● Updated for 2026 · Independent & source-linked

The complete OnlyFans statistics hub

A single, deeply-researched page covering everything measurable about OnlyFans in 2026 — users, creators, revenue, earnings distribution, demographics, traffic and engagement. No fluff, every figure sourced.

Figures combine OnlyFans' FY2024 company filings with 2025–2026 industry estimates. Last reviewed June 2026.

At a glance

OnlyFans by the numbers

The headline figures that define the platform's scale heading into 2026.

477M
Registered users
~377.5M at FY2024 close; ~10% YoY growth
5.45M
Active creators
4.63M at FY2024; ~82 fans per creator
$7.95B
Projected 2026 fan spend
$7.22B gross in FY2024 (+9% YoY)
305M
Monthly site visits
Dec 2025, SimilarWeb estimate
80%
Creator revenue share
Platform keeps the other 20%
$20B+
Lifetime creator payouts
Since launch in 2016
84%
Traffic from mobile
Only ~16% from desktop
46
Direct employees
Runs a $7B+ marketplace
Growth trajectory

From pandemic rocket to mature marketplace

OnlyFans grew gross fan spend 118% in 2021 during the pandemic. That curve has flattened to single-digit growth — but user and creator counts keep climbing, reshaping the economics for everyone on the platform.

Gross fan spend by year

Total money fans paid to creators (USD billions). *2025–2026 are industry projections.

Users vs. creators

Registered fan accounts have grown faster than the creator base, widening the audience per creator.

+24%
Year-over-year growth in registered fan accounts in FY2024 — nearly double the 13% growth in creators.
81.6 : 1
Registered fans for every creator on the platform as of FY2024.
2,574%
Growth in annual fan spend from 2019 ($0.27B) to 2024 ($7.22B).
Creator earnings

The money is real — but extremely concentrated

OnlyFans paid creators roughly $5.8 billion in 2024. Spread across 4.63 million creators, that averages about $131 per creator per month — but averages hide a brutally top-heavy distribution.

How payouts are distributed

Share of all creator earnings captured by each tier. The numbers overlap because tiers are nested.

What an "average" creator earns

The mean is dragged up by a tiny number of mega-earners. Most creators sit far below it.

Top 0.1%76%
Top 1%33%
Top 10%73%
Median creator$131–180/mo
Bottom 90%27%

The reality check: the median creator earns less than $6 a day before tax, and only about 4–5% of registered fans ever spend a single dollar.

33%
Of all platform payouts captured by the top 1% of creators.
$131
Average monthly creator payout in 2024 ($1,570/year). The median is lower still.
0.01%
Of subscribers ("whales") generate roughly 20% of all platform revenue.
Top earners

Most-cited high earners

OnlyFans never publishes individual earnings, so every figure below is a media or industry estimate and figures vary wildly between sources. Treat them as directional, not gospel.

#CreatorReported earnings*Notes
1Sophie Rain$43–63M / yearBuilt from scratch with no prior mainstream fame
2Blac Chyna (Angela White)~$20M / month at peakDeactivated her account in 2023; has disputed the headline figures
3Bhad Bhabie (Danielle Bregoli)~$52M+ first yearsReported $1M in her first 6 hours
4Bella Thorne~$11M / monthEarned $1M in her first 24 hours; prompted the $50 PPV cap
5Iggy Azalea~$9.2M / monthMusician-led lifestyle content
6Cardi B~$9.4M / monthBehind-the-scenes, no explicit content
7Mia Khalifa~$6.4M / monthBundle discounts + loyal fanbase
8Erica Mena~$4.5M / monthHigh-ticket $25.99 subscription
9Coco Austin~$9M / monthReality-TV crossover audience
10Belle Delphine~$1.2M / monthInternet-native viral persona

*Estimates compiled from public reporting; sources differ by 200–900% for some names. See our methodology.

Demographics

Who is actually on OnlyFans?

The platform is overwhelmingly young men paying for content made by women. That single dynamic shapes pricing, niches and content strategy across the whole marketplace.

Subscriber gender

Estimates of male share range from 71% to 87% across sources.

Creator gender

Women dominate creation; male creators are a small but growing segment.

User age distribution

~61% of users are under 35. The 25–34 cohort is the single largest.

Top countries by traffic share

The US alone drives nearly half of all traffic and 60%+ of revenue.

United States49.0%
United Kingdom6.0%
Mexico5.6%
Germany4.5%
Canada4.5%
Other countries30.4%

Spend concentration by country (2025)

Estimated total fan spend, USD billions. The US dwarfs every other market.

Country2025 spendYoY
United States$2.64B+1.9%
United Kingdom$0.53B+1.9%
Canada$0.36B+5.2%
Italy$0.36B+24.5%
Mexico$0.29B+19.1%
Germany$0.24B+17.0%
Traffic & engagement

How fans actually use the platform

OnlyFans is a mobile-first, late-night, message-driven business. Subscriptions are just the front door — the real money is in direct messages, pay-per-view content and tips.

Where creator revenue comes from

Subscriptions are a minority of earnings. Direct, personalized monetization dominates.

Engagement snapshot

Behavioral signals from traffic and transaction data.

Mobile traffic84%
Avg. session~7 min
Pages / visit~6
Posts / creator / mo~10
Weekend night spike+20%

44 million pieces of content were posted in a single month (March 2024) — roughly 10 posts per creator.

~70%
Of top creators' revenue comes from messages & pay-per-view, not subscriptions.
$4.99–$49.99
Allowed monthly subscription range; the average sits around $7–$13.
$50
Cap on a single pay-per-view message, introduced after Bella Thorne's launch.
The business

A $7B marketplace run by ~46 people

OnlyFans is owned by Fenix International. Its company filings make it one of the most profitable social platforms per employee in the world.

$1.41B
Net revenue (FY2024)
The platform's 20% cut, +8% YoY
$684M
Pre-tax profit (FY2024)
+4% YoY
$701M
Owner dividends
Tied to the FY2024 period
2016
Founded
By Tim Stokely; sold to L. Radvinsky in 2018

A note on US dependence

The United States provides ~48% of traffic and over 60% of revenue. That concentration is a genuine business risk: a change from a major US payment processor or new federal regulation targeting adult platforms would hit the majority of OnlyFans' income.

How to read these numbers

OnlyFans is privately held and discloses only limited financials. Company-level figures (revenue, profit, user and creator counts) come from Fenix International's filings. Everything else — demographics, earnings distribution, traffic and individual earnings — is estimated by third-party trackers and reported ranges, which can differ substantially. We cross-reference multiple sources and prefer conservative figures.

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