Medium Partner Program in 9 slides
Medium membership-funded program paying writers based on member reading time and engagement with their stories.
- Paid publication
- Writing marketplaces
- Based in San Francisco, United States
What you do on Medium Partner Program
How the money is made: freelance services
- Build a profile
- Win a client
- Deliver the work
- Get paid
Medium membership-funded program paying writers based on member reading time and engagement with their stories.
Founded 2012 · next to 9 other writing marketplaces
Work and topics
Good for
What Medium Partner Program takes
Paid by member reading time
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign up$5/mo
- Start straight awayIncludes an ID check
- Do the work
- Earnings clearMonthly for the previous month's earnings via Stripe
- First payoutMonthly once balance reaches $10
$10 via Stripe (balance rolls over)
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
Can you join?
Yes.
You need a bank account and a tax ID number. You have to verify your ID. First payout: monthly once balance reaches $10.
What you need
- A bank account
- A tax ID number
- An ID checkBefore you can work or withdraw
- $5/moSign-up cost
- Instant sign-upHow sign-up works
What people actually earn
TechCrunch reported in August 2021 that the Medium Partner Program had paid out $28 million to over 200,000 contributors since it launched.
Source: techcrunch.com ↗How it scores
Strong on track record and proof of earnings.
- FeesNot enough facts
- Getting paid3.0
- Access2.8
- Track record4.0
- Proof of earnings4.0
- Verified earnings
- Low payout bar
- Top 10K website
- 10 years running
- Fully documented
How much we know
We have 10 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- Minimum payout
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts