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Started by reid
Thu, 02 Apr 1987 19:10
TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION (MAR 87)
Author: reid
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1987 19:10
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1987 19:10
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TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION
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 16000 1214 97% 382 624.4 23 0.18 10.0% comp.unix.wizards
2 14000 1097 97% 61 118.2 4 0.04 9.0% comp.sources.d
3 12000 929 97% 90 114.0 7 0.04 7.6% comp.sources.wanted
4 12000 887 97% 21 36.9 1 0.01 7.3% news.misc
5 11000 812 97% 70 154.2 6 0.06 6.7% news.groups
6 9100 703 97% 65 105.1 7 0.05 5.8% comp.mail.uucp
7 9100 701 97% 230 378.6 25 0.19 5.8% comp.emacs
8 9000 696 97% 34 75.3 3 0.04 5.7% news.admin
9 8900 683 97% 81 153.2 9 0.08 5.6% comp.dcom.lans
10 8800 675 97% 120 218.9 13 0.11 5.5% sci.electronics
11 8300 640 97% 57 107.7 6 0.06 5.3% comp.databases
12 8100 625 97% 81 155.6 10 0.09 5.1% comp.dcom.modems
13 7700 589 97% 52 71.4 6 0.04 4.8% comp.lang.c++
14 7400 571 97% 1 2.4 0 0.00 4.7% comp.bugs.misc
15 7200 557 97% 11 15.0 1 0.01 4.6% news.sysadmin
16 7100 544 97% 91 257.3 12 0.16 4.5% news.software.b
17 7100 543 97% 27 26.0 3 0.02 4.5% news.config
18 6800 523 97% 30 54.1 4 0.04 4.3% comp.org.usenix
19 17000 1321 96% 551 1013.3 32 0.27 10.8% comp.sys.ibm.pc
20 14000 1061 96% 301 492.9 21 0.16 8.7% comp.unix.questions
21 13000 1022 96% 131 172.3 10 0.06 8.4% misc.wanted
22 12000 958 96% 204 324.2 17 0.12 7.9% comp.lang.c
23 12000 931 96% 72 126.0 6 0.05 7.6% comp.graphics
24 11000 882 96% 567 738.4 51 0.30 7.2% comp.sys.mac
25 10000 784 96% 24 347.2 2 0.16 6.4% comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
26 9700 746 96% 111 157.0 11 0.07 6.1% comp.text
27 9600 737 96% 4 52.3 0 0.02 6.0% mod.newslists
28 9400 723 96% 17 34.5 1 0.02 5.9% mod.computers.workstations
29 9300 714 96% 34 45.3 3 0.02 5.9% comp.sys.misc
30 8400 643 96% 97 214.1 11 0.11 5.3% mod.computers.laser-printers
31 8000 619 96% 38 58.0 4 0.03 5.1% comp.sys.m68k
32 7800 599 96% 15 32.0 2 0.02 4.9% mod.protocols
33 7500 578 96% 42 58.9 5 0.04 4.7% comp.mail.misc
34 7000 535 96% 232 368.5 33 0.24 4.4% mod.protocols.tcp-ip
35 6800 523 96% 1 2.3 0 0.00 4.3% comp.bugs.sys5
36 6700 517 96% 622 1694.2 92 1.10 4.2% comp.sys.atari.st
37 6600 505 96% 14 12.4 2 0.01 4.1% comp.terminals
38 6200 479 96% 22 19.9 3 0.01 3.9% news.newsites
39 6100 466 96% 48 206.2 7 0.15 3.8% comp.lang.prolog
40 5400 414 96% 40 46.4 7 0.04 3.4% comp.sys.att
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