Best Medium publications for Music writers
38 publications that publish Music 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 Music writers get published
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counter Arts open to new writers | 40 | 25 | 53% | |
| 2 | Digital Global Traveler open to new writers | 8 | 130 | 50% | |
| 3 | The Mixtape Memoirs open to new writers | 14 | 164 | 43% | |
| 4 | Spark Magazine open to new writers | 9 | 1 | 89% | |
| 5 | NYU Local open to new writers | 4 | 0 | 100% | |
| 6 | Shadows in the Library open to new writers | 6 | 101 | 67% | |
| 7 | Cataloging Africa open to new writers | 10 | 289 | 50% | |
| 8 | Entertainment Breakdown open to new writers | 10 | 100 | 70% | |
| 9 | Becoming Gnarly open to new writers | 3 | 22 | 100% |
All Music publications
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counter Arts open to new writers | 40 | 25 | 53% | |
| 2 | Digital Global Traveler open to new writers | 8 | 130 | 50% | |
| 3 | The Mixtape Memoirs open to new writers | 14 | 164 | 43% | |
| 4 | Spark Magazine open to new writers | 9 | 1 | 89% | |
| 5 | NYU Local open to new writers | 4 | 0 | 100% | |
| 6 | Shadows in the Library open to new writers | 6 | 101 | 67% | |
| 7 | Cataloging Africa open to new writers | 10 | 289 | 50% | |
| 8 | Entertainment Breakdown open to new writers | 10 | 100 | 70% | |
| 9 | Becoming Gnarly open to new writers | 3 | 22 | 100% | |
| 10 | 40 | 67 | 8% | ||
| 11 | 11 | 177 | 18% | ||
| 12 | 47 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 13 | 25 | 106 | 28% | ||
| 14 | 3 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 15 | 54 | 396 | 9% | ||
| 16 | 7 | 108 | 0% | ||
| 17 | Rock On | 2 | 226 | 0% | |
| 18 | 5 | 596 | 20% | ||
| 19 | 3 | 28 | 33% | ||
| 20 | 5 | 388 | 0% | ||
| 21 | 5 | 505 | 20% | ||
| 22 | My Fair Lighthouse | 2 | 373 | 0% | |
| 23 | 3 | 250 | 0% | ||
| 24 | 12 | 196 | 25% | ||
| 25 | Resonance Reviews | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
| 26 | 3 | 71 | 0% | ||
| 27 | Statecraft Magazine | 2 | 291 | 100% | |
| 28 | 5 | 334 | 0% | ||
| 29 | 9 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 30 | 17 | 275 | 12% | ||
| 31 | Spotlight Central | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
| 32 | Reel Wrap Entertainment | 5 | 4 | 0% | |
| 33 | Shakespeare’s Shoes | 3 | 210 | 0% | |
| 34 | Phrasemaker | 2 | 152 | 0% | |
| 35 | Hewlaq | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
| 36 | New Wonder | 6 | 79 | 0% | |
| 37 | Tribunal of Clarity | 2 | 0 | 100% | |
| 38 | John Goodman and an Ape | 4 | 0 | 0% |
How to choose a publication
Bigger is not always better. A publication with 56K 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, Music sees about 56 new stories a day and 60% 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 Music tag statistics.