It happened on Medium in 2024

A roundup of the stories and milestones our readers and staff found most…

An introduction to academic writing on Medium

How academics use Medium to share research and ideas easily, connect with non-academic readers, run courses, and more

The most-highlighted sentences of 2024

Issue #234: highlights, year-end book lists, and deliberate…

Best gifts for writers, from the Medium community

We surveyed over 1,000 Medium writers; here are the…

How to publish your academic writing on Medium

Reach a wider, non-academic audience on Medium by…

The second Gilded Age: Why the 2020s feel like the 1890s

Introducing Featured stories for publications

Publication editors can now play a greater role in curating story recommendations for their publication’s followers

The top Medium stories of 2024 by reads and shares

Why a banana sold for $6.2 million

🍌 This banana emoji is not for sale
Issue #220: friends v. fans + the value of bad ideas

Maybe you’ve heard about the banana duct-taped to a wall that just sold for $6.2 million last month. Its name is “The Comedian”…

Untangling the “male loneliness epidemic”

☀️ Morning. Three more Thursdays until 2025.
Issue #222: subway mosquitoes + good opinions

Is there an epidemic of male loneliness?