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Member Reading Time Is Not The Only Vital Earning Metric

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The ideal platform I’ve found for writing is Medium. Each of us is here to write and contribute. As writers, we desire a larger audience. Who wouldn’t want their article to receive more readers?

I’m aware that Medium draws its calculations on “Member read time” for determining earnings. Not all readers are the genuine ones who actually read the complete thing when it comes to reading time. A few of them simply clap and leave. I recently read Michele Maize (The Sober Vegan Yogi) article about those who only leave comments and don’t bother to read.

I have also read another article by Jenny Lane who initiates the “read” experiment. You can read her entire article here.

After doing my research, I got to the conclusion that reading time must be a crucial component of making money on Medium. Knowing this motivated me to review the statistics for my stories.

While reviewing my stats, I discovered something strange. My one story is represented in the screenshot below, which reveals that I earned $6.67 over the course of roughly 4 hours and 18 minutes.

Screenshot by author

The reading time for the following story is only 3 hours, 59 minutes, which is 19 minutes shorter than the reading time for the previous story. So, could you let me know how much money this piece earned? Most of you assume that it must be less than $6.67 because this story consumed less time to read than the prior one. Let’s look at it now.

Screenshot by Author

I once believed that more reading time equated to more money. After looking at my statistics, I can say with certainty that this is not the case on Medium. Does this imply that the amount of reading time is not the only factor affecting the earnings on Medium?

Definitely a big yes!

So, what are the other factors that influence earnings on Medium?

Your share would be 10% if the reader spent 10% of their monthly reading time on your story. One author, for instance, focuses on investing and money matters. One reader subscribes to Medium primarily to read the stories by this particular author because they are interested in stories about finance. As a result, the author obtains a considerable portion of that reader’s subscription payments. The implication of this is that a member who reads fewer articles overall is more valuable than one who reads many stories each month.

External views also don’t affect your earnings in any way. However, if the free user signs up as a member within 30 days of reading your article, you will still get paid for the time they spent reading.

Conclusion

The earnings from daily stats are quite difficult to determine because they are dependent on a complex formula rather than a simple word or time calculation.

As a result, Member reading time affects earnings significantly. However, you also need to take into account the other elements as well.

I sincerely hope you find this post useful.

I would like to recommend an amazing story from Carmellita

An inspiring read from Yousuf Rafi

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