The Best Days to Have Published a Story on Medium in March 2022 — Data Analysis
I analyzed all 307 of the stories featured by Medium in March 2022 and found the best day to publish for engagement.
In this report, we will explore the best days to have published a story on Medium during March, 2022. I hope that the information shared here helps you optimize the choices you make in your writing journey.
Towards the middle of this report, you can find a bar graph of engagement for each of the seven days.
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Let’s dive into the data from March!
#1. Thursday
There were 51 stories published on Thursday featured by Medium in March, 2022. These stories accounted for 16.61% of all stories (307) featured during March. The stories from Thursday were curated across forty-nine topics, including Photography, Social Media, and Digital Life. The most frequent topic was Photography, which appeared in fifty-one stories.
Formatting
The greatest number of words in a single story that Medium selected from Thursday to feature on their homepage was 3,402. The minimum number of words was 344. The average number of words was 1,335.
Those words summed up to an average reading time of 5 minutes.
- Maximum reading time: 16 minutes
- Minimum reading time: 1 minutes
Reader engagement
There was a total of 105,123 claps received on stories published on Thursday. The applause came from 10,101 readers.
- Average number of claps: 2,061
- Maximum number of claps: 47,996
- Minimum number of claps: 10
There was a total of 1264 responses received on stories published on Thursday.
- Average number of responses: 25
- Maximum number of responses: 469
- Minimum number of responses: 0
Ranking based on engagement
Based on the averages of this engagement data from stories published on Thursday that were featured on Medium’s homepage, Thursday was the best day to publish a story on Medium in March, 2022.
Sample of stories
- I’m Not Photographing That by Charlie Cole
- A Lie Gets Halfway Around Social Media While the Truth Is Still Getting Its Boots On by James Surowiecki
- Will Smith Reminds Us Violence is an Option by Benjamin Sledge
- Artists Who Hide and Seek by Christopher P Jones
- The Girl From Mars by Nigelleaney
- Why It’s Hard to Identify Toxic from Productive Content by Kaki Okumura
- The Highway Projects That Almost Destroyed Copenhagen by Mikael Colville-Andersen
- The Second You (Formally) Document An Employee, Consider Them Gone by Peter Shanosky
#2. Tuesday
There were 53 stories published on Tuesday featured by Medium in March, 2022. These stories accounted for 17.26% of all stories (307) featured during March. The stories from Tuesday were curated across fifty topics, including Mental Health, Social Media, and Parenting. The most frequent topic was Mental Health, which appeared in fifty-three stories.
Formatting
The greatest number of words in a single story that Medium selected from Tuesday to feature on their homepage was 3,554. The minimum number of words was 215. The average number of words was 1,331.
Those words summed up to an average reading time of 5 minutes.
- Maximum reading time: 14 minutes
- Minimum reading time: 1 minutes
Reader engagement
There was a total of 74,668 claps received on stories published on Tuesday. The applause came from 6,814 readers.
- Average number of claps: 1,409
- Maximum number of claps: 18,213
- Minimum number of claps: 20
There was a total of 1125 responses received on stories published on Tuesday.
- Average number of responses: 21
- Maximum number of responses: 394
- Minimum number of responses: 0
Ranking based on engagement
Based on the averages of this engagement data from stories published on Tuesday that were featured on Medium’s homepage, Tuesday was the 2nd best day to publish a story on Medium in March, 2022.
Sample of stories
- It May Be Time to Ban Social Media for Kids by F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE
- How To Hold On in Hard Times by Brandy L Schillace
- Stuck Creatively? Play in a Sandbox by Eric Weiner
- He Got In One Little Fight… by Steve QJ
- GOP’s Sexual Repression by E.Eggert(m2c4)
- Pros and amateurs both fail. But here’s the difference. by David Kadavy
- The bystander effect at work by Ted Bauer
- Will Smith, Chris Rock and Ketanji Brown Jackson: It’s All Related and It’s Layered by Simone Samuels
#3. Wednesday
There were 57 stories published on Wednesday featured by Medium in March, 2022. These stories accounted for 18.57% of all stories (307) featured during March. The stories from Wednesday were curated across fifty-four topics, including Coronavirus, Health, and Productivity. The most frequent topic was Coronavirus, which appeared in fifty-seven stories.
