The most popular stories on Medium have some combination of being 1) unbelievable / surprising, 2) timeless but newsworthy, and 3) famous / popular topic.

I think your writing definitely fits into all those -- surviving centipedes, smoking weed and bumping into a hippo, and making money with a video.

The "I" perspective has become especially popular on Medium lately, because of the new Boost system specifically preferring articles where "only this writer could have written this article because of their own experiences or expertise" (to paraphrase).

Keep up the great work!