I HACKED the Medium Content Algorithm to Grow my Readership

My tips and tricks to getting back on Medium

I recently got back to Medium after an 11-day long trip to Korea realizing my dream to be a traveler digital nomad. During my travel, I stopped posting for a few days and the readership dropped drastically.

I knew I had to do whatever it takes to recover my readership. Reading through all kinds of posts and suggestions by the Medium community. I tried most of them and here are some of the hacks that I used to get my Medium back up.

The Danger of Not being Consistent on Medium

I stopped posting on Medium for 5 days(12th to 17th December) because I was enjoying my time traveling in Korea. Because I post 3~5 times a day, Medium realizes that my posting has slowed down drastically and has slowed down the reach of my content.

Honestly, it was quite disheartening and I did not expect the algorithm to stop distributing my content that quickly.

How to Recovered and Boost Readership

4 days after returning to Singapore and continue my pace of 3 ~5 article posts. My readership returned and even shot back up to almost making new higher highs thanks to some of the new tricks I used.

All article needs to go through a Publication

Publications are used to help your article reach out to more audiences. Most publications are overrated that provide high viewership but not actual readers reading your content. Therefore, you will need to find publications that are reading and looking for the right type of content for their publications.

Try out all kinds of Content Categories

I broke out of my box writing solely on personal finance and side hustle here on Medium. To reach out to a larger audience, I looked into the types of content categories readers are looking out for.

The categories that I found successful are helping beginner writers, the lifestyle journey of my life as a digital nomad, and talking about Medium in general.

If you have something in mind that you would like to write. Write it! The great thing about Medium is that it is beginner-friendly and it is open to all kinds of topics.

Help others

Similar to this content, I write content that can help others. And readers love that!

I understand that there are people out there with similar situations as me looking for ways to recover and grow their Medium. These are the kinds of readers you should be helping because they are the ONES MOST LIKELY TO FOLLOW YOU because of the value you can provide for them.

Take a Breather

Writer's block happens to all of us. It is okay to take a break from constantly writing. During that time, my suggestion is to think about what bothers you and what you could do better.

I found that suggestion helpful because it inspires me to write out my feelings and the story that I am looking for. What I found is that there are readers who are similar to my situation and that found valuable information reading from me.

What do you think?

What are your opinions when it comes to building up your Medium? I will be happy to read and comment down below on what you have. Cheers!