Medium “Nutrition” tag statistics
How busy the Nutrition 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 160 stories from the last 14.7 days
Busier than 5% of 73 tracked tags
13% of top stories are by writers with <100 followers
Competition and chances for new writers
With roughly 11 stories a day, Nutrition is busier than 5% of the 73 tags we track. Its reader-to-story ratio (12,022 followers per daily story) is higher than 25% of tags — fewer readers per story than average.
59% of stories here come from writers with fewer than 100 followers, and they account for 13% of the best-performing quarter of stories. 53% of stories are behind the paywall (Partner Program), and the average story takes 5.9 minutes to read.
Publications that publish Nutrition stories
| Publication | Followers | Nutrition stories (last 14.7d) |
|---|---|---|
| The Open Draft | 189 | 13 |
| ILLUMINATION | 327K | 7 |
| Active Minds Hub | 805 | 6 |
| RB-Tech | 12 | 5 |
| The Capricorn | 58 | 4 |
| Health and Science | 8.6K | 3 |
| Write A Catalyst | 213K | 3 |
| Write Your World | 12K | 2 |
| Runner's Life | 28K | 2 |
| Publishous | 70K | 2 |
Top Nutrition stories right now
- Magnesium Glycinate: 7 Potential Benefits for Better Sleep, Relaxation, and Overall Health
- I WOKE UP AT 5 AM FOR 7 DAYS, AND MY LIFE STARTED TO CHANGE
- Girls’ Health and Nutrition: Why Beauty Tips Aren’t Enough
- The Truth About Eating Nuts Daily :
- Can You Name Every Supplement You Take? Start Here Before Buying Another
- The Supplements You Take to Stay Healthy May Be Working Against You
- The Sleep Question I Didn’t Ask in 36 Years of Medicine
- World Egg Day 2026: The Tiny Food That Does Almost Everything
- Why I Stopped Eating Two or More Eggs Every Day
- I Tried Eating Apples for 30 Days. Here’s What Really Happened
FAQ
- How many stories are published in the Nutrition tag on Medium?
- About 11 per day (76 per week), based on 160 stories published in the 14.7-day window before our last scan. The tag has 39,599 stories in total.
- Is the Nutrition tag competitive?
- Competition is low: it is busier than 5% of the 73 tags we track. There are about 12,022 tag followers per new daily story.
- Can new writers succeed in Nutrition?
- 13% of the top-performing stories (top 25% by claps) came from writers with fewer than 100 followers, so the tag is tough for newcomers. 59% of all stories in the tag come from such writers.