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I Don’t Think I Want to Publish on Medium for Awhile

I feel like I am treading water

Stephen Sovie
Read or Die!
2 min readJan 10, 2025

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I believe by now, everyone on Medium, except maybe AI writers and spammers, realizes something is going on with our stats, particularly our earnings. None of us make more than a few pennies a read daily. I have made 11 cents in the past three days!

I see less publishing activity from many writers whom I follow and read frequently because they, like me, have become less motivated to produce work that earns next to nothing.

I have a few drafts that I have been working on, which I feel may attract more attention than usual, but I am afraid to publish them for fear they, too, will earn nothing more than a few pennies. I am contemplating taking a break from publishing anything on Medium until the current situation surrounding earnings is sorted out.

While writing this article, I learned from reading a recent story by Adrian CDTPPW, that there was an article posted on the Medium Blog addressing the troubles we are having. Adrian’s story can be found below.

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Stephen Sovie
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A liberal retiree who loves writing about politics, social issues, pets, and my life experiences. You can buy me coffee here: https://ko-fi.com/stephensovie

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