Here are the 100 Most Popular Tags That You Should Use in Your Stories

A helpful list of the most popular Medium topics to write about right now.

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In this story, I’ve examined the 500+ tags listed under Explore Topics and extracted essential information to rank the 100 most popular tags on Medium.

I’ve ordered the topics on total subscribers, but I’ve also included the number of stories and average number of followers for the top authors to help you find the best Medium tags for your stories.

The data is from February 20, 2024.

Enjoy! 😊

For each topic, you can see

• Followers: The number of followers
• Stories: The number of stories
• Top author fans: The sum of followers for the listed top five authors

1. Technology
   8.4M Followers, 781K Stories, 368K Top author fans
2. Programming
   5.7M Followers, 372K Stories, 142K Top author fans
3. Self Improvement
   5.0M Followers, 695K Stories, 260K Top author fans
4. Business
   4.6M Followers, 662K Stories, 262K Top author fans
5. Data Science
   4.5M Followers, 299K Stories, 163K Top author fans