Formatting
The greatest number of words in a single story that Medium selected from Wednesday to feature on their homepage was 6,893. The minimum number of words was 156. The average number of words was 1,620.
Those words summed up to an average reading time of 7 minutes.
- Maximum reading time: 27 minutes
- Minimum reading time: 1 minutes
Reader engagement
There was a total of 59,417 claps received on stories published on Wednesday. The applause came from 5,482 readers.
- Average number of claps: 1,042
- Maximum number of claps: 7,405
- Minimum number of claps: 25
There was a total of 877 responses received on stories published on Wednesday.
- Average number of responses: 15
- Maximum number of responses: 87
- Minimum number of responses: 0
Ranking based on engagement
Based on the averages of this engagement data from stories published on Wednesday that were featured on Medium’s homepage, Wednesday was the 3rd best day to publish a story on Medium in March, 2022.
Sample of stories
- What Does Endemic Actually Mean? by Tara Haelle
- The Real Reason To ‘Learn To Code’? Automating Your Life by Clive Thompson
- My Two and a Half Weeks of Life and Death in Mariupol by Alyona Chausova
- Click Here for Sexy Crypto Trump TikTok Nazi Kitties by Chad Oelke
- Why I Turned Off Comments and DMs by Devon Price
- Slapping the Jester by James Surowiecki
- Justice for All by Elizabeth Spiers
- This Is How to Get Your Dream Job Quicker than You Think by Tim Denning
#4. Monday
There were 57 stories published on Monday featured by Medium in March, 2022. These stories accounted for 18.57% of all stories (307) featured during March. The stories from Monday were curated across fifty-four topics, including Money, Digital Life, and Cryptocurrency. The most frequent topic was Money, which appeared in fifty-seven stories.
Formatting
The greatest number of words in a single story that Medium selected from Monday to feature on their homepage was 3,858. The minimum number of words was 378. The average number of words was 1,347.
Those words summed up to an average reading time of 6 minutes.
- Maximum reading time: 15 minutes
- Minimum reading time: 2 minutes
Reader engagement
There was a total of 54,751 claps received on stories published on Monday. The applause came from 5,153 readers.
- Average number of claps: 961
- Maximum number of claps: 6,482
- Minimum number of claps: 41
There was a total of 920 responses received on stories published on Monday.
- Average number of responses: 16
- Maximum number of responses: 98
- Minimum number of responses: 0
Ranking based on engagement
Based on the averages of this engagement data from stories published on Monday that were featured on Medium’s homepage, Monday was the 4th best day to publish a story on Medium in March, 2022.
Sample of stories
- The Crypto Bubble Is Starting to Burst by Concoda
- What No One Tells You About Becoming a Dad by Alex Dobrenko
- Sleepwalking During War-Time by Micah Sifry
- Thoughts On That Famous Dude Slapping That Other Famous Dude On Live TV by John DeVore
- The Invention of ‘Jaywalking’ by Clive Thompson
- On the ground in Ukraine: Photojournalist Nicole Tung by IWMF
- Zelensky’s Deepfake Is the Peak of the Misinformation War by Alberto Romero
- Live Drawing The 94th Academy Awards by Liza Donnelly
#5. Saturday
There were 29 stories published on Saturday featured by Medium in March, 2022. These stories accounted for 9.45% of all stories (307) featured during March. The stories from Saturday were curated across forty-four topics, including Biotech, Science, and History. The most frequent topic was Biotech, which appeared in twenty-nine stories.
Formatting
The greatest number of words in a single story that Medium selected from Saturday to feature on their homepage was 3,972. The minimum number of words was 487. The average number of words was 1,329.
Those words summed up to an average reading time of 6 minutes.
- Maximum reading time: 17 minutes
- Minimum reading time: 2 minutes
Reader engagement
There was a total of 33,853 claps received on stories published on Saturday. The applause came from 2,584 readers.
- Average number of claps: 1,167
- Maximum number of claps: 3,857
- Minimum number of claps: 66
There was a total of 435 responses received on stories published on Saturday.
- Average number of responses: 15
- Maximum number of responses: 50
- Minimum number of responses: 0
Ranking based on engagement
Based on the averages of this engagement data from stories published on Saturday that were featured on Medium’s homepage, Saturday was the 5th best day to publish a story on Medium in March, 2022.
