I unwittingly did a no-engagement experiment in August. The traction to my articles dropped by 2/3.

https://medium.com/tiered-democratic-governance/an-insight-into-medium-algorithms-34ec49f57936

September and October had my normal traction.

In November, I had one viral article ($58). My main topic has proven not to be popular, so I'm not sure why I got this attention. But my other articles are about half the usual traction. I think Medium changed the algorithms this month.