Posting Statistics for ups for the calendar year 2005

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

There were 8140 distinct threads
Numbers of threads of each length with links to Thread titles
There were 512 poster names (actually more, because some aliases of the same author have been combined)
Numbers of infrequent posters, most and least verbose posters

See the Graph of posts per hour

Number of threads in each length range.
Length	Number	Length	Number
1	555	10-19	1821
2	537	20-29	738
3	553	30-39	342
4	524	40-49	212
5	458	50-59	85
6	375	60-69	56
7	358	70-79	23
8	343	80-89	17
9	292	90-99	10
		100+	26

Summary of Monthly Totals
Month	Posts	Lines	Bytes
January	10853	219743	18402394
February	9242	192614	16157615
March	9609	193043	16510405
April	9743	205917	18380273
May	9123	192197	16482757
June	7763	159430	13725715
July	9582	211385	17550815
August	10888	238078	20005685
September	7245	148708	12983533
October	8929	203324	16649021
November	8086	173110	14634134
December	9029	210896	16829470
Totals	110092	2348445	198311817

Posters sorted … by posts made
Posts	Lines	bytes	Lines /post	Percent posts	Author	Rank	Cum.%
13,005	254,980	21,347,755	19.6	11.81%	Rabbit	1	11.81%
12,902	238,256	21,340,751	18.5	11.72%	Flyiñg Ñuñ	2	23.53%
7,480	123,311	14,795,289	16.5	6.79%	Aries	3	30.33%
5,083	104,626	8,567,679	20.6	4.62%	Foxy	4	34.94%
4,059	90,859	6,979,678	22.4	3.69%	BoyPete	5	38.63%
3,530	70,630	6,230,609	20.0	3.21%	Tickettyßºº	6	41.84%
3,488	198,300	11,276,351	56.9	3.17%	pmj	7	45.01%
3,261	52,679	5,416,909	16.2	2.96%	BunnyHare	8	47.97%
3,202	91,930	5,892,803	28.7	2.91%	noreen@home	9	50.88%
2,758	47,199	4,482,099	17.1	2.51%	MCC	10	53.38%
2,624	49,962	4,283,029	19.0	2.38%	Pam the goose	11	55.76%
2,488	59,328	4,440,908	23.8	2.26%	Jackie	12	58.02%
2,125	52,430	3,378,171	24.7	1.93%	Bram	13	59.95%
2,048	52,563	3,533,363	25.7	1.86%	Tyke	14	61.81%
1,885	42,649	3,806,138	22.6	1.71%	Wrinklie One	15	63.53%
1,848	32,821	3,566,964	17.8	1.68%	John the R-T	16	65.21%
1,639	29,092	3,521,063	17.7	1.49%	JoeH	17	66.69%
1,638	35,153	3,185,955	21.5	1.49%	Ali	18	68.18%
1,529	31,683	2,503,250	20.7	1.39%	jackie	19	69.57%
1,175	25,167	2,509,773	21.4	1.07%	John #8	20	70.64%
1,064	20,045	1,544,372	18.8	0.97%	Linedancer	21	71.60%
1,051	13,915	1,884,830	13.2	0.95%	§ireßird & $ir Vivor	22	72.56%
