On the other hand, no atheist organization has ever accomplished such a web marketing feat. In fact, internet atheism has been in a slump since 2011.
Consider these two questions:
1. Has the global market share of leading atheist websites plunged since at least 2011?
2. Is global atheism declining as a percentage of the world population and will it decline in an accelerated fashion in the 21st century?
Decline of internet atheism post 2011
Here are some web traffic graphs from leading atheists websites taken from the leading website web traffic companies of Alexa, Quantcast, Compete, SEMrush along with some data from Google Trends.
1. 2004 to 2020 Google searches for the terms atheist, atheism, agnostic and agnosticism according to Google trends
2. New atheist Richard Dawkins - Google Trends data 2004 to 2020
Richardawkins.net - Quantcast data 12-28-2011 to 12-21-2012
Richarddawkins.net web traffic according to Alexa.com:
Richarddawkins.net Compete.com internet traffic data for 4/2011 to 4/2012:
3. Atheist PZ Myers - Google trends data 2004 to 2020
4. Atheist Christopher Hitchens - Google Trends data 2004 to 2020
5. Atheist Dan Barker - Google Trends data 2004 t0 2020
6. Freethoughtblogs.com
The web traffic of Freethought Blogs saw a dramatic decline from June 2019 to September 2019 according to the web traffic tracking company Alexa.
On June 23, 2019, Freethought Blogs was the 90,953th most popular website in the world according to Alexa, but by September 23, 2019 Freethought Blogs was merely the 170,112th most popular website in the world according to Alexa.
Freethoughtblogs.com 2012 - web traffic according to Alexa.com:
7. Infidels.org
The atheistic website Secular Web declares about itself, "By providing information which is nearly impossible to find elsewhere, the Secular Web has sought to level the playing field by offering arguments and evidence challenging supernatural beliefs."
From January 2015 to December 2019, the Secular Web saw a steep loss of Google referral traffic according to the online visibility and marketing analytics company SEMrush (Google traffic is commonly called organic traffic by web marketing professionals).
According to Google, "To give you the most useful information, Search algorithms look at many factors, including the words of your query, relevance and usability of pages, expertise of sources... To help ensure Search algorithms meet high standards of relevance and quality, we have a rigorous process that involves both live tests and thousands of trained external Search Quality Raters from around the world."
It would seem that the Secular Web's "information" is hard to find period! If only atheists had proof and evidence that showed the validity of the atheist worldview, then a popular search engine that begins with a G would find them more relevant and also deem them to have more expertise! Miss G is quite demanding in her expectations, however - much to the chagrin of atheists worldwide!
The Secular Web website experienced a large drop in its global market share from November 29, 2019 to December 29, 2019 according to the web traffic tracking company Alexa. Specifically, the Secular Web website went from being the 315,007th most popular website in the world to being the 577,111th most popular website during this period according to Alexa.
Infidels.org Compete.com internet traffic data for 6/2/07 to 7/30/11
8. American Atheists at Atheists.org
Atheists.org Compete.com internet traffic data for 6/2/07 to 7/30/11:
Atheists.org Compete.com internet traffic data for 4/2011 to 4/2012:
9. Atheist James Randi - Google trends data 2004 to 2020
10. Skeptic Michael Shermer - Google trends data 2004 to 2020
11. The Orbit
In 2016, The Orbit website lost a considerable amount of its global market share according to the web traffic tracking company Alexa. On September 4, 2017 it was the 357,369th most popular website in the world according to Alexa.
On January 14, 2020, Alexa ranked The Orbit the 924,521th most popular website in the world.
12. Other atheist websites which have seen a decline in web traffic
Internet atheism has been an abysmal failure!
In 2007, the Bible believer Chuck Norris noted that atheists were making a concerted effort to spread atheism via the internet. As you you can see above, it has been an abysmal failure! The atheist community flooded the internet with a lot of shallow, ill-reasoned fluff that many in the public quickly dismissed.
Atheists, you forgot one of the most important rules of Business 101: When you have a very bad product, increasing the advertising budget is not going to make it a long term success! And atheism is definitely an errant worldview - see the web resource: Atheism
Is atheism boring or are atheists bad digital marketers who have difficulty understanding search engine algorithms? Or is it both? Oh atheists, feel the sting!
The Decline of atheism - an established trend - other resources
Global atheism is declining as a percentage of world population. In that post not only did we indicate that atheism/skepticism are declining in the world, but the trend is expected to increase at an accelerated rate.
Decline of atheism: An established trend
Global decline of atheism
Related blog post on internet atheism vs. Christianity:
Jesus vs. Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers - Jesus wins!
Round 2: Jesus vs. Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers - Jesus triumphs again! Onward Christian soldiers!
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