Re:No More Medium – Build Your Own Site (2019)
by johnchristopher on Saturday September 11, 2021 @03:45PM
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> A site full of programming articles (Medium) probably wants its articles to be read by programmers.
I haven't found official data but programming is in the 25th position and software in dev in the 40th:
Here are the top 43 most popular Medium tags in 2021
Life (520,000 followers)
Startup (487,000 followers)
Blockchain (473,000 followers)
Poetry (455,000 followers)
Life Lessons (452,000 followers)
Politics (396,000 followers)
Health (374,000 followers)
Love (350,000 followers)
Travel (334,000 followers)
Technology (334,000 followers)
Entrepreneurship (333,000 followers)
Self Improvement (332,000 followers)
Education (330,000 followers)
Writing (324,000 followers)
Business (320,000 followers)
Cryptocurrency (314,000 followers)
Design (267,000 followers)
Social Media (241,000 followers)
Music (228,000 followers)
Relationships (214,000 followers)
Social Media (214,000 followers)
Sports (209,000 followers)
Mental Health (202,000 followers)
Productivity (187,000 followers)
Programming (186,000 followers)
Food (167,000 followers)
Leadership (166,000 followers)
Javascript (160,000 followers)
Art (152,000 followers)
Fiction (143,000 followers)
Humor (143,000 followers)
Artificial Intelligence (143,000 followers)
UX (138,000 followers)
Culture (136,000 followers)
Books (135,00 followers)
Photography (128,000 followers)
Creativity (126,000 followers)
Data Science (123,000 followers)
Psychology (119,000 followers)
Software Development (117,000 followers)
Coronavirus (115,000 followers)
Self (104,000 followers)
Family (103,000 followers)
Other articles I found also show programming articles are in the bottom of the list.
Re:No More Medium – Build Your Own Site (2019)
by a5aAqU on Thursday September 16, 2021 @01:05PM
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I'm not saying that there is only tech content on Medium, but it's a large part of the site. The list you posted has many programming-related categories in it.
Re:No More Medium – Build Your Own Site (2019)
by jayzalowitz on Saturday September 11, 2021 @05:48PM
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Its almost like someone should have started a programming focused publication on Medium or something :P
A site full of programming articles (Medium) probably wants its articles to be read by programmers.