What Tags Paid You More? — From Best to Worst Post
Have you ever wondered if the pay rate is the same for each tag or topic?
Well, I have the same question too.

Not All Tags Are Created Equal.
Let’s figure it out, together.
Today, we’ll be looking at 6 posts and see if we can find a clue of why the earnings are so far apart and if there is a pattern.
A. Longer post does well because they have some kind of depth to it. Alana Beth mentioned that in one of the comments.
B. Topics or tags do have an effect after a reader has read it. It would make sense if it is then ranked or placed by the medium on the back end.
C. That is why the medium has a big filter system, as we know that most posts can’t last over 2 days and some can’t even for a couple of hours.
D. Remember Earning per read = the overall quality of the content or the read time to be exact.
Some of the best performers of this month:

Tags for this post:
Earning per read: $20.03/81 = $0.247
Writing Tips Writers On Medium Make Money Online Write A Catalyst New Pub Welcome

Tags for this post:
Earning per read: $13.99/66 = $0.211
Make Money Online Medium Partner Program Writing Tips Writing Write A Catalyst

Tags for this post:
Earning per read: $14.5/73 = $0.198
Writers On Medium Make Money Online Writing Write A Catalyst New Pub Welcome
Now Let me show you the Worst 3 posts of the month.
Just so happened to be on the same day, that day I posted 5 posts, maybe that is why.

Tags for this post:
Earning per read: $0.24/16 = $0.015
Progress Publication Medium Writing Write A Catalyst

Tags for this post:
Earning per read: $0.51/24 = $0.021
Clickbait Startup Careers Corporate The Echoing Epiphanies

Tags for this post:
Earning per read: $0.39/14 = $0.03
Medium Error Medium Partner Program Writing Writers On Medium
What is your experience with tags, reads, or earnings?
How To Improve Read Ratio
The read ratio is the first thing you need to bring up to at least 50%. This is important for the algorithm to pick up your post and share it with more readers.
From the worst-performing post, it is clear that the title, subtitle, image, and first 100 words or so need some improvement.
Go for the read first and then improve the rest of the content, also try AB test by writing a shorter form.
Tags
From the tags that are being used, do have some effect as the data set is still not large enough yet, from the example above does show that readers like to read better stories or posts in terms of the overall layout and the length did have an impact.
Tagging some friends that have been showing up:
Jonesy’s Arti-facts of the Mind: Art-Mind-Musings | Mario Da Silva | Ellie Kingswell 🐑 | Sompa Mensah | yourgoalsyourgains | Sidra K. | Stanley Chibuike | Smart Crafts | Ankita Chursenoff | Philip M — I | Tammie | Georgina Odafe | Andree Koehler | Brad | Safia | Jason Gosseck | Eshal Fatima | Wayne Shi | Daniel Usama | Girish Babu (Entrepreneur, Advisor, Exec, MBA) | Brenna Clark |
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