Medium “Side Hustle” tag statistics
How busy the Side Hustle 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 420 stories from the last 14.4 days
Busier than 19% of 73 tracked tags
21% of top stories are by writers with <100 followers
Competition and chances for new writers
With roughly 29 stories a day, Side Hustle is busier than 19% of the 73 tags we track. Its reader-to-story ratio (368 followers per daily story) is higher than 1% of tags — fewer readers per story than average.
47% of stories here come from writers with fewer than 100 followers, and they account for 21% of the best-performing quarter of stories. 53% of stories are behind the paywall (Partner Program), and the average story takes 5.6 minutes to read.
Publications that publish Side Hustle stories
| Publication | Followers | Side Hustle stories (last 14.4d) |
|---|---|---|
| Write A Catalyst | 213K | 31 |
| ILLUMINATION | 327K | 18 |
| No Time | 14K | 7 |
| Minimalist Side Hustles | 1.6K | 5 |
| Write Your World | 12K | 5 |
| The Money Guide | 743 | 4 |
| JavaScript in Plain English | 182K | 3 |
| The Interception | 62 | 3 |
| Python in Plain English | 100K | 3 |
| Small Wonders Daily | 83 | 3 |
Top Side Hustle stories right now
- The Best Online Business Ideas for Beginners
- How to Make Your First Dollar on Medium (Without the Hype)
- I’ve sold over 13,000 digital products. Here’s what actually sells
- 4 Legit Websites That Pay You to Transcribe Audio
- The Most Meaningful Side Hustle I’ve Ever Tried — And How Much I Actually Earn From It
- Websites That Pay You to Write Short Articles
- I Tried to Make Extra Money Online. Nobody Talks About This Part.
- How I Earned My First $61.60 Recording My Voice for AI
- You don’t need to be rich. You just need an extra $1,000/mo — Here’s how I do it
- 11 Boring Tips That Help Me Earn $500 Every Month on the Side
FAQ
- How many stories are published in the Side Hustle tag on Medium?
- About 29 per day (204 per week), based on 420 stories published in the 14.4-day window before our last scan. The tag has 38,255 stories in total.
- Is the Side Hustle tag competitive?
- Competition is low: it is busier than 19% of the 73 tags we track. There are about 368 tag followers per new daily story.
- Can new writers succeed in Side Hustle?
- 21% of the top-performing stories (top 25% by claps) came from writers with fewer than 100 followers, so the tag is mixed for newcomers. 47% of all stories in the tag come from such writers.