Personal Finance Advice
I Got Over 160 Followers in my Second Week on Medium — This is How Much I Earned
How soon can you start earning money blogging?
Writing is one of the things I’m very passionate about, and I decided “Hey if it’s something you enjoy doing so much, why don’t you start a blog and earn some extra money on the side?” I honestly didn’t expect to be accepted into the Medium Partner Program so quickly since they raised the threshold to 100 followers, but not even 11 days and nine blogs later I’ve reached 133% of my goal that I set to achieve within the first month. Here’s how I did it.
I published articles nearly every day
As part of my one-month goal, I decided to try to write an article every single day. Nine articles in 11 days means I missed on average two days without an article, and within the first week, I had already failed. But really, did I fail? Sure, I didn’t write an article every single day, but I reached 100 followers about 3 weeks earlier than I originally expected. That sounds like a major win to me!
One of my articles was curated
A day or two after I hit the 100 mark, my “How do I have White Privilege?” article was distributed by curators. Shortly after, I got a sharp increase in views and follows, having at least 10 more followers each day. It also happens to be my highest-earning article, with $0.63 out of my total $0.84 earnings.
I followed everyone who clapped or replied to my articles
This probably wasn’t one of the largest reasons that I got 100 followers so quickly, but it sure did help. Some users will follow you back automatically if you follow them, so both of you benefit.
I wrote articles on a variety of topics
Some bloggers on Medium that I’ve seen still don’t have 100 followers a few months in, generally only write about one, maybe two topics. Like I said in one of my previous articles, don’t become consumed by reading articles from popular bloggers about how to be successful, but definitely learn from others’ mistakes. Remember: work smarter, not harder!
The rest was probably luck!
Nobody really knows why the algorithm does what it does. It decided to push my articles out to more people who decided to follow me. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t get results as quickly as I did, just be consistent until the algorithm decides to work in your favor too.
So… how much did I earn?

It’s only $0.84, which may not seem like that much, but it’s more than I expected to earn! This was only after a few days of being accepted into the Medium Partner Program. With that in mind, 84¢ doesn’t seem that bad!
You may not have the same results, but I wish everyone out there who still hasn’t reached the 100 followers mark good luck!
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