OnlyFans creators at a glance
- 5.06M creator accounts at FY2025 close: up from 348k in 2019
- +13× creator base in five years (1,222% expansion)
- $6.29B total payouts to creators in FY2025 (80% of $7.84B gross)
- $1,242 average / ~$180 median annual income: power-law distribution
- ~27k accounts deactivated in June 2026 alone (routine moderation)
OnlyFans creator account growth
OnlyFans creator accounts grew from 348,000 in 2019 to 5.06 million by FY2025: a fourteen-fold expansion in six years. The steepest single-year growth was 2019→2020 (+360%, COVID-driven); growth has since slowed to +13% in FY2024 and +9% in FY2025.
| Year | Creator accounts | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 348,000 | — |
| 2020 | 1,600,000 | +360% |
| 2021 | 2,100,000 | +31% |
| 2022 | 3,100,000 | +48% |
| 2023 | 4,100,000 | +32% |
| 2024 | 4,634,000 | +13% |
| 2025 | 5,063,000 | +9% |
OnlyFans creator economics: the 80/20 split
OnlyFans uses a flat 80/20 creator-favorable split with no tiers. Every dollar a fan spends (subscriptions, pay-per-view, tips, DMs) sees 80 cents flow to the creator before any other deductions. There are no engagement-based throttles, no carve-outs for top creators, and no minimum thresholds before payouts start.
Real take-home is lower than 80% once payment processing (~3%), currency conversion (1–3% for non-USD fans), and tax obligations are accounted for. US-resident creators typically net 65–72% of the original fan payment; international creators with VAT obligations land closer to 55–62%.
OnlyFans creator earnings distribution
OnlyFans's creator earnings distribution is one of the steepest power laws in the consumer internet. Splitting $6.29B in FY2025 payouts across 5.06M creators gives an arithmetic mean of $1,242/year, but the median creator earns closer to $180/year, and the top 1% capture approximately 33% of all platform payouts.
| Percentile | Estimated annual income | Share of payouts |
|---|---|---|
| Top 0.1% | $300k+ | ~13% |
| Top 1% | $50k+ | ~33% |
| Top 10% | $5,000+ | ~73% |
| Median | ~$180 | — |
| Bottom 50% | < $180 | ~3% |
Distribution figures are panel-based estimates. Fenix International does not publish per-creator earnings breakdowns.
OnlyFans creator account moderation and removals
OnlyFans actively moderates the creator base. In June 2026 alone, 26,901 creator accounts were deactivated: 18,762 for fraud prevention, 2,998 for terms-of-service violations, and 5,141 for other reasons (OnlyFans Transparency Center, June 2026). Monthly deactivations have held in a steady 26k–29k band through 2026 (Feb 26,214 · Mar 28,929 · Apr 27,319 · May 27,641 · Jun 26,901). The platform also filed 30 NCMEC CyberTipline reports covering 162 pieces of suspect media in the same month; NCMEC's official by-ESP data records 388 CyberTipline reports from Fenix International across calendar 2025.
The inflow side is equally active: 147,756 new creator applications were submitted in June 2026, of which 42,873 (~29%) were approved (OnlyFans Transparency Center, June 2026).
Both numbers are an order of magnitude higher than what comparable adult creator platforms publish, partly because OnlyFans actively scans uploaded content with proactive reporting, partly because the platform's scale makes absolute volumes large even when relative rates are not.
OnlyFans fan-to-creator ratio: supply and demand
With 437.1M cumulative fan accounts and 5.06M creators, the platform-wide fan-to-creator ratio sits at 86.3:1 (FY2024: 81.6:1). This ratio has held remarkably steady within a 74:1 to 87:1 band since 2021, even as both sides scaled by an order of magnitude. Stable ratio = supply-side and demand-side scaled together rather than oversaturating each other.
OnlyFans fan-to-creator ratio over time
From our 100,200-profile OnlyFans creator dataset
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OnlyFans creator engagement: a steep power law
The median profile has 906 total likes; the mean is 25,705. When a mean runs ~28× the median, a small elite is doing the pulling: the top 1% of creators hold 35.5% of all likes, and the top 10% hold 82%. The 99th-percentile profile has ~428,780 likes, about 473× the median.
OnlyFans like concentration (Lorenz curve)
Notably, attention is more concentrated than money: our earnings analysis puts the top 1% at roughly 33% of payouts, similar at the very top, but likes fall off much faster below that. Engagement is a winner-take-most market even by creator-economy standards.
OnlyFans creator reach: half sit under 1,000 likes
Bucketing the sample by total likes shows how thin the middle is: 50,917 profiles (50.8%) have under 1,000 total likes, while just 231 profiles (0.2%) crossed one million.
OnlyFans creator reach distribution
| Total likes | Profiles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0–1K | 50,917 | 50.8% |
| 1K–10K | 23,872 | 23.8% |
| 10K–100K | 19,921 | 19.9% |
| 100K–1M | 5,259 | 5.2% |
| 1M+ | 231 | 0.2% |
How old are OnlyFans creators?
Among 5,525 profiles with self-stated ages, the median creator is 23 and the mean is 24.9. Roughly 63% state an age under 25; the 45+ segment is just 3.4%: a mirror image of the fan-side age curve, where 25–34 dominates and 45+ makes up ~22%. Caveat: these are marketing-facing profile ages and may be understated; treat the skew, not the decimals, as the finding.
OnlyFans creator age distribution
Full deep-dive (complete bucket table, creator-vs-fan age comparison and methodology notes) in average age of OnlyFans creators.
OnlyFans creators FAQ
How old is the average OnlyFans creator?
In a subsample of 5,525 profiles with self-stated ages (June 2026), the median OnlyFans creator age is 23 and the mean is 24.9. About 63% state an age under 25; only 3.4% state 45 or older. Self-stated profile ages may be understated for marketing.
Do most OnlyFans creators get engagement?
No: attention is extremely concentrated. The median profile has 906 total likes, while the average is 25,705 because a small elite pulls the mean up. The top 10% of creators hold 82% of all likes, and the top 1% hold 35.5%. Roughly half of all profiles have under 1,000 total likes (100,200 profiles, June 2026).
Sources
- [FENIX-2025] Fenix International Ltd: UK Companies House FY2025 filing (released 27 September 2026) for creator account totals and payouts.
- [FENIX-2024] Fenix International Ltd: UK Companies House FY2024 filing for prior-year comparatives.
- [OF-TRANS-2026] OnlyFans Transparency Center: June 2026 account deactivation, application, and CyberTipline reporting volumes.
- [NCMEC-2025] NCMEC: CyberTipline by-ESP data: 388 reports filed by Fenix International in CY2025.
- [PANEL-2024] Third-party panel analyses for distribution percentile estimates.
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