A Big Linky Map of Medium

An attempt at sketching out a bird’s eye view of the wide variety of different kinds of stories people are writing on Medium

4 min readDec 7, 2022

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The idea of building a big linky map of Medium is to help people explore the breadth and depth of stories on Medium. There’s a lot! And a lot of it is really good!

To view this map in a slightly different format, click here. The taxonomy for the map stored in a YAML file here. Feel free to suggest edits in Github or by leaving comments on this post. This is just a first pass that I put together in between doing a dozen other things, and could certainly be extended and improved. That’s why I put the taxonomy on Github, so that people who feel like something is missing, or incomplete, or wrong, can suggest changes.

Click around! Each of the links will show you the most read stories in that topic from the last year, top writers in that topic area, and related topics.

Contents:

LIFE      Family, Health, Home, Life Lessons, Personal Development, 
          Personal Essay, Pets, Relationships

MEDIA     Art, Gaming, Humor, Movies, Music, News, Photography, 
          Podcasts, Television, Writing

SOCIETY   Beauty, Culture, Disability, Drugs, Economics, Education, 
          Equality, Fashion, Finance, Language, Law, Leadership, 
          Logistics, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Race, Religion, 
          Sexuality, Social Media, Sports

TECH      Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Data Science, Gadgets, 
          Makers, Programming, Programming Languages, Security, 
          Tech Companies

WORK      Business, Design, Dev Ops, Freelancing, Marketing, Product
          Management, Remote Work

WORLD     Cities, Nature, Travel, Pandemic, Science

LIFE

Family
Children Motherhood Parenting Pregnancy Seniors

Health
Aging Fitness Food Healthcare Lifestyle Weight Loss

Home
Architecture Home Decor Home Improvement house Interior Design Real Estate Rental Property Vacation Rental

Life Lessons
Death Death And Dying Failure Grief Loss Trauma

Personal Development
Counseling Mental Health Mindfulness Morning Routines Pomodoro Technique Productivity Self Self-Improvement Self-Awareness Therapy

Personal Essay
Diary Journaling Memoir This Happened To Me

Pets
Cats Dogs Dog Training Pet Care

Relationships
Dating Dating Advice Divorce Friendship Love Online Dating

SOCIETY

Beauty
Beauty Tips Hair Makeup Skincare

Culture
Cultural Heritage History Holidays Museums Norms Tradition

Disability
Accessibility Blindness Deaf Disability Rights

Drugs
Addiction Marijuana Opioids Pharmaceuticals Psychedelics

Economics
Basic Income Debt Economy Inflation

Education
College Learning School Students Student Loans Study Study Abroad Study Tips Teaching

Equality
Discrimination Diversity Feminism Inclusion LGBTQIA+ Race Racism Women’s Rights

Fashion
Clothing Fashion Design Fashion Trends Style

Finance
Investing Money Retirement Philanthropy Real Estate Investments Retirement Planning

Language
Arabic English Language English Learning Foreign Language French German Hindi Language Learning Linguistics Mandarin Portuguese Spanish

Law
Justice Criminal Justice Social Justice

Leadership
Executive Coaching Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Leadership Skills Management

Logistics
Procurement Public Transit self-driving-cars shipping supply-chain transportation trucking

Philosophy
Atheism Consciousness Epistemology Ethics Existentialism Metaphysics Morality Nihilism Philosophy of Mind Stoicism

Politics
Elections Gun Control Immigration

Psychology
Anxiety Cognitive Psychology Psychiatry Stress

Race
Anti-Racism Black Lives Matter Racism White Privilege White Supremacy

Religion
Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Islam Judaism Spirituality Zen

Sexuality
BDSM Erotica Kink PG-13 Sex

Social Media
Facebook Instagram Tik Tok Twitter

Sports
Baseball Basketball Football

I’d also be interested in hearing about what these topic pages should display. Top publications? Stories sorted by some other metric? Share your thoughts!