Cristina, I agree $1.88 for 1 minute is a very high rate of earnings.

Can you scroll further to the left and find:
Total member read time.

Take your total earnings / total read time—that’s your rate of earning per minute for that article.

If you want to send me screenshots, I’ll reply to your email and break it down for you simply.
natalie.mediumwriter@gmail.com

Happy Tuesday!!

Here’s what I think:

The two reads are from members who barely read on Medium. So Medium gave you a higher rate as their “monthly fee” doesn’t need to be divided by too many reads they’ve done in that month.