Show HN: Built it to flex my Medium stats, came out to be a writing habit tool

Posted by nishujain on Friday February 13, 2026 @07:53AM
from the show-hn dept.

I wanted to flaunt my growth on Medium to my friends, so I built this self-updating portfolio page in a weekend. Now, top writers (also my friends) are using it daily to stay disciplined.

It pulls your stats daily and converts them into an organized dashboard that you can share with the world.

What it does:

- aggregates your Medium stats (followers, views, engagement)

- Lets you search your last 1000 articles by tags and keywords.

- ranks your top articles.

- plots your progress on charts and graphs.

- updates daily automatically.

- one shareable link, SEO-optimized.

What I learned: Writers don't just want stats to show clients... they want a daily reminder of their progress. it keeps them accountable and motivated to write consistently.

Gave them exactly what they needed ... a simple dashboard they check every morning.

Happy to answer questions!

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Re:Show HN: Built it to flex my Medium stats, came out to be... by ishita_bhandari on Friday February 13, 2026 @07:57AM (#47002210)

Does it show earnings too

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Re:Show HN: Built it to flex my Medium stats, came out to be... by nishujain on Friday February 13, 2026 @07:59AM (#47002223)

No, people usually prefer to keep their earnings private. You don't wanna share it with the world, do you?

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Re:Show HN: Built it to flex my Medium stats, came out to be... by ishita_bhandari on Friday February 13, 2026 @08:01AM (#47002254)

Well..no but One of my friend is using this so will check out

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Re:Show HN: Built it to flex my Medium stats, came out to be... by Sea_reafused on Friday February 13, 2026 @12:11PM (#47005062)

Cool project, the "built it for myself, others started using it" origin story is usually a good sign of real demand.One thing I'd be curious about: are you seeing any correlation between the metrics writers track (views, followers) and actual downstream outcomes like client leads or paid conversions? In my experience working with content visibility data, the metrics people obsess over and the ones that actually drive results are often surprisingly disconnected.Also, how are you handling Medium's API limitations? Last I checked their official API was pretty bare, are you scraping or using an unofficial endpoint?

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