Medium “Weight Loss” tag statistics
How busy the Weight Loss 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 120 stories from the last 15.9 days
Busier than 4% of 73 tracked tags
24% of top stories are by writers with <100 followers
Competition and chances for new writers
With roughly 8 stories a day, Weight Loss is busier than 4% of the 73 tags we track. Its reader-to-story ratio (893 followers per daily story) is higher than 5% of tags — fewer readers per story than average.
73% of stories here come from writers with fewer than 100 followers, and they account for 24% of the best-performing quarter of stories. 33% of stories are behind the paywall (Partner Program), and the average story takes 5.1 minutes to read.
Publications that publish Weight Loss stories
| Publication | Followers | Weight Loss stories (last 15.9d) |
|---|---|---|
| The Open Draft | 189 | 5 |
| Health Management | 2.9K | 5 |
| ILLUMINATION | 327K | 4 |
| Health and Science | 8.6K | 3 |
| Stacker News | 6 | 3 |
| Write A Catalyst | 213K | 3 |
| BeSund | 9 | 2 |
| Thoughtfultini Publication | 120 | 1 |
| Change Your Mind Change Your Life | 167K | 1 |
| Active Minds Hub | 805 | 1 |
Top Weight Loss stories right now
- I have been trying to lose weight for years.
- I Made the Viral 3-Ingredient Superfood Bread That Helps You Lose Weight
- Weight Loss Mistakes
- From Hindsight, Prevention Needs to Begin Before Loose Skin Appears
- What Happened When 90-Year-Olds Started Lifting Weights 3 Times a Week
- Perfectly Me
- 7 High-Protein Breakfasts Under 400 Calories That Finally Stopped My Mid-Morning Hunger
- Life After Mounjaro Weight Loss: What Happened When I Lowered My Dose
- I Tried Peptides and Stopped
- Tomorrow: Ozempic, so I'd Better Eat Everything Today
FAQ
- How many stories are published in the Weight Loss tag on Medium?
- About 8 per day (53 per week), based on 120 stories published in the 15.9-day window before our last scan. The tag has 48,121 stories in total.
- Is the Weight Loss tag competitive?
- Competition is low: it is busier than 4% of the 73 tags we track. There are about 893 tag followers per new daily story.
- Can new writers succeed in Weight Loss?
- 24% of the top-performing stories (top 25% by claps) came from writers with fewer than 100 followers, so the tag is mixed for newcomers. 73% of all stories in the tag come from such writers.