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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:
... And I sure would like to know how that "standard Usenet
approximation" of 10 readers to each poster was derived. ...

It's a guesstimate that works for most newsgroups in the Big 8.

Says who?

I really don't know how it was derived but if you Google up
usenet arbitron readership you'll get more info than you want
to read.

I don't want more information than I want to read. How's about you just
summarize it for all of us.

Wolfgang

I assume system administrators can monitor the usenet reads of their
users. If enough of the system administrators pooled their data you
can put together a decent approximation once your sample size is
large enough.

Sys admins like to know these type of things, I'm sure that's where
the guideline came from.
- Ken