Medium “Remote Work” tag statistics
How busy the Remote Work 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 100 stories from the last 15.2 days
Busier than 3% of 73 tracked tags
10% of top stories are by writers with <100 followers
Competition and chances for new writers
With roughly 7 stories a day, Remote Work is busier than 3% of the 73 tags we track. Its reader-to-story ratio (59,696 followers per daily story) is higher than 68% of tags — more readers per story than average.
48% of stories here come from writers with fewer than 100 followers, and they account for 10% of the best-performing quarter of stories. 49% of stories are behind the paywall (Partner Program), and the average story takes 5.7 minutes to read.
Publications that publish Remote Work stories
| Publication | Followers | Remote Work stories (last 15.2d) |
|---|---|---|
| ILLUMINATION | 327K | 5 |
| Write Your World | 12K | 2 |
| Level Up Coding | 367K | 2 |
| Stacker News | 6 | 1 |
| Write A Catalyst | 213K | 1 |
| Readers Club | 36K | 1 |
| Growth Theory | 158 | 1 |
Top Remote Work stories right now
- Your Contract Won’t Save You: What Seven Months of Chasing Unpaid Wages Taught Me
- I Am Happy With My Life, Until Someone Comments on It
- Top 5 Companies That WANT to Hire Workers Over 50!
- 7 Book Manuscript and Copyediting Jobs That Can Pay $300–$500 a Day
- 8 Of The Easiest Digital Nomad Visas Almost Anyone Can Apply For
- Why Remote Teams Need Visuals More, Not Less #14
- Earning Online: 8 Website Content Writing Jobs That You Can Earn $500–$1,200 a Day
- One Tenant’s 1,000 Jobs Made Everyone Else Wait 4.5 Seconds
- Freelance AI Work Grew 90% in a Year. Pay Per Contract Fell 13%. Both Numbers Are One Story.
- No Laptop? These 7 Companies Offer Remote Jobs With Equipment — Up to $31/Hour
FAQ
- How many stories are published in the Remote Work tag on Medium?
- About 7 per day (46 per week), based on 100 stories published in the 15.2-day window before our last scan. The tag has 14,715 stories in total.
- Is the Remote Work tag competitive?
- Competition is low: it is busier than 3% of the 73 tags we track. There are about 59,696 tag followers per new daily story.
- Can new writers succeed in Remote Work?
- 10% of the top-performing stories (top 25% by claps) came from writers with fewer than 100 followers, so the tag is tough for newcomers. 48% of all stories in the tag come from such writers.