My First Serious Medium Month — Price, Statistics and Achievements

Roman Ceresnak, PhD
4 min readFeb 1, 2022

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At the end of the 2021 year, I was looking for a side hustle of income, and I found out that Medium could be a good source of income. During the last month of the 2021 year, I passed the edge of 100 followers, earning money on the Medium platform. The more I read about making money more I was excited. Do you want to know the result of my severe first month of writing on Medium? Le’s jump into it.

Statistics

I achieved something that I was never dreamed about, especially for the first month. I hoped that I could reach 100 reads of my articles every day and earn around 100 dollars. I read many articles where people said that the only way to achieve something on Medium is to be consistent. Write one essay per day and let the people know who you are and what you want to write about. I am sure that the approach works. During my severe first month, I achieved the following statistics.

My crazy statistics during the first month.

Followers

At the beginning of my Medium journey, I used the tactic follow for the following, but it is a highway to hell. You need 100 followers, but you need followers who follow you and read your articles. I read an essay where the woman had 10 000 followers, and she did not have more than 100 reads per day. Crazy and also sad. I follow everyone who has the same interest and writes good content. I am interested in money, writing, AWS cloud, data science, fitness, etc. So if you read the current essay, do not hesitate to follow, and I will follow you if you share the same interests as me. Let’s see the statistics for my first month.

Followers statics

Achievements

During my first month, I achieved something unique and something that I am proud of. I was marked as a TOP writer in the PRODUCTIVITY topic.

Productivity topic badge

Even more, two groups invite me to write under their name. I am grateful for that opportunity.

Group Invitation

Stories

During my first month, I tried to publish two articles per day. Even I tried my best, sometimes I did not have time or had to work hard at my job. Never mind. I love unpredictable of which article that is great for the audience. Based on that, my three pieces just explored and received much attention. Let’s see the statistics.

Last days I created two courses focusing on AWS for non-technical people and a data science course focusing on many aspects. So if you are passionate about mentioned topics, please check them.

Results

What is the result? I recommend Medium as a great side hustle of passive income for everyone who wants to earn some extra money. You need to write consistently every day one article and follow people with the same interest as you have. My severe first month brought me 393.14 dollars, but I only have 554 followers. Next month, I plan to write one article per day and brings valuable content. If you like the article, write to me about your first month and support each other.

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Roman Ceresnak, PhD
Roman Ceresnak, PhD

Written by Roman Ceresnak, PhD

AWS Cloud Architect. I write about education, fitness and programming. My website is pickupcloud.io

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