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August Medium Numbers
Using July as a comparison
So my goal has been to do better. That’s it. Whatever I did last month, this month I want to do better.
I worked hard to do just that in August. I wrote more, I posted more, I read more. Did it work out for me monetarily?
In August Medium changed things up once again. I didn’t think that this change would affect me in any way. They offered a certain group of people the chance to make a minimum amount for the month.
I was not in that select group, and that was okay with me. Would I have liked to be? Absolutely. But I was honestly fine with keeping on doing what I was doing.
So, this is how it turned out.
In July, I wrote and published 15 stories on Medium.
In August, I wrote and published 22 stories on Medium.
In July, I had roughly 1,031 views and 587 reads.
In August, I had roughly 762 views and 422 reads.
I did nothing different except write more, post more, and read more.
In July I made $14.18.
In August I made $13.77.
Why the difference? Why did my numbers not increase instead of decrease?