Medium FAQs

Writing on Medium is only available on desktop usingsupported browsers, and on ouriOS and Android applications.

Supported browsers for writing

Full Medium experience is supported for the two most recent versions of the following browsers:

Safari ( apple.com/safari )

Google Chrome ( google.com/chrome )

Firefox ( mozilla.org/firefox )

Microsoft Edge ( microsoft.com/edge )

This includes logging in, composing and editing stories, interacting through notes, and using all the other Medium features. Users of other browsers and versions should be able to read Medium articles, but we suggest that you use the most recent version of the browsers listed above.

Note: Writing is not supported on mobile browsers.

Download apps

Download our app to write on the go.

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Find Medium in the App Store.

Tap the Get button.

Tap Open to launch Medium.

Find Medium in the Google Play Store.

Tap the Install button.

Tap Accept to accept the permissions.

Download our app to read and write on the go.

App StoreGoogle Play Store

Find Medium in the App Store.

Tap the Get button.

Tap Open to launch Medium.

Find Medium in the Google Play Store.

Tap the Install button.

Tap Accept to accept the permissions.

Sign in or create an account

Once you launch the app on your phone, sign in to your existing Medium account, or create a new one to be able to read and write stories. Check out the Sign in or sign up guide if you have any problems!

Formatting stories on Medium is super simplejust select the text you want to format and choose the relevant option from the toolbar. Below you'll find all the formatting options offered by the editor on your platform.

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Simple formatting

using Unicode characters for maths on Medium

Bold

Select the text you want to format to open the text toolbar and click theBbutton to apply the formatting.

Italics

Select the text you want to format to open the text toolbar and click theibutton to apply the formatting.

Links

To create a hyperlink in your post, select the text you want to convert into a link to open the text toolbar, click on the chain icon in the toolbar to hyperlink the selected text, paste or type in a link (e.g., medium.com), and press Enter.

Titles, subtitles, headers, and subheaders

The "T" icons are used for formatting titles, subtitles, headers, and subheaders, depending on where the text is in the story.

Select the text and click the large or small T icon from the pop-up menu. Click it again to remove formatting. After publishing, your author information will appear below the title/subtitle (if you have them).

Title: Only the first line of the story is considered the title. Select the text and click the large "T" icon to format the title. It can be any length, and is bound by hitting "return" on your keyboard.

Subtitle: Writing directly below the title is considered the subtitle. Select the text and click the small "T" icon to format the subtitle. It can be any length, and is bound by hitting "return" on your keyboard.

Headers: To set a header, select any text that isn't the title or subtitle and click the large "T" icon.

Subheaders: To set a subheader, select any text that isn't the title or subtitle and click the small "T" icon.

Quotes

Click the " (quotation mark) icon from pop-up menu. To use a large or pull-out quote style, select the text and click " icon twice from pop-up menu. You can also remove quote formatting by selecting the text and clicking the " icon until text returns to default.

Emoji

To add an emoji to your post, type in a colon, followed by the name of your favorite emoji.

Tip! Check out the emoji cheat sheet to find the names of all the supported emoji.

Mentions

To mention another Medium user in a post, type the @ symbol and then the name or username of the person you want to mention. Click their name from the drop-menu and their name will be added in green text. Any mentioned users will be notified in-product and by email (if applicable) when the post is published.

Superscript

Currently Medium supports superscript for numbers only.To output a number, such as: 6 or title, type in: 6^7 or title^8.

Lists

Simple bulleted and numbered lists in posts are also supported on Medium.

To begin a bulleted list, go to a new line, type in * (asterisk), and press Space.

To begin a numbered list, go to a new line, type in 1. (numeral one, period), and press Space.

For either type, pressing Enter at the end of a line will begin another item. Press Enter again to escape list formatting.

Note: Numbered lists cannot be continued after a section break, or between images.

Code blocks & inline code

To begin a code block, go to a new line and type ``` (triple backtick).

For inline code in a paragraph, type a single backtick ` to begin and end your code. Or highlight some text and press the backtick key.

Note: Code blocks do not support syntax highlighting. To embed code with syntax highlighting on Medium, try using Github Gists, Codepen.io, or JSfiddle embeds. To do this, paste your snippet URL from one of those sources to a new line in the editor and press Enter. You can learn more about embeds here.

Drop caps

To add drop caps, select a paragraph and click on the drop caps icon in the menu bar that pops up.

About custom drop caps

You can also upload a custom image drop cap instead. Here's how:

Follow the steps above.

Click on the drop cap letter itself until a green border appears.

From your desktop, drag the custom image file you'd like to use in place of your drop cap directly onto the green box.

Your custom image will now appear in its place.

TK reminders

TK is a publishing abbreviation used as a placeholder in editing to mark information not yet included in a document, which is "to come."

To leave yourself a reminder, simply type TK anywhere in the body of your post. A reminder in yellow will appear left margin.

Bold

Select the text you want to format and tap Bold on the bottom menu to apply the formatting.

Italic

Select the text you want to format and tap Italic on the bottom menu to apply the formatting.

Headers and subheaders

Select the text and click the T icon from the bottom menu to format it as a header. Click it again to change it into a subheader. Clicking the button again will remove the formatting entirely.

Quotes

Click the " (quotation mark) icon from bottom menu. To use a large or pull-out quote style, select the text and click " icon twice from the menu. You can also remove quote formatting by tapping the " icon until the text returns to default.

Links

To create a hyperlink in your post, select the text you want to convert into a link to open the toolbar, tap Link in the toolbar to hyperlink the selected text, paste or type in a link (e.g., medium.com), and press Return.

Mentions

To mention another Medium user in a post, type the @ symbol and then the name or username of the person you want to mention. Click their name from the drop-menu and their name will be added in green text. Any mentioned users will be notified when the post is published.

Lists

Simple bulleted and numbered lists in posts are also supported on Medium.

To begin a bulleted list, go to a new line, type in * (asterisk), and press Space.

To begin a numbered list, go to a new line, type in 1. (numeral one, period), and press Space.

For either type, pressing Return at the end of a line will begin another item. Press Return again to escape list formatting.

Note: Numbered lists cannot be continued after a section break, or between images.

Bold

Select the text you want to format and tap Bold on the pop-up menu to apply the formatting.

Italic

Select the text you want to format and tap Italic on the pop-up menu to apply the formatting.

Headers and subheaders

Select the text and click the T icon from the bottom menu to format it as a header. Click it again to change it into a subheader. Clicking the button again will remove the formatting entirely.

Quotes

Click the " (quotation mark) icon from bottom menu. To use a large or pull-out quote style, select the text and click " icon twice from the menu. You can also remove quote formatting by tapping the " icon until the text returns to default.

Links

To create a hyperlink in your post, select the text you want to convert into a link to open the toolbar, tap Link in the toolbar to hyperlink the selected text, paste or type in a link (e.g., medium.com), and press Enter.

Mentions

To mention another Medium user in a post, type the @ symbol and then the name or username of the person you want to mention. Click their name from the drop-menu and their name will be added in green text. Any mentioned users will be notified when the post is published.

Lists

Simple bulleted and numbered lists in posts are also supported on Medium.

To begin a bulleted list, go to a new line, type in * (asterisk), and press Space.

To begin a numbered list, go to a new line, type in 1. (numeral one, period), and press Space.

For either type, pressing Enter at the end of a line will begin another item. Press Enter again to escape list formatting.

Note: Numbered lists cannot be continued after a section break, or between images.

Keyboard shortcuts

These handy keyboard shortcuts will let you format your posts like a pro.

Supported keyboard shortcuts

Feature

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Windows

Shortcuts help

+ ?

Ctrl + ?

Bold

+ B

Ctrl + B

Italic

+ i

Ctrl + i

Link

+ K

Ctrl + K

Header

+ Alt + 1

Ctrl + Alt + 1

Subheader

+ Alt + 2

Ctrl + Alt + 2

Quote

+ Alt + 5

Ctrl + Alt + 5

Bulleted list

* + Space

* + Space

Numbered list

1. + Space

1. + Space

Mention a user

@username or @name

@username or @name

Separator

+ Enter

Ctrl + Enter

Code block

+ Alt + 6 or ```

Ctrl + Alt + 6 or ```

Inline code

`

`

Featured image

Shift + F

Shift + F

Focal point

Opt + Click

Alt + Click

Note: Keyboard shortcuts are supported only on desktop.

Common questions

How can I make a single-spaced line break?

To make a single-spaced line break (as in poetry) go the end of your line and press Shift + Enter at the same time. This is available only on desktop.

How can I add a footnote?

Footnotes are not supported on Medium, but you can still use superscript and manually add your footnotes at the bottom of your post.

How can I write math on Medium?

Medium does not natively support writing mathematic expressions, but one of our users has put together a guide on.

Once you’ve published a story, you may see a message like this at the top of your published post. The exact message will depend on whether you are in the Partner Program or not:

Medium Partner Program

This article addresses frequently asked questions about stories that are eligible to be part of the paywall.

Why is my story part of the metered paywall?

Stories become eligible to be part of the metered paywall if the writer selects that option in each story’s distribution setting. Medium will never meter a story without the writer’s permission.

During the publish flow, you have the opportunity to check the box to be eligible for curation review and distribution across Medium. Checking this box means that your story is also eligible to be part of Medium’s metered paywall, and can earn money if you are in the Medium Partner Program.

Apart from the checkbox, there are other ways for writers to tell us that they want to make their stories part of the paywall: 1) stories published through the Partner Program prior to the introduction of the checkbox, and 2) stories commissioned by our Editorial team.

What are the benefits of being part of the paywall?

Stories that are part of the paywall are also eligible for distribution to Medium readers through topics, which power recommendations on Medium on our home page, on our topic pages, in our Daily Digest and in our apps. Stories can earn money, for writers who are part of the Medium Partner Program.

Stories that are not eligible to be part of the paywall will only be distributed to your followers, and are not eligible to earn money.

If my story is eligible to be part of the paywall, will Medium always show a paywall?

No. For all posts that are eligible to be metered, Medium will choose whether or not to meter a particular reader when they view that post based on a number of factors. So, some users may not see the paywall on your story even if it is eligible for the paywall.

How can I share my story without the paywall?

Use a Friend Link, which is a special link to a story that allows a reader to bypass Medium’s metered paywall. We make this link available to writers so that they can share a “meter-free” version of their story with their friends and followers on social media. To find the Friend Link, open the story that you would like to share, click the gear icon at the top of the page, click “Share with friends,” and copy the special URL link.

How can I remove my story from the metered paywall?

To remove your story from the paywall, follow these instructions. Because your post will no longer be a part of our metered paywall, it will also no longer be recommended to readers, except those who follow you.

Will I earn money if my story is part of the paywall?

Writers who are enrolled in the are eligible to earn money for any stories that are part of the metered paywall.

Writers are not required to join the Partner Program in order to send stories to the curators for review or in order to be distributed in topics.

Welcome to Medium!Medium is a publishing platform where people can read important, insightful stories on the topics that matter most to them and share ideas with the world.

