1. I think not, as far as I can see, you can edit your header and banner, not many options are offered, but I'm not sure

2. I don't have Substack or Ghost, I only use Medium and share friend links to those articles on social media and online communities

3. It depends. It is good to have this distribution system, but don't rely solely on it.

Let's say for article like this, which I shared on several places outside Medium - external traffic referrals are 60% and above.

Some traffic comes from algorithms and internal distribution system, some from email subscribers and followers, some from shares, but what can really improve your traffic in terms of reads and engagement is reading other's work and engaging with the articles you find good and interesting.

Participating in writing challenges is also a great way of boosting activity. Since it is a reader fund platform, it is a sort of hybrid between blog and social media.

So I can say, depending on my activity and efforts, the numbers will change accordingly.

And be sure to connect with real people, since there are a lot of bots, which I wrote about in a few articles.

4. Analytics is their own. I doubt you can integrate anything here.

5. I think there is no problem with incorporating various kinds of content in your article. I only put photos and You tube videos sometimes.

6. When you hit publish, you can choose to publish or schedule for later

7. I don't know if there is more users using the desktop version or the mobile app. As I said, for the traffic is really good to engage with other writers.

I have some that I really appreciate. Some are poets, some write essays, some are professionals in certain fields of work and write about it, and some are here to heal.

Getting to know real authors from all around the world with unique voices is such an awesome feeling, and the benefits of connections like this are a lot. Not just personal, but it also moves the algorithm, I guess.

What I want to say is, it is better to have 50 real, active followers and readers, than 1000 empty ones, just numbers.

8. I don't quite understand this last question. If you can clarify a little bit. Sorry, English is not my native language.

I hope I offered some answers!