictures.misc 5 910 15 9% 1367 2873.9 0% 0.62 0.0% fj.mail-lists.x-window 6 130000 2108 52% 1513 70238.9 7% 0.57 5.2% alt.binaries.pictures.erotica 7 35000 577 74% 303 12369.4 1% 0.54 1.4% comp.binaries.os2 8 790 13 4% 157 3881.7 0% 0.44 0.0% de.alt.binaries.sounds 9 61 1 3% 262 375.4 4% 0.43 0.0% uiuc.general 10 61 1 3% 30 351.7 0% 0.38 0.0% cu-den.general 11 61 1 0% 58 1685.5 0% 0.35 0.0% ar.space 12 19000 308 66% 609 4505.1 9% 0.32 0.8% misc.activism.progressive 13 17000 287 65% 461 3981.3 0% 0.31 0.7% soc.culture.lebanon 14 1800 30 9% 63 2893.7 0% 0.31 0.1% fj.binaries.msdos 15 36000 595 80% 271 6575.5 0% 0.30 1.5% comp.mail.maps 16 28000 454 77% 131 5420.1 0% 0.30 1.1% comp.binaries.apple2 17 61 1 0% 85 1179.5 0% 0.29 0.0% ar.info-unix 18 43000 713 74% 4059 7771.0 0% 0.28 1.7% rec.arts.tv.soaps 19 2700 44 9% 887 3382.8 10% 0.25 0.1% tor.news.stats 20 61 1 1% 203 387.9 0% 0.25 0.0% uiuc.wx-talk 21 51000 841 69% 3549 8710.3 23% 0.24 2.1% talk.abortion 22 61 1 3% 255 237.4 8% 0.24 0.0% uiuc.classifieds 23 33000 538 76% 2397 4853.5 3% 0.23 1.3% comp.sys.amiga.advocacy 24 9600 158 52% 552 2033.8 0% 0.23 0.4% talk.politics.animals 25 52000 863 75% 3638 7585.4 1% 0.22 2.1% rec.sport.baseball 26 430 7 9% 156 509.0 0% 0.22 0.0% fj.mail-lists.parallel 27 24000 388 52% 755 4747.0 56% 0.21 1.0% alt.fan.rush-limbaugh 28 3500 57 15% 1699 2426.6 0% 0.21 0.1% k12.chat.senior 29 16000 268 74% 1000 2029.9 0% 0.19 0.7% misc.handicap 30 7700 126 18% 1491 3845.1 48% 0.19 0.3% alt.politics.clinton 31 3000 49 17% 60 1626.5 0% 0.19 0.1% ba.news.stats 32 550 9 9% 318 550.0 0% 0.19 0.0% fj.mail-lists.apollo 33 59000 978 76% 3855 6767.9 2% 0.18 2.4% rec.motorcycles 34 26000 421 68% 1098 3372.7 5% 0.18 1.0% talk.origins 35 43000 713 75% 2253 4774.8 4% 0.17 1.7% rec.arts.anime 36 40000 658 49% 49 6875.1 2% 0.17 1.6% alt.binaries.pictures.fractals 37 37000 601 69% 2396 4419.2 1% 0.17 1.5% comp.os.linux 38 26000 433 67% 1314 3221.2 1% 0.17 1.1% soc.culture.vietnamese 39 27000 444 67% 1051 3134.8 11% 0.16 1.1% soc.culture.iranian 40 23000 373 68% 1463 2691.4 0% 0.16 0.9% rec.sport.football.college --- * PCB/UseNet Gateway from Sparkware #3 ùHEADER:USENET Path: channel1!uupsi!psinntp!uunet!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!rdg.dec.com!pa.dec.com!reid From: reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PER-READER COST (JUL 92) Keywords: arbitron, statistics Message-ID: <1992Aug2.003150.20572@PA.dec.com> Date: Sun, 2 Aug 92 00:31:50 GMT Sender: news@PA.dec.com (News) Organization: DEC Network Systems Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 54 Approved: reid@decwrl.dec.com Originator: reid@torrey.pa.dec.com ® ¯ BBS: Channel 1 (R) [Microcom 9600] 617-354-8873 Date: 08-03-92 (04:29) Number: 13918 To: ALL Refer#: NONE (Msg #29 of 32) From: BRIAN REID Read: NO (Thread #2 of 3) Subj: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDE Status: PUBLIC MSG Conf: groups (1453) Direction: FORWARD (Read) ú Newsgroup: news.groups ú Message-ID: <1992Aug2.003156.20653@PA.dec.com> ú Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY AMOUNT OF CROSSPOSTING (JUL 92) TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY AMOUNT OF CROSSPOSTING 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/rdr | | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsrders | | | | | | | | who read this group. V V V V V V V V 1 150000 2422 88% 88 692.4 100% 0.01 