OnlyFans Statistics: Revenue, Creators, and Earnings
Fans spent $7.22 billion on OnlyFans in the year to 30 November 2024. The company kept $1.41 billion as revenue and creators earned roughly $5.8 billion. At year end there were 4.63 million creator accounts and 377 million fan accounts. Every number on this page names its source, most often Fenix International's audited accounts at Companies House. Where the only data is old or self-reported, the label says so.
Numbers checked
The money
| Statistic | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fan spending on the platform (Gross Site Volume) | $7.22bn, up from $6.63bn the year before | FY2024 (year ended 30 Nov 2024) | Fenix International FY2024 accounts, Companies HouseCompany filing |
| OnlyFans revenue (the platform's 20% cut) | $1.413bn, up from $1.307bn | FY2024 | Fenix International FY2024 accountsCompany filing |
| Paid out to creatorsThe filing states creators keep 80% of fan payments; it does not print a payout total, so this is derived. | roughly $5.80bn | FY2024 | Our arithmetic from the same filing: $7,215.7m fan spend minus $1,413.1m revenueDerived from filing figures |
| Pre-tax profit | $683.6m (FY2023: $657.9m) | FY2024 | Fenix International FY2024 accountsCompany filing |
| Dividends paid to the ownerThe filing names L. Radvinsky as the ultimate controlling party. | $497m in FY2024, plus $204m declared Dec 2024 to Apr 2025 | FY2024 and after | Fenix International FY2024 accounts, Directors' Report and note 32Company filing |
| The pandemic leap: fan spending in 2020Fenix reported in GBP through FY2020 and in USD from FY2021. | £1,703m, up 615% from £238m in 2019 | FY2020 | Fenix International FY2020 accounts, Companies HouseCompany filing |
| The midpoint: fan spending in 2022 | $5.55bn (FY2021: $4.80bn) | FY2022 | Fenix International FY2022 accounts, Companies HouseCompany filing |
Creators and fans
| Statistic | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creator accountsAcross the filings: 348k (2019), 1.62m (2020), 2.16m (2021), 3.18m (2022), 4.12m (2023), 4.63m (2024). | 4,634,000, up 13% in a year | 30 Nov 2024 | Fenix International FY2024 accounts, KPIsCompany filing |
| Fan accounts | 377,456,000, up 24% in a year | 30 Nov 2024 | Fenix International FY2024 accounts, KPIsCompany filing |
| Creator accounts in the pandemic year | 1,618,000, up 365% from 348,000 | FY2020 vs FY2019 | Fenix International FY2020 accountsCompany filing |
| Fan accounts in the pandemic year | 82,308,000, up 511% from 13,478,000 | FY2020 vs FY2019 | Fenix International FY2020 accountsCompany filing |
What creators actually earn
This is where most statistics pages go wrong. OnlyFans publishes no per-creator earnings data, and the only serious independent analysis dates from 2020. We show it because it's the best that exists. We'd rather give you an honest old number than a fresh invented one.
| Statistic | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share of all creator earnings taken by the top 1% of accounts | 33% | 2019-2020 data | XSRUS, The Economics of OnlyFans (Tom Hollands, 2020)Independent analysis |
| Share taken by the top 10% of accounts | 73% | 2019-2020 data | XSRUS, The Economics of OnlyFansIndependent analysis |
| Median creator take-home payThe author flags that missing fan-count data likely understates true earnings. | about $136 a month after the platform cut | 2019-2020 data | XSRUS, The Economics of OnlyFansIndependent analysis |
| Mean revenue per creatorThe mean sitting far above the median is the power law in one line. | about $250 a month | 2019-2020 data | XSRUS, The Economics of OnlyFansIndependent analysis |
| Creators earning over $100k a year, across all platforms | about 4% | April 2023 | Goldman Sachs ResearchIndependent analysis |
| Fastest first day on record | $1 million in 24 hours (Bella Thorne) | August 2020 | CNN, figure attributed to OnlyFans itselfNews report |
Fanvue and Fansly
| Statistic | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fanvue creators and monthly active usersThe January 2026 press release said 250,000 creators, so the base is growing fast. | 325,000+ creators; 17M+ monthly active users | July 2026 | Fanvue official About pageOfficial page, self-reported |
| Fanvue annualised revenue run rate | $100M+ | January 2026 | Fanvue official About page and Series A press releaseOfficial page, self-reported |
| Fanvue Series A round | $22 million, led by Inner Circle | January 2026 | Fanvue press release, carried by City A.M.News report |
| Fanvue creators using its AI tools | over 93% | January 2026 | Fanvue official About pageOfficial page, self-reported |
| Fansly's numbersFansly creator counts you see elsewhere trace to stats aggregators, not the company. We don't repeat them. | none published: no disclosed revenue, funding rounds, or valuation | 2026 | Sacra company profileIndependent analysis |
The wider creator economy
| Statistic | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creator-economy market size | $250bn in 2023, projected to reach $480bn by 2027 | April 2023 | Goldman Sachs ResearchIndependent analysis |
| Creators worldwide | about 50 million, growing 10-20% a year | April 2023 | Goldman Sachs ResearchIndependent analysis |
| Of those, full-time professionals | roughly 2 million | 2020-vintage analysis | SignalFire Creator Economy Market MapIndependent analysis |
Frequently asked questions
How much money does OnlyFans make?
Fans spent $7.22 billion on OnlyFans in the year to November 2024, and the company kept $1.41 billion of it as revenue, its 20% cut. Pre-tax profit was $683.6 million. The rest, roughly $5.8 billion, went to creators. All figures come from Fenix International's audited accounts; the creator payout is our arithmetic from them.
How many creators are on OnlyFans?
OnlyFans reported 4.63 million creator accounts and 377 million fan accounts at the end of its 2024 financial year, up 13% and 24% in a year. For scale, the platform counted 348,000 creator accounts in 2019, so the creator base grew about thirteenfold in five years.
What does the average OnlyFans creator earn?
Nobody has current public data. The best independent analysis, from 2020, put the median at roughly $136 a month after fees, with the top 1% of accounts taking a third of all earnings. Treat any newer-sounding average you read without a source as made up.
Citing these numbers
Link to this page or to the primary source listed next to each figure; both are fine with us. We re-check this page against every new Fenix filing and update the date at the top when we do. If you spot a number that's gone stale, tell us on the contact page and we'll fix it.