1,048	14,248	1,989,106	13.6	0.95%	Dave Lear	23	73.51%
1,044	21,790	1,952,458	20.9	0.95%	Jeff Gaines	24	74.46%
1,034	29,598	1,637,519	28.6	0.94%	Anita Carter	25	75.40%
1,025	13,113	1,371,697	12.8	0.93%	ijm	26	76.33%
892	13,122	1,353,909	14.7	0.81%	Troy	27	77.14%
856	20,642	1,560,058	24.1	0.78%	Michaelangelo	28	77.92%
836	27,921	2,189,715	33.4	0.76%	biffo	29	78.68%
836	14,579	1,173,382	17.4	0.76%	Oldrose	29	79.44%
807	21,822	1,301,515	27.0	0.73%	Smokey	31	80.17%
791	14,387	1,172,568	18.2	0.72%	jamps	32	80.89%
773	17,662	1,275,588	22.8	0.70%	wally	33	81.59%
742	13,720	1,129,832	18.5	0.67%	Jan Brown	34	82.26%
691	18,492	1,417,477	26.8	0.63%	r@y	35	82.89%
686	14,509	1,168,239	21.2	0.62%	Jayne	36	83.51%
671	13,490	1,071,804	20.1	0.61%	Splodge	37	84.12%
650	9,602	1,176,418	14.8	0.59%	Jim Spriggs	38	84.71%
648	10,622	838,797	16.4	0.59%	Bill P	39	85.30%
558	15,365	1,167,874	27.5	0.51%	Ergo	40	85.81%
543	10,106	990,835	18.6	0.49%	Andon	41	86.30%
541	12,632	1,108,086	23.3	0.49%	Pandamonium	42	86.79%
526	7,029	1,488,475	13.4	0.48%	Gareth	43	87.27%
525	10,738	880,716	20.5	0.48%	§håz	44	87.75%
522	8,234	798,070	15.8	0.47%	Troy's Human	45	88.22%
517	8,271	727,757	16.0	0.47%	Parrotfish	46	88.69%
499	9,048	760,967	18.1	0.45%	Lin	47	89.15%
450	11,641	861,396	25.9	0.41%	aa	48	89.56%
418	7,817	635,011	18.7	0.38%	Bunny Hare	49	89.93%
405	8,511	590,945	21.0	0.37%	Pingu	50	90.30%
394	5,889	625,422	14.9	0.36%	frogman	51	90.66%
368	10,224	688,402	27.8	0.33%	Old Grizzly	52	90.99%
362	5,224	594,212	14.4	0.33%	biggeordie	53	91.32%
353	6,308	587,023	17.9	0.32%	Banana	54	91.64%
352	9,805	783,265	27.9	0.32%	I Noddie-Doff	55	91.96%
344	7,271	615,732	21.1	0.31%	Bagpuss	56	92.28%
326	12,487	721,035	38.3	0.30%	Bigbazza	57	92.57%
308	3,799	616,193	12.3	0.28%	Graham	58	92.85%
292	9,351	538,079	32.0	0.27%	ned	59	93.12%
278	5,601	551,065	20.1	0.25%	~~Linda~~	60	93.37%
251	5,162	519,248	20.6	0.23%	Jerry Atric	61	93.60%
250	5,543	433,116	22.2	0.23%	Gander	62	93.83%
249	4,499	358,983	18.1	0.23%	GreySwan	63	94.05%
242	3,079	424,847	12.7	0.22%	Saxman	64	94.27%
240	4,354	364,028	18.1	0.22%	donut	65	94.49%
238	3,659	411,677	15.4	0.22%	Ascii Art	66	94.71%
230	3,668	353,724	15.9	0.21%	Paul Jeffree	67	94.91%
198	3,904	342,125	19.7	0.18%	Mike Clayton	68	95.09%
162	3,436	273,411	21.2	0.15%	John D	69	95.24%
155	2,798	311,235	18.1	0.14%	Ponder	70	95.38%
