Medium “Food” tag statistics
How busy the Food tag is, how stories perform there and where they get published. Competition is low, and the tag is tough for new writers.
Updated Oct 20, 2026 · based on 400 stories from the last 14.6 days
Busier than 16% of 73 tracked tags
15% of top stories are by writers with <100 followers
Competition and chances for new writers
With roughly 27 stories a day, Food is busier than 16% of the 73 tags we track. Its reader-to-story ratio (106,508 followers per daily story) is higher than 90% of tags — more readers per story than average.
57% of stories here come from writers with fewer than 100 followers, and they account for 15% of the best-performing quarter of stories. 52% of stories are behind the paywall (Partner Program), and the average story takes 4.6 minutes to read.
Publications that publish Food stories
| Publication | Followers | Food stories (last 14.6d) |
|---|---|---|
| Rooted | 25K | 11 |
| the Challenged | 2.3K | 10 |
| ILLUMINATION | 327K | 8 |
| Write A Catalyst | 213K | 4 |
| Active Minds Hub | 805 | 4 |
| One Plate Story | 590 | 4 |
| The Crypto Kiosk | 4.5K | 3 |
| Health and Science | 8.6K | 3 |
| Stacker News | 6 | 3 |
| Pen With Paper | 22K | 3 |
Top Food stories right now
- Did You Know… Coca-Cola Was First Served at a Pharmacy Counter?
- France Was Changing My Thoughts About Food
- South Indian Food You All Must Try
- 13 Food Packaging Fails That Drive Me Batshit Crazy
- Weight Loss Mistakes
- Moong Dal Khichdi and Aloo Gobhi Khaskhas ki Sabzi with Papad
- What Happens Inside Your Body When You Need Food :
- A Little Taste of Home in Someone Else’s House
- How I Tried and Failed to Escape My Culinary Heritage
- Why Do Brits Put Milk in Their Tea?
FAQ
- How many stories are published in the Food tag on Medium?
- About 27 per day (192 per week), based on 400 stories published in the 14.6-day window before our last scan. The tag has 173,727 stories in total.
- Is the Food tag competitive?
- Competition is low: it is busier than 16% of the 73 tags we track. There are about 106,508 tag followers per new daily story.
- Can new writers succeed in Food?
- 15% of the top-performing stories (top 25% by claps) came from writers with fewer than 100 followers, so the tag is tough for newcomers. 57% of all stories in the tag come from such writers.