Since I have this nice database of detailed LISTSERV information at
my disposal (because of the Magnet work I'm doing), I thought it
would be fun to get some statistics on LISTSERV lists. Eric might
have posted info like this already. If so...sorry!
I'm looking for ways to show Internet newbies why LISTSERV is so
much better than USENET, even though the trade rags never mention
LISTSERV but babble on and on and on about alt.sex.barney or some
other intellectual nirvana. Of course, there is good stuff on
USENET, but nowhere near the consistent quality of material found
on LISTSERV lists. Of course, I should mention the vast
intellectual resources of the participants, especially the list
owners. <end pulpit mode>
I was suprised how popular the NEWS lists were, especially with
China having 5 or so of the top 20.
Without further ado, here is what I found:
LISTSERV Statistics
Accurate as of July 25, 1994
Calculated by John Buckman with detailed numbers from Eric Thomas.
1,086,800 subscribers
An average of 215 subscribers per list
161 have more than 1000 subscribers
442 have 500 or more subscribers
858 have 300 or more subscribers
1310 have 200 or more subscribers
2094 have 100 or more subscribers
553 have 5 or less subscribers
Top 20 lists:
Name Description Subs
---- ----------- -----
MINI-AIR MINI-AIR: The Mini-Annals of 18062
Improbable Research
TOP-TEN TOP-TEN: Late Show Top Ten 17945
List mailing list
GOPHERN GOPHERN: Let's Go Gopherin' 17777
CNDPSU-L CNDPSU-L: China News Digest 9860
(Global Service) IV
CCMAN-L CCMAN-L: CND Chinese Magazine 9492
Network
TIDBITS TIDBITS: TidBITS - a 9429
newsletter for Mac users
NEW-LIST NEW-LIST: NEW-LIST - New List 8840
Announcements (North Dakota
Higher Education Computer
Network, Fargo, ND)
CHINA-ND CHINA-ND: China News Digest 8755
(US News)
PACS-L PACS-L: Public-Access Computer 8283
Systems Forum
RFERL-L RFERL-L: RFE/RL Research 7975
Institute Daily Report
LINGUIST LINGUIST: The LINGUIST 5056
Discussion List
ISRAELINE ISRAELINE: Israeline - Israeli 5031
Consulate, NY
NNEWS NNEWS: Network-News 4575
FEDJOBS FEDJOBS: Federal Job Bulletin 4336
Board
INDIA-D INDIA-D: The India News & 4261
Discussion Network at UKCC
(University of Kentucky,
Lexington Kentucky 40506)
ET-ANN ET-ANN: Announcements: 4243
Ecotechnology conference 1994
INDIA-D INDIA-D: The India News & 4106
Discussion Network at TEMPLEVM
(Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA 19122)
LIBREF-L LIBREF-L: Discussion of 3991
Library Reference Issues
TESL-L TESL-L: TESL-L: Teachers of 3971
English as a Second Language
List
CHINA-NN CHINA-NN: China News Digest 3882
(Global News) (Arizona State
University, Tempe, AZ.)
FCSSCN FCSSCN: FCSSCN-L stands for 3812
FCSSC News Release
FEN FEN: Fin Econ Net 3780
SCHOLAR SCHOLAR: SCHOLAR: Natural 3657
Language Processing
CHINA-NN CHINA-NN: China News Digest 3548
(Global News) (University of
Texas at Arlington, Arlington,
Texas)
APASD-L APASD-L: APA Research 3423
Psychology Network
CND-EP CND-EP: China News Digest - 3420
Europe/Pacific
INDIA-D INDIA-D: The India News & 3280
Discussion Network at UTARLVM1
(University of Texas at
Arlington, Arlington, Texas)
HUMOR HUMOR: UGA Humor List 3169
INDIA-L INDIA-L: The India News 3088
Network (at TEMPLEVM) (Temple
University, Philadelphia, PA
19122)
INFOSYS INFOSYS: INFOSYS - Newsletter 3068
for Information Systems
WMST-L WMST-L: Women's Studies List 3006
DECNEWS DECNEWS: Digital Equipment 2991
Corporation EDU News List
CHINA-NT CHINA-NT: China-Net 2982
NEWSLINE NEWSLINE: Comserve News 2973
Service
INFO-MAC INFO-MAC: INFO-MAC Digest 2950
(Rice University Institute for
Computer Services and
Applications, Houston, Texas)
CMPSU-L CMPSU-L: CND Chinese Magazine 2921
Network (Service II)
CNC-L CNC-L: China News (Canada) 2889
GUTNBERG GUTNBERG: Project Gutenberg 2861
Email List
TFTD-L TFTD-L: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 2846
MEDNEWS MEDNEWS: MEDNEWS - Health 2845
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