Please go to my publication Born to Write and read articles. This is rubbish. It benefits Medium if you go and read stuff that you don't want to read. If you're a writer, you're supposed to draw readers - you shouldn't have to read other people's stuff in order to ger read.

One thing, are you in the USA.

I was in South Africa, and for a year I didn't earn more than $45 to $65. Then I went to Germany in mid-April. My traffic immediately increased and I mde $128. (Plus won the $500). The next month I made $3800 plus won another $500. However, right now, my traffic is right down, and I'll be lucky if I get $600.