Create your free account

By creating your free account, you can follow your favorite authors and publications, interact with their stories, bookmark them for later, publish your own posts, and more.

Medium supports four different ways to create or sign in in to your account. Check out the article below to learn how to create your account or sign in to an existing one:

Sign inor sign up to Medium

Read stories from your favorite authors and publications

As a reader on Medium, you can read stories from thousands of authors, and interact with them by clapping on their articles, leaving meaningful responses, and highlighting your favorite passages.

Don't forget to customize your interests by following topics, authors, and publications on Medium you are interested in. This is to make sure that you get recommendations that match your interest. You can adjust your interests at any time.

Become a Medium member

Additionally, for $5/month or $50/year, you can become a Medium member to get unlimited access to all the best stories on Medium and more. Medium membership gives you:

unlimited, ad-free access to all the stories on Medium

our monthly magazine, exclusive columnists, and themed collections

thousands of audio versions of popular stories

curated daily selections from leading publishers and magazines

Membership subscription is an optional subscription that is not required in order to read and write. You can learn more about becoming a Medium member in this article.

Write to your heart's content

As a writer on Medium, you can share your stories with the world with our easy-to-use editor. Publishing on Medium is free and stories you publish may be distributed to your followers, as well as millions of readers who follow relevant topics.

Join the Medium Partner Program

If you're interested in earning money for publishing stories for Medium members, check out this article to learn more about the Medium Partner Program.

You can connect your Facebook or Twitter account with your Medium account. Doing so will allow you to sign in to your Medium account with that social media account, as well as add a link to your social media account to your profile page.

Connect Facebook

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page and click Settings.

Under Connections, click Connect to Facebook.

Authorize your Facebook account.

Go to the You tab and tap Settings.

Under Connected accounts, click Connect next to Facebook.

Authorize your Facebook account.

Click the icon in the top-left corner of the app to open the drawer menu and tap Settings.

Under Connected accounts, click Connect next to Facebook.

Authorize your Facebook account.

Note: You cannot connect a Facebook Page with your Medium account.

Connect Twitter

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page and click Settings.

Under Connections, click Connect to Twitter.

Authorize your Twitter account.

Go to the You tab and tap Settings.

Under Connected accounts, click Connect next to Twitter.

Authorize your Twitter account.

Click the icon in the top-left corner of the app to open the drawer menu and tap Settings.

Under Connected accounts, click Connect next to Twitter.

Authorize your Twitter account.

Connect Google

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page and click Settings.

Make sure the address under Your email is the @gmail.com address of the Google account you'd like to use to sign in. Also, make sure that no other Google account is connected to your Medium account (you can check this in the Connections section).

Sign out of your Medium account.

Click Sign in on the Medium homepage, choose Sign in with Google and attempt to sign in with the desired Google account.

Go to the You tab and tap Settings.

Tap Account.

Make sure the address under Your email is the @gmail.com address of the Google account you'd like to use to sign in. Also, make sure that no other Google account is connected to your Medium account (you can check this in the Connections section).

Sign out of your Medium account.

Choose Sign in with Google and attempt to sign in with the desired Google account.

Click the icon in the top-left corner of the app to open the drawer menu and tap Settings.

Tap Email settings.

Make sure the address under Your email is the @gmail.com address of the Google account you'd like to use to sign in. Also, make sure that no other Google account is connected to your Medium account (you can check this in the Connections section).

Sign out of your Medium account.

Choose Sign in with Google and attempt to sign in with the desired Google account.

Disconnect account

You can disconnect your social media account by clicking Disconnect.

Privacy

Medium will never post anything on your social media account without your explicit permission.

Medium does not import your contacts from your social media network to Medium.

If you do not want to display links to your connected social media accounts on your profile page, you can turn that off in your Settings.

Medium provides RSS feeds for user profiles and publications.

User profile

To access a user's feed, add /feed/ before their username, for example:

medium.com/feed/@Medium

Publications

For a Medium publication's RSS feed, add /feed/ before the publication's name, like so:

medium.com/feed/the-story

Publications with custom domains

For apublication on a custom domain, add /feed/ to the end of the URL:

https://journal.thriveglobal.com/feed.

Tagged pages in publications

For a feed from a Medium publication's tagged page, add /feed/before the publication's name, like so:

https://medium.com/feed/invironment/tagged/food

As a publishing platform, Medium allows you to share your stories and ideas with the world. If you're new to Medium, you can learn here about features available in the editor and publish your first story. We can't wait to read it!

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Create a new draft

Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page to open a menu.

Click Newstory.

Note: You will need to be using one of our supported browsers to write.

Add a title

Enter a title, and subtitle (optional). If you don't enter a title, the first few words of your post will be used instead.

Learn more

Basic formatting

To add some basic formatting to your story, highlight a word or phrase. This will bring up a text toolbar with available options.

Tip! Check out this article to learn more about all the formatting features.

Add an image

On your post, go to a new line and click the button on the left to expand the menu

Click the Camera button to upload an image from your desktop.

Click the Magnifying glass button to insert an image directly from Unsplash.

Tip! Check out this article to learn more about adding images to your posts.

Add media embeds

The editor also allows you to add media embeds like YouTube videos or tweets.

On an empty line, paste the URL of the embed (not the embed code).

Press Enter. If a rich version of the embed is supported, it will be rendered automatically, or else it will become a simple embedded link in a box.

Publish the draft

When you're finished with your post, click Ready to publish.

From the Publish review step, you can optionally add tags, customize your title and subtitle, schedule to publish your post later, and more.

You can also select whether to make your post eligible for curators to review and distribute via topics on Medium. This means that your post is eligible to be part of Medium’s metered paywall. If you leave the box unchecked, your post will not be eligible for review and will be distributed only to your followers. Learn more about distribution and the paywall here.

When you're done making changes, click Publish now to make the story immediately visible on Medium and available for anyone to read. All of your published stories can be found on your public profile page, as well as on your stories page.

Create a new draft

Tap the "+" button located in the middle of the bottom bar.

Tap Write a story.

Note: Writing is not supported on mobile browsers. To write on the go, you'll need to download the Medium iOS app from the App Store.

Add a title

Tap the T button and begin writing your title. Tap the button again to format the line as a subtitle.

Basic formatting

To add bold, italic, or link to your text, select the text you want to format and choose the relevant option from the bottom menu.

From the bottom menu you can also add quotes, list, separators, @mentions, as well as add images.

Tip! Check out this article to learn more about all the formatting features.

Add an image

While editing a post, tap the Image button in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

TapTake photo to take a photo and upload it directly to your post.

TapChoose from libraryto upload an image from your device.

Tip! Check out this article to learn more about adding images to your posts.

Add media embeds

The editor also allows you to add media embeds like YouTube videos or tweets.

On an empty line, paste the URL of the embed (not the embed code).

Press Return. If a rich version of the embed is supported, it will be rendered automatically, or else it will become a simple embedded link in a box.

Publish the draft

When you're finished with your post, tap Next in the top-right corner.

From the Publish menu, you can optionally add the story to your publication, add tags, and automatically share your story on linked social media accounts.

You can also select whether to make your post eligible for curators to review and distribute via topics on Medium. This means that your post is eligible to be part of Medium’s metered paywall. If you leave the box unchecked, your post will not be eligible for review and will be distributed only to your followers. Learn more about distribution and the paywall here.

When you're done making changes, click Post to publish it.

Published stories are immediately visible on Medium, and are available for anyone to read. All your published stories can be found on your public profile page.

Create a new draft

Tap the menu button located in the top-left corner of your homepage.

Tap New story.

Note: Writing is not supported on mobile browsers. To write on the go, you'll need to download the Medium Android app from the Google Play Store.

Add a title

Tap the T button and begin writing your title. Tap the button again to format the line as a subtitle.

Basic formatting

To add bold, italic, or link to your text, select the text you want to format and choose the relevant option from the pop-up menu.

From the bottom menu you can also add quotes, list, separators, @mentions, as well as add images.

Tip! Check out this article to learn more about all the formatting features.

Add an image

While editing a post, tap the Image button in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

TapTake photo to take a photo and upload it directly to your post.

TapChoose from gallery to upload an image from your device.

Tip! Check out this article to learn more about adding images to your posts.

Add media embeds

The editor also allows you to add media embeds like YouTube videos or tweets.

On an empty line, paste the URL of the embed (not the embed code).

Press Enter. If a rich version of the embed is supported, it will be rendered automatically, or else it will become a simple embedded link in a box.

Publish the draft

When you're finished with your post, tap Publish in the top-right corner.

From the Publish menu, you can optionally add tags.

You can also select whether to make your post eligible for curators to review and distribute via topics on Medium. This means that your post is eligible to be part of Medium’s metered paywall. If you leave the box unchecked, your post will not be eligible for review and will be distributed only to your followers. Learn more about distribution and the paywall here.

When you're done making changes, click Publish to publish it.

Published stories are immediately visible on Medium, and are available for anyone to read. All your published stories can be found on your public profile page.

Common questions

What happens when I publish my story?

When you publish a public story on Medium:

Your story will be displayed on your public profile page, and will be available for anyone to read.

Your story will be discoverable by search engines such as Google, and by Medium's own search feature.

Your story will be displayed on the homepage of people who follow you in their "New from your network" section. Additionally, it might also appear in the "From people you follow" section in their email digests.

If you added tags to your story, it will be displayed in the "Latest" section of all the relevant tag pages.

If your story is published in a publication, it will appear in its "Latest stories" view. Depending on the publication settings, it might also appear on the publication homepage or on its feature pages.

Additionally, if you're part of the Medium Partner Program and you set your story as eligible to earn money and allow Medium curators to distribute it to interested readers, your story will earn money based on engagement from Medium members. .

Finally, if Medium curators distribute it to readers on Medium as part of the metered paywall:

Your story will be displayed on the relevant topic pages based on the topics assigned by curators.

Your story will be recommended to readers on the Medium homepage, in email digests and in the mobile apps.

Your story will be eligible for featuring by Medium's editorial team.

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Enter edit mode either by starting a new draft, or by visiting your story page, clicking the button in the top-right corner and choosing Edit story.

In edit mode, click the menu icon in the top-right corner of the page.

From the drop-menu, click Share draft link.

Copy the draft URL and share it with your friends.

Once you have published your story, you will have additional share options including access to a Friend Link for your story.

While in the You tab, tap Stories.

Scroll down to the draft you want to share and tap the ellipsis button.

Tap Share.

Tap the top-left button on the homepage to open the drawer menu and choose Drafts from the menu.

Scroll down to the draft you want to share and tap the ellipsis button.

Tap Share.

Notes

Your draft is available to anyone with the URL; they do not need a Medium account.

If a reader is signed in to Medium, they can leave private notes for the author.

Only the original post author can make edits (or editors if the draft is in a publication).

You can cancel your subscription at any time. Once you cancel, you will still be able to use all your membership benefits until the the end of the billing cycle. For more information, see Paid Terms.

