Weekly Medium data · Oct 20, 2026
Grow on Medium with data, not guesses.
We scan 31,770 new stories across 73 tags every week to show where readers are, which publications take new writers, and what fast-growing newcomers do differently.
Each bar is a tag · height = stories per day · ~10,217 stories/day in total
31,770
stories analysed this week
356
active publications tracked
113
publications open to new writers
7
median followers after 6–12 months
Publications that accept new writers
Full directory →| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Level Up Coding open to new writers | 134 | 96 | 31% | |
| 2 | ILLUMINATION open to new writers | 648 | 95 | 32% | |
| 3 | Muzli - Design Inspiration open to new writers | 22 | 1 | 64% | |
| 4 | JavaScript in Plain English open to new writers | 145 | 1 | 54% | |
| 5 | Towards AI open to new writers | 110 | 60 | 42% | |
| 6 | Slackjaw open to new writers | 7 | 363 | 43% | |
| 7 | Coinmonks open to new writers | 73 | 0 | 55% | |
| 8 | Bootcamp open to new writers | 76 | 13 | 54% |
Friendliest tags for newcomers
- SEO · 71% of top stories by small writers
- Digital Marketing · 52% of top stories by small writers
- Product Management · 51% of top stories by small writers
- Minimalism · 50% of top stories by small writers
- Startup · 49% of top stories by small writers
- JavaScript · 48% of top stories by small writers
Most readers per story
Rising writers
- Simasiku Mazunga · 6.8K followers in 1.1 mo
- IntimaWise Health · 1.5K followers in 1 mo
- Ali · 1.9K followers in 1.5 mo
- Najariya · 1.1K followers in 1 mo
- Code Pulse · 5.6K followers in 8.6 mo
- J. Freeman · 1.6K followers in 2.5 mo
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