These are current statistics for a sample set of newsgroups; to find out if we carry a specific group please see our FAQ.

Binary header retention statistics for news.megabitz.net generated on 06/28/2009

Newsgroup                               #Days     #Articles
---------                               -----     ---------
alt.binaries.amp                        302.2     1596390
alt.binaries.anime                      302.0     8174664
alt.binaries.british.drama              302.0     3363167
alt.binaries.cartoons.french            302.0     2115844
alt.binaries.cd.image                   302.0     37560426
alt.binaries.comp                       299.7     15396937
alt.binaries.documentaries              302.2     7924499
alt.binaries.dvdr-tv                    299.5     364835
alt.binaries.dvdrcore                   301.4     269874
alt.binaries.dvds                       277.1     30187530
alt.binaries.e-book.technical           302.0     3350032
alt.binaries.ftd                        281.8     47254575
alt.binaries.highspeed                  302.0     16675831
alt.binaries.magic                      301.7     1925818
alt.binaries.models.petite              302.1     274709
alt.binaries.movies.divx.french         302.2     6767325
alt.binaries.movies.divx.german         301.8     1463599
alt.binaries.mp3                        265.7     36113188
alt.binaries.mp3.audiobooks.highspeed   302.0     2384257
alt.binaries.mpeg.video.music           284.7     6195452
alt.binaries.mpeg.videos                301.8     635863
alt.binaries.multimedia.anime           302.0     3759173
alt.binaries.multimedia.anime.highspeed 299.2     5972903
alt.binaries.multimedia.cartoons        301.1     3441500
alt.binaries.multimedia.chinese         290.9     10442628
alt.binaries.multimedia.comedy.british  202.4     2497534
alt.binaries.multimedia.documentaries   302.2     3361539
alt.binaries.multimedia.rap             219.3     74344
alt.binaries.multimedia.scifi           200.5     10135928
alt.binaries.multimedia.sports          302.0     5573868
alt.binaries.multimedia.utilities       302.0     316664
alt.binaries.paxer                      301.8     70933
alt.binaries.pictures                   157.3     19176
alt.binaries.pictures.comics.reposts    301.3     1435678
alt.binaries.sounds.lossless            124.6     4804747
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.full_albums     301.9     3363422
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.jazz            302.0     1860371
alt.binaries.sounds.radio.misc          302.0     1308404
alt.binaries.svcd                       297.0     601527
alt.binaries.triballs                   301.8     179694
alt.binaries.tvseries                   302.0     18770722
alt.binaries.uzenet                     226.4     38639311

This data is automatically generated every few hours.

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