I Went Viral on News Break — Here’s What I Learned
And Exactly How I Did It
I joined News Break in November. I learned about the creator program from a writer on Medium. When I found out I could be paid $1,XXX+ per month for writing articles about whatever I wanted, I was game.
So, I joined and since then, it’s definitely been a rocky roller coaster of a journey. The monetization has been changed a bunch of times, the content policy has also gone through changes, and a lot more has happened as News Break is trying to perfect their content creator program.
I lost my monetization
I was a monetized creator.
Just before August started I got an email that said I lost base pay. Like tons of other writers who got the same email, I was only eligible for the residual pay you received on your article views.
Up until then that had only accounted for a few hundred dollars, at best.
So, I was disheartened, trying to be grateful for the roughly $10K I’ve made up until this point.
Being active in a few groups, active on Medium, Twitter and some other channels I learned this…
I heard a rumor which was confirmed, about a creator making $17K per month from New Break!
How?
Hitting up Google, I found their channel and I have to admit, their content is really amazing.
And is that how they can make that much?
Amazing content?
I decided to push myself in August, creating the best articles that I could and that resulted in my first ever viral article on News Break.
Did I hit 100K views?
Up until now, I had only reached around 6,000 views on a single article. It was a post about the Bacchanal Buffet from Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. It was during a time when Vegas was opening up and it’s a great buffet. I’ve eaten there a handful of times so I shared my experience.
Last month, my viral article hit 150K+ views!

How did it happen?
I shared a story the public was interested in hearing about.
I’ve been experimenting with new elements in stories and the ones I like using are stock photos from Unsplash, Twitter and Instagram embed posts, and quotes.
I’ll keep doing this as it’s been helping me grow my views.
Other top articles of mine hit:
- 58K+ views
- 14K+ views
- 25K+ views
I didn’t hit 1 million views but 100K+ is pretty special, in my opinion.
Any fellow News Break writers out there?
What do you think? What are some of your secrets to getting the most views on the platform?
