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Medium: Read & Write Stories earns about
$2.21M/month
range $1.22M – $3.21M · $26.57M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$73.8K
$40.6K – $107.0K
Per Week
$516.6K
$284.1K – $749.1K
Per Month
$2.21M
$1.22M – $3.21M
Per Year
$26.57M
$14.61M – $38.52M
Lifetime
$66.42M
$36.53M – $96.31M
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Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($2.21M/month · $26.57M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
55/100
Opportunity
30/100
Cloneability
$3
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$14.99/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $14.99/mo - undercut by 30-50% to win price-sensitive users
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
Medium: Read & Write Stories is at $14.99/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried Medium: Read & Write Stories for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Medium: Read & Write Stories costs $14.99/mo when ours costs $8.99"
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Monetization
Subscription (~$14.99/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
23.4M installs · 19.5% active · 2.3% pay
In-App Purchases 2
- Subscription Medium Membership2 tiers $4.99 – $49.99 range
- Subscription Friend Membership2 tiers $14.99 – $149.99 range
2 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 4.317
- Released
- Mar 20, 2014
- Last Updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File Size
- 226.2 MB
- Required OS
- 17.0
- Content Rating
- 12+
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English
- Developer
- A Medium Corporation
What's new in v4.317
We've made performance improvements and bug fixes to give you a smoother reading experience.
Fun Numbers - share these
$1
every second
$51
every minute
$3.1K
every hour
$73.8K
every day
- ☕ Buys 15K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 148 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 633 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 6 seconds
12-Month Revenue Trajectory
Modeled from grossing rank, app score, and update cadence. Hover any point to see the value. Real growth depends on retention, marketing, and seasonality.
Estimated Installs
23.4M
estimated from 156,194 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
4.6M
19.5% of installs · NEWS category benchmark · iOS large-install decay × 0.75
Rating
4.82 ★
156K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$14.99/mo)
Rating Distribution
5★
138K
4★
13K
3★
3K
2★
824
1★
2K
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Medium: Read & Write Stories has an estimated App Store revenue of $2.21M per month (~$26.57M per year, $73.8K per day) with a likely range of $1.22M to $3.21M. This includes earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ads and any paid downloads - all directional estimates from public App Store signals, not private Apple financial data.
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