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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 and women ==
== Freethought Blogs significant loss of web traffic ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and women]] and [[Atheist feminism]]
''See also:'' [[Internet atheism]]
On January 1, 2016, the atheist [[Michael Nugent]] wrote:
{{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 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 monthly Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.com. ]]
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==== During the coronavirus pandemic Freethought Blogs lost monthly Google referral traffic visits ====
''See also:'' [[Internet atheism and the coronavirus pandemic]]
[[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.
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=== Freethought Blogs - Similarweb.com global ranking ===
[[File:Freethoughtblogs.com Similarweb.com ranking.png|thumbnail|900px|center|In May of 2022, Freethought Blogs was the 148,972th most popular website in the world according to the web marketing website SimilarWeb.com.
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In 2011, the [[Atheism|atheist]] and [[evolution]]ist [[PZ Myers]] said that he had greater blog traffic than the [[Answers in Genesis]] website and that the Answers in Genesis (AIG) website had "pathetic" web traffic.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/03/22/ken-ham-brags-about-his-websit/ Ken Ham brags about his websites]</ref> As of May of 2022, the Answers in Genesis website receives more web traffic than Freethought Blogs according to Similarweb.com.<ref>[https://www.similarweb.com/website/answeringenesis.org/#overview Answersingenes.org - Similarweb.com]</ref> According to Similarweb.com, the Answers in Genesis website is the 56,730th most popular website in the world.<ref>[https://www.similarweb.com/website/answeringenesis.org/#overview Answersingenes.org - Similarweb.com]</ref> ]]
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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. ==
''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]]
[[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>]]
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== PZ Myers' commentary on the web traffic of AIG's ministry ==
In 2011, the [[Atheism|atheist]] and [[evolution]]ist [[PZ Myers]] said that he had greater blog traffic than the [[Answers in Genesis]] website and that the Answers in Genesis (AIG) website had "pathetic" web traffic.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/03/22/ken-ham-brags-about-his-websit/ Ken Ham brags about his websites]</ref> As of May of 2022, the Answers in Genesis website receives more web traffic than Freethought Blogs.<ref>[https://www.similarweb.com/website/answeringenesis.org/#overview Answersingenes.org - Similarweb.com]</ref>
== Thunderf00t on the impact of Freethought Blogs on social justice ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and social justice]]
In October 2014, the popular YouTube atheist [[Thunderf00t]] indicated that the bloggers at Freethoughtblog accidentally put him on their email list and that they spend a considerable amount of time emailing each other engaging in petty matters. In fact, he indicated that they spent more time emailing each other than engaged in actual blogging. He also questioned the impact of the bloggers of Freethought Blogs on social justice.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inqcLXNlEes Atheism+ Stream: How SJWs pushed their way into Atheism]</ref> Furthermore, he indicated that their attempt to make him a pariah within the atheist community had virtually no impact.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inqcLXNlEes Atheism+ Stream: How SJWs pushed their way into Atheism]</ref>
== Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit against Freethought Blogs ==
See: [[Richard Carrier's lawsuits|Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit against Freethought Blogs]]
== Web traffic of Freethought Blogs: July 2015 to March 2019 according to Alexa ==
[[File:Freethoughtblogs alexa 2016.png|thumbnail|center|400px|Freethought Blogs is a spinoff of ScienceBlogs launched by PZ Myers and [[Ed Brayton]].
[[File:Freethoughtblogs alexa 2016.png|thumbnail|center|400px|Freethought Blogs is a spinoff of ScienceBlogs launched by PZ Myers and [[Ed Brayton]].
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[[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.]]
[[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 also ==
== See also ==