# Medium: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/medium

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Content marketing platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/content-marketing-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 103 | 33% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Medium - Great for blog-style content; free to publish" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Content marketing)

## And against it

- "Posting on high-authority sites like Reddit, Medium, or LinkedIn ... it should be used cautiously" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Content marketing)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Medium, from 4 of the 7 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- appverticals.com: 2
- business.adobe.com: 2
- accent-technologies.com: 1
- acquia.com: 1
- agilitycms.com: 1
- agrtech.com.au: 1
- ai-cmo.net: 1
- blogtopin.com: 1
- brightspot.com: 1
- buttercms.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://appverticals.com/blog/enterprise-cms-platforms-strategic-guide: 2
- https://accent-technologies.com/2023/04/17/selecting-a-content-management-system-the-ultimate-guide: 1
- https://acquia.com/blog/acquia-vs-sitecore-why-open-makes-all-difference: 1
- https://acquia.com/compare/acquia-vs-sitecore: 1
- https://acquia.com/software-alternatives/sitecore-healthcare: 1
- https://acquia.com/software-alternatives/sitecore-higher-education: 1
- https://agilitycms.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-headless-cms-for-large-businesses: 1
- https://agrtech.com.au/business/seo/what-is-parasite-seo: 1

## The company

Medium; https://medium.com; San Francisco, United States; founded 2012. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Medium's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: A place to read, write, and deepen your understanding (https://medium.com/)
- For: anyone (https://medium.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Join Medium for free (https://medium.com/@sanemdy/platform-arası-göç-3e5364fa55c3)

## What it publishes

Every page medium.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 276487 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 195 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 361 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 83 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 393 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 761 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 2869 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 1041 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 1220 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 300 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 162 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.