Sample of stories
- Yes, You Can Transplant a Head by Brandy L Schillace
- Oh, Go on, Write Your Own Smart Contract by Prof Bill Buchanan OBE
- The Spectacular Story of Harlem’s Black Woodstock by Bonsu Thompson
- How I ran the alphabet by Tomasz Mirowski
- Fossil Fuel Divestment: Our Painfully Ironic Gift to the Fossil Fuel Industry by Schalk Cloete
- Treat Your Career Like a Portfolio, Not a Resume by Anna Burgess Yang
- Bumping Into Russians by Dan Kadlec
- 4 Hours on the Ukrainian Border by Dominic Carrillo
#6. Friday
There were 36 stories published on Friday featured by Medium in March, 2022. These stories accounted for 11.73% of all stories (307) featured during March. The stories from Friday were curated across forty-seven topics, including Politics, Justice, and Equality. The most frequent topic was Politics, which appeared in thirty-six stories.
Formatting
The greatest number of words in a single story that Medium selected from Friday to feature on their homepage was 4,961. The minimum number of words was 428. The average number of words was 1,465.
Those words summed up to an average reading time of 6 minutes.
- Maximum reading time: 19 minutes
- Minimum reading time: 2 minutes
Reader engagement
There was a total of 28,958 claps received on stories published on Friday. The applause came from 2,718 readers.
- Average number of claps: 804
- Maximum number of claps: 2,618
- Minimum number of claps: 29
There was a total of 457 responses received on stories published on Friday.
- Average number of responses: 13
- Maximum number of responses: 71
- Minimum number of responses: 0
Ranking based on engagement
Based on the averages of this engagement data from stories published on Friday that were featured on Medium’s homepage, Friday was the 6th best day to publish a story on Medium in March, 2022.
Sample of stories
- Who Does the Supreme Court Really Serve? by Guy Nave
- The Brain as It Lay Dying by Brandy L Schillace
- What to Expect of the BA.2 Variant by Jeremy Kamil
- On living through anxious times by Darius Foroux
- More Checks! The Gas Rebate Act Is Peak America by Julio Vincent Gambuto
- How to Save Gas Right Now by Paul Greenberg
- Can We Overcome the “Death of Expertise”? by Katie Songer
- Ghosting Is A Tedious Trend. The Real Demon Is More Dangerous by Courtney Kirschbaum
#7. Sunday
There were 24 stories published on Sunday featured by Medium in March, 2022. These stories accounted for 7.82% of all stories (307) featured during March. The stories from Sunday were curated across forty topics, including Culture, Race, and TV. The most frequent topic was Culture, which appeared in twenty-four stories.
Formatting
The greatest number of words in a single story that Medium selected from Sunday to feature on their homepage was 12,289. The minimum number of words was 370. The average number of words was 1,808.
Those words summed up to an average reading time of 7 minutes.
- Maximum reading time: 48 minutes
- Minimum reading time: 2 minutes
Reader engagement
There was a total of 13,911 claps received on stories published on Sunday. The applause came from 1,383 readers.
- Average number of claps: 580
- Maximum number of claps: 1,593
- Minimum number of claps: 35
There was a total of 174 responses received on stories published on Sunday.
- Average number of responses: 7
- Maximum number of responses: 23
- Minimum number of responses: 0
Ranking based on engagement
Based on the averages of this engagement data from stories published on Sunday that were featured on Medium’s homepage, Sunday was the 7th best day to publish a story on Medium in March, 2022.
Sample of stories
- Why Peacock’s Re-Imagined ‘Hilary Banks’ Is Winning on ‘Bel-Air’ by Audarshia Townsend
- When You Just Want to Stay Home — and How to Make a Comeback by Karen Nimmo
- Not That Far from Home by Susie Kahlich
- Twenty Observations From the Academy Awards Where Will Smith Smacked Chris Rock by Will Leitch
- The Best Defense Against Rubber-Hose Cryptanalysis by Cory Doctorow
- The Oscars is Now a Big Event About the Small Screen by Lance Ulanoff
- Why Do The Academy Awards Still Exist? by Belston Campfield
- The “No 7s” Rule Has Been A Life Saver For My Decision Making by Sah Kilic
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