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During the period of 2008 to 2012, the [[Atheist Population|atheist community]] made a concerted effort to spread atheism through means of the internet. However, leading atheist websites saw plunges in web traffic during this same period and during the first half of 2012.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/internet-atheism-and-skepticism-thrill.html Internet atheism: The thrill is gone!]</ref>
[[File:PZ Myers.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|[[PZ Myers]] is one of the more active bloggers at [[Freethoughtblogs]]. ]]
In 2016, an article entitled ''2015 was a terrible year for internet atheism'' featured [[Alexa]] web traffic graphs which indicated that some prominent atheist websites lost a significant portion of their global market share.<ref>[http://combatingatheism.blogspot.com/2016/02/2015-was-terrible-year-for-internet.html 2015 was a terrible year for internet atheism]</ref> Since 2012, [[Freethoughtblogs]] (a collection of atheist bloggers) saw a significant decline in its web traffic.<ref>[https://www.quantcast.com/freethoughtblogs.com#/trafficCard Freethoughtblog.com uses Quantcast to measure their web traffic and the demograghhics of their web visitors - Click to see report]</ref>
An article entitled ''[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/internet-atheism-and-skepticism-thrill.html Internet atheism: The thrill is gone!]'' declares:
{{cquote|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.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/internet-atheism-and-skepticism-thrill.html Internet atheism and skepticism: The thrill is gone!]</ref>}}
For more information see: [http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/internet-atheism-and-skepticism-thrill.html Internet atheism - post 2007 market share loss]
In 2007, WorldNetDaily featured a column by [[Chuck Norris]] concerning [[atheism]] and the [[internet]] which declared:
{{cquote|Atheists are making a concerted effort to win the youth of America and the world. Hundreds of websites and blogs on the Internet seek to convince and convert adolescents, endeavoring to remove any residue of [[theism]] from their minds and hearts by packaging atheism as the choice of a new generation. While you think your kids are innocently surfing the Web, secular progressives are intentionally preying on their innocence and naïveté.
What's preposterous is that atheists are now advertising and soliciting on websites particularly created for teens...
[[YouTube]], the most popular video site on the Net for young people, is one of their primary avenues for passing off their secularist propaganda.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55789</ref>}}
Atheism internet outreach efforts, however, [[Ineffectiveness and weakness of atheist internet outreach|have been very ineffective]].
[[Category: Atheism]]
[[Category: Internet]]
Internet atheism web traffic volume (view source)
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During the period of 2008 to 2012, the [[Atheist Population|atheist community]] made a concerted effort to spread atheism through means of the internet. However, leading atheist websites saw plunges in web traffic during this same period and during the first half of 2012.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/internet-atheism-and-skepticism-thrill.html Internet atheism: The thrill is gone!]</ref>
[[File:PZ Myers.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|[[PZ Myers]] is one of the more active bloggers at [[Freethoughtblogs]]. ]]
In 2016, an article entitled ''2015 was a terrible year for internet atheism'' featured [[Alexa]] web traffic graphs which indicated that some prominent atheist websites lost a significant portion of their global market share.<ref>[http://combatingatheism.blogspot.com/2016/02/2015-was-terrible-year-for-internet.html 2015 was a terrible year for internet atheism]</ref> Since 2012, [[Freethoughtblogs]] (a collection of atheist bloggers) saw a significant decline in its web traffic.<ref>[https://www.quantcast.com/freethoughtblogs.com#/trafficCard Freethoughtblog.com uses Quantcast to measure their web traffic and the demograghhics of their web visitors - Click to see report]</ref>
An article entitled ''[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/internet-atheism-and-skepticism-thrill.html Internet atheism: The thrill is gone!]'' declares:
{{cquote|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.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/internet-atheism-and-skepticism-thrill.html Internet atheism and skepticism: The thrill is gone!]</ref>}}
For more information see: [http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/internet-atheism-and-skepticism-thrill.html Internet atheism - post 2007 market share loss]
In 2007, WorldNetDaily featured a column by [[Chuck Norris]] concerning [[atheism]] and the [[internet]] which declared:
{{cquote|Atheists are making a concerted effort to win the youth of America and the world. Hundreds of websites and blogs on the Internet seek to convince and convert adolescents, endeavoring to remove any residue of [[theism]] from their minds and hearts by packaging atheism as the choice of a new generation. While you think your kids are innocently surfing the Web, secular progressives are intentionally preying on their innocence and naïveté.
What's preposterous is that atheists are now advertising and soliciting on websites particularly created for teens...
[[YouTube]], the most popular video site on the Net for young people, is one of their primary avenues for passing off their secularist propaganda.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55789</ref>}}
Atheism internet outreach efforts, however, [[Ineffectiveness and weakness of atheist internet outreach|have been very ineffective]].
[[Category: Atheism]]
[[Category: Internet]]