Freethought Blogs

PZ Myers is one of the more active bloggers at Freethought Blogs.

Freethought Blogs is an atheist/agnostic blogging community. It was founded by atheists Ed Brayton and PZ Myers.[1][2] Freethought blogs hosts several atheist/agnostic blogs including PZ Myers' 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.[3] See also: Decline of internet atheism

## Contents

* 1 Freethought Blogs significant loss of web traffic
* 1.1 Freethought Blogs has lost a very large proportion of its monthly Google referral traffic
* 1.1.1 During the coronavirus pandemic Freethought Blogs lost monthly Google referral traffic visits
* 1.2 Freethought Blogs - Similarweb.com global ranking
* 1.3 Web traffic of Freethought Blogs dramatically declines from June 2019 to September 2019
* 2 Demographics of web visitors to Freethought Blogs. Majority of its website visitors are male.
* 3 PZ Myers' commentary on the web traffic of AIG's ministry
* 4 Thunderf00t on the impact of Freethought Blogs on social justice
* 5 Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit against Freethought Blogs
* 6 Web traffic of Freethought Blogs: July 2015 to March 2019 according to Alexa
* 7 See also
* 8 Notes
* 9 External links

## Freethought Blogs significant loss of web traffic[edit]

See also: Internet atheism

On January 1, 2016, the atheist Michael Nugent wrote:

“  |  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.[4] |  ”

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### Freethought Blogs has lost a very large proportion of its monthly Google referral traffic[edit]

Freethought Blogs has lost a very large proportion of its monthly Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.com.

#### During the coronavirus pandemic Freethought Blogs lost monthly Google referral traffic visits[edit]

See also: Internet atheism and the coronavirus pandemic

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.

### Freethought Blogs - Similarweb.com global ranking[edit]

In May of 2022, Freethought Blogs was the 148,972th most popular website in the world according to the web marketing website SimilarWeb.com.

In 2011, the atheist and evolutionist 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.[5] As of May of 2022, the Answers in Genesis website receives more web traffic than Freethought Blogs according to Similarweb.com.[6] According to Similarweb.com, the Answers in Genesis website is the 56,730th most popular website in the world.[7]

### Web traffic of Freethought Blogs dramatically declines from June 2019 to September 2019[edit]

The web traffic of Freethought Blogs saw a dramatic decline from June 2019 to September 2019 according to the web traffic tracking company 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.

## Demographics of web visitors to Freethought Blogs. Majority of its website visitors are male.[edit]

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

The website Freethought Blogs has significantly less women visiting their website than men according to the web traffic tracking company SimilarWeb.com.[8]

## PZ Myers' commentary on the web traffic of AIG's ministry[edit]

In 2011, the atheist and evolutionist 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.[9] As of May of 2022, the Answers in Genesis website receives more web traffic than Freethought Blogs.[10]

## Thunderf00t on the impact of Freethought Blogs on social justice[edit]

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.[11] Furthermore, he indicated that their attempt to make him a pariah within the atheist community had virtually no impact.[12]

## Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit against Freethought Blogs[edit]

See: Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit against Freethought Blogs

## Web traffic of Freethought Blogs: July 2015 to March 2019 according to Alexa[edit]

Freethought Blogs is a spinoff of ScienceBlogs launched by PZ Myers and Ed Brayton.

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

Freethought Blogs fell sharply in its Alexa ranking for much of the latter part of 2016

In May 2017, according to Alexa, Frrethoughtblogs continued to lose global market share.

According to Alexa, on March 12, 2019, Freethoughtblogs was the 90,419th most popular website in the world.

## See also[edit]

* Atheist factions

* The Orbit

* Skepchick

* Internet evangelism: Christians vs. atheists

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ About Freethoughtblog
2. ↑ Five challenges for atheists and secularists in 2016 by Michael Nugent
3. ↑ Freethoughtblogs - Quantcast
4. ↑ Five challenges for atheists and secularists in 2016 by Michael Nugent
5. ↑ Ken Ham brags about his websites
6. ↑ Answersingenes.org - Similarweb.com
7. ↑ Answersingenes.org - Similarweb.com
8. ↑ Freethoughtblogs - SimilarWeb.com: Demographics
9. ↑ Ken Ham brags about his websites
10. ↑ Answersingenes.org - Similarweb.com
11. ↑ Atheism+ Stream: How SJWs pushed their way into Atheism
12. ↑ Atheism+ Stream: How SJWs pushed their way into Atheism

## External links[edit]

* Did Freethoughtblogs lose significant traffic since the start of 2012?