tarunlnmiit Medium Stats Export
Exports your Medium account stats to a CSV by intercepting Medium's internal API response — no DOM scraping, low token usage.
Pre-flight Checklist
Before running, confirm:
- Chrome was launched with
chrome-debugalias (port 9222) - User is logged into Medium in that Chrome window
-
https://medium.com/me/statsis open and fully loaded
If the page is not open yet, navigate there first and wait for it to load.
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Connect to Chrome DevTools
Connect to localhost:9222 via the Chrome DevTools MCP.
2. Intercept the Stats API Response (preferred — lowest tokens)
Look in the Network tab for requests matching any of these patterns:
statsTotals/v1/stats_/api/users/+statsgraphqlwith operation name containingstats
Grab the JSON response body of the matching request. Do NOT read the page DOM.
3. Fallback — if page already loaded before interception
If the network request already fired and is not visible:
- Reload the page (
Cmd+R/Ctrl+R) via DevTools - Immediately watch the Network tab for the stats API call
- Capture the response JSON
4. Parse and Export
From the JSON response, extract for each article:
- Title
- Views
- Reads
- Read ratio (reads/views)
- Claps
- Earnings (if available)
- Published date
Save as medium-stats-YYYY-MM.csv using the current month and year in the filename.
Output Format
title,views,reads,read_ratio,claps,earnings,published_date
"My Article Title",1200,430,0.36,87,4.21,2024-11-03
...
Token-Saving Rules
- Never read full page HTML or DOM
- Always target the network JSON response directly
- One prompt → one execution → file saved
- If the API path has changed, search Network tab filtered by "stats" or "api"
Monthly Usage
Run this the same way each month:
chrome-debugto open Chrome- Log in to Medium, open
https://medium.com/me/stats - Start Claude Code:
claude - Say: "Export my Medium stats to CSV"
The skill handles the rest.