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Discussion on: Is it worth it to cross-post on Medium in 2021?

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

It's true to a certain extent, but if that means you get paid $5 instead of $1, that's still peanuts. Maybe others can chime. Have you published on Medium outside of a publication and got significant traffic?

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Dave Y. Kim

Haha. Yes. I think it's not a good way to make money. I think Substack is a better option if you are trying to make money through writing. I assume many of the readers there is more inclined to pay for information. For Medium, I'm more interested in the traffic.

For publication, my teammate has tried it in our last startup. We did get a boost, but it's not a good long term value add. Your point below is spot on.

... would like to move away from Medium, but it's only possible if you don't care about loosing all your readers.

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Michael R.

Here is a screenshot from my best Medium post, which is behind the paywall. While more worthy articles have certainly been penned, this does offer a realistic look at how much an average author might make from a single post.

a realistic look at how much an average author might make from a single Medium post