Best Medium publications for SEO writers
6 publications that publish SEO 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 SEO writers get published
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venture open to new writers | 26 | 0 | 50% | |
| 2 | Marketing in the Age of Digital open to new writers | 6 | 5 | 100% | |
| 3 | AEO Soup open to new writers | 7 | 51 | 71% |
All SEO publications
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venture open to new writers | 26 | 0 | 50% | |
| 2 | Marketing in the Age of Digital open to new writers | 6 | 5 | 100% | |
| 3 | AEO Soup open to new writers | 7 | 51 | 71% | |
| 4 | 3 | 204 | 0% | ||
| 5 | AI Visibility Studio | 2 | 0 | 100% | |
| 6 | MobileByteSensei | 33 | 0 | 0% |
How to choose a publication
Bigger is not always better. A publication with 7.5K 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, SEO sees about 27 new stories a day and 74% 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 SEO tag statistics.