🆚 Medium Blogs vs. Substack Blogs

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Substack Blogs is twice as popular as Medium Blogs.
🌎 Substack Blogs is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain.
🌍 Medium Blogs is more popular in Australia, Turkey, and Finland.

Medium Blogs

Substack Blogs

Type

Blogging platform

About

Medium is an online publishing platform that allows you to connect your own domain.

Substack is a newsletter and blogging platform that allows you to connect your own domain.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

medium.com #41

substack.com #321

Pricing

Free version ❌

Member$5/month

Friend of Medium$15/month

Free version ✔️For writers

For readersSet by writers

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Substack blogging platform is 2.2 times more popular than Medium Blogs.

Total websites

Market share

Blogging Platforms

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Substack Blogs is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain, while Medium Blogs is more popular in Australia, Turkey, and Finland.

United States

United Kingdom

Australia

Spain

Netherlands

Germany

Italy

France

Poland

India

Awards

⭐ 6th most popular in the United States in the Blogging Platforms category.

⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Blogging Platforms category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Substack Blogs is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, entertainment, and business, while Medium Blogs is more commonly used on Internet services sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Entertainment

Business

Politics/Opinion

Marketing/Merchandising

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Personal Pages

Streaming Media

General News