List of newsgroups

This is a partial list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history. These are the most widely distributed and carefully controlled newsgroup hierarchies. See Big 8 (Usenet) and the Great Renaming for more information. comp.* hierarchy Computer-related topics. Matters related to the functioning of Usenet itself. news.admin.net-abuse.email — discussion of abuse of email by spammers and other parties. Recreation and entertainment topics. rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated—discussion of Babylon 5 and other projects of J. Michael Straczynski. sci.* hierarchy Science-related topics. Discussion of various topics, especially controversial ones. Includes political topics as well. talk.origins — evolution-creationism controversy which maintains an extensive FAQ. alt.* hierarchy This is the most extensive newsgroup hierarchy outside of the Big 8. Examples include: alt.atheism — discusses atheism alt.binaries.slack — artwork created by and for the Church of the SubGenius. alt.config — creation of new newsgroups in the [[Alt hierarchy|alt.* hierarchy]]. alt.gothic — first widespread on-line community for the goth subculture alt.sex — the first alt.* newsgroup for discussion of sexual topics. alt.sex.stories — text-based erotic stories of all types. alt.suicide.holiday — pro-choice discussion of suicide. alt.tv.simpsons — discusses the TV show The Simpsons.