Medium “Philosophy” tag statistics
How busy the Philosophy tag is, how stories perform there and where they get published. Competition is very high, and the tag is mixed for new writers.
Updated Oct 20, 2026 · based on 798 stories from the last 4 days
Busier than 78% of 73 tracked tags
30% of top stories are by writers with <100 followers
Competition and chances for new writers
With roughly 200 stories a day, Philosophy is busier than 78% of the 73 tags we track. Its reader-to-story ratio (15,202 followers per daily story) is higher than 29% of tags — fewer readers per story than average.
74% of stories here come from writers with fewer than 100 followers, and they account for 30% of the best-performing quarter of stories. 26% of stories are behind the paywall (Partner Program), and the average story takes 5.8 minutes to read.
Publications that publish Philosophy stories
| Publication | Followers | Philosophy stories (last 4d) |
|---|---|---|
| ILLUMINATION | 327K | 28 |
| Philosophy Today | 62K | 13 |
| Write A Catalyst | 213K | 11 |
| Pen With Paper | 22K | 11 |
| New Earth Consciousness | 36K | 7 |
| Write Your World | 12K | 7 |
| Infinite Impulse | 4.8K | 6 |
| No Time | 14K | 6 |
| The Gravity | 2.1K | 6 |
| Counter Arts | 56K | 6 |
Top Philosophy stories right now
- The Invisible Prison
- Edgar Cayce’s Predictions for America: The 2027 Shift and Beyond
- The Ultimate Freedom Is Being Freed From Ambition
- 9 Uncomfortable Quotes From 9 Inspiring Women
- The World Rewards Pretenders, Not Perfection
- Faces Sculpted by Their Inner Traits
- I Spent Years Trying to Control Things That Were Never Mine to Control
- These Habits Make Life Harder Than It Needs to Be
- Conceal Your Intentions
- Lucian Darsen, Before We Forgot. Why Was He Allowed to Keep the Notes?
FAQ
- How many stories are published in the Philosophy tag on Medium?
- About 200 per day (1,403 per week), based on 798 stories published in the 4-day window before our last scan. The tag has 286,436 stories in total.
- Is the Philosophy tag competitive?
- Competition is very high: it is busier than 78% of the 73 tags we track. There are about 15,202 tag followers per new daily story.
- Can new writers succeed in Philosophy?
- 30% of the top-performing stories (top 25% by claps) came from writers with fewer than 100 followers, so the tag is mixed for newcomers. 74% of all stories in the tag come from such writers.