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[[File:PZ Myers.jpg|thumbnail|180px|right|[[PZ Myers]] is one of the more active bloggers at Freethought Blogs. ]]

[[File:PZ Myers.jpg|thumbnail|180px|right|[[PZ Myers]] is one of the more active bloggers at Freethought Blogs. ]]

'''Freethought Blogs''' is an [[Atheism|atheist]]/[[agnosticism|agnostic]] blogging community. It was founded by atheists [[Ed Brayton]] and [[PZ Myers]].<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/advertise-on-freethoughtblogs/ About Freethoughtblog]</ref><ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2016/01/01/challenges-for-atheists-and-secularists/#more-13132 Five challenges for atheists and secularists in 2016] by Michael Nugent</ref>

'''Freethought Blogs''' is an [[Atheism|atheist]]/[[agnosticism|agnostic]] blogging community. It was founded by atheists [[Ed Brayton]] and [[PZ Myers]].<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/advertise-on-freethoughtblogs/ About Freethoughtblog]</ref><ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2016/01/01/challenges-for-atheists-and-secularists/#more-13132 Five challenges for atheists and secularists in 2016] by Michael Nugent</ref> Freethought blogs hosts several atheist/agnostic blogs including PZ Myers' blog [[Pharyngula (blog)|Pharyngula]].

Since 2012, the blogging website has been losing a significant amount of web traffic according to [[Quantcast]] which directly measures its web traffic.<ref>[https://www.quantcast.com/freethoughtblogs.com?qcLocale=en_US#/trafficCard Freethoughtblogs - Quantcast]</ref>  See also: [[Internet atheism#Internet atheism web traffic levels|Decline of internet atheism]]

Since 2012, the blogging website has been losing a significant amount of web traffic according to [[Quantcast]] which directly measures its web traffic.<ref>[https://www.quantcast.com/freethoughtblogs.com?qcLocale=en_US#/trafficCard Freethoughtblogs - Quantcast]</ref>  See also: [[Internet atheism#Internet atheism web traffic levels|Decline of internet atheism]]

== Freethought Blogs significant loss of web traffic ==

== Freethought Blogs significant loss of web traffic ==

{{Cquote|PZ’s FreeThought Blogs network eventually imploded last year, with Ophelia Benson leaving after being unjustly labelled a transphobe, and founder Ed Brayton leaving citing the health impact of the drama and stress of running the network. It is now losing traffic and revenue. The departing Ed and Ophelia had accounted for a third of the traffic, and PZ now accounted for 90% of the rest. Another FreeThought blogger, Jason Thibeault, predicted some of the network’s bloggers might now have lean months with zero income.<ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2016/01/01/challenges-for-atheists-and-secularists/#more-13132 Five challenges for atheists and secularists in 2016] by Michael Nugent</ref>}}

{{Cquote|PZ’s FreeThought Blogs network eventually imploded last year, with Ophelia Benson leaving after being unjustly labelled a transphobe, and founder Ed Brayton leaving citing the health impact of the drama and stress of running the network. It is now losing traffic and revenue. The departing Ed and Ophelia had accounted for a third of the traffic, and PZ now accounted for 90% of the rest. Another FreeThought blogger, Jason Thibeault, predicted some of the network’s bloggers might now have lean months with zero income.<ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2016/01/01/challenges-for-atheists-and-secularists/#more-13132 Five challenges for atheists and secularists in 2016] by Michael Nugent</ref>}}

=== Freethought Blogs has lost a very large proportion of its Google referral traffic ===

=== Freethought Blogs has lost a very large proportion of its monthly Google referral traffic ===

 

 

[[File:Freethoughtblog Google referral traffic has fallen.jpg|center|thumbnail|1200px|[[Freethought Blogs]] has lost a very large proportion of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.com. ]]

[[File:Freethoughtblogs.com Google referral traffic SEMRush.com 8-3-2022.jpg|center|thumbnail|1200px|On August 3, 2022, the leading web marketing website SEMRush reported that in March 2020 Freethought Blogs had 17,428 monthly Google referral traffic visits, but by August 2022 it had 12,499 monthly Google referral visits.

Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]

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=== Web traffic of Freethought Blogs dramatically declines from June 2019 to September 2019 ===

=== Web traffic of Freethought Blogs dramatically declines from June 2019 to September 2019 ===

On June 23, 2019, Freethought  Blogs was the 90,953th most popular website in the world according to Alexa, but by September 23, 2019 Freethought Blogs was merely the 170,112th most popular website in the world according to Alexa.]]

On June 23, 2019, Freethought  Blogs was the 90,953th most popular website in the world according to Alexa, but by September 23, 2019 Freethought Blogs was merely the 170,112th most popular website in the world according to Alexa.]]

=== Web traffic of Freethought Blogs: July 2015 to March 2019 ===

== Demographics of web visitors to Freethought Blogs. Majority of its website visitors are male. ==

[[File:Freethoughtblogs alexa 2016.png|thumbnail|center|400px|Freethought Blogs is a spinoff of ScienceBlogs launched by PZ Myers and [[Ed Brayton]].

 

''See also:'' [[Demographics of the web visitors to Freethought Blogs]] and [[Atheist websites appear to receive significantly less traffic from women]] and [[Atheism and women]] and [[Atheism and sexism]] and [[Atheist feminism]]

 

[[Alexa]] is a web traffic tracking company. In 2015 and 2016, Freethought Blogs saw a large decrease in its Alexa ranking.]]  

[[File:Demographics of web visitors to Freethoughtblogs.com according to SimilarWeb.jpg|thumbnail|center|1600px|The website [[Freethought Blogs]] has significantly less women visiting their website than men according to the web traffic tracking company SimilarWeb.com.<ref>[https://www.similarweb.com/website/freethoughtblogs.com/#demographics Freethoughtblogs - SimilarWeb.com: Demographics]</ref>]]

[[File:Freethoughtblogs.com Alexa December 2016.png|400px|center|thumbnail|Freethought Blogs fell sharply in its Alexa ranking for much of the latter part of 2016]].

[[File:Freethoughtbllogs alexa May 2017.png|400px|center|thumbnail|In May 2017, according to Alexa, Frrethoughtblogs continued to lose global market share.]]

[[File:Freethoughtblogs.com alexa 3-12-2019.png|thumbnail|center|400px|According to Alexa, on March 12, 2019, Freethoughtblogs was the  90,419th most popular website in the world.]]

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See: [[Richard Carrier's lawsuits|Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit against Freethought Blogs]]

See: [[Richard Carrier's lawsuits|Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit against Freethought Blogs]]

== See also ==

== See also ==