Trying to Understand Medium Pay Rates — Is It Me, or Are They Falling?

Let’s dive into the stats…

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Payment is based on member reading time, so let’s take a look at these stats and see what I’ve been paid for different read times…

My best performing story this month is this one, which has earned $30.84 to date. It’s accrued 16 hours and 46 minutes of reading time.

This Medium Writer Got a $1000 Legal Demand From Getty Images

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Now let’s compare it to this story, below, which has earned $1208.53 to date for 270 hours and 53 minutes reading time.

Blogger Who Made $6 is Sued for $150,000 over Creative Commons Image