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On your desktop computer, go to your Settings page and scroll down to the Membership section.

Click Cancel your membership.

If you don't see the option to cancel your membership

If there's no option to cancel your membership subscription in your Settings, this means that the account you're currently signed in to does not have a subscription attached.

Here's what you need to do to sign in to your member account:

Sign out of the account you are currently using. To sign out, click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page and chooseSign out from the menu.

Request a sign in link to the email address associated with your membership account. On the Medium homepage, clickSign inin the top-right corner, chooseSign in with email, then enter your email addressand clickContinue.

Go to your inbox, open the email and click the Sign in to Medium link.

Note: If you purchased your membership through iTunes or Google Play Store, you'll need to cancel your subscription directly through that service.

On your phone or tablet, go to your phone's Settings > [your name] > iTunes & App Store.

Tap your Apple ID at the top of the screen.

Tap View Apple ID. You might need to sign in or use Touch ID.

Tap Subscriptions.

Tap Medium membership from the list.

Tap Cancel subscription.

Note: Uninstalling the app or deleting your Medium account will not automatically cancel your membership subscription purchased through iTunes. You must cancel your subscription via iTunes to end the subscription. If you uninstall the app or delete the account without canceling your membership, you will still be charged.

On your phone or tablet, open the Google Play Store app.

Tap the sidemenu icon .

Tap Subscriptions.

Choose the Medium subscription.

Tap Cancel.

Note: Uninstalling the app or deleting your Medium account will not automatically cancel your membership subscription purchased through the Google Play Store. You must cancel your subscription via the Google Play Store to end the subscription. If you uninstall the app or delete the account without canceling your membership, you will still be charged.

To change your payment method for your membership subscription, you'll need to:

Cancel your ongoing subscription

Once your current billing cycle is over and the subscription expires, set up a new subscription with your payment method of choice

Step 1: Cancel your ongoing subscription

You can cancel your subscription at any time. Once you cancel, you will still be able to use all your membership benefits until the the end of the billing cycle. For more information, see Paid Terms.

Credit card or PayPaliTunesGoogle Play Store

On your desktop computer, go to your Settings page and scroll down to the Membership section.

Click Cancel your membership.

If you don't see the option to cancel your membership

If there's no option to cancel your membership subscription in your Settings, this means that the account you're currently signed in to does not have a subscription attached.

Here's what you need to do to sign in to your member account:

Sign out of the account you are currently using. To sign out, click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page and chooseSign out from the menu.

Request a sign in link to the email address associated with your membership account. On the Medium homepage, clickSign inin the top-right corner, chooseSign in with email, then enter your email addressand clickContinue.

Go to your inbox, open the email and click the Sign in to Medium link.

Note: If you purchased your membership through iTunes or Google Play Store, you'll need to cancel your subscription directly through that service.

On your phone or tablet, go to your phone's Settings > [your name] > iTunes & App Store.

Tap your Apple ID at the top of the screen.

Tap View Apple ID. You might need to sign in or use Touch ID.

Tap Subscriptions.

Tap Medium membership from the list.

Tap Cancel subscription.

Note: Uninstalling the app or deleting your Medium account will not automatically cancel your membership subscription purchased through iTunes. You must cancel your subscription via iTunes to end the subscription. If you uninstall the app or delete the account without canceling your membership, you will still be charged.

On your phone or tablet, open the Google Play Store app.

Tap the sidemenu icon .

Tap Subscriptions.

Choose the Medium subscription.

Tap Cancel.

Note: Uninstalling the app or deleting your Medium account will not automatically cancel your membership subscription purchased through the Google Play Store. You must cancel your subscription via the Google Play Store to end the subscription. If you uninstall the app or delete the account without canceling your membership, you will still be charged.

Step 2: Set up your new subscription

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Go to medium.com/membership and click Upgrade.

Choose your subscription plan ($50/year or $5/month.)

Choose the payment method. You can subscribe with your credit card or PayPal.

Enter your credit card details and click Start my membership or click PayPal Checkout to subscribe with PayPal.

Go to the You tab.

Tap Become a member.

Choose your subscription plan ($50/year or $5/month) and confirm.

Open the sidebar menu.

Tap Become a member.

Choose your subscription plan($50/year or $5/month) and confirm.

Medium may automatically restrict publishing privileges for new accounts, or where suspicious activity has been detected.

There are many reasons why publishing may be limited or unavailable. In assessing accounts, we look at a combination of factors including but not limited to: the age and location of the account, completeness of the profile, linked social media accounts, and prior account activity (if any).

We urge you to audit your account, and update any missing or outdated elements. Learn more about account settings.

Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page and choose Publications from the menu.

Click New publication.

Enter your publication's name, description, and upload your publication avatar. These steps are required to create a publication.

Additionally, you can:

Add a logo that appears at the top of all posts in the publication.

Add contact information.

Any email address or Twitter/Facebook link is public.

Add tags.

Add editors and writers to your publication.

Click Next in the lower right corner to go to the publication layout screen. Under the Homepage screen, you customize your publication's homepage.

Click Create to create your publication.

Note: You can only create a publication on desktop.

Clap

Clapping on Medium posts is a way to let the author know that you appreciated their story. You can clap multiple times to show how much you liked it.

Digest

Daily or weekly email you receive from Medium with your story recommendations. Digests are based on what stories, publications, and topics you follow on the platform, and what you read in the past. You can always manage your email preferences in your Settings.

Highlight

Medium allows you to highlight your favorite passages in stories to let the author know that you liked this passage. Additionally, your followers will see the highlights on the post.

Letter

Email sent by a publication you're following. Every publication can send email letters to their followers.

Member

Paid Medium subscriber. You can tell that someone is a subscriber if they have a green halo around their profile picture. Becoming a member lets you read exclusive stories, listen to audio narrations, and more.

Note

Private way of commenting on someone's story. Notes are between you and the author of the post.

Partner

Author who participates in the Medium Partner Program. Participation in the Program is free and lets you earn money by publishing members-only stories.

Publication

Similarly to blogs, publications are a way of grouping stories together from multiple writers.

Response

Comment left underneath someone's post.

Series

Mobile-first format that lets you write stories using cards. You can always add more cards to your series to expand the story and notify your followers.

Story

Post published on Medium.

The Edition

Weekly digest sent to Medium members with the best members-only stories published on the platform.

Topic

Pages with stories written around a particular interest. You can follow topics if you want to receive stories about them.

Subscription details

Go to your Settings page to view your subscription details, including your subscription plan, billing period, and payment information.

Note: If you subscribed with a credit card, you can update your credit card information from there. For subscriptions purchased through PayPal, iTunes, or Google Play Store, go to the appropriate store and edit your payment information from there.

Billing history

On your Settings page, click View billing history to open your billing history and check your previous charges.

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Cancellations

You can cancel your subscription at any time. Once you cancel, you will still be able to use all your membership benefits until the the end of the billing cycle. For more information, see Paid Terms.

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Go to your Settings page and scroll down to the Membership section.

Click Cancel your membership.

Note: If you purchased your membership through iTunes or Google Play Store, you'll need to cancel your subscription directly through that service.

On your phone or tablet, go to your phone's Settings > [your name] > iTunes & App Store.

Tap your Apple ID at the top of the screen.

Tap View Apple ID. You might need to sign in or use Touch ID.

Tap Subscriptions.

Tap Medium membership from the list.

Tap Cancel subscription.

Note: Uninstalling the app or deleting your Medium account will not automatically cancel your membership subscription purchased through iTunes. You must cancel your subscription via iTunes to end the subscription. If you uninstall the app or delete the account without canceling your membership, you will still be charged.

On your phone or tablet, open the Google Play Store app.

Tap the sidemenu icon .

Tap Subscriptions.

Choose the Medium subscription.

Tap Cancel.

Note: Uninstalling the app or deleting your Medium account will not automatically cancel your membership subscription purchased through the Google Play Store. You must cancel your subscription via the Google Play Store to end the subscription. If you uninstall the app or delete the account without canceling your membership, you will still be charged.

Common questions

Can I change my subscription plan?

At this time changing your subscription plan while your subscription is running is not supported. To change your subscription plan, you would need to cancel your current subscription, and re-subscribe with the other plan once it ends.

How can I receive an invoice?

If you'd like to receive a PDF invoice for VAT or other purposes, please submit a ticket request.

Can I share my subscription with other people?

Your membership subscription is for one Medium account only and can't be shared with other Medium accounts.

You can sign in to Medium using a third-party social account or your email address.

If you're having problems with accessing your Medium account, take a look at the Troubleshooting section below!

Sign in or sign up with a social media account

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On the Medium homepage, click Sign inin the top-right corner to sign in to your existing Medium account, or Get started to create a new account.

Choose the third-party service you want to use.

Authorize Medium to access your social media account.

ClickOk to be redirected to Medium and signed in to your account.

Open the Medium iOS app.

Choose the third-party service you want to use.

Authorize Medium to access your social account.

ClickOk to be redirected to Medium and signed in to your account.

Open the Medium Android app.

Choose the third-party service you want to use.

Authorize Medium to access your social account.

ClickOk to be redirected to Medium and signed in to your account.

Sign in or sign up with email

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On the Medium homepage, click Sign inin the top-right corner.

Choose Sign in with email.

Enter your email address and click Continue.

Go to your inbox and open the verification email.

ClickSign in to Mediumin the email to be redirected to Medium and signed in to your account.

Note:The email verification link expires after fifteen minutes and can only be used once. If you run out of time or need a new email login later on, you can simply follow the same process again to get a fresh email login link.

Open the Medium iOS app.

Tap Sign in with email.

Enter your email address and tap Continue.

Go to your inbox on your iOS device and open the verification email.

TapSign in to Mediumin the email to be redirected to Medium and signed in to your account.

Note:The email verification link expires after fifteen minutes and can only be used once. If you run out of time or need a new email login later on, you can simply follow the same process again to get a fresh email login link.

Open the Medium Android app.

Tap Sign in with email.

Enter your email address and tap Continue.

Go to your inbox on your Android device and open the verification email.

TapSign in to Mediumin the email to be redirected to Medium and signed in to your account.

Note:The email verification link expires after fifteen minutes and can only be used once. If you run out of time or need a new email login later on, you can simply follow the same process again to get a fresh email login link.

Troubleshooting

I don't know how to access my account

If you don't know what social media account is associated with your Medium account, try signing in using your email address instead, and when you sign in, check your social connections in Settings.

If you don't know what email address you created your account with, check your email inbox. You should have received a welcome email from Medium when you created your account for the first time.

I'm not receiving verification emails from Medium

Below we've gathered some helpful tips that should help you troubleshoot email problems on your side.

Make sure your email address is correct

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Click on your avatar in the top-right corner of the page and click Settings.

Under Your email, double check if your email address is correct. If you need to update it, clickEdit email and confirm the change by clickingSave.

In the You tab, tap Settings.

Tap Email notifications.

Under Your email, double check if your email address is correct. If you need to update it, clickEdit email and confirm the change by clickingSave.

