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Is interest in Atheism dying on the vine?

☆ElenaDiamond☆ 2012/07/11 20:38:52
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Charts indicating that atheism is heading for trouble in the USA in 2012

As can be seen in the upper graphs of the Google Trends graphs below, people are showing less and less and less interest in atheism and prominent atheists in the first part of 2012 especially beginning in April:

1. Google trends for the search atheists in 2012:

atheism prominent atheists 2012 april 1 nbspgoogle search atheists 2012
2. Google trends for the search atheist in 2012:

1 nbspgoogle search atheists 2012 2 nbspgoogle search atheist 2012
3. Google trends for the search atheism in 2012:

2 nbspgoogle search atheist 2012 3 nbspgoogle search atheism 2012
4. Google trends for the search Richard Dawkins in 2012:

nbspgoogle search atheism 2012 4 nbspgoogle search richard dawkins 2012
5. Web traffic for RichardDawkins.net according to Alexa.com:

search richard dawkins 2012 5 nbspweb traffic richarddawkins net alexa
6. Web traffic to Richarddawkins.net - unique visitors a month - Compete.com - 4/2011 to 4/2012

6 web traffic richarddawkins net unique visitors compete 42011 42012


7. Google trends for the search PZ Myers in 2012:

visitors compete 42011 42012 7 nbspgoogle search pz myers 2012
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  • Zuggi 2012/07/11 20:40:33
    No.
    Zuggi
    +8
    Are you srsly claiming that these google search stats show atheism is declining?
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  • ✞Knight of Honor 2012/07/13 06:49:32
    Yes.
    ✞Knight of Honor
    I hope so.
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  • Einstein's Firecracker 2012/07/12 16:34:46
    No.
    Einstein's Firecracker
    I answered this to get my stats that appear above the answer choices,, in the "How Did People Like You Vote?" section. Out of 36 votes 28(78%) were "No", of which 100% athiest. Google is just full of crap. They relate one trend affecting a reality when it doesn't. What if the opposite is true. People of religion looking up "atheism" to understand it, are now atheists and no longer need to look it up. I've been an atheist for a long and have never had a need to google it, because I know where I stand. Just because you see a bright light, doesn't mean it's the sun, it could be someone with a flashlight to show you the path in the darkness.
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  • elijahomar496 2012/07/12 08:50:12
    Yes.
    elijahomar496
    These graphs seem to show that.!!! Does that mean catholics will have to find another boogy man like blacks and Jews?
    Oh,that's right they used that already...
    reply
  • djdragonfire 2012/07/12 06:28:07
    No.
    djdragonfire
    Why are all the yes answers from Utah?
    reply
  • BlytheSpirit~bn0 2012/07/12 05:25:23
    No.
    BlytheSpirit~bn0
    +1
    Poppy cock. funny athiest
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  • djdrago... BlytheS... 2012/07/12 06:22:56
    djdragonfire
    Made my morning.
    reply
  • BlytheS... djdrago... 2012/07/12 06:31:18
    BlytheSpirit~bn0
    And an early morning it is, too. :)
    reply
  • djdrago... BlytheS... 2012/07/12 06:36:48
    djdragonfire
    I'm wondering why I'm up still. I should sleep... but the internet won't let me.
    reply
  • BlytheS... djdrago... 2012/07/12 06:40:34
    BlytheSpirit~bn0
    internet keeping you awake
    reply
  • djdrago... BlytheS... 2012/07/12 06:41:13
    djdragonfire
    +1
    okay guy
    reply
  • just so... djdrago... 2012/07/15 11:23:20
    just some random guy
    sleep is for the weak
    reply
  • TheCouchF*cker 2012/07/12 02:35:06
    No.
    TheCouchF*cker
    The statistic that matters is that atheism is the fastest growing "religion" in the world.
    reply
  • Pixie·ŸŸMzAwesome♠ƤĦĂĔŢ♠ 2012/07/11 22:27:54
    No.
    Pixie·ŸŸMzAwesome♠ƤĦĂĔŢ♠
    +3
    If anything I think it is on the rise.
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  • Merry☆ 2012/07/11 22:24:07
    No.
    Merry☆
    +3
    No, it's actually the highest growing minority. In fact, at this rate, 1 in 4 Americans will profess atheism in 20 years. As more and more atheist groups and famous freethinkers are shouting it from the rooftops, more people with religious upbringings are questioning religious doctrine. And so the number grows, and so it will continue to grow.

