avatarAsghar Jutt

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Sudden Ups and Downs on Medium:

Sometimes Medium algorithm takes you to great heights, but the next moment, it can bring you down to the bottom. It keeps on changing day by day.

It happened with me in December. At the end of December 2023, one of my stories went viral.

System promoted my story to a great extent, and consequently, I got a lot of views, reads, and comments on my story.

My earning of last three days of December was almost $35. I was overjoyed to see all this happening.

In the meanwhile, my story got 100 fans. It was a big achievement for me. I was very excited about achieving the 100 fans milestone.

I was thinking my hard work and consistency has been rewarded in the long run.

As I was lost in such thoughts, the next day, my account went so silent that there was no activity at all.

The story that has 100 fans, 60 comments, and 2.6 likes was getting no views and reads at all.

I am unable to understand what has happened overnight. Suddenly, my viral story became just like a dead letter.

Such a big and sudden change in views and reads is beyond my understanding.

My per day earning of the last three days of December was $12. Since January 01 it has dropped down to just $01 per day.

That’s why I say the Medium algorithm is quite complex and not understandable.

How earning is calculated, no one knows. On almost the same stats, the income is quite different in many cases.

I am quite eager to understand its working. But in spite of keeping a close eye on it and monitoring it closely, I am unable to say anything with conviction and certainty.

Now, I am waiting for the next promotion of my account and stories by the system.

Hopefully, it will happen soon, because signs are becoming evident. The time is not far away. As it happened in the last month, it will soon happen again in this month.

Have you ever experienced such ups and downs on Medium in your writing journey? Or is it happening only to me?

I want to find out whether I do something wrong. Perhaps because of that my account has gone so down in the algorithm.

Please share your experiences and expert opinion in the comments section below.

Thank you for reading. Your feedback is warmly welcomed and anxiously awaited!

Regards,

Asghar Jutt

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