Open the drawer menu and tap Settings.

Tap Email settings.

Under Your email, double check if your email address is correct. If you need to update it, clickEdit email and confirm the change by clickingSave.

Check your spam, trash folders, and other email filters

Search your "All Mail" and "Spam" inbox for emails from Medium. If you set up any custom email filters, double check them to see if they send Medium emails into some other folder.

Allow receiving emails from Medium

Ask your IT team, email administrator, or ISP if your email server is blocking emails from Medium. Emails from Medium come from [email protected], so that email address might need to be whitelisted.

Can I set up a password?

Medium does not support passwords at this time.

Still having problems? Contact our support team for further assistance.

If you have a story published elsewhere and would like to import it to Medium, you can use this handy import tool. Using the import tool will automatically backdate the post to the original date, as well as add a canonical link to make sure your SEO won't be penalized.

Note: Import tool is currently supported only on desktop.

Importing a post

Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page and click Stories.

Click Import a story.

Paste the URL of the story you'd like to import into the field and click Import.

Click See your story.

Edit your post and clickPublish to publish it on your profile.

Imported stories will automatically apply a canonical URL referencing the original source material.

Note: You may only import content from other sites for which you have the right to do so.

Troubleshooting

Why can't my story be imported?

If the import tool is unable to import your post, you might need to manually move your content to Medium. To learn more about this, see this article.

Publications are shared spaces for stories written around a common theme or topic, usually by multiple authors.

Key features of publications

support for multiple contributors: writers and editors

a story submission system

a unique layout with a number of customization options

a URL in the format medium.com/your-publication-name

To see a publication in action, check out our official Medium blog 3 min read :

Add draft or post to publication

User functions

Each publication is owned by a single user accountthe publication's owner. The owner account has full rights to manage the publication and can add other users as publication editors and writers.

Editors can review, edit and publish stories submitted by writers, as well as add their own stories and modify the publication's layout.

Writers are regular contributors who can submit their stories to the publication.

Creating a publication

Creating a publication is available to all Medium users. The user account used to create the publication will become its owner.

For a step-by-step guide to setting up your publication, see Create publication.

Customizing a publication

In the publication's settings, you can add a header with a title and/or logo, set up a number of sections with customizable layouts, and add feature pages which act as tabs housing specialized content.

Adding stories to a publication

For a story to be added to a publication, a user must first write the story and submit to the publication.To learn more about the submission process, see .

To confirm that a story has been submitted to a publication, the writer must ensure that when in edit mode, the top-left corner of the story says “Submitted draft” or “Submitted story.” If the top-left corner says “Not yet submitted”, then the post is not yet submitted to the publication. In that case, the writer must first click the “Ready to submit?” button, followed by “Submit to publication,”

Once a story is submitted to a publication, the publication editors must then accept the story before it is published into the publication.The author retains all rights to the content and is still able to introduce changes or withdraw it from the publication altogether.

Your profile on Medium consists of information publicly linked to your account.

Viewing and editing your profile

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View your profile page

To open your profile page, click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page and click Profile.

Settings

Your profile includes:

Profile picture

Short bio

Profile image

Linked social media accounts

Lists of people you follow and who follow you

Publications you edit

Top Writer badges

Recent posts you've written (plus an optional Featured post)

Articles you've highlighted, applaudedor responded to

Edit profile

On your profile page, click Edit profile to edit your profile.From here, you can:

Change your display name to appear on your public profile of up to 25 characters.

Enter a bio of up to 160 characters. It may include a link.

Change your profile image by clicking the camera icon on your current profile picture and uploading an image from your device.

When you're done with making changes, click Save.

Tip! To change your username, which is visible in your profile URL, see Change username.

View your profile page

Go to the You tab and tap Profile to view your profile.

Your profile includes:

Profile name

Short bio

Profile picture

Linked social media accounts

Lists of people you follow and who follow you

Publications you edit

Top Writer badges

Recent posts you've written (plus an optional Featured post)

Articles you've highlighted, applaudedor responded to

Edit profile

On your profile page, tapEdit to edit your profile. From here, you can:

Change your display name to appear on your public profile of up to 25 characters.

Enter a bio of up to 160 characters. It may include a link.

Change your profile image by tappingEdit profile picture and uploading an image from your device or straight from the camera.

When you're done with making changes, tap Save.

Tip! To change your username, which is visible in your profile URL, see Change username.

View your profile page

Open the drawer menu and in the top-left corner of the homepage and tap See profile.

Your profile includes:

Profile name

Short bio

Profile picture

Linked social media accounts

Lists of people you follow and who follow you

Publications you edit

Top Writer badges

Recent posts you've written (plus an optional Featured post)

Articles you've highlighted, applaudedor responded to

Edit profile

On your profile page, tap thebuttonand tapEdit to edit your profile. From here, you can:

Change your display name to appear on your public profile of up to 25 characters.

Enter a bio of up to 160 characters. It may include a link.

Change your profile image by clicking Choose an imageand uploading an image from your device or straight from the camera.

When you're done with making changes, tap Save.

Tip! To change your username, which is visible in your profile URL, see Change username.

Feature a story on your profile

You can feature one story at the top of your profile page. That story will show up in a separate section before all your latest articles.

Go to your profile page.

Click the arrow down button underneath the post you want to feature.

Click Feature at the top of your profile.

If you don't set a featured story yourself, your most recent Partner Program story (if you've published any) will be automatically moved to the featured slot. You can replace it at any time by featuring any other story of your choice.

Common questions

What is my profile URL?

If you go to your profile page, your profile URL will show up in your browser's address bar. If you're on iOS or Android, tap the Share button located on your profile page to copy your profile page URL.

How can I share my profile page with others?

To share your profile page with someone, simply copy the profile page URL and send it to them. You can copy your profile page URL from your browser's address bar. If you're on iOS or Android, tap the Share button located on your profile page.

How can I change my username?

You can change your username in .

To set an image as featured in your Medium story, use the featured image picker when you're publishing your post, or select the image manually and pressShift + F.

Set a focal point

You can set a focal point on your image to crop your images better for social media thumbnails and preview image on Medium.

To set a focal point on your featured image:

Hold Alt / Opt.

Click on the image in the place where you want your focal point to be.

The resulting green circle will serve as a focal point for automatic image cropping that appears in post listings and previews around the site.

Updated: May 15, 2019

Our editorial curation team reviews thousands of stories every day. We have over 35 curators with a diverse set of interests and experiences. Some come from writing and editing backgrounds, while others have specific expertise in fields that are popular on Medium.

The curators look for quality stories on Medium. When they select a story, they then add it to topics, which makes those stories eligible for personalized distribution and promotion across Medium on the homepage, on topic pages, in our app, in our Daily Digest newsletter, and in other emails. For example, a curated story about the ethical implications of machine learning could be distributed in the Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Philosophy topics, reaching the readers who follow or have shown interest in those topics while reading on Medium. (More than 95 million unique readers visit Medium each month.)

Curators use the editorial standards listed below as well as their own assessment of quality to determine whether to recommend a story to readers. Curators are looking for stories that are insightful, considered, and well-written. Among the kinds of stories they select are pieces with a strong narrative, pieces that convey useful and/or well-researched information, and articles with a nuanced point of view. The writing should be polished and free of errors.

Here are some things our curators are looking for:

Headlines: Write a clear and descriptive title and subtitle for your story. Headlines should accurately reflect what your story is about please avoid profanity, misleading “clickbait” phrasing, and using all-caps. (And if you really want to get into it: Standard headline styling is title case for the headline and sentence case for the subtitle. This isn’t required but is ideal.)

Proofreading: Avoid major typos, errors, or formatting quirks in your story so readers can focus on the piece itself.

Images: Ideally, you will include a featured image with your story. It appears when we preview your story for readers on our homepage or your profile. It should be an image that you have the rights to use. Free-use resources like Pexels, Pixabay, Unsplash, and the Gender Spectrum Collection are great for sourcing Creative Commons-licensed images.

Citations: Include links to facts (especially in the areas of science, medicine, health, statistics, etc.), quotations, and excerpts to their sources.

Profile: Your profile on Medium helps readers know more about you and your expertise, so they can understand the perspective of your story even better. Edit your profile to include a clear picture of yourself, your full name, and a bio that describes your credentials.

Here are some things that would disqualify your story from being curated:

Ads and content marketing: Medium is ad-free. You may not include advertising for third-party products, services, or brands. (This includes stories whose predominant purpose is gaining attention for a brand.) Medium does not permit images or text that indicate brand sponsorship, undisclosed affiliate links, and sponsored stories, and it includes any ad-like content added to your piece by publications.

Requests for claps or donations: Do not include requests for donations or other links or embeds that exist for the purpose of capturing user information or soliciting money. (Mailing lists are permitted.) Please do not ask readers to clap at the end of your story either in text or an image that shows them how to clap.

Copyright violations: You must have the rights or permission to use all the words and images in your story. (If not, there must be a strong case that you are using it lawfully under fair use rules.)

Content violations: We will not distribute stories that breach our rules, including stories that:

Advocate or promote intolerance or prejudice against individuals or groups, including the use of scientific or pseudoscientific claims to pathologize, dehumanize, or disempower others.

Glorify, celebrate, downplay, or trivialize violence, suffering, abuse, or deaths.

Exist mainly to target, shame, intimidate, or harass identified, identifiable, or anonymous people.

Dox someone, including by exposing personal information or aggregating of public information.

Consist of unsubstantiated, unverified, or misleading claims and reporting.

Have been previously published on Medium.

Include undisclosed affiliate links.

Serialization: Stories that are split into multiple posts are unlikely to be curated unless each post works on its own without additional context.

Stories about Medium: We don’t curate stories about Medium.

English language: At this time, we are only able to review English-language stories for curation.

The guidelines above can be considered a bare minimum curators are looking for stories that surpass this minimum. Your story might not be curated even if it has not been disqualified by any of these criteria. Reasons for this include curators' individual quality judgment and a writer's past curation acceptance. (There is no "best time to publish." Posts are not eliminated from review because of publish time.) Quality is inherently subjective, and we’re constantly working to improve our consistency. We conduct regular quality assessments of our curators’ work for this reason.

Currently, we are not able to provide feedback about why a story was not curated. Stories that are not selected are still hosted on Medium and can be shared via direct links, and your followers can find them in “New from your network.”

The statements, views, and opinions contained in curated stories are those of the authors and are not endorsed by, nor do they necessarily reflect the opinions of, Medium or its employees.

Want to learn more?

You can read the overall Medium Rules.

You can read our FAQs about distribution on Medium.

You can read about how Medium’s curation, distribution, and paywall systems work for writers from our VP, Product

You can learn more about joining the Partner Program to earn money for your work on Medium.

You can learn some tips and tricks for how to master the Medium editor.

You can browse stories that were recently featured by our editors to get inspiration.

You can get topic-specific rules and best practices here: cryptocurrencies, journalism, and controversial, suspect, and extreme content.

