Fw: List of Big Eight Newsgroups

On Sat, 15 Jun 2024 08:00:03 -0700, news.announce.newgroups Moderation Team <newgroups-request@isc.org> wrote:

What follows is a complete list of newsgroups in the "Big Eight"
hierarchies (comp.*, humanities.*, misc.*, news.*, rec.*, sci.*,
soc.*, and talk.*) with descriptions.  Moderated newsgroups are marked
with the string "(Moderated)" at the end of the description.

snips, sample groups and totals...

comp.arch  Computer architecture.
...
humanities.classics  Discussion of ancient Greece and Rome.
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misc.survivalism  Disaster and long-term survival techniques and theory.
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news.groups  Discussions and lists of newsgroups.
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rec.antiques  Discussing antiques and vintage items.
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sci.fractals  Objects of non-integral dimension and other chaos.
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soc.religion.quaker  The Religious Society of Friends.
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talk.religion.newage  Esoteric and minority religions & philosophies.
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        comp.*      685      642y     43m
  humanities.*        8        6y      2m
        misc.*      108       96y     12m
        news.*       28       16y     12m
         rec.*      689      636y     53m
         sci.*      198      174y     24m
         soc.*      245      200y     45m
        talk.*       31       29y      2m
  ---------------------------------------
                   1992     1799y    193m