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According to the web traffic tracking company Quantcast, white males appear to be the group of individuals who are most receptive to [[Richard Dawkins]]' and atheist Sam Harris' message.<ref>http://www.quantcast.com/richarddawkins.net#demographics</ref><ref>http://www.quantcast.com/samharris.org</ref> Survey data and website tracking data of prominent [[atheism|atheists]]' websites indicate that in the [[Western World]], [[Atheism appears to be significantly less appealing to women|atheism appears to be significantly less appealing to women]].<ref>http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/reports/NONES_08.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.livescience.com/culture/090227-religion-men-women.html</ref><ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_appears_to_be_significantly_less_appealing_to_women</ref> These findings suggest that [[New Atheism]] movement is significant more appealing to white males.
According to the web traffic tracking company Quantcast, white males appear to be the group of individuals who are most receptive to [[Richard Dawkins]]' and atheist Sam Harris' message.<ref>http://www.quantcast.com/richarddawkins.net#demographics</ref><ref>http://www.quantcast.com/samharris.org</ref> Survey data and website tracking data of prominent [[atheism|atheists]]' websites indicate that in the [[Western World]], [[Atheism appears to be significantly less appealing to women|atheism appears to be significantly less appealing to women]].<ref>http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/reports/NONES_08.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.livescience.com/culture/090227-religion-men-women.html</ref><ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_appears_to_be_significantly_less_appealing_to_women</ref> These findings suggest that [[New Atheism]] movement is significant more appealing to white males.
The current [[Atheism|atheist]] population mostly resides in East Asia (particularly China) and in secular Europe/Australia primarily among whites.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey, ''Washington Post'', May 23, 2013</ref> See: [[Western atheism and race]]
== Sam Harris and the decline of global atheism ==
== Sam Harris and the decline of global atheism ==