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Summary

The article provides five practical tips for increasing one's follower count on Medium, emphasizing the importance of followers for motivation and eligibility for Medium's Partner Program.

Abstract

The author shares personal insights on gaining followers on Medium, having successfully acquired 200 followers in one month. The tips include following others strategically, writing consistently, contributing to publications, focusing on successful topics, and engaging with the community through comments. The author stresses that while gaining followers initially can be challenging, these methods have proven effective and can lead to a steady increase in followers, resulting in more reads, claps, and motivation. The article also highlights the significance of followers for participation in Medium's Partner Program and the overall success of a Medium writer.

Opinions

  • The author believes that followers on Medium are crucial not only for the Partner Program eligibility but also for staying motivated as a writer.
  • Engaging with other Medium users by following them and commenting on their stories is seen as a valuable strategy for gaining followers.
  • Writing for publications is recommended because it exposes content to a broader audience, increasing the likelihood of gaining followers.
  • The author suggests that writing consistently is key to gaining followers organically, as it leads to more story reads.
  • Focusing on topics that have previously performed well is advised to ensure continued interest and engagement from readers, which can translate into more followers.
  • The author's experience indicates that these strategies are effective in the current year (2023) and are likely to remain so in the future.

How I got 200 Followers in 1 Month? 5 Tips to Increase Medium Followers in 2023

My favorite tips to increase your followers in Medium

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Hello friends, followers are very important in Medium, not just you need 100 followers to get into Medium’s partner program but also you need followers to keep yourself motivated.

After all, who wants to write if nobody is reading if you have loyal followers then you will always get reads, claps, and motivation, but at the same time it’s not easy to gain followers in Medium and it takes time but with these tips, you can actually gain followers and become successful in Medium

In the past, I have shared my tips to earn money on Medium, and in this article, I will share how to increase your followers on Medium.

5 Best Tips to Gain More Followers in Medium in 2023

Now, I am going to share all the tips, I have used and using to gain followers on Medium, I don’t have a large following to show but these tips are working and that’s why I wanted to share them with you, you can see from my follower count that ever since I started following these tips, my follower count has been growing consistently and steadily.

You can see that until last month, I was hardly gaining any followers but then I got serious about Medium and started writing regularly and trying my best to gain followers and now it shows in my stats too.

Last month only I got 134 followers without much effort and this month I have got 34 so far, you can also gain followers using the following tips

1. Follow others

This is my first tip to anyone starting with Medium, the first thing you should do is follow others but not blindly, you should follow people who will follow you back.

Everybody is looking for followers in Medium, especially because in order to become eligible for the Medium Partner Program, you need 100 followers, that’s why there are several threads in Medium like how I got 100 followers in 24 hours, or how to get 100 followers in 1 week where a lot of people comment and say they will follow anyone who will follow them.

These articles are a goldmine for following like-minded people and your first followers. I gain close to 40 followers by just commenting on 4 or 5 of these posts.

You can do as many as you want and gain 100 followers in a few days to become eligible for the Medium Partner Program.

2. Write Consistently

Apart from my initial effort to actively follow people to get to that 100 mark, I have not really done any following push and I am focusing more on writing content. This is actually the best way to gain followers on Medium.

All you need to do is write 1 post every day or 3 to 4 posts every week and then you will start gaining followers on auto-pilot.

More people will read your story and you will more likely to gain more followers, so just start writing regularly on Medium.

Almost 90 to 100 followers from the 134 followers I got last month, followed me after reading my articles. Big thanks to them and you can do that tool.

3. Write for Publication

If you are writing, you better write for publication because they have an audience, they have a big social following and they share your article on Twitter, Facebook, Email List, LinkedIn, and other networks which will give more eyeballs to your article.

And, if more people will read your article then you are likely to gain more followers without doing much. You should join as many publications as possible and start writing for them

Here are my favorite Medium publications

  1. Javarevisited
  2. JavaScript in Plain English
  3. Better Programming
  4. TowardsDataScience

If you are writing tech articles, you can join these publications.

4. Write on Topics that have done well

When you start writing, some topics will work well and others will fail, you should focus more on the topics which worked well, this will ensure that you will get more views and as I have said before, more views often result in more followers.

For example, for me, Java Interview topics and writing about Medium views, followers, and the Partner Program worked and I got more earning and followers from those articles, hence I am writing more such articles because people like to read them.

5. Comments

You should read and comment on other stories on Medium to connect with other writers, if you leave insightful comments on their article, many people will see it and follow you.

In order to make the most of it, be sure to be the first to comment, and you will see that how you get more readers, views, and followers from those comments.

That’s all about how to gain followers on Medium in a short time. These are the tips, which I have used in the past few months to get more than 200 followers, and it’s working fine in 2023. Since most of these tips are based upon common sense, they are most likely to work even in the coming years so you should follow them to increase your following in Medium.

Remember, followers are key to your success in Medium.

And, if you are not a Medium member yet then I highly recommend you to join Medium and read stories and experiences from many great authors and people. Medium is the only place you can read real experiences from top companies to startups. You can join Medium here

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