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Math aka “Truth” is Painful
Do it anyway, analytics on Medium
Mid summer, I start to wonder have I reached profitability on Medium.com yet? Has the cost become a benefit yet? I do the math (or maths for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand readers) Alas, the answer is a painful, NO. What about last year? Though less painful, still NO.
The Medium Pay to Play cost is $5 dollars a month or $50 annually, a saving of $10 over the monthly fee for unlimited reading. In the Partners Program you earn money, okay pennies, for your treasured offerings. When you do the math, you discover you have to earn an average of 417 pennies a month to recoup your $50 investment.
I’ve been writing on Medium.com since February, 2021. Last year I balanced the profitability scale in August. By years end I banked $25. I ran my analytics comparing Medium pay-out to my savings account. Great news, Medium does pay better than a savings account!
This year is not looking so good. To just balance the scale in the remaining 5…