An analyst’s view of how the algorithm works to pay authors. — I’m going to give you an explanation of how I think the algorithm works to pay authors on Medium. As of November 2019, the new payment method is based on reading time and no longer on claps, so I updated this article accordingly. I have a programming background as a…

Paying for read-time still has limitations — I haven’t noticed any difference with Medium since they changed the payment method to go by read-time rather than claps. I get a decent read-ratio, but with few claps. So I thought my income would improve due to being paid for the read time. …

This has been updated after seeing results of the new method. — Medium finally will be compensating authors for quality content without a dependency on readers remembering to clap. Before the naysayers who post negative comments about the new payment system discourage you, check their credentials to determine if they know what they are talking about. I’m a systems programmer analyst, so…

Learn where to put your writing efforts — You can get some useful information from your stats report that will help you decide where to put your writing efforts. I’ll show you how. Look at the Read Ratio Examine your stats and look for posts that have well over 50% read ratio. Those are articles that had kept your readers more engaged than…