Race to 1k
My Account With 100 Followers is Doing Better Than My Account With 1.2K+
It’s possible to go viral with 0 followers.
Two days ago, for the first time, my second account outperformed my first.
Why is this surprising? Well, this account has 100+ followers, and my other account has 1,200+ followers.
It’s not like I’ve been neglecting my first account — I’ve been posting daily on both.


Here’s another shocking piece of data: On February 1st, I made more on this account than the other.


I created this account for two reasons:
- I was tired of the niche of my first account
- I wanted to prove I could hit 1,000 faster than I did before.
Honestly, follower counts are just vanity metrics — I knew this when I created this account. It doesn’t matter if you have 5 followers or 5,000.
Success on Medium boils down to three things:
- Good writing
- Manipulating the algorithm
- Maintaining a strong brand
Regardless, I started this account to prove that I knew enough about Medium to go viral on Medium again even with 0 followers. I also wanted to prove to you it is easy to go viral on Medium.
You don’t need luck.
All you need is good editing skills, knowledge of the algorithm, and a clear voice uniting all your writing.
You can go viral on Medium with 0 followers.
I want to teach you everything you need to know to find success on Medium. After all — you only need three things!
Thanks for reading!
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