I’ve gotten myself really behind on earnings reports. (I’m writing this at the end of May 2026. Oops!) That’s mostly because everything fell and there hasn’t been much to report.
This is just going to be a quick update on everything that happened in November and December 2025.
Quickie October stats
- Writing through Medium: 8,440 followers and $962.07
- Affiliate sales: $109.92
- Gumroad: $231.81
I made a total of: $1,303.80
November and December 2025 Results
Here’s what happened on Medium in November and December…
Reads & Views
Here are the reads & views I had in September for comparison:
October’s reads & views so you can see where the drop off happened:
That was the beginning of the end.
Here’s November’s reads & views:
And December’s reads & views:
You can see how everything just slowed way down ever since that point in October. I pretty much gave up trying too hard after this, which you’ll see in 2026’s reports.
Followers
Here are the follower stats for the end of 2025:
- November – 8,461
- December – 8,514
And again, I’m writing this while almost halfway through 2026 already, and they haven’t gone up much from there.
Earnings:
You can see what a difference a few months makes when it comes to earnings on Medium. They shift things with the Partner Program, and that’s that!
My top earner in November was this story:
This one made $47.06, which is actually pretty good. I’m disgruntles with the read ratio because normally these types of stories would get 70%-80% read ratios. Did my writing suddenly get this bad?
Here’s the top earner from December:
This one only made $16.09. And that read ratio is so bad! But I could maybe understand it for this one because I’m sure I could have done better with the headline and hook.
Total Medium earnings:
- November – $349.43
- December – $156.81
Everything Else
My other streams of income right now include:
- Gumroad
- Affiliate sales
I use Benable, but I never make time for it. You need $80 to cash out. I’m so close, yet so far away at $61.94. I just don’t have it in me to work on this site right now.
Affiliate sales for November and December: $221.21
Gumroad = $130.62 (This includes any affiliate sales and takes out affiliate fees and platform fees.)
Total Earnings
2025:
- January 2025 = $1,449.67
- February 2025 = $680.08
- March 2025 = $795.27
- April 2025 = $1,503.01
- May 2025 = $1,807.19
- June 2025 = $1,827.03
- July 2025 = $1,168.61
- August 2025 = $2350.55
- September 2025 = $1,997.66
- October 2025 = $1,303.80
- November & December = $858.07
Total 2025 earnings = $15,723.24
2024:
- January 2024 = $1,008.10
- February 2024 = $1.045.69
- March 2024 = $664.55
- April 2024 = $1,111.32
- May 2024 = $713.60
- June 2024 = $1,095.47
- July 2024 = $953.89
- August 2024 = $938.42
- September 2024 = $492.98
- October 2024 = $508.28
- November 2024 = $491.12
- December 2024 = $215.38
Total 2024 earnings = $9,199.33