Why do I love writing on Medium more than Vocal.media?

Medium vs. Vocal.media

Which is best?

I started writing on Medium a month ago and I am just seeing amazing results by posting consistently.

Before that I was writing for vocal.media. But I quit it because of some major reasons and I will reveal it in this article.

I feel Medium is much much better than vocal.media to earn money. WHY???

DISCLAIMER: This is my view.

1. Technical glitches:

This is the predominant reason I left vocal.media. I faced ’n’ several technical glitches. This frustrated me so much. If we submit a story for review, most of the time it will be published. But my stories got rejected telling that I am not abiding by the community guidelines.

But I knew for sure I abided by the community guidelines. For a few days, I couldn’t sign in. Even if signed in and write a story, there were glitches while writing.

I got to know all of the vocal.media users are not facing these issues. But some of them. I was one among them. I even read an article about the technical glitches of vocal.media on the website itself.

This was one of the most frustrating things on vocal.media.

Here on Medium, I haven’t faced even a single glitch. I was just impressed by this initially until now.

2. Reach:

In vocal.media we have a very low reach compared to Medium. Even engaging with work brought only peanuts for me. Gaining a single view was a big task.

Here on Medium, we have the best feature called Publications and Boosting Stories. So we can easily get more eyeballs reaching out to our stories. And we can increase more views and followers. Thereby, increasing our earnings.

Medium’s domain authority is 70. This is pretty much higher than vocal.media. So that our Medium stories get ranked easily. Most of the time vocal.media stories don’t get ranked on Google.

In vocal.media, there is no such facility which leaves us blindfolded to get more reach.

3. Getting freelance clients:

We can get freelance clients on Medium when we reach a considerable number of followers. High-paying freelance clients. Even though we can’t earn through the partner program this will be one such big opportunity to make money through Medium.

In vocal.media, I find this possibility is very low.

4. Monthly visits:

There is a huge difference between both platforms with regard to the monthly visits.

On Medium, it is 430 million whereas in vocal.media it is just 7 million.

5. Earning potential:

Earning potential is there on both the platforms. But what matters is “Which one has more potential?”.

Obviously, Medium.com.

Why?

Vocal.media pays $ 3.8 per 1000 views and if you are a member $ 6 per 1000 views.

But on Medium, it depends on how many seconds a reader spends time on your article. You can earn much much higher than vocal.

And there is no fixed price.

If your article is 1 min read, it yields some amount. If it is a 10 min read article, then you can earn more money.

But in vocal.media, even if your article is 5 mins read or 15 mins read, it yields the same per 1000 views.

It is easy to establish your brand on Medium than vocal.media.

6. Self-publishing:

In Medium, you can self-publish your article after you finish it. You need not submit for a review.

But in vocal.media, we have to submit our stories for a review. It is one of the major drawbacks that makes Medium stand out.

In vocals, editing options after submitting the story for a review are available only for members. Not for the free users. This adds fuel to the fire.

7. Membership fee:

Membership fee on Medium is $ 5 and in vocals, it is $ 10. There is not much difference between them. But yet, the difference matters.

In conclusion, the best option should be decided by you. I have given my views based on my experience here. I don’t say vocal.media.is the worst platform. There are some users who are performing well only on vocal.media. So you decide based on your experience.

Hi, I am Aleena Huda. I am happy to inform you that I am open to gigs.

Email: [email protected]