Buy Medium Claps

Claps measure how much readers liked a story

Medium's claps are not a simple like. Each reader can clap up to 50 times on a story, so the clap count shows not only how many people liked it but how strongly. The count is shown at the top and bottom of every story and on story previews, and readers use it to decide what is worth their time.

Claps make your Medium article look worth reading and help it get surfaced.

US claps, delivered gradually

Claps come from US accounts at $17 for 500, and are delivered over 3–4 days rather than all at once, the way a story collects claps as readers find it over several days.

Which stories to boost

• Stories submitted to publications, where an engaged-looking story stands out.
• Stories you share on LinkedIn, X or a newsletter, so readers arriving from a link see a story others valued.
• Your signature pieces, the stories that define what you write about.

Claps and followers

Claps boost one story; Medium followers give your byline authority and every future story an early base of readers. Writers building an audience usually grow both.

What to expect

You only share the story link. We never ask for your Medium login.

Price and delivery

Medium claps are $17 for 500, from the USA, delivered gradually over three to four days. Larger orders are multiples of 500, with a package discount that grows with the order: 5% off two or three packs, 10% off four or five, and 15% off ten or twenty.

Which link to use

Open the story on Medium and copy its link from the address bar or the share button. Story links look like medium.com/@yourname/your-story-title-1a2b3c4d, or a publication's address if the story is published there. Use the story link, not your profile. Each order goes to one story.

How Medium claps work

Readers can clap for a story up to 50 times each, by holding or tapping the clap button. The total appears at the top and bottom of the story, and it is one of the first things a reader notices. A story with a strong clap count looks like one readers enjoyed, which makes new readers more likely to start and finish it.

How many claps to order

Because one reader can clap up to 50 times, clap totals are often much higher than the number of readers. Even so, claps should fit the writer's size and the story's reach. As a rough guide:

• New writers: 500 claps on a story you are promoting.
• Writers with a few hundred followers: 500 to 1,500 claps.
• Stories in large publications: scale in line with other popular stories there.

Prepare the story

• A clear title and subtitle that say what the reader will learn.
• A strong opening, since readers decide in the first few lines.
• A featured image that fits the topic.
• Topic tags, so readers browsing the topic can find it.
• Short paragraphs and subheadings for easy reading on a phone.

A worked example

A software engineer publishes a detailed guide to a new JavaScript framework in a large tech publication. They order 1,000 US claps ($32.30 with the 5% package discount), delivered over the next few days, and share the story on LinkedIn and X. Developers who click through see a guide with a strong clap count, read it to the end, and many follow the writer for the next part.

Claps, followers and highlights

Claps make one story look appreciated. Followers make your profile look established and bring your next stories to more readers. Highlights and responses from real readers show the story started a conversation. On stories that matter, combine claps with promotion outside Medium and reply to every response.

Claps and the Partner Program

Medium pays Partner Program writers based on members' engagement, mainly reading time. Ordered claps raise the visible count on a story; they should not be treated as a way to increase earnings. Use them to give a strong story a better first impression.

Before you order

• Check the story is public, not a draft or unlisted.
• Copy the story link from the address bar.
• Finish any edits first, so the story readers see is the final version.
• Plan your promotion for the days the claps arrive, so new readers land on a well-received story.

Claps arrive gradually over three to four days, which matches the way real readers find a story after it is shared.

Promote the story outside Medium

Most readers find Medium stories through search, social media, newsletters and publications. Share the story on the platforms where your readers are, with a one-line summary of what they will learn, and link to it from related stories you have written. Readers arriving from those links see the clap count first, so a story that already looks appreciated is more likely to be read in full and clapped for again by real readers who enjoyed it.