Top 40 Usenet groups by number of messages for January 1995
This is a revised set of data from the USENET readership report for Jan 95.
It is based on the readership sample information in Brian Reid's
report. I have recomputed total readership to eliminate the statistical
error Brian inserted this month.
+-- 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 (megabytes 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 64879 260 52% 14646 51.7 6% 1 0.40% rec.games.deckmaster.marketplace
2 440180 1764 81% 14334 21.3 25% 0.06 2.70% misc.jobs.offered
3 248038 994 58% 14231 17 58% 0.09 1.50% alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
4 645547 2587 50% 12993 519.6 9% 1 3.90% alt.binaries.pictures.erotica
5 199628 800 70% 11525 10.3 71% 0.06 1.20% talk.politics.misc
6 41672 167 47% 10861 6 77% 0.18 0.30% alt.politics.usa.republican
7 345107 1383 58% 9902 11.4 6% 0.04 2.10% alt.music.alternative
8 88834 356 63% 9834 33 3% 0.47 0.50% alt.test
9 340615 1365 73% 9728 15.2 4% 0.06 2.10% rec.arts.startrek.current
10 196883 789 56% 9416 8.3 73% 0.05 1.20% alt.politics.clinton
11 310172 1243 76% 8965 15.4 6% 0.06 1.90% rec.arts.movies
12 32939 132 40% 8458 28.8 19% 1.1 0.20% rec.games.trading-cards.marketplace
13 143982 577 69% 8211 13.8 41% 0.12 0.90% talk.politics.guns
14 242298 971 79% 8080 11.6 24% 0.06 1.50% misc.jobs.contract
15 190894 765 71% 7509 11.2 6% 0.08 1.20% comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
16 254276 1019 71% 7251 11.1 8% 0.06 1.50% soc.singles
17 98816 396 68% 7140 11.8 1% 0.15 0.60% rec.sport.basketball.college
18 918039 3679 58% 7083 9 22% 0.01 5.60% alt.sex
19 121274 486 68% 7061 13.5 20% 0.14 0.70% talk.abortion
20 181661 728 71% 7054 10.5 12% 0.07 1.10% soc.motss
21 90332 362 60% 6972 11.7 4% 0.16 0.50% rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5
22 216097 866 61% 6895 12.5 28% 0.07 1.30% alt.atheism
23 224332 899 81% 6853 7.6 22% 0.04 1.40% comp.sys.mac.hardware
24 114786 460 58% 6761 9.4 10% 0.1 0.70% rec.games.deckmaster
25 109047 437 55% 6645 4.5 73% 0.05 0.70% alt.feminism
26 205118 822 77% 6576 10 3% 0.06 1.20% rec.food.cooking
27 122023 489 75% 6480 9.4 1% 0.1 0.70% rec.music.gdead
28 124767 500 76% 6460 9.8 22% 0.1 0.80% comp.os.os2.advocacy
29 185654 744 79% 6335 12 4% 0.08 1.10% comp.sys.mac.games
30 230321 923 65% 6326 8.4 16% 0.05 1.40% alt.folklore.urban
31 192891 773 71% 6267 3.7 76% 0.02 1.20% soc.women
32 263259 1055 51% 6214 12.5 10% 0.06 1.60% alt.2600
33 126015 505 73% 6064 9.3 0% 0.09 0.80% rec.guns
34 111542 447 69% 6013 10.5 1% 0.12 0.70% rec.sport.football.college
35 188399 755 79% 6000 7.8 20% 0.05 1.10% comp.os.os2.misc
36 119527 479 44% 5880 171.5 3% 1.8 0.70% alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male
37 66127 265 56% 5850 9 1% 0.17 0.40% alt.gothic
38 192891 773 73% 5841 7.6 11% 0.05 1.20% comp.os.linux.help
39 138741 556 75% 5765 9.7 4% 0.09 0.80% rec.motorcycles
40 150470 603 74% 5649 10.3 3% 0.09 0.90% rec.arts.anime