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{{See also|David Silverman#Silverman intentionally exaggerating the number of atheists in the USA|l1=David Silverman intentionally exaggerating the number of atheists in the USA}}
 
==== David Silverman's inaccurate reporting on the effectiveness of firebrand atheism ====
 
''See also:'' [[Decline of militant atheism in the West]] and [[Atheism and public relations]]
 
[[File:David Silverman Reason Rally.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|[[David Silverman]] ]]
In 2015, in an article entitled ''The Case Against In-Your-Face Atheism'', the ''Daily Beast'' reported about David Silverman, the president of the American Atheists organization:
{{Cquote|Like any good marketer, Silverman says he has sales figures proving his approach is working. In a [http://youtu.be/oX9x_952Pt4 talk] he gave about firebrand atheism, he claimed that his data, based on an analysis of Google searches for the word “atheist” performed over the past several years, shows that his in-your-face approach is working.<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/04/the-case-against-in-your-face-atheism.html ''The Case Against In-Your-Face Atheism'']</ref>}}
 
However, according to Google trends data for the USA/world, searches for the word "atheist" have been plunging since April 2012 and continue to plunge downwards (See also: [[Google trends - Atheism and agnosticism terms]]).<ref>[https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=atheist&geo=US&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B4 Google trends - Atheist - USA]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=atheist&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B4 Google trends - Atheist - Global searches]</ref> Silverman still does not recognize that [[New Atheism]] was merely a fad and now a more docile atheism has taken its place.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2011/01/19/3116506.htm The poverty of the new atheism] by Scott Stephens</ref><ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/12/uproar-against-dawkins-is-sign-of-new-atheism-retrogression/ Uproar Against Dawkins Is Sign of New Atheism Retrogression] by Joshua Kelly</ref><ref>[http://www.firstthings.com/article/2010/05/believe-it-or-not Believe It or Not] by David Bentley Hart</ref>
 
In addition, since its 2012 high point due the [[Reason Rally 2012|2012 Reason Rally]], the number of Google searches in the United States for the term "David Silverman" has gone down significantly (The [[Reason Rally 2016|2016 Reason Rally]] was a failure in terms of it attendance).<ref>[https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=David%20Silverman&geo=US&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B4 Google trends - David Silverman - Google USA]</ref> In July 2016, worldwide Google searches for the term "David Silverman" is nearly as low as it was in June 2006 which was its lowest point in recent history.<ref>[https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=David%20Silverman&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B4 Google trends - David Silverman - Global searches]</ref> See also; [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]]
== Evangelical atheism vs. militant atheism practiced by communists ==
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