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My Viral Articles for 2024
“Success” from a Bottom Writer
3 min readJan 1, 2025
“Viral” is an understatement here. You see, I am a bottom writer. So even my best articles are other writers’ average.
But nonetheless, when an article goes far above my usual average, it does tickle my ego.
In 2023, I set my own “viral threshold” at $5.00 per article. I kept that threshold for 2024. With about 150 articles, only four reached this level.
Revenue: $9.41
The Medium echo chamber likes George Carlin. This title definitely takes a shot at him. The article elaborates on that shot. I was surprised that this article did so well.
Revenue: $6.78
This title suggests another round of Trump bashing. Medium readers like Trump bashing. I was not…
