1. Medium — No doubt. This has to be on top of my list. Medium was the first blogging platform where I made money without any marketplaces. And that’s what I wanted. I didn’t know that Medium articles ranked on Google. Most of my sales were from Medium readers. So that’s win-win for me. Plus, there are many monetization options.
2. Reddit — This one I used even before Medium. But my real problem is that it’s actually not a Blogging platform. It’s a community platform that supports short and long-form content. I still use it. And it still gives me pretty good results. Now they also have a partner program. Haven’t used it yet, but this definitely helps a lot of content creators out there.
3. Twitter — the first one I started writing on. I met many writers on Twitter who were already making a full-time income. It was for micro-blogging before. But now you can also write full content.
4. Substack — I think this has become a favorite for many writers and content creators. One of the best things is that it’s free. I used a paid membership platform can be pretty expensive. But subtsack is really cheap compared to them.
5. Threads — I wrote an article on this platform. I mentioned that I am not going to use this platform ever. But seeing others making money from Threads made me curious. And I made an account there 5 months ago. I hit my 1 million views in under one month. Haven’t monetized it yet, but I will soon update on this.
No doubt. This has to be on top of my list. Medium was the first blogging platform where I made money without any marketplaces. And that’s what I wanted. I didn’t know that Medium articles ranked on Google. Most of my sales were from Medium readers. So that’s win-win for me. Plus, there are many monetization options.
