My Medium Stats, Earnings, and Progress Report for February 2026
A game-changing month, well, not really.
For the first time ever, my subscirber grow more than 300+ a month, and I don’t know where they went after they hit that button. probably a misclick of some kind.
I’m glad I published way less because I don’t think it would make much of a difference.
11 articles were written, with about 1,840 reads, accounting for less than half of the total reads. Most of the traffic comes from the submission posts.
The numbers are getting slightly higher per article in terms of how many reads are coming in, which is a very good thing, btw.
The only small problem I have is that I had 4 paywalled articles, with 2 I had to feature to see some kind of traffic spike, and 1 about stock trading did alright, but the 1 standard paywall article had 29 reads…
It’s not bad compared to what other new writers are getting, like my new account had 5 reads and made $0.01 after 2 days of publishing an article.
I published an article because I still want to keep the membership since I paid yearly, and technically, I’m still down in terms of ROI, struggling to get over $10 after my viral article in Nov. 2025.
Hopefully, I can make a few dollars in the next 6 months or before my membership renews, which I don’t think I’m going to renew the new account, even when getting into Medium membership seems to be harder than before.
If it can give me a couple more viral articles, then I’ll think about it.
The main account is doing okay. I focus more on publishing articles now, and just hang out on Substack sometimes, while I prepare for my trading plans.
The market is really hot right now, in terms of volatility. So I need to sleep and rest more for the extra energy during the day, for my mental space when trading.
Medium earnings are fine, I guess.
The new update about receiving extra earnings if your article was able to make a reader into signing up for membership is working.
Unsure how long it will last, as when we look at the way it works, it is still paying more to those who already have the traffic.
So, to me, the distribution is still the major problem for most.
I do hope one day they’ll free up a bit and give better traffic when it’s clearly doable and let the algoritum do its thing.
I’m still showing up because I believe that day will come, maybe someday…
Thanks for Reading
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Bin, those numbers tell a familiar story for many writers starting out. It takes patience and a thick skin. Keep showing up.
I am also disappointed with Medium's earnings. Is there any hack for how good writers earn so much on Medium or how to get a boost to your stories? I will be glad if you share it.