I read today that out of 1.4 million posts, only 2,751 got boosted in April 2024.

So you see the probability of getting boosted is really low right now.

It doesn't mean the other non-boosted stories were bad, but thanks to the boost feature, it made the other stories seem not worth reading.

https://medium.com/blog/it-happened-on-medium-april-2024-roundup-9b45d02972d4