How to Strategically Use Medium Lists to Boost Your Content in 2024

Medium has introduced lists quite a while ago, and it is still a highly undervalued feature, in my opinion.

Lists offer a lot of value and cool use cases.

Let's explore a few!

What are lists?

Let's start with the basics.

Medium lists allow you to organize and categorize content on the platform.

Every Medium user has a default reading list to save stories for later. That's just what it sounds like. A list to keep your to-read stuff.

But you can also create custom lists to group content any way you want — your own posts, other people's posts, or a mix.

Lists get a unique name and URL that can be shared.

They have a default public visibility, but you can also make lists private.

Creative ways to use lists in 2024

While lists serve the obvious purpose of organizing content, they can do so much more to boost your writing.

Here are some creative ways to utilize lists this year:

Curated content hubs

Let's start easy.

Make lists based on topics or themes, then populate them with a mix of your best stories a…