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The RationalWiki website lost a huge amount of web traffic in the latter part of 2019 and throughout most the first half of 2020 (see graphics below). In January of 2022, SimilarWeb.com reported that the RationalWiki.org website was dropping in terms of its global ranking of web traffic (see: [[RationalWiki_and_web_traffic#2022 state of RationalWiki.org in terms of web traffic and web marketing metrics|2022 state of RationalWiki.org in terms of web traffic and web marketing metrics]]).  

The RationalWiki website lost a huge amount of web traffic in the latter part of 2019 and throughout most the first half of 2020 (see graphics below). In January of 2022, SimilarWeb.com reported that the RationalWiki.org website was dropping in terms of its global ranking of web traffic (see: [[RationalWiki_and_web_traffic#2022 state of RationalWiki.org in terms of web traffic and web marketing metrics|2022 state of RationalWiki.org in terms of web traffic and web marketing metrics]]).  

As of December 5, 2021, a RationalWikian put a "this section needs updating" in the "scope and statistics" section of the RationalWiki web page describing itself.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki&oldid=2389486 RationalWiki], December 5, 2021</ref>  But as of July 25, 2022, the "scope and statistics" section has yet to be thoroughly updated. Apparently, RationalWiki does not want its readers to know about the tremendous amount of web traffic it lost.  

As of December 5, 2021, a RationalWikian put a "this section needs updating" in the "scope and statistics" section of the RationalWiki web page describing itself.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki&oldid=2389486 RationalWiki], December 5, 2021</ref>  But as of July 25, 2022, the "scope and statistics" section has yet to be thoroughly updated. Apparently, RationalWiki does not want its readers to know about the tremendous amount of web traffic it lost. In the latter part of 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a very large portion of its Google referral traffic (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic#From June 5, 2022 to November 5, 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a major amount of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing company SEMRush|From June 5, 2022 to November 5, 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a major amount of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing company SEMRush]]).

On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and charity]] and [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]] and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]]

On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and charity]] and [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]] and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]]