Best Medium publications for Humor writers
70 publications that publish Humor 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 Humor writers get published
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slackjaw open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 7 | 363 | 43% | |
| 2 | The Belladonna Comedy open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 6 | 438 | 67% | |
| 3 | The Haven open to new writers | 52 | 65 | 33% | |
| 4 | Fiction Shorts open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 32 | 251 | 34% | |
| 5 | Age of Empathy open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 13 | 100 | 39% | |
| 6 | About Me Stories open to new writers | 5 | 163 | 80% | |
| 7 | Frazzled open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 9 | 233 | 56% | |
| 8 | Quirky Rants open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 72 | 67 | 39% | |
| 9 | Contemplate open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 88 | 30% | |
| 10 | Challenge and Chaos open to new writers | 3 | 122 | 100% | |
| 11 | NEW LITERARY SOCIETY OPEN open to new writers | 6 | 70 | 100% | |
| 12 | My Jupiter Publication open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 3 | 305 | 100% |
All Humor publications
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slackjaw open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 7 | 363 | 43% | |
| 2 | The Belladonna Comedy open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 6 | 438 | 67% | |
| 3 | The Haven open to new writers | 52 | 65 | 33% | |
| 4 | Fiction Shorts open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 32 | 251 | 34% | |
| 5 | Age of Empathy open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 13 | 100 | 39% | |
| 6 | About Me Stories open to new writers | 5 | 163 | 80% | |
| 7 | Frazzled open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 9 | 233 | 56% | |
| 8 | Quirky Rants open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 72 | 67 | 39% | |
| 9 | Contemplate open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 88 | 30% | |
| 10 | Challenge and Chaos open to new writers | 3 | 122 | 100% | |
| 11 | NEW LITERARY SOCIETY OPEN open to new writers | 6 | 70 | 100% | |
| 12 | My Jupiter Publication open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 3 | 305 | 100% | |
| 13 | 20 | 232 | 25% | ||
| 14 | 43 | 121 | 14% | ||
| 15 | The Knowledge of Laughter | 2 | 359 | 0% | |
| 16 | 20 | 190 | 25% | ||
| 17 | 18 | 350 | 0% | ||
| 18 | 14 | 878 | 0% | ||
| 19 | 14 | 277 | 7% | ||
| 20 | 14 | 161 | 14% | ||
| 21 | 32 | 132 | 19% | ||
| 22 | 7 | 80 | 29% | ||
| 23 | 4 | 254 | 25% | ||
| 24 | 24 | 171 | 13% | ||
| 25 | 17 | 138 | 24% | ||
| 26 | 6 | 251 | 0% | ||
| 27 | 12 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 28 | 9 | 520 | 0% | ||
| 29 | 3 | 51 | 0% | ||
| 30 | 15 | 335 | 7% | ||
| 31 | “Are you okay?” | 2 | 387 | 0% | |
| 32 | Catness guidelines ↗ | 2 | 101 | 50% | |
| 33 | 13 | 95 | 15% | ||
| 34 | 54 | 396 | 9% | ||
| 35 | 6 | 183 | 17% | ||
| 36 | SoulTouch guidelines ↗ | 2 | 700 | 0% | |
| 37 | Open Microphone guidelines ↗ | 2 | 691 | 0% | |
| 38 | 7 | 108 | 0% | ||
| 39 | 5 | 100 | 40% | ||
| 40 | Sweary Media guidelines ↗ | 2 | 301 | 0% | |
| 41 | 11 | 753 | 0% | ||
| 42 | 3 | 482 | 0% | ||
| 43 | The Arctic Circular | 2 | 306 | 0% | |
| 44 | This America | 2 | 338 | 0% | |
| 45 | 14 | 414 | 21% | ||
| 46 | Short & Weird guidelines ↗ | 2 | 161 | 0% | |
| 47 | Restless Quills guidelines ↗ | 2 | 165 | 0% | |
| 48 | 20 | 310 | 10% | ||
| 49 | 11 | 604 | 18% | ||
| 50 | 12 | 196 | 25% | ||
| 51 | 3 | 483 | 0% | ||
| 52 | Writelicious | 2 | 1.7K | 0% | |
| 53 | Participation Trophy Sports Humor guidelines ↗ | 2 | 65 | 50% | |
| 54 | WE PAW Bloggers | 2 | 50 | 0% | |
| 55 | 17 | 275 | 12% | ||
| 56 | 3 | 193 | 0% | ||
| 57 | The Daily Whatever Show | 6 | 406 | 0% | |
| 58 | Honest Fiction guidelines ↗ | 2 | 262 | 0% | |
| 59 | The Grand Game of Software Engineering | 2 | 7 | 0% | |
| 60 | The Story Room | 5 | 1.3K | 20% | |
| 61 | Nuestro Garage | 2 | 0 | 100% | |
| 62 | Writers Whispers | 12 | 995 | 17% | |
| 63 | Soul Attitudes | 2 | 76 | 0% | |
| 64 | No Off Limits | 2 | 393 | 0% | |
| 65 | comi_CSS | 3 | 0 | 0% | |
| 66 | WorkScope | 5 | 123 | 0% | |
| 67 | A Cozy Room | 4 | 361 | 0% | |
| 68 | 5-Minute Feel-Good Fiction | 3 | 10 | 0% | |
| 69 | Breakfast Serial | 2 | 13 | 100% | |
| 70 | John Goodman and an Ape | 4 | 0 | 0% |
How to choose a publication
Bigger is not always better. A publication with 150K 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, Humor sees about 75 new stories a day and 31% 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 Humor tag statistics.