A bubble graphic representing my 52 stories written in 2022. Each bubble size reflects the number of views. The top performing 5 stories are colored in magenta.

My top 5 UX Medium stories in 2022 — a surprising learning

Discovering common themes and topics in these 5 best performing UX articles

On overview

In 2022, thus far, I wrote 52 stories, roughly 1 per week, mostly about UX, design, animation, CSS, and art.

Out of the 52 articles, 5 stories received more than 1K views and a good number of claps, the #1 story received more than 3K views and a nice number of claps. My ratings are based on views, as a greater number of views are synonymous with more reads and claps.

Yearly story-performance timeline

Interestingly, my stories in general fared very well in the first two thirds of the year, peaking in the summer months.

A timeline of all the stories produced in 2022. The size of the individual circles represent the number of views. The top 5 stories are represented in magenta. There are 52 stories in total.

August produced my top performing story, by far. The beginning of the year also produced good results. The reduced performance results in October and November are due to my not having much dedicated time to write.

In general, in my mind, my articles did well, receiving a good number of views, reads, claps, and comments. I won’t delve into earnings…