Summary

The article lists the top 10 active Medium publications of 2020, highlighting their follower counts, growth rates, submission guidelines, and topics of focus.

Abstract

The provided content from the website delineates the most influential and active publications on Medium as of 2020. It emphasizes the significance of Smedian's tracking of over 11,000 Medium publications through its Toppubs leaderboard, which provides insights into follower numbers, growth trends, and thematic concentrations. The article underscores the need to distinguish between active and inactive publications, given that many large publications have ceased activity due to Medium's controversial decisions affecting its user base. The top 10 list includes publications like "The Startup," "Mission.org," and "Personal Growth," detailing their follower counts, daily growth, submission processes, and the subjects they cover, ranging from entrepreneurship and technology to personal development and design.

Opinions

The author suggests that Smedian's leaderboard is a valuable resource for understanding the Medium publication landscape but notes its current limitation in distinguishing active publications from inactive ones.
There is an implication that Medium has mistreated a significant portion of its user base, which has led to the departure of many large and valuable publications from the platform.
The article expresses a positive view of the highlighted publications for their continued activity and contribution to Medium's content ecosystem, despite the platform's past issues.
The author seems to appreciate the diversity of topics covered by the top publications, indicating a rich variety of content available to readers on Medium.
By providing submission guidelines for each publication, the author encourages writers to engage with these active communities and contribute to their growth.

The Top 10 Active Medium Publications of 2020

Some of the top Medium publications aren’t active for good reasons. Let’s look at those that remain.

For the last four years, Smedian has tracked over 11,000 Medium publications on its Toppubs leaderboards of the most followed and fastest growing publications. The platform reports how many followers each publication has, which topics they focus on, and how fast they’re growing. It’s been the source of analysis by many. However, it has one point of failure at this time: it doesn’t yet distinguish between the active and inactive publications.

See, Medium has made some curious choices over the years and mistreated a large group of its users — a group that largely contributed to its success and the creation of its current business model. For reasons related to that, many of the largest publications that once provided great value to Medium writers and readers have left the platform.

Because those publications still exist, have followers, and boast great numbers of followers, Smedian’s leaderboard of the top followed publications still includes them. Nonetheless, today, I want to highlight the most followed and active publications on Medium. I’m sure Smedian will one day make this distinction in a new, respective leaderboard, but, until then, let’s get into it.

The following stats are according to Smedian’s current Toppubs leaderboard.

These are Medium’s top 10 most followed and active publications of 2020:

1. The Startup

Followers: 642,574
Growing by: 467 followers per day 🚀
How to submit your story to The Startup: Submission guidelines
Topics: STARTUP,TECH,ENTREPRENEURSHIP,DESIGN,LIFE
Description: Medium’s largest active publication, followed by +607K people. Follow to join our community.

2. Mission.org

Followers: 545,779
Growing by: 85 followers per day 🚀
How to submit your story to Mission.org: Their homepage
Topics: TECH,ENTREPRENEURSHIP,STARTUP,LIFE,BUSINESS
Description: A network of business & tech podcasts designed to accelerate learning.

3. Personal Growth

Followers: 484,876
Growing by: 156 followers per day 🚀
How to submit your story: Their homepage
Topics: LIFE,LIFE LESSONS,CREATIVITY,PERSONAL GROWTH,PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Description: Sharing our ideas and experiences.

4. The Economist

Followers: 415,685
Growing by: 15 followers per day 🚀
How to submit your story: Their homepage
Topics: POLITICS,ECONOMY,BUSINESS,US ELECTIONS
Description: Insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science, technology, books and arts.

5. Startup Grind

Followers: 413,177
Growing by: 92 followers per day 🚀
How to submit your story: Their homepage
Topics: ENTREPRENEURSHIP,STARTUP,TECHNOLOGY,VENTURE CAPITAL,TECH
Description: Stories, tips, and learnings from and for startups around the world. Welcoming submissions re: tech/startup education: how-to’s, tech trends, product, design, hiring, growth, investing, and more.

6. Towards Data Science

Followers: 409,707
Growing by: 498 followers per day 🚀
How to submit your story: Submission guidelines
Topics: DATA SCIENCE,MACHINE LEARNING,ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,ANALYTICS,PROGRAMMING
Description: A Medium publication sharing concepts, ideas, and codes.

7. Better Humans

Followers: 374,099
Growing by: 193 followers per day 🚀
How to submit your story to Better Humans: Submission guidelines
Topics: PRODUCTIVITY,BUSINESS,HEALTH,SCIENCE,SELF
Description: Better Humans is a collection of the world’s most trustworthy writing on human potential and self improvement by coaches, academics, and aggressive self-experimenters. Articles are based on deep personal experience, science, and research. No fluff, book reports, or listicles.

8. The Coinbase Blog

Followers: 374,015
Growing by: 162 followers per day 🚀
How to submit your story: This is a company blog, so you may have to be an employee to submit.
Topics: ETHEREUM,CRYPTOCURRENCY,TECH,BITCOIN,COINBASE
Description: Learn about working at Coinbase.

9. UX Collective

Followers: 357,141
Growing by: 243 followers per day 🚀
How to submit your story: Submission guidelines. Smedian button.
Topics: DESIGN,PRODUCT DESIGN,VISUAL DESIGN
Description: We believe designers are thinkers as much as they are makers. Curated stories on UX, Visual & Product Design.

10. UX Planet

Followers: 255,276
Growing by: 155 followers per day 🚀
How to submit your story: Submission guidelines
Topics: UX,UX DESIGN,UX RESEARCH,USER EXPERIENCE,USABILITY
Description: UX Planet is a one-stop resource for everything related to user experience.

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