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Post [[Elevatorgate]] controversy, the [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] has seen a significant loss of public influence (see: [[Richard Dawkins' loss of influence]]).
Post [[Elevatorgate]] controversy, the [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] has seen a significant loss of public influence (see: [[Richard Dawkins' loss of influence]]).
== Initial loss of web traffic to Richard Dawkins's website post Elevatorgate ==
[[File:Richard Dawkins web traffic 12-23-12.png|thumbnail|center|775px|According to the web traffic tracking company [[Quantcast]], the web traffic of Richard Dawkins' website fell in 2012.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/12/2012-has-been-bad-year-for-richard.html 2012 has been a very BAD year for Richard Dawkins's website according to Quantcast]</ref> By October 2014, the web traffic for his website fell to a lower level according to Quantcast.<ref>[http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2014/10/richard-dawkins-loss-of-influence.html Richard Dawkins' loss of influence]</ref>
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In October of 2012, [[Rebecca Watson]] published a story about Elevatorgate and its aftermath in ''Slate'' entitled, ''It Stands to Reason, Skeptics Can Be Sexist Too: I spoke out about sexual harassment among atheists and scientists. Then came the rape threats''.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/10/sexism_in_the_skeptic_community_i_spoke_out_then_came_the_rape_threats.html It Stands to Reason, Skeptics Can Be Sexist Too: I spoke out about sexual harassment among atheists and scientists. Then came the rape threats] by Rebecca Watson, ''Slate'', October 2012</ref>
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The web traffic was measured via [[Quantcast]] which directly measured Dawkins' website traffic via embedded code on his website.<ref name="Quantcast - Quantcast Measure">[https://www.quantcast.com/measure/ Quantcast - Quantcast Measure]</ref>]]
== Web traffic of Richard Dawkins' website has seen a dramatic drop ==
[[File:Richard Dawkins' website traffic.jpg|500px|thumbnail|center|The above graph shows the monthly website traffic to Richard Dawkins' website as of June 22, 2015 in terms of unique monthly web visitors.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2015/06/web-traffic-of-richard-dawkins-main.html Web traffic of Richard Dawkins' main website]</ref> As you can see above, in 2012, Richard Dawkins saw a very large decrease in web traffic.
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The website traffic is measured via [[Quantcast]] which directly measures Dawkins' website traffic via embedded code on his website.<ref name="Quantcast - Quantcast Measure"/>]]
== Alexa ranking of Richard Dawkins' website ==
''See also:'' [[Alexa rankings of Richard Dawkins' website]]
[[File:Richarddawkins.net alexa.png|thumbnail|center|400px|According to [[Alexa]], Richard Dawkins website lost a large amount of its global market share during to period between 2010 and the beginning portion of 2012.]]
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[[File:Richarddawkins.net alexa 10-2106.png|thumbnail|center|400px|In 2016, Richard Dawkins' website lost a considerable amount of global market share according to the web traffic tracking company Alexa.]]
[[File:Richard Dawkins alexa 2016.png|thumbnail|center|400px|In 2015, Richard Dawkins' website fell in terms of its [[Alexa]] ranking.]]
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[[File:Richard Dawkins Alexa December 2016.png|thumbnail|400px|center|In the latter half of 2016, Richard Dawkins' website saw a significant decline in its Alexa ranking.]]
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[[File:Richard Dawkins alexa feb 2017.png|thumbnail|center|400px|In 2016 and the in the beginning portion of 2017, the global internet market share of of Richard Dawkins' website has been falling according to the web traffic tracking company Alexa.]]
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[[File:Richard Dawkins website Alexa March 2017.png|thumbnail|center|400px|In March of 2017, according to Alexa, Richard Dawkins' website was experiencing a steep decline in terms of its global market share.]]
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[[File:Richard dawkins website alexa April 2017.png|thumbnail|center|400px|In April of 2017, according to Alexa, Richard Dawkins' website continued to experience a steep decline in terms of its global market share.]]
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[[File:Richard Dawkins alexa June 23 2017.png|thumbnail|center|400px|In June of 2017, Richard Dawkins' website continued its trend of a declining Alexa ranking. As of June 23, 2017, Richard Dawkins' website was the 138,009th most popular website in the world according to Alexa.]]
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[[File:Richard Dawkins' website 9-4-2017.png|thumbnail|center|400px|On September 4, 2017, according to Alexa, Richard Dawkins' website was the 133,104th most popular website in the world.]]
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[[File:Richard dawkins alexa 10-27-2017.png|thumbnail|center|400px|On November 27, 2017, Richard Dawkins' website was the 158,206th most popular website in the world.
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His website was losing global market share in the latter quarter of 2017.]]
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[[File:Richard dawkins alexa ranking 2018.png|thumbnail|center|400px|On November 9, 2018, Richard Dawkins' website was the 190,708th most popular website in the world according to Alexa.
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Compared to 2017, Richard Dawkins' website lost global market share according to Alexa.]]
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[[File:Richard dawkins alexa ranking 11-1-2020.PNG|thumbnail|center|On November 1, 2020, Richard Dawkins' website was the 194,776th most popular website in the world according to Alexa.
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On November 1, 2020, the daily time on his website for an average web visitor to his website was 1 minute and 36 seconds according to Alexa.]]
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=== 2021 Alexa rankings of Richard Dawkins' website ===
[[File:Alexa ranking of Richarddawkins.net on 11-26-2021.JPG|thumbnail|center|1000px|On November 26, 2021, Richard Dawkins' website was the 428,287th most popular website in the world according to Alexa.]]
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== Coverage of Richard Dawkins speaking tour ==
In 2016, the Shadow To Light blog wrote in article entitled ''Fading Dawkins'':
{{Cquote|Dawkins has been on a speaking tour recently in the United States. On Nov 1 and 2, he had a “public conversation” with [[Sam Harris]].
In the golden years of [[New Atheism|Gnu]], there would have been a couple of news reports about this talk filled with some click-bait quote and I’d probably be blogging about something they said. But despite Dawkins’ return to the speaker circuit, and despite him teaming up with Sam Harris for two days, I can’t find a single report. No one outside that theater is interested in what two of the Four Horsemen had to say.
Look, Dawkins and Harris will always have their place among the [[Madalyn Murray O'Hair|Madalyn Murray O’Hair]] crowd. But as far as breaking out into the mainstream is concerned, the fad has run its course.<ref>[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/the-fading-dawkins/ ''Fading Dawkins'']</ref>}}
== Compete.com web traffic data for Richard Dawkins website ==
[[File:Richarddawkins.net uv 1y.png|thumbnail|center|400px|According to the web traffic tracking Compete.com, Richard Dawkins website saw a loss of web traffic during the period between 4/2011 to 4/2012.]]
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