Top 40 Newsgroups in Order by Percentage of Crossposting (Jul 95)

A companion page 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 (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   85775   464 49%   811    0.0 100%   0.00  0.8% alt.answers
    2   12570    68 13%  2784    0.0 100%   0.00  0.1% clari.world.top
    3  249191  1348 88%  2451    0.5 99%   0.03  2.3% news.answers
    4   97051   525 71%   666    0.2 99%   0.01  0.9% comp.answers
    5   56012   303 62%   785    0.0 99%   0.00  0.5% rec.answers
    6   36972   200 59%   160    0.0 99%   0.00  0.3% soc.answers
    7   19595   106 21%   650    0.0 99%   0.00  0.2% clari.news.disaster
    8   14234    77 19%   743    0.0 99%   0.00  0.1% clari.sports.top
    9   51760   280 62%   161    0.2 97%   0.01  0.5% misc.answers
   10   18301    99 49%   707    0.0 97%   0.00  0.2% biz.clarinet.sample
   11   20889   113 21%   489    0.0 97%   0.00  0.2% clari.news.urgent
   12   16082    87 21%  1112    0.1 97%   0.00  0.1% clari.news.trouble
   13   44551   241 59%  3270    1.3 96%   0.06  0.4% alt.individualism
   14   36232   196 54%  2956    0.3 96%   0.01  0.3% alt.society.civil-liberty
   15   16452    89 21%   813    0.1 96%   0.00  0.1% clari.biz.economy.world
   16   46030   249 63%   120    0.0 95%   0.00  0.4% sci.answers
   17   12385    67 38%  2233    0.4 95%   0.01  0.1% alt.fan.g-gordon-liddy
   18   11091    60 33%    18    0.0 94%   0.00  0.1% bit.listserv.muslims
   19   12570    68 10%   171    0.0 94%   0.00  0.1% alt.sex.graphics
   20   32905   178 54%  4585    0.7 93%   0.03  0.3% alt.politics.correct
   21   15897    86 30%  1614    0.3 93%   0.01  0.1% alt.impeach.clinton
   22   13494    73 17%    16    0.0 93%   0.00  0.1% alt.sex.toupee
   23   25880   140 68%   724    0.1 92%   0.01  0.2% comp.unix.advocacy
   24   12570    68 45%   176    0.0 92%   0.00  0.1% alt.overlords
   25   17561    95 27%  1525    1.1 92%   0.02  0.2% alt.feminazis
   26   21443   116 48%  6218    2.1 91%   0.08  0.2% alt.politics.usa.constitution
   27   16637    90 45%   351    0.2 91%   0.01  0.2% alt.fan.ronald-reagan
   28   12755    69 20%   710    0.2 91%   0.00  0.1% clari.news.terrorism
   29   34014   184 52%  1744    0.4 90%   0.02  0.3% alt.culture.usenet
   30   22552   122 47%  3652    2.5 90%   0.09  0.2% alt.politics.usa.misc
   31   18670   101 52%   372    0.1 90%   0.00  0.2% alt.religion.emacs
   32   21813   118 44%    21    0.0 90%   0.00  0.2% alt.security.ripem
   33   18301    99 19%    52    0.0 90%   0.00  0.2% clari.news.sex
   34   50097   271 76%    61    0.0 89%   0.00  0.5% comp.archives.admin
   35   52685   285 35%  1359    1.9 89%   0.05  0.5% alt.sex.pictures.d
   36   19040   103 44%  2108    1.0 89%   0.03  0.2% alt.society.conservatism
   37   17191    93 46%  1005    0.3 89%   0.01  0.2% alt.society.revolution
   38   20334   110 35%  1213    0.3 89%   0.01  0.2% alt.religion.sexuality
   39   12755    69 29%   293    0.1 88%   0.00  0.1% alt.christnet.hypocrisy
   40   11091    60 19%   166    0.0 88%   0.00  0.1% clari.tw.electronics