Nice deep dive and helpful screenshots.
I rarely look closely at stats, which is probably why in most months I don't make much money, lol. I had an article boosted this month, and it is paying out a lot because of it. That seems to be the big key for me. Boost? Or not?
I liked it better when reads paid more because I tend to have high read ratios, especially for my political rants. My monthly Medium has gone down a lot since they got away from that.
My fiction reads tend to be the worst, but they're usually long reads, so I don't worry too much.