Machine learning model for predicting medium writer earnings
Last Updated on July 20, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Benjamin Obi Tayo Ph.D.
Originally published on Towards AI.

On October 22, 2019, Medium unveiled a new model for calculating writer’s earnings. According to this new model, earnings will be calculated based on the reading time of Medium members. You may find out more about the new model from this article: Improving how we calculate writer earnings.
The new model took effect as of October 28, 2019. In a previous article (Medium Partner Program’s New Model for Calculating Writer’s Earnings — Linear Regression Analysis), I had written about a model for writer earnings under the new Partner Program model. However, this article is based on 5 days of data (October… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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