Medium “Sports” tag statistics
How busy the Sports tag is, how stories perform there and where they get published. Competition is low, and the tag is friendly for new writers.
Updated Oct 20, 2026 · based on 380 stories from the last 14.8 days
Busier than 14% of 73 tracked tags
47% of top stories are by writers with <100 followers
Competition and chances for new writers
With roughly 26 stories a day, Sports is busier than 14% of the 73 tags we track. Its reader-to-story ratio (101,812 followers per daily story) is higher than 88% of tags — more readers per story than average.
65% of stories here come from writers with fewer than 100 followers, and they account for 47% of the best-performing quarter of stories. 26% of stories are behind the paywall (Partner Program), and the average story takes 4.8 minutes to read.
Publications that publish Sports stories
| Publication | Followers | Sports stories (last 14.8d) |
|---|---|---|
| Dodger Insider | 4.8K | 17 |
| Beyond the Scoreboard | 27K | 15 |
| THE UNION REPORT | 147 | 5 |
| Reel Wrap Entertainment | 98 | 5 |
| Top Dalton’s Blog | 90 | 3 |
| Write A Catalyst | 213K | 3 |
| ILLUMINATION | 327K | 3 |
| The Crypto Kiosk | 4.5K | 2 |
| Runner's Life | 28K | 2 |
| Participation Trophy Sports Humor | 182 | 2 |
Top Sports stories right now
- Are you “The scapegoat” of your family?
- Bills vs. Chargers? My Worst Sunday Nightmare
- Week #5 Two-Minute Summary of the NFL Games
- Going to a Putt and Pitch and Learning More than Golf
- Week #4 Two-Minute Summary of the NFL Games
- 10–7: These Were Never Just Numbers
- Do our “Difuntos” (deceased loved ones) remember us as we do?
- Another Black Woman Faces Relentless Racial Abuse
- Why have we distanced ourselves from the activities that once brought us happiness?
- Following China’s Long March: Wumeng Mountain 330k Trail
FAQ
- How many stories are published in the Sports tag on Medium?
- About 26 per day (180 per week), based on 380 stories published in the 14.8-day window before our last scan. The tag has 193,875 stories in total.
- Is the Sports tag competitive?
- Competition is low: it is busier than 14% of the 73 tags we track. There are about 101,812 tag followers per new daily story.
- Can new writers succeed in Sports?
- 47% of the top-performing stories (top 25% by claps) came from writers with fewer than 100 followers, so the tag is friendly for newcomers. 65% of all stories in the tag come from such writers.