This is a partial list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history.
As of October 2002, there are about 100,000 Usenet newsgroups, of which approximately a fifth are active. This number varies, depending on the news server carrying the newsgroups.
Read more about List Of Newsgroups: The Big 8 Hierarchies, The Alt Hierarchy, Other Newsgroups
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—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935)
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