Best Medium publications for Personal Development writers
48 publications that publish Personal Development 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 Personal Development writers get published
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Readers Club open to new writers | 26 | 80 | 31% | |
| 2 | Heart Affairs open to new writers | 4 | 83 | 75% | |
| 3 | Quirky Rants open to new writers | 72 | 67 | 39% | |
| 4 | The Sunday Journal open to new writers | 8 | 57 | 88% | |
| 5 | Dancing Elephants Press open to new writers | 12 | 188 | 42% | |
| 6 | Only Humans open to new writers | 11 | 267 | 55% | |
| 7 | ProductivitySpot open to new writers | 7 | 50 | 57% | |
| 8 | Creative Loop open to new writers | 12 | 70 | 42% | |
| 9 | Direction open to new writers | 6 | 55 | 67% | |
| 10 | Scripting Horizons open to new writers | 10 | 3 | 50% | |
| 11 | Mindful Insights Expression open to new writers | 10 | 187 | 50% | |
| 12 | Notes on Closeness open to new writers | 7 | 0 | 100% |
All Personal Development publications
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Readers Club open to new writers | 26 | 80 | 31% | |
| 2 | Heart Affairs open to new writers | 4 | 83 | 75% | |
| 3 | Quirky Rants open to new writers | 72 | 67 | 39% | |
| 4 | The Sunday Journal open to new writers | 8 | 57 | 88% | |
| 5 | Dancing Elephants Press open to new writers | 12 | 188 | 42% | |
| 6 | Only Humans open to new writers | 11 | 267 | 55% | |
| 7 | ProductivitySpot open to new writers | 7 | 50 | 57% | |
| 8 | Creative Loop open to new writers | 12 | 70 | 42% | |
| 9 | Direction open to new writers | 6 | 55 | 67% | |
| 10 | Scripting Horizons open to new writers | 10 | 3 | 50% | |
| 11 | Mindful Insights Expression open to new writers | 10 | 187 | 50% | |
| 12 | Notes on Closeness open to new writers | 7 | 0 | 100% | |
| 13 | 27 | 113 | 0% | ||
| 14 | 8 | 94 | 13% | ||
| 15 | 14 | 878 | 0% | ||
| 16 | Dialogue & Discourse | 2 | 92 | 100% | |
| 17 | 6 | 251 | 0% | ||
| 18 | 15 | 335 | 7% | ||
| 19 | 7 | 404 | 14% | ||
| 20 | 4 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 21 | 100 | 8 | 0% | ||
| 22 | 4 | 136 | 0% | ||
| 23 | 7 | 555 | 0% | ||
| 24 | 3 | 11 | 0% | ||
| 25 | 7 | 15 | 29% | ||
| 26 | 3 | 177 | 0% | ||
| 27 | 3 | 50 | 67% | ||
| 28 | 29 | 849 | 17% | ||
| 29 | 30 | 1.2K | 10% | ||
| 30 | 7 | 101 | 29% | ||
| 31 | The Trash | 2 | 832 | 0% | |
| 32 | The Story Room | 5 | 1.3K | 20% | |
| 33 | A thousand small wins | 11 | 24 | 0% | |
| 34 | Climb or Crash — Corporate+ | 2 | 100 | 0% | |
| 35 | Beyond Clarity | 7 | 479 | 14% | |
| 36 | The Empowered Mindset & Friends | 3 | 150 | 33% | |
| 37 | Wistfully Yours | 3 | 0 | 0% | |
| 38 | Mentally Mosaic | 3 | 380 | 0% | |
| 39 | The Take-Off | 2 | 6 | 0% | |
| 40 | TandA AI Art Library | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
| 41 | RISE &WRITE | 5 | 0 | 0% | |
| 42 | The Challenge | 2 | 3 | 0% | |
| 43 | Women Unfiltered | 4 | 818 | 0% | |
| 44 | Cultivating Potential | 2 | 51 | 0% | |
| 45 | criativo | 2 | 2 | 100% | |
| 46 | The Mental Diaries | 2 | 4 | 100% | |
| 47 | CyGuru Codex | 2 | 0 | 100% | |
| 48 | Opsie’s | 2 | 0 | 100% |
How to choose a publication
Bigger is not always better. A publication with 167K 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, Personal Development sees about 92 new stories a day and 44% 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 Personal Development tag statistics.