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Our Ecosystem makes it easy to Get your message out to thousands—& get paid.

Unlike Instagram or Facebook, Elephant is independent, and mission-driven—and despite having (slightly) fewer resources, we believe in paying our writers to offer quality to our readers.

Elephant was one of the first major sites to pay our best, consistent writers. But it was always hard to measure “best.” Now, we are introducing monthly payments to the top 10 articles on Elephant based on their Ecosystem Score—95% determined by our readers’ actions: reads, hearts, comments, and 5% determined by our Editor’s Picks (so that mission balances popularity). The three runner-up articles will be offered a gift subscription to share with a friend or family member.

Learn more about the Ecosystem via our FAQ. Find our new Contender Leaderboard here.

Note: When folks earn identical scores, we use the number of reads as the tiebreaker.

New: The #1 Ecosystem Winner will be featured in Waylon’s Editor’s Letter in an upcoming newsletter.

June Winners

#1 Mark Radcliffe $108

The Real Reason Men Date Younger Women.

9.5
#2 Nunzia Stark $108

Health Benefits of Running (& Why I Love It).

9.5
#3 Damini Grover $108

7 Behaviors that Stem from Trauma.

9.5
#4 Anna Palmer $100

Capricorn Full Moon: Building the Future Vision. {July 3}

9.5
#5 Roopa Swaminathan $90

Why Doing the Right Thing is Not Always the Right Thing to Do.

9.4
#6 Roopa Swaminathan $80

Walking the Walk: 5 Key Life Lessons from the Inspiring Warren Buffett.

9.2
#7 Michelle Schafer $70

Dear Men, Listen Up: This is what a Self-Aware & Confident Woman Really Wants.

8.6
#8 Crystal Tomlinson $60

This Billie Eilish Song is for Anyone who has ever Struggled with Depression.

8.4
#9 Amber Paulina Walker $50 Editor's Pick

How I was Dangerously Misguided by Spiritualism.

8.2
#10 Sharon A. DeNofa $40

I’ll Never Regret Loving Him. 

8.2
#11 Amy C. Willis

Who Am I without Alcohol? 5 Ways to Reconnect to the Booze-Free You.

8.2
#12 Prisha Singh

The Wake-Up Call that made me Stop Body-Shaming Myself.

7.8
#13 Michelle Schafer

The Haunting Honesty of Grief.

7.7

 

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