Medium “Freelancing” tag statistics
How busy the Freelancing tag is, how stories perform there and where they get published. Competition is low, and the tag is mixed for new writers.
Updated Oct 20, 2026 · based on 340 stories from the last 14 days
Busier than 12% of 73 tracked tags
27% of top stories are by writers with <100 followers
Competition and chances for new writers
With roughly 24 stories a day, Freelancing is busier than 12% of the 73 tags we track. Its reader-to-story ratio (59,313 followers per daily story) is higher than 67% of tags — more readers per story than average.
51% of stories here come from writers with fewer than 100 followers, and they account for 27% of the best-performing quarter of stories. 51% of stories are behind the paywall (Partner Program), and the average story takes 5.7 minutes to read.
Publications that publish Freelancing stories
| Publication | Followers | Freelancing stories (last 14d) |
|---|---|---|
| ILLUMINATION | 327K | 30 |
| Write A Catalyst | 213K | 21 |
| Tax Insights┃Vergi Analizleri | 10 | 13 |
| Activated Thinker | 40K | 7 |
| The Money Guide | 743 | 6 |
| Python in Plain English | 100K | 5 |
| Active Minds Hub | 805 | 4 |
| Venture | 7.5K | 3 |
| The Common Room | 150 | 3 |
| StartupInsider | 8.8K | 3 |
Top Freelancing stories right now
- Want More Income? Sometimes, You Have to Look Beyond What You're Already Doing.
- The Best Online Business Ideas for Beginners
- 10 Mistakes Beginner Content Writers Make (and How to Fix Them)
- 10 Free Open-Source GitHub Repos That Can Replace Your Paid Subscriptions
- I CAN, BUT REALLY, CAN I?
- Your Contract Won’t Save You: What Seven Months of Chasing Unpaid Wages Taught Me
- Is Benable Worth It in 2026? My Experience, Earnings, and First-Hour Setup Guide
- The Write Struggle: A Blog and Newsletter Series # 1
- 8 Things to Do for Just 10 Minutes Every Day That Can Change Your Life
- Want to Make Money Writing Online? Avoid These People
FAQ
- How many stories are published in the Freelancing tag on Medium?
- About 24 per day (169 per week), based on 340 stories published in the 14-day window before our last scan. The tag has 60,866 stories in total.
- Is the Freelancing tag competitive?
- Competition is low: it is busier than 12% of the 73 tags we track. There are about 59,313 tag followers per new daily story.
- Can new writers succeed in Freelancing?
- 27% of the top-performing stories (top 25% by claps) came from writers with fewer than 100 followers, so the tag is mixed for newcomers. 51% of all stories in the tag come from such writers.