5.9% news.announce.newgroups 2 15000 250 11% 41 123.4 100% 0.00 0.6% clari.tw.computers 3 15000 242 3% 22 24.2 100% 0.00 0.6% osu.for-sale 4 15000 240 12% 25 88.4 100% 0.00 0.6% clari.news.europe 5 9500 157 12% 17 57.5 100% 0.00 0.4% clari.news.interest.people 6 9200 151 13% 45 169.2 100% 0.01 0.4% clari.news.gov.usa 7 9100 150 11% 23 107.0 100% 0.00 0.4% clari.tw.space 8 8900 147 12% 11 39.0 100% 0.00 0.4% clari.news.military 9 7500 123 11% 16 43.8 100% 0.00 0.3% clari.news.trouble 10 7100 117 11% 12 44.2 100% 0.00 0.3% clari.news.lifestyle 11 6600 109 11% 23 69.9 100% 0.00 0.3% clari.tw.aerospace 12 6000 99 12% 12 57.7 100% 0.00 0.2% clari.news.hot.iraq 13 6000 99 11% 13 42.3 100% 0.00 0.2% clari.news.law.crime.trial 14 5800 95 12% 15 50.9 100% 0.00 0.2% clari.news.law.civil 15 5000 83 10% 33 117.4 100% 0.01 0.2% clari.tw.health.aids 16 2500 41 8% 13 51.6 100% 0.00 0.1% fj.news.misc 17 1100 18 6% 186 294.3 100% 0.04 0.0% clari.canada.gov 18 670 11 5% 17 906.0 100% 0.15 0.0% houston.news.stats 19 1200 20 6% 131 173.1 99% 0.02 0.0% clari.canada.trouble 20 790 13 5% 150 218.7 99% 0.03 0.0% clari.canada.law 21 7500 123 11% 49 149.3 98% 0.00 0.3% clari.news.aviation 22 15000 249 13% 231 780.8 97% 0.01 0.6% clari.news.gov.international 23 5300 88 12% 57 183.8 96% 0.01 0.2% clari.biz.courts 24 8000 131 11% 39 120.2 95% 0.00 0.3% clari.tw.health 25 10000 168 12% 33 123.5 94% 0.00 0.4% clari.news.politics 26 6500 107 11% 18 57.4 94% 0.00 0.3% clari.news.law.crime.violent 27 7700 126 10% 32 105.8 93% 0.00 0.3% clari.tw.environment 28 5200 85 12% 16 63.3 93% 0.00 0.2% clari.news.gov.state 29 10000 165 11% 12 41.9 92% 0.00 0.4% clari.news.election 30 9800 161 12% 13 51.4 92% 0.00 0.4% clari.news.economy 31 7300 120 12% 12 59.7 92% 0.00 0.3% clari.news.issues 32 5200 86 11% 26 94.1 92% 0.00 0.2% clari.tw.misc 33 1900 32 2% 56 140.1 91% 0.00 0.1% clari.local.los_angeles 34 5600 93 11% 78 262.5 90% 0.01 0.2% clari.biz.finance.services 35 13000 211 12% 39 130.0 89% 0.00 0.5% clari.tw.science 36 11000 179 11% 20 79.6 89% 0.00 0.4% clari.news.movies 37 7500 123 11% 30 80.5 89% 0.00 0.3% clari.tw.telecom 38 3600 60 3% 40 93.4 89% 0.00 0.1% clari.local.nyc 39 2600 42 5% 76 86.7 87% 0.00 0.1% uw.forsale 40 790 13 4% 16 20.4 87% 0.00 0.0% nj.housing --- * PCB/UseNet Gateway from Sparkware #3 ùHEADER:USENET Path: channel1!uupsi!psinntp!uunet!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!rdg.dec.com!pa.dec.com!reid From: reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY AMOUNT OF CROSSPOSTING (JUL 92) Keywords: arbitron, statistics Message-ID: <1992Aug2.003156.20653@PA.dec.com> Date: Sun, 2 Aug 92 00:31:56 GMT Sender: news@PA.dec.com (News) Organization: DEC Network Systems Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 54 Approved: reid@decwrl.dec.com Originator: reid@torrey.pa.dec.com ® ¯ BBS: Channel 1 (R) [Microcom 9600] 617-354-8873 Date: 08-03-92 (04:29) Number: 13919 To: ALL Refer#: NONE (Msg #30 of 32) From: BRIAN REID Read: NO (Thread #3 of 3) Subj: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDE Status: PUBLIC MSG Conf: groups (1453) Direction: FORWARD ú Newsgroup: news.groups ú Message-ID: <1992Aug2.003209.20788@PA.dec.com> ú Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME (JUL 92) TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced them. +-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide. | +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population | | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all | | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month) | | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month) | | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage | | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/rdr | | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsrders | | | | | | | | who read this group. V V V V V V V V 1 130000 2108 52% 1513 70238.9 7% 0.57 5.2% alt.binaries.pictures.erotica 2 86000 1419 54% 1160 52578.3 2% 0.68 3.5% alt.binaries.pictures.misc 3 45000 735 52% 936 45677.9 2% 1.10 1.8% alt.binaries.sounds.misc 4 61 1 2% 15526 22244.0 0% 18.00 0.0% ncar.weather 5 14000 233 42% 3849 15300.6 0% 0.95 0.6% bionet.molbio.genbank.updates 6 35000 577 74% 303 12369.4 1% 0.54 1.4% comp.binaries.os2 7 51000 841 69% 3549 8710.3 23% 0.24 2.1% talk.abortion 8 43000 713 74% 4059 7771.0 0% 0.28 1.7% rec.arts.tv.soaps 9 52000 863 75% 3638 7585.4 1% 0.22 2.1% rec.sport.baseball 10 110000 1800 70% 2824 7417.6 56% 0.10 4.4% talk.politics.misc 11 220000 3613 67% 2677 6939.7 32% 0.04 8.9% alt.sex 12 40000 658 49% 49 6875.1 2% 0.17 1.6% alt.binaries.pictures.fractals 13 59000 978 76% 3855 6767.9 2% 0.18 2.4% rec.motorcycles 14 36000 595 80% 271 6575.5 0% 0.30 1.5% comp.mail.maps 15 120000 2015 71% 2938 6519.4 10% 0.08 4.9% soc.culture.indian 16 160000 2701 71% 4226 6335.3 19% 0.06 6.6% talk.bizarre 17 78000 1289 77% 3264 5895.4 7% 0.12 3.2% rec.bicycles 18 110000 1753 77% 2238 5871.8 7% 0.08 4.3% rec.arts.movies 19 72000 1180 73% 3260 5549.5 13% 0.12 2.9% soc.motss 20 28000 454 77% 131 5420.1 0% 0.30 1.1% comp.binaries.apple2 21 66000 1091 80% 3177 5376.9 7% 0.13 2.7% comp.os.os2.misc 22 84000 1379 79% 117 5368.6 0% 0.10 3.4% comp.binaries.mac 23 61000 1007 62% 3204 4936.6 7% 0.10 2.5% comp.sys.ibm.pc.games 24 33000 538 76% 2397 4853.5 3% 0.23 1.3% comp.sys.amiga.advocacy 25 87000 1431 72% 2310 4787.9 11% 0.08 3.5% soc.culture.china 26 43000 713 75% 2253 4774.8 4% 0.17 1.7% rec.arts.anime 27 24000 388 52% 755 4747.0 56% 0.21 1.0% alt.fan.rush-limbaugh 28 19000 308 66% 609 4505.1 9% 0.32 0.8% misc.activism.progressive 29 37000 601 69% 2396 4419.2 1% 0.17 1.5% comp.os.linux 30 120000 2017 63% 1655 4403.5 1% 0.05 4.9% alt.sex.bondage 31 110000 1872 84% 88 4244.1 0% 0.07 4.6% comp.sources.misc 32 110000 1788 67% 1015 4159.0 75% 0.05 4.4% alt.activism 33 17000 287 65% 461 3981.3 0% 0.31 0.7% soc.culture.lebanon 34 73000 1201 78% 1986 3893.3 4% 0.09 2.9% misc.kids 35 790 13 4% 157 3881.7 0% 0.44 0.0% de.alt.binaries.sounds 36 45000 749 69% 1133 3875.2 9% 0.12 1.8% talk.religion.misc 37 7700 126 18% 1491 3845.1 48% 0.19 0.3% alt.politics.clinton 38 52000 864 77% 1851 3769.9 5% 0.11 2.1% rec.aviation 39 54000 887 43% 126 3684.2 61% 0.06 2.2% alt.binaries.pictures 40 24000 391 48% 1605 3677.9 51% 0.15 1.0% alt.politics.elections --- * PCB/UseNet Gateway from Sparkware #3 ùHEADER:USENET Path: channel1!uupsi!psinntp!uunet!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!rdg.dec.com!pa.dec.com!reid From: reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME (JUL 92) Keywords: arbitron, statistics Message-ID: <1992Aug2.003209.20788@PA.dec.com> Date: Sun, 2 Aug 92 00:32:09 GMT Sender: news@PA.dec.com (News) Organization: DEC Network Systems Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 54 Approved: reid@decwrl.dec.com Originator: reid@torrey.pa.dec.com ®