Medium

Medium, San Francisco, California, United States

Medium is an online publishing platform that allows writers to share articles, stories, and ideas with a built-in audience and content discovery system.

It provides a minimalist editor for long-form writing, supports publications for multi-author content, newsletters, and distributes content through algorithmic and editorial recommendations.

It incorporates social features such as following authors and topics, personalized feeds, likes, comments, highlights, and sharing to encourage interaction between readers and writers.

According to our data, Medium ranks 29th among the social media platforms we track.
It has 0.3% of the social media market share and is detected on 0.1% of all websites.

πŸ’Έ Pricing

Medium is a commercial product priced starting at $5 per month.

Member $5/month
Friend of Medium $15/month

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† Medium Awards

⚑ Sites Using Medium

We have data on 5,670 websites that use the Medium social media platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Medium is poki.com.

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Medium:

Most of the sites using Medium are from the United States, Vietnam, and India.

  • United States 32.3%
  • Vietnam 10%
  • India 6.6%
  • United Kingdom 6.4%
  • Germany 3.5%
  • France 2.9%
  • Canada 2.5%
  • Australia 2.3%
  • Turkey 2.3%
  • Other 31.2%

Most Medium users speak English or Vietnamese.

  • English 78.9%
  • Vietnamese 7.3%
  • French 1.3%
  • Spanish 1.3%
  • German 1.3%
  • Portuguese 1.3%
  • Turkish 1.2%
  • Chinese 0.9%
  • Italian 0.7%
  • Other 5.8%

The Medium social media platform is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 55.5%
  • .org 7.3%
  • .io 4.4%
  • .net 3.7%
  • .co 1.7%
  • .vn 1.5%
  • .co.uk 1.2%
  • .me 1%
  • .de 0.9%
  • Other 22.8%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Medium include business, blogs and wiki, and Internet services.

  • Business 23.6%
  • Blogs/Wiki 12.7%
  • Internet Services 11.1%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 6.9%
  • Education/Reference 5%
  • Online Shopping 4.5%
  • Software/Hardware 4.5%
  • Entertainment 3%
  • Finance/Banking 2.7%
  • Other 26%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Medium alternatives.

RankName
1
WordPress.com
San Francisco, California, United States

A managed WordPress platform that handles hosting, performance, security, and maintenance so site owners can focus on content.

$4+/month
2
Tumblr
San Francisco, California, United States

A blogging and social networking platform that allows users to publish multimedia posts, interact with others, and host blogs on custom domains.

Free$6.99/month
3
Blogger
Mountain View, California, United States

A free online blogging platform owned by Google that hosts user blogs on blogspot.com subdomains.

Free
4
Substack
San Francisco, California, United States

An online publishing and social platform that enables writers and journalists to create subscription-based newsletters, podcasts, and multimedia content delivered directly to subscribers.

Free$$$
15
Medium (Hosted)
San Francisco, California, United States

An online publishing platform that allows users to run blogs on custom domains using its hosting and publishing infrastructure.

$5+/month

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Medium?

Medium is owned by A Medium Corporation, headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Can I use Medium for free?

No, Medium is a paid solution.

How much is Medium per month?

Medium is priced from $5 per month for the Member plan.

Which country uses Medium the most?

The majority of Medium users are from the United States.

Who uses Medium?

According to our data, Medium is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as poki.com, michigan.gov, and t3n.de.

Is Medium used on government websites?

Yes, for example, it is used by michigan.gov and agid.gov.it. In total, we found Medium on 6 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Medium?

Yes. In total, we know of 3 academic websites in the United States that use Medium.

How does Medium stack up against the competition?

Medium is a moderately popular social media platform, ranking ahead of 59 other social media platforms we track.

What are the alternatives to Medium?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Medium may include Tumblr, Substack, and Medium (Hosted).

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