Hi, I only submitted to one pub aside from publishing on my own. Yes, far more readers and followers but 3 months in, this particular Medium pub dissolved. Sigh. Here's my biggest secret tip for all writers: forget submitting to pubs, online or in print. Put your thoughts together, slap them in a self published e-book (or print) and make money. Repeat. Publish a short story, an op ed or your journal, put it in a book, sell it....(repeat).