Posting Statistics for ups for May-2005 01/05/2005 - 31/05/2005

These statistics are based on posts supplied to me by ntl's servers.
Some posts may have been missed.

There were 739 distinct threads
Numbers of threads of each length with links to Thread titles
There were 106 poster names (actually more, because some aliases of the same author have been combined)
Numbers of infrequent posters, most and least verbose posters

Number of threads in each length range.

Length	Number	Length	Number
1	64	10-19	161
2	56	20-29	72
3	63	30-39	32
4	39	40-49	11
5	47	50-59	7
6	36	60-69	2
7	28	70-79	4
8	31	80-89	1
9	30	90-99	0
		100+	3

Posters sorted … by posts made

Posts	Lines	bytes	Lines /post	Percent posts	Author	Rank	Cum.%
1,115	22,250	1,849,469	20.0	12.22%	Rabbit	1	12.22%
1,001	18,560	1,642,251	18.5	10.97%	Flyiñg Ñuñ	2	23.19%
801	14,244	1,682,040	17.8	8.78%	Aries	3	31.97%
454	7,677	759,725	16.9	4.98%	BunnyHare	4	36.95%
401	9,065	702,806	22.6	4.40%	BoyPete	5	41.35%
318	16,119	952,635	50.7	3.49%	pmj	6	44.83%
277	8,050	510,180	29.1	3.04%	noreen at home	7	47.87%
266	5,050	424,491	19.0	2.92%	Foxy	8	50.78%
260	5,304	465,416	20.4	2.85%	Tickettyßºº	9	53.63%
257	3,216	446,544	12.5	2.82%	§ireßird & $ir Vivor	10	56.45%
249	6,012	464,953	24.1	2.73%	Jackie	11	59.18%
213	3,412	337,622	16.0	2.33%	MCC	12	61.51%
194	4,959	355,735	25.6	2.13%	Tyke	13	63.64%
182	3,257	291,799	17.9	1.99%	Goose	14	65.64%
173	3,807	300,046	22.0	1.90%	jackie	15	67.53%
158	2,234	241,981	14.1	1.73%	ijm	16	69.26%
142	2,517	200,936	17.7	1.56%	Linedancer	17	70.82%
136	3,052	274,437	22.4	1.49%	Wrinklie One	18	72.31%
134	2,306	275,942	17.2	1.47%	John the R-T	19	73.78%
130	2,223	237,743	17.1	1.42%	JoeH	20	75.21%
124	2,954	283,048	23.8	1.36%	John #8	21	76.56%
122	2,868	242,151	23.5	1.34%	Ali	22	77.90%
112	3,046	213,564	27.2	1.23%	jamps	23	79.13%
110	2,274	212,993	20.7	1.21%	biffo	24	80.34%
108	1,152	182,815	10.7	1.18%	Jim Spriggs	25	81.52%
96	1,953	169,581	20.3	1.05%	Jayne	26	82.57%
95	2,257	160,680	23.8	1.04%	Michaelangelo	27	83.61%
88	2,399	179,844	27.3	0.96%	r@y	28	84.58%
83	2,287	164,031	27.6	0.91%	aa	29	85.49%
82	2,530	148,754	30.9	0.90%	Smokey	30	86.39%
77	1,459	105,611	18.9	0.84%	Bill P	31	87.23%
66	1,021	102,324	15.5	0.72%	Troy	32	87.95%
64	1,129	93,318	17.6	0.70%	Lin	33	88.66%
58	1,349	97,999	23.3	0.64%	wally	34	89.29%
53	880	74,753	16.6	0.58%	Parrotfish	35	89.87%
53	876	74,975	16.5	0.58%	Jan Brown	35	90.45%
49	925	77,224	18.9	0.54%	donut	37	90.99%
48	839	67,393	17.5	0.53%	GreySwan	38	91.52%
46	1,412	75,319	30.7	0.50%	Anita Carter	39	92.02%
41	897	75,954	21.9	0.45%	Ergo	40	92.47%
41	654	70,736	16.0	0.45%	mezzo	40	92.92%
38	1,347	79,208	35.4	0.42%	Bigbazza	42	93.34%
36	860	73,046	23.9	0.39%	Pandamonium	43	93.73%
