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Twitter Sundays, Facebook Wednesdays, and Reddit Fridays: When People Read on the Internet
Twitter Sundays, Facebook Wednesdays, and Reddit Fridays: When People Read on the Internet
The times of day when people read tend to follow consistent patterns each week. Here’s the typical ebb and flow of time spent reading on…
Mike Sall
Mar 2
How much do people read on their phones?
How much do people read on their phones?
There is a notion that people don’t read substantial things on their phone. That is not true, at least based on how people read on Medium…
Gustav Lindqvist
Oct 7, 2015
How We Use Data to Suggest Tags for Your Story
How We Use Data to Suggest Tags for Your Story
Here on Medium, we envision tags to be central in organizing and connecting ideas. Follow the tags you’re interested in and Medium will…
Jacob Kim
Aug 11, 2015
I went a little crazy trying to choose Charted’s colors.
I went a little crazy trying to choose Charted’s colors.
It was actually one of the hardest parts of building and designing it. Here were the general goals:
Mike Sall
Jul 10, 2015
When is the best time to publish? Wrong question.
When is the best time to publish? Wrong question.
10 charts that show the real story behind publish times
Mike Sall
Dec 8, 2014
Introducing Charted
Introducing Charted
A new way to share data
Mike Sall
Nov 24, 2014
Virality lasts 4 days
Virality lasts 4 days
Most stories on Medium (and, frankly, most things on the web in general) see a similar traffic pattern: a spike on the day you publish and…
Mike Sall
Jun 30, 2014
The Data Curious
Or the “Informed Skeptic”
Pete Davies
May 15, 2014
Double the pain, double the gain
Double the pain, double the gain
The stories that take twice as long to write tend to perform nearly twice as well
Mike Sall
Apr 16, 2014
Quantifying Network Effects
Quantifying Network Effects
How Medium expands reader engagement by 64%
Mike Sall
Mar 26, 2014
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The Optimal Post is 7 Minutes
The Optimal Post is 7 Minutes
Understanding which Medium posts get the most attention
Mike Sall
Dec 2, 2013
Medium’s metric that matters: Total Time Reading
Medium’s metric that matters: Total Time Reading
How we measure engagement
Pete Davies
Nov 21, 2013
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