142	2,754	287,006	19.4	0.13%	Weatherman	71	95.51%
140	2,234	254,547	16.0	0.13%	Sgáth/Faolan	72	95.64%
133	3,159	225,064	23.8	0.12%	Wally	73	95.76%
132	2,795	247,546	21.2	0.12%	Jim Warren	74	95.88%
130	4,526	345,789	34.8	0.12%	Mothy	75	96.00%
128	1,595	197,464	12.5	0.12%	uker	76	96.11%
125	2,243	222,524	17.9	0.11%	Barb	77	96.23%
122	1,602	165,489	13.1	0.11%	$irVivor & §ireßird	78	96.34%
116	1,791	202,570	15.4	0.11%	mezzo	79	96.44%
107	2,434	191,612	22.7	0.10%	Coats	80	96.54%
104	2,659	208,089	25.6	0.09%	Webrex	81	96.63%
100	2,729	192,881	27.3	0.09%	Mikk	82	96.73%
98	876	125,910	8.9	0.09%	Cobweb	83	96.81%
96	1,108	137,836	11.5	0.09%	Cuddly	84	96.90%
93	1,967	219,621	21.2	0.08%	Flying_Rat	85	96.99%
92	1,838	271,115	20.0	0.08%	Westcountryman	86	97.07%
92	2,605	189,685	28.3	0.08%	Jeff	86	97.15%
86	1,357	128,318	15.8	0.08%	Charlie Drake	88	97.23%
86	2,289	197,978	26.6	0.08%	Ben	88	97.31%
84	1,939	167,627	23.1	0.08%	Philip Powell	90	97.39%
79	1,505	143,867	19.1	0.07%	Signman	91	97.46%
79	1,996	141,279	25.3	0.07%	Shiela S	91	97.53%
78	1,833	138,089	23.5	0.07%	Chris S	93	97.60%
72	1,232	117,751	17.1	0.07%	West Stand Bowler	94	97.67%
69	3,280	237,526	47.5	0.06%	Susie Venus	95	97.73%
69	998	88,956	14.5	0.06%	Dangerous	95	97.79%
63	2,426	144,292	38.5	0.06%	David C	97	97.85%
56	1,472	137,873	26.3	0.05%	John Underwood	98	97.90%
55	1,354	116,218	24.6	0.05%	jammyface	99	97.95%
54	1,353	96,160	25.1	0.05%	Barry Williams	100	98.00%
50	987	79,320	19.7	0.05%	Cigar Man Dave	101	98.04%
48	1,279	81,656	26.6	0.04%	Mike PC	102	98.09%
48	703	67,982	14.6	0.04%	Frogman	102	98.13%
46	523	73,025	11.4	0.04%	George Cox	104	98.17%
45	828	77,840	18.4	0.04%	Tracie	105	98.21%
45	787	80,852	17.5	0.04%	Barb and Noreen	105	98.25%
43	1,310	113,973	30.5	0.04%	Bryan Jones	107	98.29%
40	1,039	74,141	26.0	0.04%	Nor	108	98.33%
38	495	55,486	13.0	0.03%	Bobbie	109	98.36%
38	1,223	78,046	32.2	0.03%	stodgy puss	109	98.40%
37	693	59,234	18.7	0.03%	Peirrepoint	111	98.43%
37	768	72,700	20.8	0.03%	Purple Knome	111	98.47%
34	652	50,556	19.2	0.03%	Toyboy	113	98.50%
33	785	53,506	23.8	0.03%	Scrappy Bear	114	98.53%
32	708	53,120	22.1	0.03%	Phyl (Dans Nan)	115	98.56%
30	507	53,177	16.9	0.03%	Joe	116	98.58%
29	732	66,266	25.2	0.03%	(oTTo)	117	98.61%
28	378	40,697	13.5	0.03%	Arthur Ascii	118	98.63%
28	773	54,467	27.6	0.03%	MiniMe	118	98.66%
