A Secret About Sharing Your Medium Stories

And how your views affect your earnings — positively.

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Yeaaaah! I’m celebrating. I just crossed 100 followers on Medium! A big milestone for me. lol

Many growing writers here on Medium are struggling to earn enough views to encourage them to keep going. Having barely 500 views on my articles for the first month can be discouraging. Reading all the articles Medium from writers raking in thousands of monthly views sent my brain farther from sane.

Although I’m not reaching anywhere close to the number of views that these top writers garner, it feels really encouraging to experience growth. I have taken to social media to draw as much audience as I can. This has positively affected my monthly views.

Other than the growth on my views while I shared my posts on social media platforms, I observed some other important things that are worth sharing with fellow growing writers.

External Views Don’t Affect Your Earnings Significantly.

The earnings on an article are drawn from the Medium members. There is a high chance that the external views — from social media and others outside Medium — are from non-members. Normally, you are not supposed to earn from those views. From my…