How many files are there in an average Usenet provider?

[Holachica]

Giganews, astranews or supernews, how many are there approximately?

 

[superduty250]

10 million.

 

[Baby girl on the way!]

"How many files" isn't really answerable.

According to Wikipedia... Usenet traffic averages 5 terabyte a day, with provider retention averaging 500 days.

 

[rockgurl]

How many files are there on average in a petabyte? Maybe ED2K or DC stats might give a clue.