Medium Articles to Notion Reading List Setup

Medium is one of the best places for long-form learning: deep dives, personal essays, startup breakdowns, self-improvement posts, design thinking, data science lessons, and more. But the platform has one big problem:

You can’t build a real, organized library of what you read.

Medium’s built-in “save” feature isn’t enough — no tags, no highlights, no personal notes, no long-term structure, and no connection to your actual knowledge base.

This guide shows you how to turn Medium into a personal reading hub using Notion Highlights.

You’ll learn how to:

Save articles instantly
Build a reading database
Track progress
Extract insights
Connect ideas across topics
Use Notion AI to summarize and compress long reads

Quick Overview

Time Required: 5 minutes
Difficulty: Beginner
What You'll Learn: How to save Medium articles and highlights to Notion automatically.

Why This Matters

Medium posts cover some of the highest-signal writing on:

Productivity
Technology
AI
Design
Entrepreneurship
Learning
Personal development
Software engineering
Marketing
Psychology

But Medium content gets buried quickly.

Problems with Medium’s native “save” system:

❌ No tags
❌ No organization
❌ No highlight system
❌ No ability to add your own notes
❌ No AI summaries
❌ No project linking
❌ No reading workflow
❌ Hard to retrieve anything later

If you’re a serious learner, student, founder, or researcher, you need a real system — not a bookmark pile.

Notion solves all of this.

Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Open Any Medium Article

This workflow works on:

Medium posts
Medium publications
Stories
Tutorials
Long-form guides
Book summaries
Data science writeups
Founder essays
Productivity systems
Case studies

If there’s text, you can capture it.

Step 2: Highlight Any Section You Want to Save

Select the text that matters:

Key quotes
Actionable steps
Research notes
Statistics
Definitions
Frameworks
Examples
Stories
Visual descriptions
Explanations

This is far better than bookmarking the entire article — you capture only signal, not noise.

Step 3: Right-Click → “Save to Notion”

This instantly saves:

Highlighted text
Formatting
Article structure
Source URL
Context
Timestamps (if applicable)
Your own notes (optional)

No switching tabs.
No copy/paste.
No workflow interruption.

Step 4: Choose Destination in Notion

Most people create a database called:

📚 Medium Reading Library

Properties you can add:

Title
Author
Source
Topic
Tags
Key Takeaways
Status (Unread / Reading / Finished)
Rating
Length
Saved Date
Project link
AI summary

Saving directly into a structured database turns random reading into compounding knowledge.

Step 5: Verify Your Save

Inside Notion:

Make sure formatting preserved
Add your notes
Update tags
Set reading status
Connect to related ideas

Now the article becomes part of your long-term learning system — not lost in a feed.

Pro Tips for Medium Power Readers

Tip 1 — Save Highlights, Not Whole Articles

Most Medium posts are 70% fluff, 30% gold.

Capture the gold.

Your future self will thank you.

Tip 2 — Tag by Concept, Not Category

Don’t tag by vague categories like:

“Productivity”
“AI”
“Business”

Tag by actual ideas, like:

“Mental Models”
“Prompt Engineering”
“Founders’ Biases”
“Decision-Making”
“Learning Systems”
“UX Patterns”

This builds a real knowledge graph.

Tip 3 — Use Notion AI to Summarize Long Articles

Prompt example:

“Summarize this Medium article into a 5-point actionable checklist.”

Or:

“Rewrite this article using first principles. Strip out fluff.”

Or:

“Extract only the frameworks and mental models from this article.”

This turns long reads into executive summaries.

Tip 4 — Build a Reading Sprint Each Week

Every Sunday:

Pick 3–5 articles
Save highlights
Add your notes
Link related insights
Turn takeaways into actions

This transforms reading into output.

Common Issues

Issue: Formatting looks strange

Medium uses complex typography. Select a slightly larger section.

Issue: Missing parts of the article

Some sections load dynamically — scroll fully before capturing.

Issue: Can’t find saved notes

Search the source URL or check your default save location.

Advanced Techniques

1. Build a “Reading OS” in Notion

Properties:

Title
Source
Author
Date Saved
Length (Short/Medium/Long)
Status
Tags
Summary
Your Notes
Value Score
Topic
URL

Views:

Unread
In Progress
Finished
By Topic
Top Insights
Recently Saved
High-Value Reads

2. Use Medium as a Research Engine

Search topics like:

“Cognitive psychology + learning”
“Founder lessons”
“SaaS case studies”
“Systems thinking”
“Design thinking workflows”
“AI mental models”

As you find insights, save them instantly.
Medium → Notion → Your brain.

3. Connect Medium Articles to Projects

Examples:

Building a startup → connect SaaS articles
Learning coding → connect tutorials
Improving writing → connect writing guides
Studying AI → connect ML articles
Building a personal brand → connect content strategy posts

This is how reading becomes execution.

Building Your System Over Time

Week 1 — Capture

20+ Medium saves
Build the habit
Don’t organize yet

Week 2 — Process

Review highlights
Add your notes
Tag ideas
Summarize with AI

Week 3 — Connect

Link ideas
Build relationships
Create new frameworks

Week 4 — Optimize

Refine tags
Automate workflows
Build personal templates

After 30 days, Medium becomes a personal knowledge accelerator.

Measuring Success

Healthy benchmarks:

10–25 Medium saves/week
40%+ retrieval rate
3+ actionable insights applied weekly
<10 minutes/day maintenance
2+ linked ideas per save

When your reading system compounds, your learning compounds.

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Start Saving Medium Articles in Seconds

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