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 491023.9   14891     39.30  0.7%     0.7%     alt.binaries.pictures.* (4.3)
   2  20405.6    7666     20.23  0.4%     1.1%     ncar.weather (7666.0)
   3   8874.7    5380     14.20  0.3%     1.3%     inet (2.0)
   4   2982.6    4798     12.66  0.2%     1.6%     relcom.commerce.food (6.4)
   5   7867.3    4670     12.32  0.2%     1.8%     cbd.procurements (1.0)
   6   6557.3    4616     12.18  0.2%     2.0%     misc.jobs.offered (5.4)
   7   8074.9    4531     11.96  0.2%     2.2%     rec.games.deckmaster (3.9)
   8   4902.9    4071     10.74  0.2%     2.4%     alt.games.doom (2.9)
   9   8809.4    4049     10.68  0.2%     2.6%     alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (5.1)
  10   6594.0    4030     10.63  0.2%     2.8%     alt.atheism (6.3)
  11   7951.3    3821     10.08  0.2%     3.0%     talk.politics.guns (4.5)
  12   5524.8    3672      9.69  0.2%     3.2%     rec.arts.movies (3.1)
  13   5916.9    3535      9.33  0.2%     3.3%     alt.test (1.8)
  14   3319.7    3492      9.21  0.2%     3.5%     alt.music.alternative (2.6)
  15   3440.9    3387      8.94  0.2%     3.6%     alt.folklore.urban (4.4)
  16   2199.3    3337      8.81  0.2%     3.8%     cbd.awards (1.0)
  17  11563.9    3323      8.77  0.2%     4.0%     rec.games.deckmaster.marketplace (4.4)
  18   6692.2    3227      8.52  0.2%     4.1%     alt.politics.libertarian (7.8)
  19   4342.7    3226      8.51  0.2%     4.3%     soc.singles (8.0)
  20   3900.0    3153      8.32  0.2%     4.4%     rec.arts.tv.soaps (4.6)
  21 125788.9    3074      8.11  0.1%     4.6%     alt.binaries.sounds.* (4.6)
  22   3162.2    3062      8.08  0.1%     4.7%     rec.motorcycles (3.8)
  23   4005.0    3002      7.92  0.1%     4.9%     rec.sport.football.college (4.4)
  24   1815.9    2996      7.91  0.1%     5.0%     misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone (2.1)
  25   5094.9    2988      7.88  0.1%     5.1%     rec.org.sca (5.1)

$ 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