As of November 2017, Medium is no longer offering new custom domains as a feature. Instead, you can create a publication on Medium that will live on a medium.com/publication-name URL.

Existing publications on custom domains

If you already have a custom domain on Medium, nothing will change for you for the foreseeable future, and your domain will continue to work as expected.

However, if you currently have a custom domain on Medium and you maintain CAA Records, you must add one for comodoca.com or we won't be able to renew your SSL certificate every year.If you don’t have any CAA Records there’s no need to add anything. Your certificate will renew seamlessly.

Editors at Medium are looking for talented writers to contribute stories to Medium’s publications. This is an opportunity for platform writers to work more closely with our editorial team and reach a larger readership through these publications. Unpublished drafts are the preferred submission method, but published stories and story pitches may also be included depending on the publication. This list will be updated as publications are added. While we review submissions, we may not be able to respond to all of them or give feedback.

If you haven’t already, join the Medium Partner Program. Once a month you will receive a newsletter with information valuable to writers, including submission opportunities.

LEVEL

LEVEL is a new Medium publication that aims to fundamentally change what you think of when you hear the phrase “men’s magazine,” and to do so through and for the worldview of Black and Brown men. Our readers are intellectually curious, creatively and personally driven, and emotionally maturethey know that growth begins at 30, and evolution comes from hard conversations. Culture, sex, identity, fatherhood, career, race, friendship: It’s all fair game when you’re trying to LEVEL up. See the submissions guidelines and how to pitch here.

ZORA

ZORA is a new Medium publication for, by and about women of color. The ZORA woman represents a variety of backgrounds, interests, experiences, languages and attitudes. Our content is informative as well as inspiring, and it speaks directly to the ZORA woman, in no other voice but her own. If you have a story that reflects your experiences, your thoughts, your culture or your life as a woman of color that you want to share, you can submit stories directly to ZORA’s platform editor, Jolie A. Doggett, at [email protected].

Marker

Marker is a new publication from Medium looking to make leaders smarter about the world of businessand the way business impacts the world. We help readers make better decisions by giving them accurate, thoughtful, and actionable information, written by, for, and about people who create and destroy value across the global economy. You can submit stories at [email protected].

Modus

Modus is a place designers can rely on to level up their skills and knowledge, stay current on the state of the design and tech fields, and dig deeper into the areas that interest them. Read their submission guidelines here.

Elemental

Elemental is Medium’s home for science-backed health and wellness coverage. Every day, you will find new ambitious and trustworthy reporting on the many ways to live a healthy life. Elemental is specifically looking for reported pieces, expert insights and explainers, and science-backed personal essays. You can submit stories at [email protected].

GEN

GEN is focused on politics, power, and culture. Every day, you will find stories that will help you understand the powerful forces reshaping our world. You can submit stories at [email protected].

OneZero

OneZero is a new Medium publication. This forward-looking, original tech and science brand will cover our accelerating march into the future, tell you what’s coming next from Silicon Valley, and provide a guide to how technology will change how we live, work and govern ourselves. You’ll find context here you won’t see anywhere else about the powerful forces shaping our world, produced by expert writers from inside and outside the industry. We welcome submissions from writers, including tech experts and industry insiders, inside Silicon Valley and beyond. You can submit stories at [email protected].

Forge

Forge is here to examine and illuminate our constant struggle to get more done, invest in creativity and focus, and be happy doing it. We provide a toolbox of research and expert-backed strategies to be more productive, inspired, and whole. We don’t use vague inspiration-speak or glibly suggested quick fixes to major personal problems. We don’t write about fads for fads’ sake, or celebrities for celebrities’ sake. We are not interested in take-downs or screeds. We are particularly eager to hear from experts in their fields with their takes on how to live better or solve problems. You can submit stories at [email protected].

Human Parts

Human Parts is Medium’s home for personal stories and perspectives. From the mundane to the extraordinary to the downright weird, we’re here to explore what it means to be human. Read their submission guidelines here.

Once you’ve published a story, you may see a message like this at the top of your published post:

Medium Partner Program

This article addresses frequently asked questions about stories that are not part of the paywall.

Why is my story not part of the metered paywall?

Stories become eligible to be part of the metered paywall if the writer selects that option in each story’s distribution setting. Medium will never meter a story without the writer’s permission.

During the publish flow, you have the opportunity to check the box to be eligible for curation review and distribution. Checking this box means that your story is eligible to be shared as part of Medium’s metered paywall.

If you do not check the box, your story will not be distributed by curators or be part of the metered paywall.

Stories that were published prior to the introduction of the publish flow checkbox are not metered, except those published through the Medium Partner Program or commissioned by our Editorial team.

What are the benefits of being part of the paywall?

Stories that are part of the paywall become eligible for distribution to Medium readers through topics, which power recommendations on Medium on our home page, on our topic pages, in our Daily Digest and in our apps. Stories are also eligible to earn money, for writers who are part of the Medium Partner Program.

Stories that are not part of the paywall will only be distributed to your followers, and are not eligible to earn money.

How can I make my story eligible to be part of the metered paywall?

From the story editor, open the “...” menu, select the distribution setting option, and check the box - your story will become part of the metered paywall. If you are in the Medium Partner Program, then your story will now be eligible to earn money.

Will curators review my story if I make my story eligible to be part of the metered paywall?

Curators prioritize reviewing stories that were marked for distribution at the time of publishing. Therefore, it is unlikely - but not impossible - that stories that are not initially marked for distribution will be reviewed if you change the setting after the fact.

Will I earn money if my story is not part of the metered paywall?

No. Only stories that are part of the metered paywall are eligible for earnings through the .

If you're trying to set up a shared Medium account that multiple people from the same organization can sign into, we recommend setting up a shared-access email account in your company domain or a shared Twitter account linked to your Medium account. This would allow anyone with access to the Twitter account to sign into the linked Medium account.

Likewise, anyone with access to a shared email account can receive Medium's email sign in link (valid for 15 minutes) to access that account.

Please note that our Paid Terms of Service do not allow for sharing a single Medium account to provide membership access to multiple people. You can only share accounts for publishing purposes.

You can edit your draft or published post at any time. If you're editing a draft, changes made on your post will be automatically saved. Once you save your changes on your published story, they will become immediately visible to your readers.

Editing a draft

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page to open a menu.

Click Stories.

Choose a draft to continue editing.

Go to the You tab.

TapStories.

Choose a draft to continue editing.

Open the drawer menu in the top-left corner of the home feed.

Tap Stories.

Choose a draft to continue editing.

Editing a published story

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From the Stories page:

Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page to open a menu.

Click Stories.

Click the Published tab.

Click the arrow down button near the story you want to edit.

Choose Edit story from the menu.

Make the desired changes and clickSave and publish to make them live.

From the post page:

Navigate to the post you want to edit.

Click the button in the top-right corner.

Choose Edit story from the menu.

Make the desired changes and clickSave and publish to make them live.

From the Stories page:

Go to the You tab.

TapStories.

TapPublic.

Tap the ellipsis button near the story you want to edit.

TapEdit.

Make the desired changes and tap NextandPostto make them live.

From the Stories page:

Open the drawer menu in the top-left corner of the home feed.

TapStories.

TapPublic.

Tap theellipsis button near the story you want to edit.

TapEdit.

Make the desired changes and tap Publishto make them live.

Tip! Check out this article to learn more about formatting features.

Medium evaluates flagged and reported content according to its rules and takes appropriate actions against violations of them, including warnings, suspension, and decreased distribution. For all reported content, we take into account things like newsworthiness, the context, nature, and likely effect of the posted information, and applicable laws.

In evaluating newsworthiness, we consider, at minimum, the following:

Public status of the subject

The subject of the content is one of the following:

Private person (adult)

An adult who does not qualify as a limited-purpose or general public figure (as those terms are generally understood under US law)

Private person receiving involuntary publicity

A private person who is the subject of publicity or exposure of personal information, despite not having apparently invited public attention to themselves in general or in relation to a particular issue

Minor (under 18 years)

A private person (or limited-purpose public figure) who appears to be under 18 years of age

Limited-purpose public figure

A person who has publicly distinguished themself or invited attention and comment relative to a particular (narrow) issue or interest in order to shape or influence related conversations and outcomes

General-purpose public figure

A person with pervasive power and influence in society, such as an elected official, major celebrity, head of a large corporation, or similar

Assessment of status

Content involving private persons (including involuntary public figures), and especially minors, is the least likely to be considered newsworthy and may be subject to suspension on privacy grounds unless other factors prove it to be newsworthy.

Content involving limited-purpose public figures may or may not be considered newsworthy, depending on context, the nature of the information posted, and whether the criticism contained is limited to the narrow issue for which the person has invited publicity, and does not include personal attacks, harassment, hate speech, dehumanization, or other rules violations.

Content involving general public figures is the most likely to be considered newsworthy.

Reasonable expectation of privacy

Medium’s rules prohibit the following:

Posting copies of private communications between private individuals without the explicit consent of all parties to the communication

Doxing, which includes not only private or obscure personal information but also the aggregation of publicly available information to target, shame, blackmail, harass, intimidate, threaten, or endanger

Posting intimate or explicit images taken or posted without the subject’s express consent

Content that violates others’ privacy, including sensitive or confidential information such as credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, non-public phone numbers, physical addresses, email addresses, or other non-public information

In evaluating expectations of privacy, we apply a risk-oriented analysis which includes, at minimum, the following considerations:

Public status of the subject (see above)

Identifiability of the person(s) who are the subject of the content

Nature of the complaint, if applicable

Accuracy of information contained

Evidence of consent by all parties to disclose the included personal data, if any

Evidence of bad faith (including cross-platform campaigns) in disclosing the personal data, if any

Existing media coverage of the person(s) or incident(s) involved, if any

Actual harms or potential risks to personal safety and reputation of persons whose data is disclosed or aggregated involuntarily

Reasonable expectations of privacy based on the manner of disclosure and nature of the disclosed personal data

Whether the public interest in having access to the information potentially outweighs any reasonable expectations of privacy

When you share a Medium post on social media, a card is created with a preview of your content.

Social media websites such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn look at the initial post data, including your title and featured image. If you make changes to those elements, Medium sends out the new information. It might take some time for those services to update your preview card data, but you can use their tools to force them to update your data right away.

Updating your social media cards

Twitter Facebook LinkedIn

Go to the Twitter Card Validator tool.

Paste the URL of the Medium post.

Click Preview card.

Go to the Facebook Sharing Debugger tool.

Paste the URL of the Medium post and click Debug.

Click Scrape again.

Go to the LinkedIn Post Inspector tool.

Paste the URL of the Medium post.

Click Inspect.

Adding relevant tags to your post will help with its discoverability around the platform. You can add up to five tags per post.

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Adding tags to a draft

Go to the draft you want to add tags to and click Ready to publish.

Type in up to five relevant tags.

Click Publish now to publish your story with tags.

Adding tags to a published story

Enter edit mode either by starting a new draft, or by visiting your story page, clicking the button in the top-right corner and choosing Edit story.

