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Medium articles scraper for tagged stories in publications

Extract stories with a specific tag from a Medium publication - article titles, authors, companies, publication dates, read times, engagement counts, and comments - to analyze how publications cover specific subjects and which tagged content resonates most.

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What this robot does

Medium's tagging system lets publications organize their content by subject matter. When you navigate to a tag within a publication - for example, "Machine Learning" within Towards Data Science or "Leadership" within Harvard Business Review - you see a filtered view showing only stories with that tag. This filtered archive displays article titles, authors, company affiliations, publication dates, read times, clap counts, and response counts, giving you a focused lens on how a publication covers one specific subject.

For content strategists analyzing topic-specific performance within publications, editors evaluating their tagged content distribution, and researchers studying how particular subjects are covered on Medium, tag-filtered publication views offer granular content intelligence that whole-archive extraction cannot provide. This robot extracts the tagged story listings from within a Medium publication.

What tagged publication extraction provides:

  • ✓ Subject-specific analysis: Instead of extracting an entire publication archive, focus on stories tagged with your topic of interest. Get the exact content subset that matters to you.
  • ✓ Tag performance comparison: Extract stories under different tags within the same publication. Compare engagement metrics to see which subjects perform best for that audience.
  • ✓ Contributor identification by subject: See which authors write about specific topics within a publication. Extract tagged stories to find subject-matter experts worth following.
  • ✓ Content depth assessment: Count stories per tag to understand how deeply a publication covers different subjects. Some tags may have hundreds of stories; others just a handful.
PositionNameCompanyDateTime of ReadTitleLinkLikeComments
#1Sarah ChenTowards Data ScienceJan 15, 20248 minUnderstanding Neural Networksmedium.com/@sarahchen2,847156
#2Marcus WilliamsHarvard Business ReviewJan 14, 20246 minLeadership in Remote Teamsmedium.com/@mwilliams1,92389
#3Elena RodriguezTowards Data ScienceJan 13, 202412 minMachine Learning Best Practicesmedium.com/@erodriguez3,421234
#4James ParkHarvard Business ReviewJan 12, 20245 minStrategic Decision Makingmedium.com/@jpark1,65472
#5Priya KapoorTowards Data ScienceJan 11, 202410 minData Visualization Techniquesmedium.com/@pkapoor2,156145

How to extract tagged stories from a Medium publication in 4 steps

No Medium API or partner access needed. The robot reads public tagged story pages and delivers structured subject-specific data.

  • A free Browse AI account (no credit card required).
  • A Medium publication tagged stories page URL.
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Sign up for free
Create your Browse AI account in under a minute. No credit card required. You will find this prebuilt robot in the robot library ready to use.
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Navigate to a publication's tagged page and copy the URL
Open a Medium publication, then navigate to a specific tag section. The tagged page shows stories filtered to that subject. Copy the URL from your browser.
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Run the robot
Click run. The robot reads the tagged publication page and extracts story position, author names, company affiliations, publication dates, read times, engagement metrics, and response counts for all stories with that tag.
4
Connect integrations or export your data
Your subject-specific content data is structured and ready. Export to Google Sheets for topic analysis, compare tags side by side, or track how a publication's coverage of specific subjects evolves over time.

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What can you do with tagged Medium story data?

Tag-level publication data enables precise content analysis:

  • Topic performance benchmarking: Extract stories under the same tag from multiple publications. Compare which publication's audience engages more with specific subjects.
  • Content gap identification: Extract all tags a publication covers. Find topics where few stories exist but engagement is high - signals of unmet audience demand.
  • Guest post targeting: Identify which tags have the most reader engagement within a publication. Pitch guest content in high-engagement topic areas for maximum impact.
  • Editorial content audit: Editors can extract their own publication's tagged pages. Audit coverage depth across subjects and identify tags needing more content investment.
  • Academic research: Extract stories under academic or scientific tags. Study how technical subjects are communicated to general audiences on Medium.
  • Competitive content mapping: Extract tagged content from competitor publications. Map exactly how they cover subjects you also write about - and where their coverage gaps are.
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Content strategists
Analyze how publications cover specific topics. Extract tagged stories to identify which subjects drive the most engagement.
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Publication editors
Audit your tagged content distribution. See which subjects are over- or under-represented and where engagement is strongest.
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Competitive content analysts
Map competitor publications at the tag level. Understand exactly how they cover topics relevant to your business.
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Academic researchers
Study subject-specific content production on Medium. Extract tagged stories for discourse analysis in specific fields.

What data does this Medium articles scraper extract?

Each tagged story listing provides:

FieldWhat it contains
PositionSequential ranking of the story in the filtered results.
NameWriter's name or author byline.
CompanyOrganization or publication affiliation.
DateWhen the story was published.
Time of ReadEstimated reading duration.
TitleStory headline.
LinkDirect URL to the article.
DescriptionStory summary or excerpt.
LikeEngagement metric (claps/likes).
CommentsReader responses and discussion count.

Tagged listings show subject-filtered content. For full-archive extraction without tag filtering, use the Medium publication archive scraper.

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from the Medium publication archive scraper?
This scraper extracts stories filtered by a specific tag within a publication. The archive scraper extracts all stories regardless of tag, giving you the full content catalog.

Can I extract stories for multiple tags at once?
Run the robot separately for each tag URL. Compare the results side by side to analyze how different subjects perform within the same publication.

Does every Medium publication use tags?
Most well-organized publications tag their content. Smaller or less structured publications may not consistently tag articles.

How do Medium tags work?
Authors add up to five tags per story. Publications can feature tag-based navigation. Tags help Medium's algorithm surface content to interested readers.

Is this medium articles scraper free?
Browse AI's free plan includes credits to run this robot. No credit card required.

Tagged publication pages provide focused analysis - combine with broader Medium scrapers for complete coverage:

  • Medium publication scraper - Get the complete archive without tag filtering. Useful when you want a publication's full content catalog.
  • Medium topic scraper - Broaden beyond a single publication. See tagged content across all of Medium on a given subject.
  • Medium user profile scraper - After finding authors through tagged stories, extract their full profiles to see their complete writing portfolio.

Extract tagged stories from Medium publications

Titles, authors, engagement - subject-filtered content data from Medium publications.

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