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My Article Went Viral and Earned Me $2K+ in Less Than a Month

I’m Still in Shock!

Ana Brody
All About M
6 min readDec 29, 2024

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Medium is a funny a place. And one where the unthinkable can happen — like your article going bonkers and earning you four figures in the process.

It’s what happened to me. And I’m still pinching myself — waiting for the moment to be found out, to be told I’m a fluke, and this was all a big misunderstanding.

Allow me to give you a little bit of context

I returned to Medium the second time in September 2023. Yes, there was a first time in 2020, but we won’t talk about that because it was during the pandemic, and we do not want to talk about the pandemic.

Suffice to say, once I decided to give it another go, I was determined to publish regularly and see where this writing thing would take me. If it was to take me anywhere at all.

And the results?

Where to even begin? It’s been humbling, baffling and shocking at the same time. Not an easy outcome to achieve by any standard.

Medium has been my playground for developing my voice and style

Publishing on Medium has always been a hobby for me. I wouldn’t be here otherwise, as the lack of views…

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Ana Brody
Ana Brody

Written by Ana Brody

Book and coffee lover by default. Passionate about words and the emotions they create.

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