In edit mode, click the menu icon in the top-right corner of the page.

From the drop-menu, click Change tags.

Choose an option below and save.

Go to the story you want to add tags to and tap Next.

TapAdd tags, type in your tag, and confirm.

TapDoneto save your changes.

Go to the story you want to add tags to and tap Publish.

TapAdd tags, type in your tag, and confirm.

TapDoneto save your changes.

Note: Editing tags is not yet supported on Android. To edit tags on published posts, go to your desktop.

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page.

ClickSign out.

Go to the You tab ().

TapSettings.

TapSign out.

Tap to open the drawer menu.

TapSettings.

TapSign out.

Sign out of all other sessions

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page.

Click Settings.

ClickSign out other sessions.

Go to the You tab ().

TapSettings.

Tap Account.

TapSign out other sessions.

Tap to open the drawer menu.

TapSettings.

Tap Email settings.

Tap Sign out other sessions.

Clicking the bookmark ribbon icon on a post will save the post to your bookmark section. You can use your bookmarks to mark stories you want to read later.

Adding and removing bookmarks

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Bookmark a story

When reading a story, click the bookmark ribbon icon underneath the story or on the left side to bookmark it for later.

Remove a bookmark

Click the bookmark icon again to remove the bookmark.

Bookmark a story

When reading a story, tap the bookmark ribbon icon on the bottom bar to bookmark it for later.

Remove a bookmark

Tap the bookmark icon again to remove the bookmark.

Bookmark a story

When reading a story, tap the bookmark ribbon icon to bookmark it for later.

Remove a bookmark

Tap the bookmark icon again to remove the bookmark.

Accessing your reading list

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To open your bookmarks, click the bookmark ribbon in the top-right corner of the page, or click on your profile picture and choose Reading list from the menu.

All your bookmarks can be found in theSaved section. Click the story you want to read to open it.

Archive a bookmark

From your reading list, click Archive on the bookmarked story to move it to the Archived tab.All your archived stories are in Archived section.

Remove a bookmark from your reading list

In the Reading list, click the Remove to remove a bookmarked story.

Reading history

You can check the stories you read or viewed in the last 30 days by going to Recently viewed section in the Reading list.

To open your bookmarks, tap the bookmark ribbon from the bottom menu. All your bookmarks are in Saved section. Tap the story you want to read to open it.

Offline mode

All your bookmarked stories are automatically saved on your iOS or Android app for offline reading. Non-members will not be able to read member only stories offline irrespective of their meter limit.

Archive a bookmark

Tap the archive icon (on the right) on the bookmarked story to archive a story.All your archived stories are in Archived section.

Remove a bookmark from your reading list

In the Reading list, tap the remove icon (on the left) to remove an archived story.

Reading history

You can check the stories you read or viewed in the last 30 days by going to Recently viewed section in the Reading list.

Sorting

You can sort both bookmarked and archived stories by:

Recently added (default)

Recently Published

Shortest time to read

When the stories are sorted by recently added, they are grouped under “Past 7 days” and “Older”.

To open your bookmarks, open the drawer menu and tap Reading List. All your bookmarks are in Saved section.Tap the story you want to read to open it.

Offline mode

All your bookmarked stories are automatically saved on your iOS or Android app for offline reading. Non-members will not be able to read member only stories offline irrespective of their meter limit.

Archive a bookmark

Tap the archive icon (on the right) on the bookmarked story to archive a story.All your archived stories are in Archived section.

Remove a bookmark from your reading list

In the Reading list, tap the remove icon (on the left) to remove an archived story.

Reading history

You can check the stories you read or viewed in the last 30 days by going to Recently viewed section in the Reading list.

Sorting

You can sort both bookmarked and archived stories by:

Recently added (default)

Recently Published

Shortest time to read

When the stories are sorted by recently added, they are grouped under “Past 7 days” and “Older”.

Traffic and visitor statistics are available for stories you publish on Medium.

Accessing your stats

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page.

Click Stats.

Go to the You tab.

Tap Stats.

Open the side menu from the app's homepage.

Tap Stats.

Friend Links

The bar graph represents traffic over the last thirty days. You can go back to the previous thirty days or click on the title of an individual story to see that story's traffic for the last thirty days.

Views vs. reads

Views are the number of visitors who clicked on a story's page, while Reads tells you how many viewers have read the entire story (an estimate).

Fans

Fans represent the number of unique readers who clapped for this story.

Details

For each story you’ve published, you can click “Details” to understand more about the audience for that story.

Summary

At the top of the details page, you’ll see a summary of the story’s performance to date, including “Total Views” (all-time visits to your story) and “Read Ratio” (an estimate of the percentage of viewers that reached the end of your story).

If you published the story through our Partner Program, you’ll also see the “Lifetime Earnings” (how much money it’s earned as of the previous Sunday) and a list of the topics that your story was distributed in by our curators. (Our team of curators review every Partner Program story and if they meet our editorial standards distribute them in Topics, which power Medium’s personalized recommendations to readers.)

Graph

Below the summary, you’ll see a visualization of your traffic over the past 30 days. You can hover over any date to see how many views you received on that day. On each day, you’ll see a breakdown of how many views came from Medium distribution (dark green) our app, homepage, and emails, and through Medium's Facebook and Twitter accounts and how much came from external traffic off-Medium (light green).

Views by Traffic Source

Here, you’ll see a breakdown of your traffic sources. You’ll see an aggregate number of views that came from Medium’s distribution and then a list of your top external sources of views. You can click on “twitter.com,” “facebook.com,” or “linkedin.com” to search those platforms for posts that include a link your story.

If you published your story through the Partner Program, you’ll also see the number of views that came from your personal Friend Link. are special links that you can use to give your readers free access to a story you publish behind our metered paywall.

Your Readers’ Interests

To help you understand your audience more fully, here, you’ll see a chart that shows the topics that the readers of this story are most interested in. The listed percentages are the proportion of logged-in viewers of the story who follow each topic. You can use this data to decide what you might want to write about next and to see whether you’re reaching your intended audience. Note: to protect reader privacy, we will not show this data unless your story has reached a certain threshold of logged-in readers.

Note: The story details page can be accessed from mobile apps by going to your profile, tapping Stats, and then tapping on the story title.

Common questions

Why did I see a change in my stats?

There are two reasons why you may observe slight changes to your stats over time.

First, if the account of a user who engages (views, claps, etc.) with your story is deleted or suspended, then the engagement will also be removed. This can cause changes in your stats months or even years after the original engagement.

Second, you may see fluctuations in your recent stats based on the way that we calculate and provide real-time stats. This does not reflect a change in the actual metrics, but rather is a temporary side effect when tracking live stats. Below is an explanation:

We maintain two sources of stats for your stories:

The first is a stable, long-term count of all engagement throughout time.

The second is a short-term count that is updated in real-time. This real-time count has not yet been processed through robust deduplication checks and other safeguards.

Every hour, recent engagement on your post from the last hour is processed and converted from the short-term count into the long-term stable count. During this processing, we may identify duplicate or erroneous counts of the same clap or read. Therefore, the long-term stable count for that time period may end up differing slightly from the short-term count you previously saw. You will not observe fluctuations to your stats for a given time period in the long run, except in the case of user account deletion mentioned above.

Medium is required to issue a 1042-S tax form to nonresident aliens (non-US taxpayers) who earn through the Medium Partner Program, in order to comply with US law.

In order to complete the 1042-S tax form and then send copies both to you and to the IRS, we will first need to collect your taxpayer information through a W-8 form.

Please see our FAQ answer " I am a nonresident alien (non-US taxpayer). Which tax form do I fill out? " for more information on which tax form to fill out, and our answer “ Filling out the W-8BEN and W-8BEN-E tax form (for nonresident aliens) ” for details about the form.

Note: We are not able to give advice on how or when you should file your taxes. We recommend that you contact a tax professional for any questions or recommendations.

To set a post as unlisted while in edit mode:

Enter edit mode either by starting a new draft, or by visiting your story page, clicking the button in the top-right corner and choosing Edit story.

In edit mode, click the menu icon in the top-right corner of the page.

From the drop-menu,click Manage unlisted setting.

Click Yes to the question "Make this story unlisted?".

Click Save.

Your story will now be unlisted.

Note: Publishing unlisted stories is not supported on mobile apps.

Privacy

Unlisted stories will not appear in the home feed, profile page, tag page, or search on Medium, nor will they appear in notifications or email digests.

To share an unlisted story, simply share the URL of the post. Unlisted stories are not password protected, and anyone who has the link will be able to view the post.

Medium gives you the ability to export your personal data and stories as HTML files in a .zip archive.

Exporting your content

Click on your user icon and click Settings.

Scroll down to the Accounts section.

Click Download .zip.

A link to download your archive will be sent to you by email when it is finished.

Deleting an account will remove it from our servers entirely in accordance to our Privacy Policy.

If you deactivate your account, your profile and all your data will disappear from Medium, but your account data will still stay in our database. Deactivated accounts can be restored at any time simply by signing in to the deactivated account.

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Deactivate an account

Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner and click Settings.

Click Deactivate account at the bottom of the page.

Confirm the action.

Delete an account

Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner and click Settings.

Click Delete account at the bottom of the page.

Confirm the action by entering your username.

Note: This deletion is permanent, and all your account data will be removed.

Deactivate an account

In the You tab, tap Settings.

Tap Account.

Click Deactivate account at the bottom of the page.

Confirm the action.

Delete an account

In the You tab, tap Settings.

Tap Account.

Click Delete account at the bottom of the page.

Confirm the action by entering your username.

Note: This deletion is permanent, and all your account data will be removed.

Deactivate an account

Open the drawer menu in the top-left corner of your homepage and tap Settings.

Tap Email settings.

Click Deactivate account at the bottom of the page.

Confirm the action.

Delete an account

Open the drawer menu in the top-left corner of your homepage and tap Settings.

Tap Email settings.

Click Delete account at the bottom of the page.

Confirm the action by entering your username.

Note: This deletion is permanent, and all your account data will be removed.

In addition to a publication's homepage, you can set up additional feature pages which can act as a landing page or a specialized collection of your publication's contents.

To access feature pages, go to your publication homepage > click publication icon > Feature pages > New feature page.

Under Header logo, you can add an optional image which will be shown in place of the page title for that page only.

Under Layout, choose whether you want to display stories in a specific tag or featured stories (custom stories you hand-pick from your publication's recent story list).

If you choose Stories in a tag, any stories with that tag will be automatically included.

If you choose Featured stories, you'll need to add stories manually to populate the section. To do that, clickChoose a story...in the section template and pick a story from the drop-down list. You can also start typing in a story's section title to narrow down the selection.

You can also add a tab in the publication's navigation bar that will link to your featured page. To do that,go to your publication homepage > click publication icon > Navigation.

Once a publication writer submits a story to your publication, you or another publication editor need to review the post and approve it for it to show up on your publication's homepage.

