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Medium adds a $15 monthly Friend membership
What changed
- Friend of Medium plan
- Was Before: Not offered
- After: $15/month or $150/year
What this means for you
Medium adds a $15 monthly Friend membership.
What you can do
How we know
The official launch post gives Friend pricing and describes a rollout across accounts that week.
Sources
Full research notes
Medium’s November 27 post introduces Friend at “$15/month or $150/year”, above its stated $5 base membership. It allows members to share paywall-bypassing Friend Links for other writers’ stories. The post says availability is rolling out across accounts that week; this dates the earliest official offer, not universal rollout completion.
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