Has internet atheism shown a big decline in market share? Is internet atheism losing to Christianity? Consider these two questions:
1. Has the market share of leading atheist websites plunged in the last 5 years and in 2012?
2. Is global atheism/agnosticism declining and expected to decline in an accelerated fashion?
Before we provide some exciting data/graphs concerning internet atheism and skepticism, we first want to give you some relevant background information.
On March 19, 2011, we did a post entitled Globally the worldviews of atheism and non-religious (agnostic) are declining while global Christianity is exploding in adherents which indicated that each day there are now 800 less atheists in world, 1,100 less non-religious (agnostics) in the world and 83,000 additional people professing to be Christians. 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.
Is 2012 on its way to be the Worst Year in the History of Darwinism?
On December of 2012, we posted an article at this entitled Making 2012 the Worst Year in the History of Darwinism in which we said that we wanted to make 2012 the worst year in the history of Darwinism. Also, anyone who has followed the creation vs. evolution debate does not find it surprising that post World War II, the most ardent and vocal proponents of evolutionary belief have been atheists/agnostics.
But so far, how are things going for atheism/evolutionism in 2012?
Internet atheism has taken a fall in the last 5 years and in 2012
In 2007, the Bible believer Chuck Norris noted that atheists were making a concerted effort to spread atheism via the internet. As you you will soon see via the graphs below, 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 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 resources: Atheism and Atheism and skepticism - Questions and Answers
QUESTION: How is internet atheism/skepticism doing on the internet in the last 5 years and in 2012 according to leading web traffic firms?
Web traffic data on leading atheist and skepticism websites
Here are some web traffic graphs from leading atheists websites taken from the leading website web traffic companies of Alexa, Quantcast and Compete:
1. RichardDawkins.net
Web traffic according to Alexa.com:
Compete.com internet traffic data for 4/2011 to 4/2012:
2. Infidels.org
Compete.com internet traffic data for 6/2/07 to 7/30/11
Web traffic according to Alexa.com:
Compete.com internet traffic data for 4/2011 to 4/2012:
3. American Atheists at Atheists.org
Compete.com internet traffic data for 6/2/07 to 7/30/11:
Compete.com internet traffic data for 4/2011 to 4/2012:
Web traffic according to Alexa.com:
(Temporary "Reason Rally" traffic spike for Atheists.org in 2012 but nothing really sustainable)
4. Freethoughtblogs.com - 2012 data
Freethoughtblogs.com - web traffic according to Alexa.com:
Freethoughtblogs.com - Web traffic according to Quantcast.com:
Freethoughtblogs.com - Web traffic according to Quantcast.com:
5. Dan Barker's organization - Freedom From Religion Foundation at ffrf.org
Web traffic according to Alexa.com:
Compete.com internet traffic data for 4/2011 to 4/2012:
(Temporary "Reason Rally" traffic spike for ffrf.org in 2012 but nothing really sustainable)
6. Sam Harris's website - samharris.org
Web traffic according to Alexa.com:
Compete.com internet traffic data for 4/2011 to 4/2012:
7. The-Brights.net - Brights Movement
Compete.com internet traffic data for 4/2011 to 4/2012:
As you can see, the atheists within the Brights Movement are not exceedingly bright!
Other atheists/evolutionist websites which have lost traffic
Decline of internet atheism articles
The Decline of atheism - an established trend - other resources
Decline of atheism: An established trend
Global decline of atheism
Cutting off the air supply of atheism
Cutting off the air supply of atheism
Ineffectiveness of internet atheists PZ Myers, Thunderf00t and others
Of course, the ineffectiveness of the agnosticism and evolutionism apologist Richard Dawkins can also be said of internet atheism apologists such as PZ Myers, Thunderf00t, TheAmazingAtheists and others. The big losses in internet traffic of leading atheism websites in recent years is not surprising since they often repeat the same inane and ineffective atheism talking points. Babbling on about unicorns, leprechauns and Santa Claus and other atheist claptrap only goes so far. See: Internet atheism: the thrill is gone
Thunderfoot's abysmal performance with his discussion with evangelist Ray Comfort helped further demonstrate that atheism cannot withstand cross examination. The same could be said of creation scientists largely winning the public creation vs. evolution debates
It is not at all surprising that no evolutionist has come remotely close to satisfactorily answering the 15 questions for evolutionists of the Question Evolution! Campaign
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!
Internet atheism: the thrill is gone!
Related resources:
Question Evolution! Campaign
15 questions for evolutionists
Responses to the 15 Questions: part 1 - Questions 1-3
Responses to the 15 Questions: part 2 - Questions 4–8
Responses to the 15 Questions: part 2 - Questions 9-15
Refuting evolution
Related posts at our Question Evolution! Campaign blog:
Making 2012 the worst year in the history of Darwinism
Why is evolution pushed by dogmatic evolutionists?
The high price of NOT asking the 15 Questions for Evolutionists in your classroom
Cutting off the air supply of atheism
Jesus vs. Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers - Jesus wins!
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