26	343	51,960	13.2	0.02%	Bev	120	98.68%
26	681	53,465	26.2	0.02%	John	120	98.71%
26	639	53,943	24.6	0.02%	Barry	120	98.73%
24	430	37,303	17.9	0.02%	Lethe	123	98.75%
24	314	35,183	13.1	0.02%	Gil J	123	98.77%
23	444	34,216	19.3	0.02%	ToyBoy	125	98.80%
23	334	37,601	14.5	0.02%	sam	125	98.82%
23	977	62,362	42.5	0.02%	**corbei	125	98.84%
21	1,443	84,221	68.7	0.02%	Hawkeye23	128	98.86%
20	512	41,377	25.6	0.02%	Jaygee	129	98.87%
20	339	33,150	16.9	0.02%	signman	129	98.89%
20	278	24,757	13.9	0.02%	Ben the Black Lab	129	98.91%
20	484	39,877	24.2	0.02%	Mike	129	98.93%
19	366	32,594	19.3	0.02%	Luran	133	98.95%
19	514	38,261	27.1	0.02%	Mike Stone	133	98.96%
19	383	30,232	20.2	0.02%	Tux The Batty Penguin	133	98.98%
18	575	47,343	31.9	0.02%	brush-head©	136	99.00%
17	398	30,081	23.4	0.02%	Mike Cawood, HND BIT	137	99.01%
17	326	31,705	19.2	0.02%	Rio	137	99.03%
17	617	42,978	36.3	0.02%	PlusNet Support Team	137	99.04%
17	519	34,605	30.5	0.02%	SmileyFace	137	99.06%
16	194	24,539	12.1	0.01%	Evelyn Usher	141	99.07%
16	216	24,279	13.5	0.01%	rolland butter	141	99.09%
16	383	28,465	23.9	0.01%	David	141	99.10%
15	487	38,855	32.5	0.01%	Derek F	144	99.12%
14	391	33,641	27.9	0.01%	Arty Flinders	145	99.13%
14	338	22,620	24.1	0.01%	kat	145	99.14%
14	158	18,344	11.3	0.01%	john the fletch	145	99.15%
14	492	27,227	35.1	0.01%	jasongnome	145	99.17%
14	210	19,737	15.0	0.01%	Peter C	145	99.18%
13	215	17,124	16.5	0.01%	Prinnie The Hamster	150	99.19%
13	381	25,667	29.3	0.01%	Chris Stewart	150	99.20%
13	268	21,003	20.6	0.01%	**me	150	99.22%
12	332	21,266	27.7	0.01%	Dafydd	153	99.23%
12	132	14,823	11.0	0.01%	WestYorkshireman	153	99.24%
11	303	25,070	27.5	0.01%	Neil	155	99.25%
11	297	26,626	27.0	0.01%	Denis	155	99.26%
10	340	24,235	34.0	0.01%	Norma	157	99.27%
10	171	14,953	17.1	0.01%	Mad	157	99.28%
10	121	15,310	12.1	0.01%	Neil Gibbons	157	99.28%
81	2,024	166,159	25.0	0.07%	Only 9 posts	160	99.36%
48	892	82,478	18.6	0.04%	Only 8 posts	169	99.40%
56	1,480	108,463	26.4	0.05%	Only 7 posts	175	99.45%
66	2,640	170,036	40.0	0.06%	Only 6 posts	183	99.51%
75	1,947	139,964	26.0	0.07%	Only 5 posts	194	99.58%
60	1,617	125,654	26.9	0.05%	Only 4 posts	209	99.63%
84	2,567	198,801	30.6	0.08%	Only 3 posts	224	99.71%
114	2,346	226,899	20.6	0.10%	Only 2 posts	252	99.81%
204	7,118	554,864	34.9	0.19%	Only 1 post!	309	100.00%

