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Does MEDIUM Limit Our Reading Audience?

Kristina H
4 min readJul 6, 2018

Days come and go. Most days I cannot wait to sit and write, and get a story out, or blog.

But, is MEDIUM the right platform with the best momentum for struggling writers?

I found Medium on Google one afternoon when I was looking for ways to write for a public audience. I tried it out as an unpaying member for a few months, then decided to test it out to see if I could gain some followers and make some pocket change for my work. It has become surprisingly addictive.

Somehow over the past months, I have managed to publish 113 pieces, not including this one. Am I thrilled with the results? I am not sure. I am still testing the waters as a writer, and this seems to be a user friendly, busy and interesting platform to share work on. There seems to be many like-minded writers on here with amazing talents. I have learned so much as a writer, from all of you.

Medium fills a void.

It helps writers to share stories, key in points of interest and to gain access to a pluthera of topics, opinions, and themes. It’s easy to add images and links, and works well no matter what type of computer system you have. (I have all Apple products and Medium is very compatible)

But it goes back to the original question: Is THIS the right way to gain an unlimited audience? Is…

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Kristina H
Kristina H

Written by Kristina H

Writer of relationships / early childhood and mental health . Poetry and fiction dabbler

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