OnlyFans Statistics

Independent OnlyFans data — sourced via Fenix International UK filings. Re-audited monthly. Charts, CSVs, JSON feed. Press kit:

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The OnlyFans creator economy is bigger than most people realise.

$7.22B in fan payments in 2024. $5.80B paid to creators.

But the median creator earns less than a fast-food shift.

A short thread on the numbers behind a 4.6M-creator platform 🧵

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Highest creator density on Earth, and it isn't close.

The full UK market breakdown 👇
https://t.co/b0FXnrHZhT

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The US spends the most money on OnlyFans.

But the country most saturated by it isn't the US. It's the UK — where roughly 1 in 20 adults holds an active subscription.

The British outlier, by the numbers 🧵

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Two reasons it's structural, not random: OnlyFans is a UK company (Fenix is registered in London), and British fans spend ~$23.60/head — above the global mean. Home turf plus culture.

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Effort compounds eventually. But for the first ~6 months, the niche you choose sets the ceiling.

Median earnings by niche, charted 👇
https://t.co/602fHDWV9P

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The single biggest predictor of what you'll earn on OnlyFans in year one isn't effort.

It isn't posting schedule. It isn't "hustle."

It's the niche you pick. The gap between niches is brutal 🧵

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The middle tells the real story:

Couples ~$800–$4,000/mo
Fitness ~$300–$900/mo
Adult/intimate ~$400–$1,200/mo (60% of all creators live here — the most crowded, lowest-average lane)

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Effort compounds eventually. But for the first ~6 months, the niche you choose sets the ceiling.

Median earnings by niche, charted 👇
https://t.co/602fHDWV9P

[OnlyFans Statistics @onlyfansstats]

The single biggest predictor of what you'll earn on OnlyFans in year one isn't effort.

It isn't posting schedule. It isn't "hustle."

It's the niche you pick. The gap between niches is brutal 🧵

[OnlyFans Statistics @onlyfansstats]

The middle tells the real story:

Couples ~$800–$4,000/mo
Fitness ~$300–$900/mo
Adult/intimate ~$400–$1,200/mo (60% of all creators live here — the most crowded, lowest-average lane)

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Zoom out and the platform-wide math agrees: of $7.22B in 2024 fan payments, $5.80B (80%) went to creators before THEIR costs.

Gross revenue is not income. See the full $1 breakdown 👇
https://t.co/NoJTfjKjqa

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A fan spends $100 on OnlyFans.

The creator does NOT keep $100. They don't keep $80 either.

By the time it lands in a bank account, it's closer to $32.

Here's where every dollar actually goes 🧵

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Step 4: tax.

This is self-employment income. US creators lose ~30% to self-employment + income tax.

$54 → ~$32.

The headline said $100. Take-home is about a third of it.