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Medium Partner Program

Pays writers for member reading time on paywalled stories; you must hold a paid Medium membership to enroll.

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Counts, not a score. 8 of 10 things we look for are published by Medium Partner Program, and 2 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

Can you even be here

Where you can sign upIs my country on the list at all?Enrollment is open to writers with a bank account and tax residence in a published list of 118 countries, from Albania to Vietnam, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, Nigeria and VietnamSupported countries · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Where you can be paidTwo lists, and they are not always the same one.The same list as enrollment: Stripe account setup is available in all countries supported by the Partner Program, and payouts can only be transferred to a bank account, not a debit cardSet up payouts with Stripe · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Minimum ageHow old do I have to be, and is it higher for some offers?18 years of age or older, and you must also hold an active Medium membership and have published at least one storyEligibility requirements · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Getting the money out

What you are paid inCash, or something that is only spendable in one place?Cash in USD, sent to the Stripe account connected to your Medium account and from there only to a bank accountMedium Partner Program payouts · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Ways to get paidIf the one method fails, is there a second one?Stripe only, as Medium's third-party payout processor; payouts can only be transferred to a bank account, debit cards are not supported, and Stripe requires your legal name and two-factor authenticationSet up payouts with Stripe · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Minimum payoutHow much must pile up before they let go of it?Your total earnings must reach a minimum of $10 USD before a payout is sent; below that the balance rolls over to the following month, and some countries have additional minimums enforced by StripeMinimum payout threshold · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Fee taken out of the payoutWhat is deducted that the payout page does not mention?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Time from earning to money in handThe whole chain, not the speed they advertise for the last step.Payouts are typically initiated by the 10th of each month, covering earnings from the previous month, and once initiated may take an additional 5-7 business days to appear in your bank accountPayout schedule · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Keeping what you earned

How a balance can be lostDoes it expire, get charged rent, or vanish if I go quiet?If your Stripe account is inactive or unable to receive payouts for 180 consecutive days, any accumulated unpaid earnings will be forfeited; a balance of $10 or more with incomplete payout settings for 30 days also makes the enrollment inactiveForfeiture policy · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Who is on the hook

Who is legally on the hookWhich company, and does it publish anything about whether it can pay?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Put Medium Partner Program next to something else

No article here covers Medium Partner Program alongside another platform yet, so there is nothing to suggest. Pick your own pairing and the same questions get asked of each.

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How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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