Best Medium publications for Motivation writers
25 publications that publish Motivation 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 Motivation writers get published
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gravity open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 110 | 78 | 59% | |
| 2 | Only Humans open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 11 | 267 | 55% | |
| 3 | Reflections & Realities open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 8 | 60 | 75% | |
| 4 | Shadows in the Library open to new writers | 6 | 101 | 67% | |
| 5 | Direction open to new writers | 6 | 55 | 67% |
All Motivation publications
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gravity open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 110 | 78 | 59% | |
| 2 | Only Humans open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 11 | 267 | 55% | |
| 3 | Reflections & Realities open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 8 | 60 | 75% | |
| 4 | Shadows in the Library open to new writers | 6 | 101 | 67% | |
| 5 | Direction open to new writers | 6 | 55 | 67% | |
| 6 | 7 | 80 | 29% | ||
| 7 | 3 | 135 | 67% | ||
| 8 | A Fulcrum | 2 | 76 | 0% | |
| 9 | 4 | 24 | 0% | ||
| 10 | 10 | 150 | 0% | ||
| 11 | 7 | 555 | 0% | ||
| 12 | 5 | 505 | 20% | ||
| 13 | 4 | 186 | 0% | ||
| 14 | 4 | 75 | 25% | ||
| 15 | 3 | 748 | 0% | ||
| 16 | 16 | 150 | 6% | ||
| 17 | 12 | 460 | 25% | ||
| 18 | 3 | 50 | 67% | ||
| 19 | 12 | 68 | 8% | ||
| 20 | The Story Room | 5 | 1.3K | 20% | |
| 21 | Beyond the Ordinary | 7 | 510 | 14% | |
| 22 | A thousand small wins | 11 | 24 | 0% | |
| 23 | Beyond Clarity guidelines ↗ | 7 | 479 | 14% | |
| 24 | The Take-Off guidelines ↗ | 2 | 6 | 0% | |
| 25 | Walks of Life | 2 | 103 | 0% |
How to choose a publication
Bigger is not always better. A publication with 13K 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, Motivation sees about 59 new stories a day and 50% 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 Motivation tag statistics.