Best Medium publications for Design writers
32 publications that publish Design stories. Publications marked open to new writers regularly publish people with fewer than 100 followers — the best place to submit your first stories.
Updated Oct 20, 2026
Where new Design writers get published
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muzli - Design Inspiration open to new writers | 22 | 1 | 64% | |
| 2 | Bootcamp open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 76 | 13 | 54% | |
| 3 | Prism & Pen open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 15 | 259 | 40% | |
| 4 | Engage open to new writers | 11 | 51 | 55% | |
| 5 | Design Systems Collective open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 8 | 64 | 63% | |
| 6 | The Sunday Journal open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 8 | 57 | 88% | |
| 7 | Living under water stress open to new writers | 3 | 0 | 100% | |
| 8 | group chat open to new writers | 4 | 0 | 100% |
All Design publications
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muzli - Design Inspiration open to new writers | 22 | 1 | 64% | |
| 2 | Bootcamp open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 76 | 13 | 54% | |
| 3 | Prism & Pen open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 15 | 259 | 40% | |
| 4 | Engage open to new writers | 11 | 51 | 55% | |
| 5 | Design Systems Collective open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 8 | 64 | 63% | |
| 6 | The Sunday Journal open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 8 | 57 | 88% | |
| 7 | Living under water stress open to new writers | 3 | 0 | 100% | |
| 8 | group chat open to new writers | 4 | 0 | 100% | |
| 9 | 36 | 117 | 14% | ||
| 10 | 10 | 144 | 0% | ||
| 11 | 12 | 282 | 8% | ||
| 12 | 4 | 128 | 25% | ||
| 13 | Agile Insider guidelines ↗ | 2 | 57 | 100% | |
| 14 | 9 | 38 | 11% | ||
| 15 | 3 | 102 | 33% | ||
| 16 | Signifier | 2 | 51 | 0% | |
| 17 | 6 | 145 | 0% | ||
| 18 | 11 | 1 | 0% | ||
| 19 | 11 | 143 | 0% | ||
| 20 | 5 | 505 | 20% | ||
| 21 | 11 | 132 | 18% | ||
| 22 | Designtography | 2 | 98 | 0% | |
| 23 | 3 | 18 | 67% | ||
| 24 | ThreadSafe guidelines ↗ | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
| 25 | 8 | 6 | 0% | ||
| 26 | Orpetron | 2 | 2 | 0% | |
| 27 | Entrepreneurs Worldwide | 20 | 105 | 0% | |
| 28 | Financial Independence Hub | 5 | 85 | 0% | |
| 29 | Tech is Art guidelines ↗ | 3 | 26 | 0% | |
| 30 | Drop The Act | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
| 31 | Confessions Of A Designer | 2 | 0 | 100% | |
| 32 | Where Stories Begin | 2 | 0 | 100% |
How to choose a publication
Bigger is not always better. A publication with 637K followers can bury your story among dozens of daily posts, while a smaller, active publication that features new writers often brings more reads per story. Look at three numbers above: followers (potential reach), median claps (how much readers actually engage) and the share of small writers (your chances of being accepted).
For context, Design sees about 47 new stories a day and 56% of them get no claps at all. Getting into a publication is one of the few reliable ways out of that pile. See the full Design tag statistics.