Medium “Technology” tag statistics
How busy the Technology 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 800 stories from the last 1.9 days
Busier than 90% of 73 tracked tags
20% of top stories are by writers with <100 followers
Competition and chances for new writers
With roughly 421 stories a day, Technology is busier than 90% of the 73 tags we track. Its reader-to-story ratio (44,389 followers per daily story) is higher than 55% of tags — more readers per story than average.
50% of stories here come from writers with fewer than 100 followers, and they account for 20% of the best-performing quarter of stories. 48% of stories are behind the paywall (Partner Program), and the average story takes 6.6 minutes to read.
Publications that publish Technology stories
| Publication | Followers | Technology stories (last 1.9d) |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Under Pressure | 668 | 60 |
| ILLUMINATION | 327K | 53 |
| Write A Catalyst | 213K | 37 |
| Level Up Coding | 367K | 35 |
| JavaScript in Plain English | 182K | 23 |
| Towards AI | 151K | 17 |
| Predict | 116K | 17 |
| Python in Plain English | 100K | 15 |
| Activated Thinker | 40K | 14 |
| Tax Insights┃Vergi Analizleri | 10 | 13 |
Top Technology stories right now
- The $10 Pre-Paid SIM Card That Wiped Out 20 Senior Russian Officers
- In An Age of AI, Making Art Matters
- The Only Rare Skills You Need Right Now as AI Destroys Careers
- The 10.5 Trillion Dollar Threat: The New Cyber Attack Patterns Dominating the Economy
- The Comfortable Box: Are We Preparing Our Children for Life or Keeping Them Away From It?
- The Green Transition Is Not Just About Technology—It Is About Who Can Afford It
- The Automatic Rally: What Happens When Sellers Start Losing Control?
- Roti, Kapda, Makaan… And a Fully Charged Mobile Phone
- The Terrifying Reason the AI Bubble Cannot Stop Inflating Until It Bursts
- Wyckoff Distribution Method: Understanding How Smart Money Exit
FAQ
- How many stories are published in the Technology tag on Medium?
- About 421 per day (2,950 per week), based on 800 stories published in the 1.9-day window before our last scan. The tag has 692,633 stories in total.
- Is the Technology tag competitive?
- Competition is very high: it is busier than 90% of the 73 tags we track. There are about 44,389 tag followers per new daily story.
- Can new writers succeed in Technology?
- 20% of the top-performing stories (top 25% by claps) came from writers with fewer than 100 followers, so the tag is mixed for newcomers. 50% of all stories in the tag come from such writers.