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I Know What You Earned On Medium Last Summer

We didn’t ask, but you told us anyway

I can’t be the only person wondering where this month disappeared too. But as November comes to a close, Christmas isn’t the only thing that draws nearer.

Soon, we will find ourselves subjected to yet another round of vanity articles in which writers broadcast their monthly earnings to the world. You know the sort of articles I’m talking about:

• I Made $100 on Medium Last Month, You Can Too.
• How I Became One of Medium’s Top Earners.
• 5 Steps to Monetizing Medium

I’m not the only one who’s getting fed up with this sort of content. Other writers are putting their own satirical spin on the topic; I highly recommend this hilarious piece by Gwen Irwin.

How I Went From Earning $2.98 to $3.02 on Medium in Only 6 Months

But aren’t these articles written to help? Won’t they give me the secret to earning mega-bucks on Medium? What’s the problem?

They’re written for the writer, not the reader