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On August 16, 2014, Andrew Brown wrote an article for The Spectator entitled ''The bizarre – and costly – [[Cult of personality|cult]] of Richard Dawkins'' which declared:
{{cquote|...the [[Richard Dawkins ]] website offers followers the chance to join the ‘Reason Circle’, which, like [[Dante]]’s [[Hell]], is arranged in concentric circles. For $85 a month, you get discounts on his merchandise, and the chance to meet ‘Richard Dawkins Foundation for [[Reason]] and [[Science]] personalities’. Obviously that’s not enough to meet the man himself. For that you pay $210 a month — or $5,000 a year — for the chance to attend an event where he will speak...
But the $85 a month just touches the hem of rationality. After the neophyte passes through the successively more expensive ‘[[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] Circle’ and then the ‘[[Evolution]] Circle’, he attains the innermost circle, where for $100,000 a year or more he gets to have a private breakfast or lunch with Richard Dawkins, and a reserved table at an invitation-only circle event with ‘Richard’ as well as ‘all the benefits listed above’, so he still gets a discount on his Richard Dawkins T-shirt saying ‘[[Religion]] — together we can find a cure.’
[[File:Richard Dawkins 2016.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|250px|right|[[Richard Dawkins]] ]]
''See also:'' [[Richard Dawkins and morality]] and [[Atheist nonprofit organizations and scandals]] and [[Atheism and stealing]]
''The Independent'' wrote about the [[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science]]:
== Majority of web visitors to Richard Dawkins' website are men ==
''See also:'' [[Demographic makeup of web visitors to the website Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science]] and [[Richard Dawkins and women]] and [[Atheism and women]]
According to the website tracking firm firms [[Alexa]]and SimilarWeb, women frequent the website of richarddawkins.net significantly less than men.<ref>http(See://www[[Demographic makeup of web visitors to the website Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science]]).alexa.com/siteinfo/richarddawkins.net</ref>
Prior to the [[Elevatorgate]] controversy, [[Monica Shores]]' ''Ms. Magazine'' article titled ''Will “New Atheism” Make Room For Women?'' criticized the News Atheism movement for being [[sexism|sexist]].<ref>[http://msmagazine.com/blog/2010/11/01/will-new-atheism-make-room-for-women/ ''Will “New Atheism” Make Room For Women''] by Monica Shores, ''Ms. Magazine''</ref> She also cited [[Conservapedia]] in her article and indicated: "The lack of lady presence is so visible that Conservapedia commented on it by noting that Dawkins’ website overwhelmingly attracts male visitors."<ref>[http://msmagazine.com/blog/2010/11/01/will-new-atheism-make-room-for-women/ ''Will “New Atheism” Make Room For Women''] by Monica Shores, ''Ms. Magazine''</ref>
=== Demographic makeup of web visitors to the website Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science according to SimilarWeb.com ===
[[File:Richard Dawkins' website demographics according to Similarweb.jpg|thumbnail|center|1600px|According to the web tracking company SimilarWeb, the maority of website visitors to Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science website are men.<ref>[https://www.similarweb.com/website/richarddawkins.net/#demographics Demographics of web visitors to the website Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science according to SimilarWeb</ref>]]
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=== Demographic makeup of web visitors to the website Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science according to Alexa.com ===
[[File:Richard Dawkins' website demographics according to Alexa .jpg|thumbnail|center|2000px|According to the website tracking firms [[Alexa]], women frequent the website of richarddawkins.net significantly less than men.<ref>[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2017/05/according-to-alexa-what-percentage-of.html According to Alexa, what percentage of Richard Dawkins' website visitors are women?], ''Examining Atheism''</ref>]]
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== Richard Dawkins' website traffic ==
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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 website traffic is measured via [[Quantcast]] which directly measures Dawkins' website traffic via embedded code on his website.<ref name="Quantcast - Quantcast Measure"/>]]
=== Richard Dawkins' website and loss of Google referral traffic ===
[[File:RichardDawkins.net Google referral traffic according to SEMRush.jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|The Richard Dawkins website has lost a large portion on its monthly Google referral traffic.
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=== Alexa rankings of Richard Dawkins' website ===
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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.]]
[[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 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 website Alexa May 2017.png|thumbnail|center|400px|On May 5, 2017, Richard Dawkins' website had an Alexa ranking of 131,648 which means that according to Alexa it was the 131,648th most popular website in the world.]]
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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 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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