Dear New Writers, Here’s How Medium Calculates How Much Money You Make
with a step-by-step guide on how to use your stats dashboard
Publishing articles on Medium is free — Good!
If you’re interested in earning money you can join the Medium Partner Program for free — Better!
You have the option to lock content you create behind Medium’s paywall and earn money $$$ — Best!
You get paid for engagement
Dear new writers, everybody can join the Medium Partner Program. It doesn't cost anything. You don't need to be a paying member.
The Medium Partner Program allows new writers to earn money for the content they publish on Medium.
The earnings are based on the so-called ‘engagement’ from Medium members.
Engagement = views, claps, likes
Medium hasn’t revealed too much about its algorithm.
Still, my experience and the experience of other more experienced writers is that there’s one more key performance indicator (KPI) particularly important.
This and the other indicators you can find on your so-called ‘story stats page’.
