| Delivery Time | ⚡ Up 6hrs |
| User Type | 🧑 Real |
Why Medium claps matter for reach
On Medium, clap count is Medium's ranking input for the For You feed and topic pages, articles past the first 50 claps clear the curation threshold and start surfacing in newsletter digests sent to non-followers. The free batch sets a healthy baseline and the paid tiers run sustained drips so the curve keeps climbing past the first 24 hours.
How Medium clap orders work
Paste the story URL (`medium.com/...`). Claps distribute across 30-120 minutes; Medium tallies claps as weighted applause signals for distribution into topics and follower digests.
Medium boundaries
No Medium membership billing tokens or draft access. Claps register only on the public story URL.