Reviewing submitted stories

Go to your publication's homepage and click on your publication avatar in the top-right corner of the page.

Click Stories.

In the drafts and submissions tab, click the story you want to review.

If you opened a draft, you'll need to publish it. Click Publish to publish the draft on author's profile and in your publication.

If you want to accept a published story, scroll down to the end of the post, click the button and click Accept.

Note: Publication management features are not supported on mobile apps.

Friend Links are a tool for writers to guarantee that friends, family, and fans have free access to their stories.

When your story is behind our metered paywall, anyone can still instantly read your work even those without Medium accounts. But once someone has read all the free stories in their member preview for the month, they’ll need to upgrade for $5/month to read additional paywalled stories that month.

We understand there are moments where you want to make sure friends, family, and fans can read your work no matter what, so we created a handy Friend Link that gives anyone free access to your storyeven if they’re not a subscribing Medium member and have already read all their complimentary stories for the month.

Authors receive Friend Links for every story that’s behind our metered paywall. You can share a Friend Link directly to, well, friends or through any social media platform.

Sharing a Friend Link

Visit the story page for any of your stories behind our metered paywall.

Click the button in the top-right corner.

Choose Share Friend Link from the menu.

Copy your custom Friend Link and share away! Anyone who uses this link will have free access. It’s really that simple.

Note: You can only share a Friend Link from desktop.

Common questions

Who can I share a Friend Link with?

You can share a Friend Link with anyone. As long as they have that link, they’ll have free access. And people can share it with other people tooit doesn’t just have to come from you. They will need to receive the link from you, however only the author can see the Friend Link when viewing their stories.

Will sharing a Friend Link impact my earnings?

No if you set your story to earn money through the Partner Program, you’ll continue to earn when subscribing members engage with your work.

Can I get a Friend Link if I publish in a publication?

Yes, the author of the story can generate a Friend Link for stories in publications. The link is in the top right corner for posts in publications.

Medium works with Tipalti, a trusted mass payments partner, to collect taxpayer information using standardized forms on our submission page.

This page is for taxpayers submitting a W-8 form. If you are a US taxpayer submitting a W-9 form, please see our answers " Filling out the W-9 tax form (for US taxpayers)."

If you are submitting a W-8 form, below are answers to some questions commonly encountered while adding tax information using these forms.

Note: We are not able to give advice on how or when you should file your taxes. We recommend that you contact a tax professional for any questions or recommendations.

Filling out the tax form

Section 1, "Address" tab

Please enter your details as they appear on your bank records.

Type Select "Individual" or "Company" based on your bank account. Although the button defaults to "Company", you should change to "Individual" if you are an individual.

Email address This email does not need to match the email address attached to your Medium account.

First / Middle / Last Name These names need to match the name on your income tax return. These names do not need to match the name on your Medium account.

Address Include the building number and street name (e.g., "42 Wallaby Way"). P.O. Boxes are not allowed.

Address 2 Include the apartment, suite, unit, building, or floor number.

Section 2, "Select Your Tax Form" tab

If you click "Start the tax form questionnaire" within the form. If you are not a citizen of the United States, you can consult the IRS's W-8BEN instructions for non-US based guidance,

If you are a citizen of the United States or otherwise qualify based on the IRS's W-9 instructions, then you should select the radio button "W9," and the rest of this current article will not apply to you. For help filling out your W-9, please see our answers in " Filling out the W-9 tax form (for US taxpayers)."

Section 3, "W-8BEN"/”W-8BEN-E” tab

Identification of Beneficial Owner (Part I):

For W-8BEN: Name Enter your legally given name as shown on your income tax return. These names need to match the name entered earlier in this form on the "Address" tab.

For W-8BEN-E: Name of Organization Enter the full legal name of your organization. If you are a disregarded entity, enter the name of the entity that owns the disregarded entity.

Address (State, City, Address, Address 2, Zip) For Address, include the building number and street name (e.g., "42 Wallaby Way"). For Address 2, include the apartment, suite, unit, building, or floor number. This address is not required to match the address entered earlier in this form on the "Address" tab.

Identification of Beneficial Owner (Continued):

U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) For individuals with a social security number (SSN), the TIN is that SSN.

Foreign Tax Identifying Number Enter your tax identification number issued from your country of residence.

Medium requires a taxpayer identification number (TIN) in order to validate your taxpayer information as approved to earn through the Partner Program. For more information, see our answer in “ I am a nonresident alien. Do I need to include a TIN or claim treaty benefits? ”

Claim of Treaty Benefits (Part II):

If you reside in one of the countries listed below, please take a moment to re-submit your W-8 form and select your country of residence under the section “Claim of Treaty Benefits (Part II)”. For more information, see our answer in “ I am a nonresident alien. Do I need to include a TIN or claim treaty benefits? ”

List of countries

Armenia,Australia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bangladesh,Barbados,Belarus,Belgium,Bulgaria,

Canada, China,Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Korea (South), Luxembourg, Mexico, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela

Certification (Part III):

Contact email This email does not need to match the email address used for your Medium account, but is required to match the email entered earlier in this form on the "Address" tab.

If you are not filing as an individual or have other special cases, please refer to the IRS's forms for guidance.

If you used autofill or autocomplete and encountered errors, try entering all fields manually.

Note: The above answer applies for payments issued between 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019. We will communicate any updates for tax year 2020 by Jan. 1, 2020.

Note: We are not able to give advice on how or when you should file your taxes. We recommend that you contact a tax professional for any questions or recommendations.

If you want to leave some feedback on an article in a private way, leaving a note is the best way to do so.

Leaving notes

On a draft or a published post, select the text you want to comment on.

Click the lock icon from the pop-up toolbar.

Write your note.

If you do not see this option in the toolbar, it is because the author has turned off private notes.

Note: Notes are supported only on desktop.

Privacy

When you leave a note, it will be only visible to you and the author of the post. If the post is in a publication, the editors of the publication will also be able to see the note.

The author will receive a notification letting them know that you left a note on their post.

If you don't want anyone to leave private notes on your posts, you can turn them off in your Settings.

Having problems with publishing or editing your story on Medium? We've gathered these helpful guides that will help you learn manage your content on Medium.

Publishing a story

Publishing a story starts with creating a draft. You can create a new draft with just a few clicks.

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page to open a menu.

Click Newstory.

Note: You will need to be using one of our supported browsers to write.

Tap the "+" button located in the middle of the bottom bar.

Tap Write a story.

Note: Writing is not supported on mobile browsers. To write on the go, you'll need to download the Medium iOS app from the App Store.

Tap the menu button located in the top-left corner of your homepage.

Tap New story.

Note: Writing is not supported on mobile browsers. To write on the go, you'll need to download the Medium Android app from the Google Play Store.

Once you have your draft created, you can start writing. Have a look at the articles below to learn how to use the Medium editor:

Write a post a step-by-step guide for publishing your first story on Medium

Format text a guide that explains all the formatting features offered by the Medium editor

Editing a story

You can edit your draft or published post at any time. If you're editing a draft, changes made on your post will be automatically saved. Once you save your changes on your published story, they will become immediately visible to your readers.

Editing a draft

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page to open a menu.

Click Stories.

Choose a draft to continue editing.

Go to the You tab.

TapStories.

Choose a draft to continue editing.

Open the drawer menu in the top-left corner of the home feed.

Tap Stories.

Choose a draft to continue editing.

Editing a published story

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From the Stories page:

Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page to open a menu.

Click Stories.

Click the Published tab.

Click the arrow down button near the story you want to edit.

Choose Edit story from the menu.

Make the desired changes and clickSave and publish to make them live.

From the post page:

Navigate to the post you want to edit.

Click the button in the top-right corner.

Choose Edit story from the menu.

Make the desired changes and clickSave and publish to make them live.

From the Stories page:

Go to the You tab.

TapStories.

TapPublic.

Tap the ellipsis button near the story you want to edit.

TapEdit.

Make the desired changes and tap NextandPostto make them live.

From the Stories page:

Open the drawer menu in the top-left corner of the home feed.

TapStories.

TapPublic.

Tap theellipsis button near the story you want to edit.

TapEdit.

Make the desired changes and tap Publishto make them live.

By default, when you publish your story, your story link will contain your story title. You can set a custom link on your draft in order to change that.

Setting a custom link for your story

In edit mode of your draft, click the menu icon in the top-right corner of the page.

From the drop-menu, click More settings.

On the More settings page, scroll down to Advanced Settingsand click Custom underCustomize Story Link.

Enter the desired custom link for your story.

Click Save story link.

Note: You can only customize your link before publishing your story.

Follow the steps below to remove your post from Medium’s paywall.

Enter edit mode by visiting your post page, clicking the button in the top-right corner and choosing Edit story.

In edit mode, click the menu icon in the top-right corner of the page.

From the drop-menu, click Manage distribution setting.

Uncheck the Allow curators to recommend my story to interested readers box.

Click Save. Your post is no longer behind the metered paywall.

Note: This feature is not yet supported on mobile apps.

There are three types of posts on Medium:

Draftsare unfinished posts that have not yet been published. Other Medium account holders can only read your draft if you share the URL.

Publicposts can be read by anyone from your profile page and elsewhere on Medium.

Unlistedposts are finished published posts, but cannot be viewed from your profile page or in the Medium network. You must share the post URL for people to be able to read them.

In this section, you can learn how to manage your posts.

Viewing your posts

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page to open a menu.

Click Stories.

Go to the You tab.

Tap Stories.

Open the drawer menu by tapping the icon in the top-right corner of your homepage.

Tap Stories.

Create a new draft

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page to open a menu.

Click Write a story.

Note: You will need to be using one of our supported browsers to write.

Click the button in the middle of the bottom bar in the app.

Tap Write a story.

Note: Writing is not supported on mobile browsers. You need to download the app to be able to write.

Open the drawer menu by clicking the icon in the top-right corner of your homepage.

Tap New story.

Note: Writing is not supported on mobile browsers. You need to download the app to be able to write.

Ready to write?To learn more about publishing a story on Medium, see this article.

Delete a draft or post

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Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page to open a menu.

Click Stories.

Scroll down to the story you want to delete.

Click the down arrow button.

Click Delete story.

In the You tab, tap Stories.

On the story you want to delete, tap the button.

Tap Delete.

Open the drawer menu by tapping the icon in the top-right corner of your homepage.

Tap Stories.

On the story you want to delete, tap the button.

Tap Delete.

Common questions

How do I unpublish a post?

Posts on Medium cannot be reverted back to draft status. Instead, you can copy your post, paste it to a new draft, and delete the published post. An alternative way to hide a post from public view is to set it as unlisted. Please note that posts that have been unlisted can still be accessed by everyone who has the link.

How do I delete all my posts?

There is currently no way to batch delete all of your posts from Medium without deleting your account.You would need to delete each of your posts manually.

Can I password-protect a story?

Password-protecting stories is not available.

To schedule a post to be published at a particular time and date:

Go to the draft you want to schedule to publish and clickReady to publish?

