I write opinion pieces where I explain basic facts about American history. I have 17,000 followers and they all hate me. The most I've made in a month there is about $2,500, but generally it's around $500. I was there from the beginning then they were offering a $1,500 bonus per month (which they extended 3 times). Actually, I've made considerably more money from Newsbreak than Medium now that I think about it. I won a contest on Vocal and got $700, but if you don't win the contests you make zero. I see that Vocal now has comments and followers so maybe it's worth another shot. I get a couple of bucks from Ko-fi too. I plan on polishing off another novel over the next few months. Just keep writing, good things will happen!