… by threads started
Threads started	Author	Rank
718	Flyiñg Ñuñ	1
492	MCC	2
371	Aries	3
292	wally	4
280	Foxy	5
262	John #8	6
251	BoyPete	7
248	ijm	8
223	Tickettyßºº	9
208	Wrinklie One	10
198	Ergo	11
185	Rabbit	12
182	Tyke	13
158	Linedancer	14
143	Troy	15
126	BunnyHare	16
122	Bram	17
120	Pam the goose	18
105	I Noddie-Doff	19
103	Pandamonium	20
102	Troy's Human	21
95	Parrotfish	22
88	Bigbazza	23
88	Bill P	23
88	Splodge	23
87	GreySwan	26
76	Jackie	27
73	Wally	28
72	John the R-T	29
70	aa	30
70	Oldrose	30
69	Banana	32
67	JoeH	33
66	Jan Brown	34
65	Saxman	35
62	Bagpuss	36
60	Jeff Gaines	37
57	noreen@home	38
56	Smokey	39
56	jamps	39
56	mezzo	39
55	Gander	42
54	jackie	43
54	Michaelangelo	43
54	§ireßird & $ir Vivor	43
54	§håz	43
53	r@y	47
51	pmj	48
49	frogman	49
46	Old Grizzly	50
46	Anita Carter	50
46	Jim Spriggs	50
44	uker	53
38	Dave Lear	54
37	biffo	55
36	Jerry Atric	56
32	Ali	57
28	donut	58
28	$irVivor & §ireßird	58
27	Ascii Art	60
26	Jeff	61
25	Jayne	62
23	Webrex	63
22	Pingu	64
22	John D	64
19	Susie Venus	66
19	Cobweb	66
19	Lin	66
19	Sgáth/Faolan	66
17	Paul Jeffree	70
17	Weatherman	70
16	Signman	72
16	biggeordie	72
16	Graham	72
15	Bunny Hare	75
15	Andon	75
13	Mothy	77
13	ned	77
13	Charlie Drake	77
12	Mike Clayton	80
12	Gareth	80
12	Toyboy	80
12	~~Linda~~	80
10	Hawkeye23	84
10	Purple Knome	84
9	Scrappy Bear	86
8	Mikk	87
8	Chris S	87
8	Neil Gibbons	87
8	Dangerous	87
8	Phyl (Dans Nan)	87
8	sam	87
8	Barry Williams	87
8	Bobbie	87
7	Westcountryman	95
7	Mike PC	95
7	Ben	95
7	Coats	95
6	Flying_Rat	99
6	Mike	99
6	ToyBoy	99
6	David C	99
5	WestYorkshireman	103
5	bialik	103
5	signman	103
5	Bryan Jones	103
5	john the fletch	103
5	1GLOBALFone	103
5	Cigar Man Dave	103
5	West Stand Bowler	103
5	Nor	103
5	Ponder	103
5	Frogman	103
5	Bev	103
5	Derek F	103
5	MiniMe	103
4	brush-head©	117
4	Barry	117
4	Dafydd	117
4	Philip Powell	117
4	Ben the Black Lab	117
3	Barb	122
3	Mechanic	122
3	Mike Cawood, HND BIT	122
3	Shiela S	122
3	P-f	122
3	Toy-boy	122
3	Evi	122
3	jammyface	122
3	Angela	122
3	dr zeus	122
3	Cheung	122
3	Jim Warren	122
3	Evelyn Usher	122
3	Agnes Bolwell	122
3	jasongnome	122
3	NeoOne	122
3	Billy Shears	122
3	John	122
2	CJB	140
2	Mavis Barne	140
2	**me	140
2	The Barsteward	140
2	Rio	140
2	Zack Macracken	140
2	Dan Simper	140
2	FerdiEgb	140
2	Alix	140
2	Max	140
2	inaminit	140
2	**maria	140
2	Arthur Ascii	140
2	Mike Coatesworth	140
2	**forum	140
2	Luran	140
2	Avery	140
2	www firstclassvibrations co uk	140
2	Max Zingaro	140
2	Joe Blogs	140
2	Cuddly	140
2	Gil J	140
2	**rajendd	140
2	john	140
2	NeoTycoon	140
2	Peter Knowles	140
2	Barb and Noreen	140
2	bunnyhare	140
2	Dgethin	140
2	Stephen Baker	140
2	Tux The Batty Penguin	140
2	Denis	140
2	Master	140