35	470	64,395	13.4	0.38%	Saxman	44	94.11%
34	1,030	58,422	30.3	0.37%	ned	45	94.49%
31	687	53,164	22.2	0.34%	§håz	46	94.83%
29	466	40,139	16.1	0.32%	Banana	47	95.14%
29	484	52,470	16.7	0.32%	biggeordie	47	95.46%
26	396	76,537	15.2	0.28%	Gareth	49	95.75%
26	462	44,606	17.8	0.28%	Mike Clayton	49	96.03%
24	412	37,097	17.2	0.26%	Bagpuss	51	96.30%
23	492	41,976	21.4	0.25%	Old Grizzly	52	96.55%
22	507	30,681	23.0	0.24%	Bram	53	96.79%
20	485	44,672	24.3	0.22%	I Noddie-Doff	54	97.01%
18	453	36,888	25.2	0.20%	Webrex	55	97.20%
17	276	31,543	16.2	0.19%	Andon	56	97.39%
17	306	31,502	18.0	0.19%	Sgáth/Faolan	56	97.58%
15	543	33,869	36.2	0.16%	Phyl (Dans Nan)	58	97.74%
15	253	20,443	16.9	0.16%	Oldrose	58	97.91%
13	314	26,785	24.2	0.14%	Philip Powell	60	98.05%
13	268	22,342	20.6	0.14%	John D	60	98.19%
13	216	22,771	16.6	0.14%	Paul Jeffree	60	98.33%
13	294	19,337	22.6	0.14%	Pingu	60	98.48%
11	141	15,482	12.8	0.12%	$irVivor & §ireßird	64	98.60%
10	93	14,413	9.3	0.11%	uker	65	98.71%
10	167	14,874	16.7	0.11%	Gander	65	98.82%
9	116	11,095	12.9	0.10%	Dangerous	67	98.91%
9	277	19,477	30.8	0.10%	Jeff	67	99.01%
8	194	14,270	24.3	0.09%	Chris S	69	99.10%
8	192	15,100	24.0	0.09%	Coats	69	99.19%
7	88	11,942	12.6	0.08%	Ascii Art	71	99.27%
6	112	12,991	18.7	0.07%	Flying_Rat	72	99.33%
5	154	11,492	30.8	0.05%	Signman	73	99.39%
5	104	9,618	20.8	0.05%	Alasdair Baxter	73	99.44%
5	46	7,448	9.2	0.05%	Peirrepoint	73	99.50%
5	116	11,223	23.2	0.05%	~~Linda~~	73	99.55%
3	40	5,756	13.3	0.03%	Dave Lear	77	99.58%
3	116	8,499	38.7	0.03%	Colin	77	99.62%
3	60	7,732	20.0	0.03%	poster	77	99.65%
2	65	4,931	32.5	0.02%	Seatoller	80	99.67%
2	66	4,189	33.0	0.02%	John	80	99.69%
2	13	1,973	6.5	0.02%	Toyboy	80	99.72%
2	27	3,212	13.5	0.02%	Cuddly	80	99.74%
2	31	3,223	15.5	0.02%	frogman	80	99.76%
1	7	888	7.0	0.01%	Paul Mannion	85	99.77%
1	2	1,048	2.0	0.01%	the blob	85	99.78%
1	69	3,561	69.0	0.01%	googlegroups2sucks	85	99.79%
1	44	2,283	44.0	0.01%	Spook	85	99.80%
1	7	1,060	7.0	0.01%	Samantha :-))	85	99.81%
1	28	3,109	28.0	0.01%	Peter M	85	99.82%
1	3	934	3.0	0.01%	Aesop	85	99.84%
1	10	1,707	10.0	0.01%	M L	85	99.85%
1	20	2,011	20.0	0.01%	Big Boy & Bruth	85	99.86%
1	9	1,270	9.0	0.01%	nv	85	99.87%
1	10	1,506	10.0	0.01%	Neil Gibbons	85	99.88%
1	15	1,398	15.0	0.01%	Troy's Human	85	99.89%
1	45	3,882	45.0	0.01%	Peter Morgan	85	99.90%
1	21	2,139	21.0	0.01%	Dumpling	85	99.91%
1	18	1,392	18.0	0.01%	Kayar	85	99.92%
1	30	2,147	30.0	0.01%	Catkin	85	99.93%
1	27	1,969	27.0	0.01%	Zack Macracken	85	99.95%
1	19	1,666	19.0	0.01%	Harry	85	99.96%
1	23	2,029	23.0	0.01%	Felicity Q	85	99.97%
1	10	793	10.0	0.01%	**someone	85	99.98%
1	7	1,289	7.0	0.01%	Allan	85	99.99%
1	59	4,025	59.0	0.01%	**justdontaskmeok	85	100.00%

