Medium “Parenting” tag statistics
How busy the Parenting tag is, how stories perform there and where they get published. Competition is moderate, and the tag is mixed for new writers.
Updated Oct 20, 2026 · based on 700 stories from the last 14.4 days
Busier than 29% of 73 tracked tags
25% of top stories are by writers with <100 followers
Competition and chances for new writers
With roughly 49 stories a day, Parenting is busier than 29% of the 73 tags we track. Its reader-to-story ratio (40,396 followers per daily story) is higher than 51% of tags — more readers per story than average.
66% of stories here come from writers with fewer than 100 followers, and they account for 25% of the best-performing quarter of stories. 34% of stories are behind the paywall (Partner Program), and the average story takes 5 minutes to read.
Publications that publish Parenting stories
| Publication | Followers | Parenting stories (last 14.4d) |
|---|---|---|
| ILLUMINATION | 327K | 22 |
| Stacker News | 6 | 12 |
| Write A Catalyst | 213K | 10 |
| Pen With Paper | 22K | 9 |
| Frazzled | 9.1K | 9 |
| Infinite Impulse | 4.8K | 9 |
| Activated Thinker | 40K | 5 |
| No Time | 14K | 5 |
| Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs | 44K | 4 |
| Nudge | 838 | 4 |
Top Parenting stories right now
- This Father Phoned The Police on His 4 Year Old Son. His Reason Will Shock You.
- The School Mothers Knew My Snacks, Not My Life
- Named for the Ocean, Shining Like the Sun
- Seventy Years Ago My Mom Made Headlines
- Misogynists Are Made, Not Born
- Does Your Child Feel Overwhelmed?
- Empty Nest, Broken Heart
- 29 Things Research Says You Should Never Give a Baby Before Age 2
- Mama, Just Smile, and I’ll Feel Better.
- Yet another precious soul vanished into oblivion.
FAQ
- How many stories are published in the Parenting tag on Medium?
- About 49 per day (341 per week), based on 700 stories published in the 14.4-day window before our last scan. The tag has 154,525 stories in total.
- Is the Parenting tag competitive?
- Competition is moderate: it is busier than 29% of the 73 tags we track. There are about 40,396 tag followers per new daily story.
- Can new writers succeed in Parenting?
- 25% of the top-performing stories (top 25% by claps) came from writers with fewer than 100 followers, so the tag is mixed for newcomers. 66% of all stories in the tag come from such writers.