Curation does produce more views initially after curation, but in my experience, not a lot more reads. But what it does do, is makes the story one of the stories that Medium features below your new stories. With the tag line: More from Robert Bush.

I have stories from 2018 that got curated and they still get occasional reads because they keep getting featured below my new stories.

Curation is a nice pat on the back and a welcome moment of joy, but not buckets of money. At least in my experience. LOL!