Did I Miss The Gold Rush On Medium

There I was one night watching YouTube videos. I looked at a few von Medium from some of the top writers talking about grossing over 3,000 dollars in one month just by writing on Medium. I thought to myself, why couldn’t that be me?
Those videos were from two to three years ago, which many would consider Medium’s golden age.
Last year, I started writing more and more, and then in December, I made over 300 dollars for the month, but it was at a price.
I was spending hours and a lot of my free time on Medium. It became a bit of an obsession. While I enjoy writing, I thought, why am I spending a good portion of my free time on the platform and only earning 10.00 per day?
Therefore, I scaled back on how much time I was spending here. Yes, my numbers did drop, but it wasn’t worth spending as much time on this platform as I once was.
Also, I have noticed that many top writers are not as engaged with Medium as they once were. I can remember watching one on YouTube who had made over 100,000 dollars in one year just by writing on here just a few years ago. In his video, he said due to algorithm changes and the amount of content that is out there right now, those days are over. One might be lucky if they make 1,000 dollars a month.
In my opinion, this is not a good direction for the platform to be going if writers are going to be compensated as they once were for their work. Why the changes? What gives?
This got me thinking. Did I miss the gold rush on Medium?
I know many other top writers went on to coaching, freelance writing for business, and other things, but that isn’t my writing style, nor would I want to.
I much prefer to write blog posts on what I am passionate about.
Yes, those days of making a lot of money from Medium are long gone. It’s too bad we cannot be like some people on YouTube making a living from content creation. That would be ideal for many of us.
While I did miss out on the glory days of Medium, that doesn’t mean I do not appreciate writing here. While I do not see 100,000 dollars by writing here, I enjoy the support I receive on the platform. That is something you cannot put a price on.