Getting started with a Medium publication

This guide will tell you more about Medium publications and will walk you through the process of creating your own publication.

What is a Medium publication?

Medium publications are shared spaces for stories written around a common theme or topic, usually by multiple authors.

As such, publications can be created for many different purposes. Some example uses of Medium publications include:

• An online magazine, a publication with a fixed publication staff that posts stories around a specific topic
• A community publication, a publication that accepts stories published around Medium
• A company blog, a publication that is created specifically to share company news
• A collection of individual stories by a single author that are parts of a larger whole

Key features of Medium publications

• Dedicated publication homepage with a customizable layout
  Each publication has their own customizable publication homepage, where publication editors can feature stories published in their publication. In the publication's settings, you can add a header with a title and/or logo, set up a number of sections with customizable layouts, and add feature pages which act as tabs housing specialized content.
• Support for multiple contributors: writers and editors & story submission system
  Each publication is owned by a single user account—the publication's owner. The owner account has full rights to manage the publication and can add other users as publication editors and writers.
  • Editors can review, edit and publish or reject stories submitted by writers, as well as add their own stories, modify the publication's layout, and add or remove publication writers.
  • Writers are regular contributors who can submit their stories to the publication.
• Newsletter system
  Publication editors can write and send custom email newsletters to the publication followers to connect with their readers and further build their audience.
• Detailed stats page
  Publications have a detailed stats page that allows publication editors to easily check how all the submitted stories are performing.
• URL in the format: medium.com/your-publication-name

Who can create a Medium publication?

You must have a Medium account with an active membership subscription in order to create a Medium publication. Learn more about becoming a Medium member.

Where can I find a list of publications on Medium?

Medium doesn't have an official list of publications, but this list is a good place to start. It also has links to each publication's submission process (if they have one). 

How to create a publication

1. On the web, click on   your profile picture and choose Settings from the menu.
2. Click the Publishing tab or go to https://medium.com/me/settings/publishing.
3. Click Manage publications.
4. Click Create a new publication.
5. Enter your publication's name, description, and upload your publication avatar. These steps are required to create a publication.
6. Click Next in the lower right corner to go to the publication layout screen. Under the Homepage screen, you customize your publication's homepage.
7. Click Create to create your publication.

Once the publication is created, you can customize its layout, add editors and writers and submit stories to the publication.

You can learn more about all these features in this section of our Help Center.

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