Usenet Big 8 hierarchy derives from the original collection of
newsgroups from the early days of
Usenet. Most
Usenet sites carry all of the newsgroups in
Usenet Big 8.
Currently the groups distributed worldwide are divided into eight broad classifications with a total of about 2000 newsgroups:
- comp hierarchy
- humanities hierarchy
- misc hierarchy
- news hierarchy
- rec hierarchy
- sci hierarchy
- soc hierarchy
- talk hierarchy
See also: newsgroups hierarchies alt hierarchy
after
http://www.landfield.com/faqs/active-newsgroups/part1/