Medium Stats Aren’t What You Think They Are

Breaking down the Medium.com stats page — with some extra fun surprises too!

“These aren’t the stats you’re looking for.” — Obi Want Morestatsi

I finally got around to finishing up an experiment this week after being prompted by a comment the other day.

I had a theory for a while that the stats page wasn’t as clear as it appeared to be.

If you’ve been on Medium for a while, I’m sure the lack of details for your articles can be frustrating at times — just know that you’re not alone in the cauldron of simmering rage.

So I wanted to write up a full article explaining each aspect of the page for anyone else that’s been curious.

I also ran a bunch of experiments with the help of a fellow Mediumite and was able to conclude a few surprising things.

Let’s jump in with a breakdown of each area.

Explaining the Medium.com stats page

I’ll be going over each aspect of the stats page below, with a quick but clear explanation of what it means.

Also included for absolutely no charge — amazing hand drawn modifications to the screenshots!