Rumicat is a Medium alternative for writers who want to own the list rather than borrow the audience.
Medium already has readers, which is the strongest thing anyone can offer someone starting out. You publish into their house, their algorithm decides who sees it, and a few of those people become yours.
Rumicat has no readers to lend you. What it has is an address that belongs to you and a list you can export any day you like.
What Medium is for
Medium is for reach. If nobody knows your name yet, publishing where the readers already are is a real advantage, and no email tool can match it.
It also handles design, hosting and discovery so completely that you never think about any of them.
What Rumicat is for
Rumicat is for what happens after someone finds you.
An email arrives whether or not a feed felt like showing it. No paywall decides who gets to read you, and no recommendation engine decides that you're less interesting this week.
You'll have fewer readers, and they'll actually be yours.
Moving from Medium to Rumicat
There's no list to move, which is the whole argument. Medium followers belong to Medium and can't be exported as email addresses, so moving means starting the list from scratch and inviting people across.
- 1Set up your Rumicat page and subscribe form
- 2Put the link at the bottom of everything you publish on Medium
- 3Keep publishing on Medium for reach while the list builds
Side by side
| Comparison | Medium | Rumicat |
|---|---|---|
| Who owns the audience | Medium | You |
| Export your subscriber list | No list to export | Yes, any time |
| Algorithmic distribution | Yes | No |
| Cost to publish | Free | Free to 300, then $6.99 per month |
| Arrives in the inbox | Only if a reader subscribes | Always |
Checked on 30 August 2026.
Is Rumicat a good Medium alternative?
If you want a mailing list you own, yes. If you're counting on Medium to find you readers in the first place, no.
Medium gives you distribution and keeps the audience. We give you no distribution and hand you the list. Most writers end up wanting the second thing, but usually only after the first has done its work.
Can I use both Medium and Rumicat?
Yes, and for a lot of writers that's the sensible answer.
Publish where the readers are, then invite the ones who liked it somewhere that belongs to you. A Rumicat page is a plain link you can drop at the bottom of anything.