PenYield transforms raw Medium statistics into actionable editorial telemetry. Inspect daily payout breakdowns down to the cent, discover reader retention drop-offs, and watch evergreen articles compound — with zero third-party tracking.
Try the live interface below. Click any article row to reveal its revenue trajectory, or click dates to inspect per-article contributions.
| Date | Earnings | ||||||||||||
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| ▸ 2026-09-13 Sun | $52.69 | ||||||||||||
| ▸ 2026-09-12 Sat | $44.58 | ||||||||||||
| ▾ 2026-09-11 Fri | $54.83 | ||||||||||||
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Per-Article Earnings — Sep 11
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| ▸ 2026-09-10 Thu | $53.89 | ||||||||||||
| Title | Views | Reads | Ratio | Claps | Earnings |
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▾ The Two Greatest Software Systems Ever Built
Published Mar 12, 2024
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342,100 | 266,838 | 78% | 12,400 | $3,842.10 |
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▸ Why SQLite Is So Fast and Reliable
Published May 18, 2024
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210,400 | 151,488 | 72% | 8,900 | $2,710.45 |
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▸ Inside Go's Memory Allocator: How Arenas Work
Published Jul 2, 2024
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188,900 | 130,341 | 69% | 6,420 | $1,940.80 |
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▸ The Architecture of High-Throughput Message Queues
Published Aug 15, 2024
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145,000 | 101,500 | 70% | 4,100 | $1,420.25 |
Medium provides high-level aggregates. PenYield gives you forensic financial intelligence.
Never wonder where today’s payout originated. Drill into any calendar day in your history to see exact penny contributions across 20+ articles simultaneously.
Views are vanity; member read time pays the bills. Track exact percentage retention across your catalog to pinpoint which headlines over-promise and which openings convert.
Watch your evergreen articles compound over months. Click any title to generate smooth revenue trajectory curves charting every payout from publication date to today.
Your writing income is nobody else's business. PenYield operates entirely inside your local Chrome browser storage. Zero tracking servers, zero third-party databases, zero risk.
Why serious Partner Program writers switch to PenYield.
| Capability | Medium Native Stats | PenYield Extension |
|---|---|---|
| Daily dollar breakdown per article | ✕ Not available | ✓ Exact penny breakdown for 20+ articles/day |
| Historical individual article earnings curve | ✕ Aggregates only | ✓ Interactive trajectory curves (Top 3 Free · All in Pro) |
| Catalog sorting (Earnings, Reads, Views) | ~ Clunky, slow pagination | ✓ Instant client-side multi-metric sorting |
| Audience read ratio telemetry | ~ Static percentage text | ✓ Visual retention bars & performance tiers |
| Historical data export for taxes (CSV) | ✕ No CSV download | ✓ 1-click comprehensive CSV export (✦ Pro) |
| Data privacy & storage | ✓ Hosted on Medium | ✓ 100% Local in your Chrome browser |
Add the extension to Chrome with a single click. No account creation or credit card needed.
Open medium.com/me/stats once in your browser. PenYield securely syncs your figures locally.
Click the PenYield extension icon whenever inspiration strikes to review your publication telemetry.
No monthly recurring subscriptions. No account lock-in. Just straightforward financial clarity.
Essential publication telemetry for writers starting on Medium.
Full financial intelligence for serious writers and publication owners.
No, absolutely not. PenYield uses your existing authenticated session cookies inside your own Chrome browser. You will never be asked for your Medium credentials, and PenYield has no servers to store them on.
PenYield is free to install and includes core analytics, 7-day spark bars, and top article telemetry. For serious writers, PenYield Pro is an affordable $4.99 one-time lifetime purchase that unlocks full historical backfill, unlimited CSV financial exports, and revenue curves for every article in your archive.
100% of your data resides in your computer's local chrome.storage.local database. Nothing is transmitted to external telemetry servers, third-party analytics, or cloud backends.
With PenYield Pro, you can incrementally backfill your entire Medium Partner Program daily history—up to 900+ days back—while respecting Medium's rate limits with exponential backoff. The free tier provides instant access to your recent 30-day publication statistics.
Yes! With PenYield Pro, one click on the "Export CSV" button compiles all your article metrics, views, reads, and lifetime revenues into a clean spreadsheet ready for Excel, Google Sheets, or your accountant.
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