… by threads started

Threads started	Author	Rank
61	Flyiñg Ñuñ	1
52	MCC	2
34	Aries	3
31	BoyPete	4
30	ijm	5
27	wally	6
22	Linedancer	7
22	Ergo	7
22	John #8	7
21	mezzo	10
20	BunnyHare	11
20	GreySwan	11
20	Tickettyßºº	11
16	Rabbit	14
15	Tyke	15
15	Wrinklie One	15
13	Bigbazza	17
12	§ireßird & $ir Vivor	18
10	Troy	19
10	jamps	19
9	Pandamonium	21
9	donut	21
8	Jackie	23
8	Saxman	23
8	Banana	23
8	aa	23
8	Jim Spriggs	23
8	Bill P	23
7	Goose	29
7	Smokey	29
7	Jan Brown	29
7	Foxy	29
6	r@y	33
6	jackie	33
6	biffo	33
6	I Noddie-Doff	33
5	John the R-T	37
5	Lin	37
5	noreen at home	37
5	uker	37
5	Parrotfish	37
4	$irVivor & §ireßird	42
4	Phyl (Dans Nan)	42
4	Webrex	42
4	Michaelangelo	42
3	Oldrose	46
3	Mike Clayton	46
3	ned	46
3	Bagpuss	46
3	Ali	46
3	Dave Lear	46
3	§håz	46
2	Toyboy	53
2	Chris S	53
2	Paul Jeffree	53
2	Jayne	53
2	Pingu	53
2	JoeH	53
1	Signman	59
1	Flying_Rat	59
1	Aesop	59
1	John D	59
1	nv	59
1	Neil Gibbons	59
1	Paul Mannion	59
1	Gander	59
1	Dangerous	59
1	Felicity Q	59
1	Old Grizzly	59
1	pmj	59
1	Anita Carter	59
1	Allan	59
1	Coats	59
1	Sgáth/Faolan	59
1	Samantha :-))	59
1	**someone	59
1	the blob	59
1	Alasdair Baxter	59
1	Jeff	59
1	Philip Powell	59
0	Harry	81
0	Troy's Human	81
0	Andon	81
0	Peter Morgan	81
0	Gareth	81
0	Kayar	81
0	Zack Macracken	81
0	Peirrepoint	81
0	~~Linda~~	81
0	Cuddly	81
0	Colin	81
0	frogman	81
0	googlegroups2sucks	81
0	Peter M	81
0	John	81
0	poster	81
0	Bram	81
0	Dumpling	81
0	Spook	81
0	Catkin	81
0	Seatoller	81
0	M L	81
0	biggeordie	81
0	Big Boy & Bruth	81
0	Ascii Art	81
0	**justdontaskmeok	81
0	1 thread each	81

** Note Poster names starting with ** are taken from the From: address as no name was provided

Number of posters having few posts.

Posts	number of posters
1	22
2	5
3	3
5	4
6	1
7	1
8	2
9	2
10+	66

10 most verbose posters (with 15 or more posts) by average lines per post

lines/ post	Author	Rank
50.7	pmj	1
36.2	Phyl (Dans Nan)	2
35.4	Bigbazza	3
30.9	Smokey	4
30.7	Anita Carter	5
30.3	ned	6
29.1	noreen at home	7
27.6	aa	8
27.3	r@y	9
27.2	jamps	10

High lines/post may be because the posters have something to say, or because they don't snip

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