Best Medium publications for Science writers
64 publications that publish Science 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 Science writers get published
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ILLUMINATION open to new writers | 648 | 95 | 32% | |
| 2 | The Quantastic Journal open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 125 | 60% | |
| 3 | Teatime History open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 4 | 79 | 75% | |
| 4 | ThinkArt open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 15 | 130 | 67% | |
| 5 | Spark Magazine open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 9 | 1 | 89% | |
| 6 | AI Advances Briefs open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 16 | 156 | 44% | |
| 7 | The Open Draft open to new writers | 53 | 3 | 79% | |
| 8 | NEW LITERARY SOCIETY OPEN open to new writers | 6 | 70 | 100% | |
| 9 | group chat open to new writers | 4 | 0 | 100% | |
| 10 | Dispatch open to new writers | 8 | 5 | 100% | |
| 11 | Python GIS Workflows open to new writers | 7 | 0 | 100% | |
| 12 | Notes on Closeness open to new writers | 7 | 0 | 100% | |
| 13 | Suspicions & Superstitions open to new writers | 5 | 0 | 100% |
All Science publications
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ILLUMINATION open to new writers | 648 | 95 | 32% | |
| 2 | The Quantastic Journal open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 125 | 60% | |
| 3 | Teatime History open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 4 | 79 | 75% | |
| 4 | ThinkArt open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 15 | 130 | 67% | |
| 5 | Spark Magazine open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 9 | 1 | 89% | |
| 6 | AI Advances Briefs open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 16 | 156 | 44% | |
| 7 | The Open Draft open to new writers | 53 | 3 | 79% | |
| 8 | NEW LITERARY SOCIETY OPEN open to new writers | 6 | 70 | 100% | |
| 9 | group chat open to new writers | 4 | 0 | 100% | |
| 10 | Dispatch open to new writers | 8 | 5 | 100% | |
| 11 | Python GIS Workflows open to new writers | 7 | 0 | 100% | |
| 12 | Notes on Closeness open to new writers | 7 | 0 | 100% | |
| 13 | Suspicions & Superstitions open to new writers | 5 | 0 | 100% | |
| 14 | 12 | 93 | 25% | ||
| 15 | 28 | 50 | 11% | ||
| 16 | Generative AI guidelines ↗ | 2 | 123 | 50% | |
| 17 | 14 | 136 | 14% | ||
| 18 | 13 | 224 | 23% | ||
| 19 | 4 | 571 | 25% | ||
| 20 | 16 | 65 | 25% | ||
| 21 | 8 | 385 | 0% | ||
| 22 | 9 | 152 | 22% | ||
| 23 | Microbial Instincts | 2 | 1.1K | 0% | |
| 24 | 19 | 317 | 16% | ||
| 25 | 21 | 81 | 10% | ||
| 26 | 9 | 52 | 11% | ||
| 27 | 9 | 827 | 0% | ||
| 28 | 26 | 149 | 15% | ||
| 29 | 7 | 60 | 0% | ||
| 30 | 3 | 62 | 0% | ||
| 31 | 4 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 32 | 4 | 50 | 25% | ||
| 33 | 4 | 100 | 0% | ||
| 34 | Brains and Behaviour | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
| 35 | 3 | 76 | 67% | ||
| 36 | 3 | 120 | 33% | ||
| 37 | 62 | 135 | 24% | ||
| 38 | 5 | 348 | 0% | ||
| 39 | TRIBE | 2 | 279 | 0% | |
| 40 | Variables & Values | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
| 41 | 3 | 83 | 0% | ||
| 42 | 4 | 309 | 0% | ||
| 43 | Thirty over Fifty | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
| 44 | 7 | 108 | 0% | ||
| 45 | 3 | 337 | 0% | ||
| 46 | 3 | 312 | 0% | ||
| 47 | 25 | 200 | 8% | ||
| 48 | 4 | 75 | 25% | ||
| 49 | 7 | 15 | 29% | ||
| 50 | Secrets of the Universe | 2 | 139 | 0% | |
| 51 | The Point of View | 2 | 250 | 50% | |
| 52 | 10 | 1.3K | 0% | ||
| 53 | 14 | 50 | 29% | ||
| 54 | Where Thought Bends | 2 | 74 | 0% | |
| 55 | Materia y Método | 2 | 1 | 100% | |
| 56 | Weirdly True | 2 | 71 | 100% | |
| 57 | The Science of (Weight Loss, Health, Chemistry, etc) | 3 | 80 | 0% | |
| 58 | Wonder & Reason | 2 | 102 | 0% | |
| 59 | Health Span | 2 | 1 | 0% | |
| 60 | Dreamt Locker | 2 | 78 | 0% | |
| 61 | New Ara Reads | 3 | 366 | 0% | |
| 62 | The Wandering Astronomer | 2 | 0 | 100% | |
| 63 | Breakfast Serial | 2 | 13 | 100% | |
| 64 | Agent X and the Edge of Reality | 9 | 0 | 0% |
How to choose a publication
Bigger is not always better. A publication with 327K 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, Science sees about 82 new stories a day and 45% 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 Science tag statistics.