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Binary header retention statistics for news.megabitz.net generated on 03/10/2010

Newsgroup                               #Days     #Articles
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alt.binaries.amp                        487.6     1862032
alt.binaries.anime                      486.6     14358520
alt.binaries.british.drama              487.2     5914983
alt.binaries.cartoons.french            485.8     2640512
alt.binaries.cd.image                   487.1     47861806
alt.binaries.comp                       487.5     27111274
alt.binaries.documentaries              487.7     14820722
alt.binaries.dvdr-tv                    486.4     315883
alt.binaries.dvdrcore                   487.0     1111985
alt.binaries.dvds                       487.2     45707077
alt.binaries.e-book.technical           487.3     6573492
alt.binaries.ftd                        487.2     69293326
alt.binaries.highspeed                  487.0     28513793
alt.binaries.magic                      486.8     2851649
alt.binaries.models.petite              487.2     274788
alt.binaries.movies.divx.french         487.1     8516562
alt.binaries.movies.divx.german         486.9     2111847
alt.binaries.mp3                        487.1     75461598
alt.binaries.mp3.audiobooks.highspeed   487.2     2910700
alt.binaries.mpeg.video.music           487.6     8795246
alt.binaries.mpeg.videos                487.0     688499
alt.binaries.multimedia.anime           487.0     5173280
alt.binaries.multimedia.anime.highspeed 487.0     10854917
alt.binaries.multimedia.cartoons        487.3     6675211
alt.binaries.multimedia.chinese         282.7     12671150
alt.binaries.multimedia.comedy.british  399.1     5305415
alt.binaries.multimedia.documentaries   487.5     4978716
alt.binaries.multimedia.rap             474.7     156754
alt.binaries.multimedia.scifi           449.7     25249252
alt.binaries.multimedia.sports          487.1     7845192
alt.binaries.multimedia.utilities       487.4     441028
alt.binaries.paxer                      475.8     80504
alt.binaries.pictures                   412.7     52370
alt.binaries.pictures.comics.reposts    487.2     1413879
alt.binaries.sounds.lossless            235.2     10363574
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.full_albums     487.6     4027381
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.jazz            487.2     3816936
alt.binaries.sounds.radio.misc          487.5     1795438
alt.binaries.svcd                       487.1     500432
alt.binaries.triballs                   484.6     150651
alt.binaries.tvseries                   487.3     27349518
alt.binaries.uzenet                     481.7     64627568

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