Click Schedule for later.

Enter the date and time when you wish to publish.

Click Schedule to publish.

Notes

Your post will be published within five minutes of the time you specify.

All publish times are in your local timezone.

Any changes made to the post before the publish date & time will be published. Scheduling is not canceled or modified because of edits.

Under our Rules, Medium may suspend or limit the distribution of controversial or extreme content at its discretion, including potentially harmful misinformation and intentionally deceptive disinformation. For all reported content, we take into account factors like newsworthiness, the context and nature of the posted information, reasonable likelihood, breadth, and intensity of foreseeable social harm, and applicable laws.

Risk analysis

In evaluating controversial and extreme content under our rules, we apply a risk analysis which includes, at minimum, the following questions:

What are the foreseeable negative consequences of the information being propagated by our network, and shared on other social media networks?

How severe might the potential impact be?

What is the likelihood of the negative consequence occurring?

Who will likely be affected as a result?

Is there information from nationally and internationally recognized institutions, (such as the CDC, WHO, and other official bodies) to help us determine if content presents an elevated risk and potentially violates our rules?

Guidelines

As a result, the following are some examples of content areas with elevated risk, which are therefore more likely to be suspended or subject to reduced distribution under our rules:

Pseudo-scientific claims related to asserting the superiority or inferiority of a particular group (on bases including race, ethnicity or gender).

Pseudo-scientific health claims or advice which, if acted on, are likely to have detrimental health effects on persons or public safety.

Conspiracy theories which have an associated history of harassing, hateful, or violent incidents among its adherents OR theories which may foreseeably incite or cause harassment, physical harm, or reputational harm.

Intentional distortions and especially systematic false claims about historic events and facts.

Enrolling to the Medium Partner Program is the first step to earning revenue on your Medium stories

Enrolling in the Program

To join the Medium Partner Program, all you need to do is to link your Medium account with your bank account or debit card via Stripe. You'll find more information below.

Note: See this page to check if Stripe is available in your country. If you're a resident of India or Brazil, please see this article to learn more before proceeding.

Go to medium.com/creators and click Join the Partner Program at the bottom of the page.

Read and accept the Partner Program Terms.

Connect your bank account or debit card with your Medium account by choosing the option relevant to you from the list and click Set up payments on Stripe.

Fill out all the information required by Stripe to create your Stripe account. You must use your verifiable legal name when filling out Stripe information, and not anonymized or pen names. Anonymized or pen names are still allowed on your Medium account. To learn more about choosing the right type of Stripe account to your needs and setting up payments, see this article.

Finish creating your Stripe account.

Once you enroll in the Partner Program:

You will have access to a Partner dashboard. This is accessible from your avatar menu.

Your story details will now show the lifetime earnings of the post. This is accessible from your post edit menu.

You will be able to track your daily member engagement and estimated revenue on your post’s detailed stats page.

You will see a new option to lock your posts behind the paywall during your pre-publish flow. This provides the potential to earn money. Please see this article to learn more.

While you cannot receive payments until you add verified taxpayer information, your posts can accumulate new earnings for up to one month. You will be eligible to receive payments if you add your taxpayer information within 180 days from the first day that nonzero earnings are posted to your Partner Program dashboard. After those 180 days have elapsed, your funds will be forfeited. Please see this article to learn more.

Common questions

How do my stories earn money?

Partner Program writers are paid monthly based on how much time Medium members spend reading their stories. Earnings are calculated based on two components:

How long members spend reading your story. As Medium members spend more time reading your story (“member reading time”), you’ll earn more. When we calculate your story’s earnings, we’ll also include reading time from non-members if they subscribe to Medium within 30 days of reading your story.

How much of their monthly reading time members spend on your story. By calculating a share of member reading time, we support authors who write about unique topics and connect with loyal readers. For example, if last month a member spent 10\% of their monthly reading time on your story, you will receive 10\% of their share (a portion of their subscription fee).

Imagine an author writes about fly fishing. She finds an audience of fly fishing enthusiasts who subscribe to Medium primarily to read her stories, meaning she receives a strong share of reading time from each of her readers. In contrast, a generalist author might receive smaller shares from his readers, who also read a variety of other authors. The fly fisher can earn relatively more through the share calculation, even with a smaller audience.

Check out this section to learn more about recent Partner Program updates.

When do I get paid?

By the 8th of each month, we initiate the payments for the prior month’s earnings. Please allow 37 business days to receive it in your Stripe account. This date is also shown at the bottom of your partner dashboard.

Your Partner Dashboard is updated every day for earnings. We use UTC days, meaning we include all earnings from activity during midnight UTC to 11:59 PM UTC. Earnings are then updated within a few hours.

For example, your earnings for “October 25” will include reading activity from 12:00:00am UTC on 9/25 (5:00:00pm PST on 9/24) to 11:59:59am UTC on 9/25 (4:59:59pm PST on 9/24).

We will aim to update your story stats page within 6-12 hours of the close of the “day,” meaning typically between 11:00pm PST and 5:00am PST.

Are there any content guidelines for publishing in the Partner Program?

It’s important that Medium is a place and a platform for quality thinkingand writing. To ensure the best reader experience possible, we’ve created some Curation Guidelines and Partner Program terms you can review.

Do I have to be a Medium member to participate?

No, you don’t have to be a paying Medium member to join the Partner Program and earn money for your writing. Being a Medium member doesn’t influence how any work is published or featured through the Partner Program.

How do taxes work?

If required by law, you’re responsible for reporting and paying any applicable taxes related to earnings from the Partner Program. We recommend speaking with a professional tax advisor for more details.

Do you support PayPal?

Unfortunately, we don’t currently support PayPal for Partner Program payments.

Do you support Stripe Beta or Preview Countries such as India and Brazil?

Unfortunately, Stripe beta and preview means that some features are not available. Partner Program payout capabilities are one of those features not available. Please see this article to learn more.

Once you join the Medium Partner Program, you can make your stories eligible to earn money.

Publishing a new story to earn money

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Once you’re done writing your story, click Ready to publish?

You’ll see the option to make your story eligible to earn money and to allow our curators to review it.Keep that box checked, and your story will immediately be eligible to start earning money as part of Medium’s metered paywall.

ClickPublish now to publish your post.

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Once you’re done writing your story, tap Next.

You’ll see the option to make your story eligible to earn money and to allow our curators to review it.Keep that box checked, and your story will immediately be eligible to start earning money as part of Medium’s metered paywall.

TapPost to publish your post.

Once you’re done writing your story, tap Publish.

You’ll see the option to make your story eligible to earn money and to allow our curators to review it.Keep that box checked, and your story will immediately be eligible to start earning money as part of Medium’s metered paywall.

TapPublish to publish your post.

That’s it! You’ll automatically be paid every month based on reading time from Medium members, and you can track your progress every week in your Partner Dashboard.

Making a published story eligible to earn money

Follow the steps below to add your published post to Medium’s paywall.

Enter edit mode by visiting your post page, clicking the button in the top-right corner and choosing Edit story.

In edit mode, click the menu icon in the top-right corner of the page.

From the drop-menu, click Manage distribution setting.

Check the Allow curators to recommend my story to interested readers box.

Click Save. Your post is now eligible to earn money.

Note: This feature is not yet supported on mobile apps.

Common questions

How do my stories earn money?

Starting November 1, 2019, Partner Program writers will be paid monthly based on how much time Medium members spend reading their stories. We’re always working to improve our model as we learn. Initially, we will calculate earnings based on two components:

How long members spend reading your story. As Medium members spend more time reading your story (“member reading time”), you’ll earn more. When we calculate your story’s earnings, we’ll also include reading time from non-members if they subscribe to Medium within 30 days of reading your story.

How much of their monthly reading time members spend on your story. By calculating a share of member reading time, we support authors who write about unique topics and connect with loyal readers. For example, if last month a member spent 10\% of their monthly reading time on your story, you will receive 10\% of their share (a portion of their subscription fee).

Imagine an author writes about fly fishing. She finds an audience of fly fishing enthusiasts who subscribe to Medium primarily to read her stories, meaning she receives a strong share of reading time from each of her readers. In contrast, a generalist author might receive smaller shares from his readers, who also read a variety of other authors. The fly fisher can earn relatively more through the share calculation, even with a smaller audience.

Will choosing to earn money on a story limit my audience?

The vast majority of people will be able to read your story for free even if it is part of the metered paywall. Any Medium reader who is either a member or has not yet read their allotment of free stories for the month will access your story completely free (and without ads). Over 90 million people read Medium per month, and the overwhelming majority never reach their monthly limit.

You can also guarantee that the people you care about will not encounter the paywall on your story by sharing a Friend Link. You’ll get a personalized Friend Link when you publish your story, and you can always find that link on your story page when you are signed into your account on Medium. You can share your Friend Link with, well, friends on Twitter, Facebook, via email, or anywhere else to make sure they can always read your story.

Additionally, the only way for your story to be distributed by Medium is to enable earnings and curator review.

What happens when I share my story on social media?

The more you share, the more your story spreads. You can share your on social media to ensure that the people you care about will not encounter the paywall on your story.

Can I earn money for my stories when they’re in a publication?

Yes. You can set your story to be eligible to earn money and also include it in a Medium publication. You will earn money through the Partner Program through the normal process and will receive all of the earnings.

If I become a member, will my posts perform better on Medium?

No. Being a Medium member doesn’t influence how any work is published or featured through the Partner Program.

Is there a monthly limit on how many stories can earn money?

No, you can earn money from any stories you publish and that you set to be eligible for earning.

Can I earn money from previously published stories?

Yes you can change your earnings and distribution decision after you publish the story. Simply go back into the story editor and change your earnings and distribution selection via the “...” menu. However, previous member engagement won’t count towards your earnings.

To enable your earnings and distribution setting From the story editor, open the “...” menu, select the distribution setting option, and check the box. Your story will now be eligible to earn money.

Are Series eligible to earn money with the Partner Program?

Unfortunately, Series aren’t currently eligible to earn money.

Clapping allows you to show your support for a Medium postand recommend it to your followers.

Clapping for a story

To clap for a post, click the clap button on the post page . You can clap up to 50 times per post, and you can use it to show the author how much you liked the story.

When ranking stories, our system will evaluate claps usersgive out on an individual basis, assessing their applause for a particular postrelative to the number of claps theytypically give.

Clapping for a story will notifythe author that you applauded.

Remove claps

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Navigate to the post page.

Mouse over the clap button at the bottom of the post.

Click the X button.

You can also remove your claps by clicking the ... button on the bottom of the post and clicking Undo applause for this post.

Navigate to the post page.

Tap the Share button.

Tap Undo claps from the bottom menu.

Navigate to the post page.

Tap the button at the bottom of the page.

Tap Undo claps.

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To see who applauded how many timesfor your posts:

Navigate to the post page.

Click the number nearthe clap icon.

You'll see a list of applauders, and how many claps each one gave.

Only a post's author can see how many claps individualusers gave. Readers will see only a list of people who clapped.