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2020 By The Numbers

The top stories, growth, and earnings over this past year

Dec 18, 2020

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As the year comes to a close, we thought it’d be a good opportunity to look back on 2020 by the numbers. Amid the uncertainty and challenges this year, your writing has helped provide clarity. As always, thanks for publishing with Medium.

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In the Partner Program in 2020, there was 106% growth, 65,187 writers published their first story, and $11M in total earnings

The top five stories of 2020 (so far) are:

  1. Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now,” by
  2. Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting*,” by
  3. A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged,” by
  4. Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance,” by
  5. 103 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice,” by

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