** Note Poster names starting with ** are taken from the From: address as no name was provided
Only n posts are totals for all posters posting just n posts each.
Individual names are available in the monthly lists

Number of posters having few posts.
Posts	number of posters
1	204
2	57
3	28
4	15
5	15
6	11
7	8
8	6
9	9
10+	160

10 most verbose posters (with 15 or more posts) by average lines per post
lines/ post	Author	Rank
68.7	Hawkeye23	1
56.9	pmj	2
47.5	Susie Venus	3
42.5	**corbei	4
38.5	David C	5
38.3	Bigbazza	6
36.3	PlusNet Support Team	7
34.8	Mothy	8
33.4	biffo	9
32.5	Derek F	10

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

Top 10 concise posters (with 15 or more posts) by average lines per post
lines/ post	Author	Rank
8.9	Cobweb	1
11.4	George Cox	2
11.5	Cuddly	3
12.1	Evelyn Usher	4
12.3	Graham	5
12.5	uker	6
12.7	Saxman	7
12.8	ijm	8
13.0	Bobbie	9
13.1	Gil J	10

There were 36 crosspost targets

209 posts to alt.pcnews
111 posts to alt.pub.cafe-bob
25 posts to england.chat uk.local.southwest uk.local.glasgow uk.local.yorkshire demon.local uk.rec.caravanning uk.local.kent
15 posts to uk.local.thames-valley misc.consumers.house uk.local.surrey
9 posts to alt.politics.british uk.politics.misc
9 posts to alt.consumers.uk-discounts.and.bargains
8 posts to alt.pub.cafe-bob ntl.talk
8 posts to uk.misc uk.rec.sheds uk.local.yorkshire uk.local.glasgow demon.local alt.talk.bollocks
7 posts to uk.telecom demon.service alt.internet.providers.uk uk.net.providers
6 posts to england.chat uk.games.video.handheld uk.local.glasgow uk.local.yorkshire demon.local uk.rec.caravanning uk.rec.competitions
5 posts to cz.zamestnani.hledam alt.evil
4 posts to england.chat uk.local.southwest uk.local.glasgow uk.local.yorkshire demon.local uk.local.kent
4 posts to is.matur
4 posts to ntl.talk
3 posts to uk.local.yorkshire uk.local.yorkshire.noticeboard
3 posts to alt.religion.scientology alt.fan.cecil-adams alt.www.webmaster macromedia.dreamweaver
2 posts to uk.local.yorkshire uk.local.yorkshire.noticeboard free.uk.talk.leeds
2 posts to alt.fifty-plus.friends
2 posts to alt.support.depression.medication uk.misc alt.happy.valley uk.local.yorkshire alt.drdoom uiuc.rha.allen tnn.cafe uk.net.news.config
2 posts to soc.culture.french soc.culture.british is.matur
2 posts to alt.scooter
2 posts to brasil.unix
2 posts to uk.misc alt.happy.valley uk.local.yorkshire alt.drdoom uk.net.news.config
1 posts to uk.misc alt.happy.valley uk.local.yorkshire alt.drdoom uiuc.rha.allen tnn.cafe uk.net.news.config
1 posts to tw.bbs.lang.english comp.sys.mac.advocacy tx.politics
1 posts to uk.people.sf-fans uk.people.support.arthritis uk.people.support.bullying uk.people.support.depression
1 posts to uk.people.sf-fans
1 posts to uk.people.rural uk.people.sf-fans uk.people.support.arthritis
1 posts to uk.local.glasgow uk.misc alt.happy.valley uk.local.yorkshire alt.drdoom uiuc.rha.allen tnn.cafe uk.net.news.config
1 posts to alt.pcnews uk.people.silversurfers
1 posts to aus.snow alt.atheism
1 posts to is.vedur
1 posts to uk.misc alt.happy.valley uk.local.yorkshire alt.drdoom uiuc.rha.allen tnn.cafe
1 posts to uk.local.east-anglia uk.local.isle-of-wight uk.local.essx
1 posts to uk.local.yorkshire uk.rec.sheds demon.local
1 posts to uk.people.support.arthritis uk.people.support.cfs-me uk.people.support.depression uk.people.support.diabetes uk.people.support.epilepsy uk.people.support.mental-health uk.people.support.mult-sclerosis

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In total 512 authors made 110,092 posts containg 2,348,445 lines in 198,311,817 bytes to 8,140 threads