OnlyCrawl blog
Short explainers on how OnlyFans works, what it is used for, and how money actually moves — written against the same filings and indices as the statistics desk, not against influencer folklore.
How much do OnlyFans creators make?
FY2025 paid creators $6.3B. Divide by active creators and you get about $2,520. Divide by all registered creators and you get $1,260. Most viral “average salary” posts mix those denominators.
How much does OnlyFans take?
OnlyFans keeps about 20% of fan payments. Creators keep about 80%. On $7.765B FY2025 GMV that produced roughly $1.55B of platform net revenue — before costs, tax, and dividends.
How many people use OnlyFans?
Registered accounts are marketing. Active accounts are the marketplace. FY2025: 132M active fans and 2.5M active creators — not 437M and 5M.
Who owns OnlyFans?
OnlyFans is run by UK company Fenix International Limited. After Leonid Radvinsky’s death in March 2026, reporting put ownership with his widow. Architect Capital holds a reported 16% minority at a $3.15B valuation.
How does OnlyFans work?
OnlyFans is a paywalled creator platform: fans pay creators; OnlyFans keeps 20%. Below is the operating model using FY2025 figures — not a how-to for breaking the rules.
What is OnlyFans used for?
OnlyFans is used for direct fan monetisation. Adult content still drives most of the economics; other verticals exist but do not redefine the product.
How to make money on OnlyFans
The honest answer starts with denominators. FY2025 paid creators $6.3B. The mean active creator got about $2,520. Half of creator accounts were inactive, so the unconditional median registered account earned $0.
Prefer raw numbers? Start at the observatory, creator earnings, or economics pages.