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 (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 9500 128 19% 6849 394.8 3% 7.00 0.2% alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc 2 46000 273 43% 4468 247.2 3% 2.10 0.5% alt.binaries.sounds.music 3 33000 172 50% 26775 125.9 2% 1.70 0.3% rec.games.trading-cards.marketplace 4 6900 106 16% 1652 70.8 3% 1.50 0.2% alt.binaries.pictures.boys 5 24000 336 18% 3515 163.6 15% 1.10 0.6% alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.breasts 6 45000 501 23% 6736 204.8 12% 0.93 0.9% alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur.female 7 23000 311 19% 5891 125.6 9% 0.93 0.6% alt.binaries.nude.celebrities 8 32000 228 35% 2521 80.9 4% 0.79 0.4% alt.binaries.sounds.mods 9 50000 426 30% 5323 137.0 19% 0.73 0.8% alt.binaries.pictures.celebrities 10 11000 238 11% 1981 79.3 12% 0.72 0.4% alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.pornstar 11 6400 115 14% 712 32.3 3% 0.63 0.2% alt.binaries.games 12 37000 274 34% 1933 71.1 4% 0.59 0.5% alt.binaries.sounds.movies 13 13000 131 24% 870 35.3 7% 0.59 0.2% alt.binaries.sounds.cartoons 14 8100 110 19% 806 27.5 5% 0.57 0.2% alt.binaries.pictures.vehicles 15 9700 251 9% 1412 59.9 12% 0.54 0.5% alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.redheads 16 21000 185 29% 3351 38.2 52% 0.47 0.3% alt.sex.pictures.male 17 28000 313 23% 2665 62.9 37% 0.46 0.6% alt.binaries.pictures.nudism 18 33000 332 25% 1971 67.1 14% 0.45 0.6% alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.cartoons 19 9600 120 20% 898 21.8 9% 0.41 0.2% alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur.male 20 30000 147 53% 11128 25.7 5% 0.40 0.3% alt.religion.scientology 21 51000 279 46% 1188 46.5 1% 0.38 0.5% alt.binaries.pictures.fractals 22 26000 212 30% 1030 36.0 5% 0.38 0.4% alt.binaries.pictures.anime 23 130000 813 42% 8182 131.7 20% 0.37 1.5% alt.binaries.pictures.supermodels 24 6000 59 26% 499 9.6 5% 0.37 0.1% alt.fan.teen.starlets 25 130000 676 50% 2724 100.6 21% 0.35 1.2% alt.binaries.pictures.misc 26 11000 73 38% 2200 10.1 0% 0.31 0.1% bit.listserv.hellas 27 110000 559 49% 2531 74.0 14% 0.29 1.0% alt.binaries.pictures.utilities 28 25000 178 35% 2022 22.7 2% 0.29 0.3% alt.binaries.clip-art 29 51000 319 40% 1998 36.5 7% 0.26 0.6% alt.sex.fetish.feet 30 13000 68 50% 4096 7.5 1% 0.25 0.1% rec.collecting.sport.baseball 31 17000 79 56% 4239 8.0 2% 0.24 0.1% rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan 32 12000 59 50% 3970 6.2 1% 0.23 0.1% rec.collecting.sport.basketball 33 84000 641 33% 4817 61.8 59% 0.22 1.2% alt.sex.pictures.female 34 11000 74 38% 3201 7.2 5% 0.22 0.1% alt.religion.mormon 35 26000 294 23% 2915 26.5 57% 0.21 0.5% alt.binaries.pictures.girlfriends 36 4600 55 21% 3114 4.8 6% 0.20 0.1% de.comp.os.linux 37 140000 926 37% 3282 79.5 42% 0.19 1.7% alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.blondes 38 50000 159 80% 472 13.5 0% 0.19 0.3% comp.mail.maps 39 23000 113 51% 3045 9.1 6% 0.18 0.2% alt.conspiracy.jfk 40 40000 149 69% 1407 10.8 0% 0.17 0.3% misc.activism.progressive