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2000 Followers on Medium: When and How?

When Did You Reach Here, and How Do You Plan To?

Mehak Adlakha
Never Stop Writing
2 min readJan 20, 2025

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I reached 1k followers in July, just 8 months after starting on Medium.

I was hopeful that the next 1k journey would be easier. As a new joiner, it’s always challenging to understand the dynamics and get people to follow you here.

Since July, it has already been 6 months, and I have managed to reach 1.8k followers.

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I have been stuck around 1.7k for the longest time.

I predict I would not be able to reach 2k even in 8 months, just as I did with my first 1k. The journey, which I expected to be faster, has unfortunately slowed down.

Several factors have contributed to this:

  • My decreased activity on Medium due to personal life commitments.
  • Ongoing glitches on Medium and the removal of spam accounts, which have held our counts back.
  • Demotivation due to glitches and a decline in earnings.
  • Various festivals and personal occasions towards the end of the year and beginning of 2025, which further reduced my activity and overall Medium traffic.

Now, I wonder:
When do people typically reach 2k followers despite such challenges?
And for those who haven’t, what do they predict for themselves?

I have seen some people grow faster, but the journey is always relative to each person’s unique steps on Medium.

Towards 2k!

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Mehak Adlakha
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Written by Mehak Adlakha

27 | Owner of 'The Live. Love. Laugh. Pub' and 'Namaste Tales' | Software Engineer @ Microsoft, India | Life Enthusiast and Explorer

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