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Significance of Viral Stories on Medium
Let’s take a quick look at the stories gaining massive views on ILLUMINATION
Some stories get more attention than others, and they keep trending. There are reasons that we may identify. I bring them to your attention so that you can get some ideas.
As discussed before, the importance of viral stories for the income of writers is vital. This is the #1 priority if you want to earn income from your content.
Studying viral stories gives me some clues about their nature. Therefore, I shared my findings and views in this article.
Here is my latest story about increasing the chance of writing viral stories based on an analysis of 100+ viral stories in 2021.
Realistically, unless writers and bloggers reach out to a broad audience, their content can hardly earn any income on any writing platform.
Publishing viral stories are essential for writers to make money on Medium and other platforms.
In addition to viral stories, we also need stories that constantly bring new readers. Some stories always find readers.
As an example, I posted a sample story before. Please check this story from Helen Cassidy Page and find out why it keeps receiving readers every day.
11 sample stories
Today, I selected 11 sample stories for you.
I aim to give you some useful ideas about why these stories gained so many readers and why they keep trending.
As you may notice, NOT all of these stories are curated by Medium and distributed to topics. They still performed well without curation.
I provide the name of the author, screen capture to views and average reading time stats, and a link to the story.
Kristin Wilson
Matthew Gliatto
Brian E. Wish, PhD
Jade Scarfone
Roxanna Azimy
Nishi Kashyap
Infiniti 🦋
Alyssa Atkinson
Sinem Günel
Anaïs Schlienger
Conclusion
There are hundreds of stories gaining substantial views on ILLUMINATION.
Reviewing these stories and analyzing the ingredients that make these stories more visible can give you some clues.
Learning from successful writers and their viral stories is essential.
One common element in these stories is the titles. They immediately attract the attention of readers.
There are more common elements. Let’s see how many you can detect.
Please comment.
Something good started happening on Medium, let’s take advantage of it.
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