This is incredibly frustrating - paying for external reads would be HUGE - it might draw more writers, but it would be so, so good for the writers here - it just makes sense. Medium makes money this… - Andy Spears

… 15k. The total number of reads is 3.6k. My internal was 1%, with external 99%. The real kicker was seeing the member's read time of 27 seconds which earned me one cent.

Medium Would Be More Profitable for Writers By Making External Reads Matter

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Cathy Coombs

Andy Spears

Oct 15, 2022

This is incredibly frustrating - paying for external reads would be HUGE - it might draw more writers, but it would be so, so good for the writers here - it just makes sense. Medium makes money this way (with ads) and writers earn, too