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Analysis of Medium Earnings: Month One
An analysis of daily reader and earnings data over one month, publishing over one article a day
About a month ago (March 2020), before the worldwide COVID19 lockdown began, I set myself a target of writing a Medium article every single day. I wanted to find out whether a living could be made out of writing on Medium and how long it would take to get there.
I’m a Blockchain and Software Developer, so most of my articles have been about learning the basics of Blockchain Development, intermediate and advanced articles, and general tips and cheatsheets so readers can learn as much and as quickly as possible.
I’m aware that this isn’t a huge market right now, and not the most newsworthy, but that’s where my passions lie. It’s where I’m able to write almost without really thinking about it.
Medium provides a nice stats page for stories, but it is quite primitive. There’s a browser extension called Enhanced Stats which add more information to the stats page. Still, I wanted to go deeper. Since I started, I have been recording daily stats and charting graphs to track progress.
Milestones
Initially, I wanted to visualise milestones to hit so that progress didn’t feel so slow. Using total…
