Subject: Top 25 News Groups by number of articles for the last 2 weeks

          No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank   Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1 389713.7   12037     31.76  0.7%     0.7%     alt.binaries.pictures.* (3.8)
   2  20042.5    8888     23.45  0.5%     1.2%     ncar.weather (2962.7)
   3   2838.0    5501     14.52  0.3%     1.5%     relcom.commerce.food (6.8)
   4   7956.8    5435     14.34  0.3%     1.8%     misc.jobs.offered (5.3)
   5   7904.4    4755     12.55  0.3%     2.0%     rec.games.deckmaster (3.7)
   6   9137.3    4672     12.33  0.3%     2.3%     alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (5.8)
   7   8308.9    4591     12.12  0.3%     2.5%     inet (1.7)
   8   4646.5    3821     10.08  0.2%     2.8%     rec.arts.tv.soaps (5.1)
   9  12645.7    3726      9.83  0.2%     3.0%     alt.test (2.0)
  10   2860.9    3459      9.13  0.2%     3.1%     alt.flame (10.7)
  11   4890.7    3432      9.06  0.2%     3.3%     rec.arts.movies (2.6)
  12   3079.9    3331      8.79  0.2%     3.5%     alt.music.alternative (2.3)
  13   5442.9    3308      8.73  0.2%     3.7%     alt.atheism (4.8)
  14   6604.4    3280      8.66  0.2%     3.9%     talk.politics.guns (4.3)
  15   3228.6    3228      8.52  0.2%     4.1%     alt.folklore.urban (4.2)
  16   7125.8    3206      8.46  0.2%     4.2%     alt.politics.clinton (4.7)
  17   3769.7    3171      8.37  0.2%     4.4%     alt.games.doom (2.4)
  18   3831.7    3067      8.09  0.2%     4.6%     rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 (4.0)
  19   6392.4    3023      7.98  0.2%     4.8%     alt.politics.libertarian (6.5)
  20   3167.4    3002      7.92  0.2%     4.9%     rec.motorcycles (3.5)
  21   2460.5    2981      7.87  0.2%     5.1%     relcom.commerce.other (5.5)
  22   1845.6    2905      7.67  0.2%     5.3%     misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone (1.9)
  23   3538.8    2752      7.26  0.2%     5.4%     relcom.commerce.computers (8.5)
  24   6620.3    2734      7.21  0.2%     5.6%     talk.politics.misc (4.6)
  25   4185.5    2678      7.07  0.1%     5.7%     misc.jobs.contract (6.2)

$ Cost is the cost of sending it over a Trailblazer to UUNET, using the 
800 number and Night rates. (1000 characters per second and $9.50 per hour)
I.e .264 cents per kilobyte