My Medium stats after writing 50 stories in 7 months.
I’ve wanted to start writing online for quite some time, but I only decided to do it in September 2023.
Many factors held me back, such as fear of what my colleagues would think of me, etc. I won’t talk about that in this article because that’s not what it’s about.
Today, 7 months later, I have 51 stories written, and I decided to share my stats.
I wrote my first story in September 2023.
Three years ago, I became a DevOps engineer, and I decided to help other people take the same step, so I started writing articles aimed at junior DevOps engineers and those aspiring to become DevOps engineers.
Even before I started writing, I read articles from various online writers, and they all said that writing is a long game. They all said that I shouldn’t expect instant recognition. They all said that the most important thing is persistence.
Luckily for me, I listened to them and did not stop writing, even when it seemed to me that no one needed it and I was writing into the void.
Today, after 7 months of writing online, I started to see the results.
I wrote 51 stories in 7 months. It’s about 7 stories a month, and here are my stats.
The last slide is the statistics for today, April 13.
We are not even in the middle of the month, but I already have twice as many views and reads as in March.
So don’t give up, and don’t rush.
Writing online is a long game, step by step.
I believe that any article will find a reader in the end.
Update for May 1, 2024.
Here are the statistics for April: 12.2K views and 6.7K reads.
It’s about 600% more than the previous month.
Half of the views come from one single article, the DevOps project I did and wrote about.
I also had dramatic followers grow during April.
I believe if I write about more projects I create, I will get much more views and followers.
