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eet-my-medium-clap-quota-6839656f74f8"> <div> <div> <h2>The Day I Tried to Meet My Medium Clap Quota</h2> <div><h3>You Can Clap for 150 Medium Posts a Day. So I Did Just That.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*QhkOuYPA4f-q3SB6)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="064e">So — what if I posed the question of how much a two minute Medium post can make with a two minute Medium post that asks just this question?</p><p id="2f89">How meta can you get?</p><p id="fe6d">And —here it is! The sole purpose of the post you are currently reading is to determine how much money a two minute Medium post is going to make.</p><p id="2f4a">How much money will this baby bring in?</p><p id="5ea5">Enough to<a href="https://ko-fi.com/rozwarren"> buy a cup of coffee</a>?</p><p id="61c3">Enough to buy a yacht?</p><p id="4fb1">Enough to purchase Medium from <a href="undefined">Ev Williams</a> and change <a href="https://link.medium.com/EQ5QOgg8gbb">the algorithm</a> so that nobody gets paid but poets?</p><p id="32c5">I have absolutely no idea.</p><p id="50a6">Neither do you!</p><p id="eafb">Although you’re welcome to post your best guess in the Responses section.</p><p id="c6fe">I plan to keep a running total of the amount of money this post brings in at the bottom of the page, until it stops making money. (Which could be tomorrow.)</p><p id="4a0e">By reading this far, you are already part of the experiment!</p><p id="9eb1">Have a nice day! And thank you for participating in Valuable Medium Research.</p><p id="c2d4"><b>(Research Results! This post was published on November 9 2020. As of July 20, 2022, it has made $14.22)</b></p><p id="1359"><a href="https://rosalindwarren.medium.com/need-a-good-editor-get-in-touch-c3508093b772?sk=da811ef430b407044d

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2aff236d7c0570"><b><i>Writing Coach</i></b></a> <b><i>and editor-for-hire <a href="https://readmedium.com/about-me-roz-warren-efbecf511f04?sk=4ba4c8736b0dd97473598b22583e2090">Roz Warren</a></i></b>, <b><i>who</i></b> <b><i>writes for everyone from the <a href="https://readmedium.com/looking-for-a-terrific-paying-market-for-humor-and-cartoons-b24658bb9d5d?source=friends_link&amp;sk=c8803f26bb5ce98c081a711c3768eed1">Funny Times</a> to <a href="https://readmedium.com/why-every-essay-you-write-should-be-the-best-essay-you-can-write-8c00f287f53?source=friends_link&amp;sk=7e39aed6b3fb5e9d2b392a464682aba9">the New York Times</a></i></b>, <b><i>can help you improve and publish your work. Drop her a line at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. (That’s Ros with an “s,” not a “z.”)</i></b></p><div id="6c62" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/need-a-good-editor-get-in-touch-c3508093b772"> <div> <div> <h2>Need a Good Editor? Get in Touch</h2> <div><h3>Is There Anything Wrong with Creating a Medium Post That’s Just an Ad for My Services as a Writing Coach?</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*eEMk0AwJcTZ2X98o)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="4fc4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://link.medium.com/qWf4ZHF8gbb"> <div> <div> <h2>How I Became a Medium Sherpa</h2> <div><h3>Are You a Newbie? I'm Here to Help</h3></div> <div><p>link.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*etPspUXkM61TjG6U)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

How Much Money Can a Two Minute Medium Story Make?

Let’s Find Out!

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I’ve been writing on Medium since February 2019. Recently I wrote a humor piece about the fact that I make money on Medium:

It’s a two minute read and it did pretty well. How well?

To date? It’s made $9.24.

Although that’s not a lot of cash, I got a kick out of the fact that a story about making money on Medium was making money on Medium. So I figured I’d take it one step further and turn this thought into a Medium Experiment.

A Medium Experiment is when you publish something on the platform the goal of which is to learn something about publishing on the platform. (The one thing I learn every time? Medium Experiments are never curated.)

I like to learn about Medium by doing something and seeing what happens. For instance? Here’s what happened when I tried to meet my daily Medium Clap Quota:

So — what if I posed the question of how much a two minute Medium post can make with a two minute Medium post that asks just this question?

How meta can you get?

And —here it is! The sole purpose of the post you are currently reading is to determine how much money a two minute Medium post is going to make.

How much money will this baby bring in?

Enough to buy a cup of coffee?

Enough to buy a yacht?

Enough to purchase Medium from Ev Williams and change the algorithm so that nobody gets paid but poets?

I have absolutely no idea.

Neither do you!

Although you’re welcome to post your best guess in the Responses section.

I plan to keep a running total of the amount of money this post brings in at the bottom of the page, until it stops making money. (Which could be tomorrow.)

By reading this far, you are already part of the experiment!

Have a nice day! And thank you for participating in Valuable Medium Research.

(Research Results! This post was published on November 9 2020. As of July 20, 2022, it has made $14.22)

Writing Coach and editor-for-hire Roz Warren, who writes for everyone from the Funny Times to the New York Times, can help you improve and publish your work. Drop her a line at [email protected]. (That’s Ros with an “s,” not a “z.”)

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