Why Medium Pub Crawl?
I’m not a joiner, typically. I recoil from groups, trends, and pep rallies. I don’t like sporting events, clubs, or anything too loud, abrasive, or massive.
I do, however, like Medium. Now, I’ve read many articles in the past two years about how it’s changed, and I’ve seen an exodus of writers move to competitors like Substack. I, too, have been writing unique posts on Substack and growing a separate audience there. The issue is that your earning potential is higher on Substack, but that’s the keyword — potential. If you don’t already have a following, you’re back to scratch— writing for free.
What I’ve learned is that each platform has a different audience. People tend to stay with what’s familiar — that’s human nature. Rarely will you migrate anyone from one platform to another. That said, I’ve followed a writer from Medium, but she’s the exception. She’s built her audience off of TikTok and other social media sites — not Medium. Moreover, and listen up, she has 500k followers now but makes her money by offering courses. Another writer has 25k followers but only 500 paid subscribers. Also, I’ve noticed that not all content is equal. Those writers write about very popular topics: psychedelics and cooking, respectively. The psychedelic writer recently wrote that paid subscribers will…
