Medium “Culture” tag statistics
How busy the Culture tag is, how stories perform there and where they get published. Competition is high, and the tag is tough for new writers.
Updated Oct 20, 2026 · based on 800 stories from the last 6.2 days
Busier than 67% of 73 tracked tags
10% of top stories are by writers with <100 followers
Competition and chances for new writers
With roughly 129 stories a day, Culture is busier than 67% of the 73 tags we track. Its reader-to-story ratio (55,910 followers per daily story) is higher than 64% of tags — more readers per story than average.
53% of stories here come from writers with fewer than 100 followers, and they account for 10% of the best-performing quarter of stories. 43% of stories are behind the paywall (Partner Program), and the average story takes 5.5 minutes to read.
Publications that publish Culture stories
| Publication | Followers | Culture stories (last 6.2d) |
|---|---|---|
| Counter Arts | 56K | 24 |
| ILLUMINATION | 327K | 17 |
| The Polis | 36K | 15 |
| Write A Catalyst | 213K | 13 |
| Did You Know…Short Fun Facts | 1.1K | 13 |
| Frame Rated | 13K | 10 |
| The Gravity | 2.1K | 9 |
| Pen With Paper | 22K | 9 |
| Culture Beat | 136 | 9 |
| Cataloging Africa | 284 | 7 |
Top Culture stories right now
- It’s Pathetic That These Five Words Have Become So American
- America Has a Massive Problem. And It’s Not Trump
- 11 Things That Are Classy If You’re Rich and Trashy If You’re Poor
- Who Really Controls Starlink Over Ukraine? It’s More Complicated Than Elon Musk
- Did You Know… Coca-Cola Was First Served at a Pharmacy Counter?
- I Was Raised To Stand Up For Women. I Was Also Raised By One.
- The Republic of Me, And the Forgotten People
- 13 Food Packaging Fails That Drive Me Batshit Crazy
- Little Things I Refuse to Give Up
- Can Men and Women Really Be Just Friends?
FAQ
- How many stories are published in the Culture tag on Medium?
- About 129 per day (900 per week), based on 800 stories published in the 6.2-day window before our last scan. The tag has 282,712 stories in total.
- Is the Culture tag competitive?
- Competition is high: it is busier than 67% of the 73 tags we track. There are about 55,910 tag followers per new daily story.
- Can new writers succeed in Culture?
- 10% of the top-performing stories (top 25% by claps) came from writers with fewer than 100 followers, so the tag is tough for newcomers. 53% of all stories in the tag come from such writers.