[Air-l] usenet demographics

[Scott A. Golder]

Thanks to everyone who had recommendations -- every single one recommended
MSR's Netscan.  I'd previously known about it, but thought it had more data
on individuals and individual groups than about usenet as a whole.  So I'll
keep digging for those larger-scope statistics, and will report back if
anything useful comes up.

Scott


On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Scott A. Golder wrote:

:
:I'm in the process of completing my thesis on the development of different
:social roles in usenet, and am trying to find some demographic statistics
:to shed some light on my qualitative findings.
:
:More specifically, I'm interested in knowing how many newsgroups are in
:existence (with worldwide distribution), how many distinct people
:participate in these groups, and what the gender balance is.
:
:If anyone knows of a source for such statistics and could point me to it, I
:would appreciate it.

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