    people religious upbringings questioning religious doctrine number grows continue grow
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  • KeeganTheAwesome 2012/07/11 22:11:02
    No.
    KeeganTheAwesome
    +2
    A Google search might mean a lot to Internet citizens who want to keep up with the population, but it means little in reality. Searching for terms like "atheism" and "Richard Dawkins" doesn't make you an atheist yourself, just as searching for terms like "Jesus" and "the bible" doesn't make you a Christian.
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  • Red 2012/07/11 22:10:12
  • sjalan 2012/07/11 22:09:07
    No.
    sjalan
    +2
    Don't know where you're getting your data but the largest growing group when it comes to religious preference is Atheists. Their growth rate has been over 9% since 1999 through 2009.
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  • Man_Bear_Pig 2012/07/11 22:07:36
    No.
    Man_Bear_Pig
    +2
    Google says you are a failure
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  • KrSpo 2012/07/11 22:01:25
    No.
    KrSpo
    No, it is actually flourishing in the modern era. Looking at a 1 month trend is bogus. Instead you should be looking at decades of searches, books published, etc.
    reply
  • ILuv2worshipU 2012/07/11 21:43:04
    Yes.
    ILuv2worshipU
    Christians won't stand for it. Lol
    reply
  • Inquisitve Kat 2012/07/11 21:35:30
    No.
    Inquisitve Kat
    +1
    Three months doesn't tell anything yet...
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  • unaff 2012/07/11 21:14:21
    No.
    unaff
    +2
    Web traffic to a site like Dawkins' are going to fluctuate due to news coverage and the length of time since releasing his last book, like any other author. One-word Google searches aren't the norm and aren't really very statistically valid, in my opinion. The wider scope of years presented on Trends (going back to 2004) shows they've stayed about the same.
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  • Pat 2012/07/11 21:07:58
    No.
    Pat
    +4
    No, I am an atheist and I see many others online at different sites including SH.
    Church attendance is declining all over America. People may identify themselves as Christian or Jewish etc. but they do not participate in their places of worship nor do they contribute to them.
    I think that eventually atheism or other alternative religions like Buddhism, Paganism etc will become more popular since they are more relevant to spiritual life today.
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  • lucy 2012/07/11 21:05:31
    No.
    lucy
    +1
    All the people who googled about it became atheists and didn't bother googling it any more.
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  • ☆ElenaD... lucy 2012/07/11 21:05:55
    ☆ElenaDiamond☆
    So there will be no more then?
    reply
  • kevracer 2012/07/11 21:04:15
    Yes.
    kevracer
    +1
    Atheism takes too much effort- being an agnostic is easier
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  • ☆ElenaD... kevracer 2012/07/11 21:06:33
    ☆ElenaDiamond☆
    Searches for agnostic or agnosticism are declining as well.
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  • kevracer ☆ElenaD... 2012/07/11 21:16:03
    kevracer
    +2
    but agnostics don't believe that
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  • Christopher Kirchen 2012/07/11 20:55:16
    No.
    Christopher Kirchen
    +1
    Doesn't seem to be; there're quite a few of them on here, for example.
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  • ☆ElenaD... Christo... 2012/07/11 20:56:33
    ☆ElenaDiamond☆
    Yes yet google trends show searches declining at a fairly substantial rate.
    reply
  • dustin.oubre 2012/07/11 20:51:14
    No.
    dustin.oubre
    +3
    The goodle graphs work by using certain words. These graphs just mean people aren't using google to search the word atheism/atheist. That doesn't mean much else.
    reply
  • ☆ElenaD... dustin.... 2012/07/11 20:56:59
    ☆ElenaDiamond☆
    You didn't read it did you. Searches on many atheist related topics are declining.
    reply
  • dustin.... ☆ElenaD... 2012/07/11 21:00:47
    dustin.oubre
    +2
    And your point is? So people aren't using google to search for a few things. Again, that deosn't mean anything.
    reply
  • ☆ElenaD... dustin.... 2012/07/11 21:02:01
    ☆ElenaDiamond☆
    People use google for EVERYTHING.
    reply
  • dustin.... ☆ElenaD... 2012/07/11 21:07:28
  • RogerCoppock 2012/07/11 20:47:41 (edited)
    No.
    RogerCoppock
    +2
    Trying to gauge global interest in something by looking at a few years' worth of Google keyword usage is building conclusions on quicksand.
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  • ☆ElenaD... RogerCo... 2012/07/11 20:52:02 (edited)
    ☆ElenaDiamond☆
    Not really. Google is a good indicator in where interest lies. For example:

    Note, the trend on American Idol gets lower every year along with the ratings I might add.
    http://images.sodahead.com/pr...
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  • RogerCo... ☆ElenaD... 2012/07/11 20:55:44
    RogerCoppock
    +1
    ONLY if you redefine the word 'interest.'
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  • ☆ElenaD... RogerCo... 2012/07/11 20:57:10
    ☆ElenaDiamond☆
    No
    reply
  • Radical Ed 2012/07/11 20:46:17
    No.
    Radical Ed
    +2
    Because Google is the source of all knowledge and statistical facts in the galaxy, right?
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