Methodology

Editorial principles

Five principles guide every figure on this site:

1. Primary sources first. Where Fenix International publishes a figure (via Companies House), that filing is canonical. We don't second-guess audited financial data.
2. Triangulate everything else. For figures Fenix doesn't disclose (demographics, country splits, traffic), we cross-check at least two independent panels, typically Similarweb plus OnlyGuider or Statista.
3. Label estimates as estimates. If a figure is panel-derived rather than audited, we say so on the page where it appears.
4. Cite per page, not per site. Each page has its own sources list with bracketed source IDs (e.g. [FENIX-2024]) that map to the master bibliography.
5. Date everything. Every page has a "Last updated" stamp; every figure has a year (e.g. "FY2024" rather than "2024" where the platform's fiscal calendar matters).

Primary data: the Companies House filing

OnlyFans is operated by Fenix International Ltd, a UK-registered private company. Fenix is required to file annual accounts with UK Companies House, and those filings are externally audited by a registered accountancy firm. Companies House filings are public, anyone can verify our headline figures against the original PDF.

The most recent audited fiscal year as of this page's last update is FY2025 (covering the twelve months ending 30 November 2025), filed on 20 September 2026 and released by Companies House on 27 September 2026. From that filing we draw the canonical figures for:

• Gross fan payments ($7.84B in FY2025; the filing calls it gross site volume)
• Creator payouts ($6.29B: gross site volume minus platform revenue; the report rounds it to $6.2bn)
• Platform net revenue ($1.55B, of which $422M subscriptions and $1.13B pay-per-view, tips and messages)
• Pre-tax profit ($715M; operating profit $709M, profit after tax $521M, dividends $535M)
• Creator account totals (5.06M)
• Fan account totals (437.1M cumulative)

These six figures are the foundation of every derived number on the site. Average creator income, fan-to-creator ratio, country-share calibrations, etc, all anchor to the audited denominators above.

FY2025 status: Fenix's audited FY2025 accounts (year ended 30 November 2025) were filed at Companies House on 20 September 2026 (deadline: 31 August 2026) and released on 27 September 2026; the figures above replaced the press-reported May-2026 numbers ($1.4B net revenue, $666M operating profit) the same day. Prior-year FY2024 figures stay on the site as comparatives and are always labelled with their year. Panel-based traffic and compliance figures on this site currently reflect June 2026 data (Similarweb, June 2026; OnlyFans Transparency Center, June 2026).

Triangulation: what Fenix doesn't publish

Fenix International does not publish:

• Country-level traffic share or fan spend
• Audience demographics (age, gender)
• Mobile vs desktop split
• Per-creator earnings distribution
• Creator country distribution
• Active monthly user counts (only cumulative account totals)

For each of these, we draw on at least two independent third-party sources and report a figure only when they converge. Where they diverge meaningfully, we either pick the more methodologically defensible source or report a range.

Estimates vs. reported figures

On every page, figures are tagged in one of three categories:

• Reported: directly published by Fenix or another primary source. Default for revenue, payouts, profit, account totals.
• Estimated: derived from panel data or modeled from reported figures. Always labeled "estimated" or "derived" inline. Default for country spend, demographics, creator distribution.
• Self-reported: disclosed by the creator themselves (interviews, social posts). Default for top-earner figures. Always labeled with source type in the source-cell of the table.

Update cadence

Different figure types update at different cadences:

• Annual fiscal data (revenue, payouts, profit, account totals), updated once per year, ~4-8 weeks after Fenix's Companies House filing is published.
• Traffic and spend panels: reviewed monthly; we update when our triangulation sources show consistent shifts >5% versus the prior published figure.
• Demographics: reviewed quarterly; updated only when measurable shifts are confirmed across multiple panels.
• Top-earner list: updated when new creator self-reports surface (interviews, leaked rankings).
• Regulatory landscape (OSA, DSA, state laws), updated as enforcement milestones occur.

Corrections process

If you spot an error, a stale figure, or a mis-cited source, please email data@onlyfansstatistics.com. We respond to substantive correction requests within 5 working days.

Material corrections are logged below with date and brief description. Minor copy-edits and styling changes are not logged.

Changelog

Independence and conflicts of interest

onlyfansstatistics.com is independent of OnlyFans / Fenix International Ltd. We do not receive funding, content, or editorial direction from Fenix or from any creator or talent agency on the platform. Editorial decisions about what to publish and how to frame it are made independently.

We operate a sister property, bestonlyfansreviews.com, which provides editorial reviews of OnlyFans creators. The two sites operate under separate editorial standards, and statistics on this site do not reflect promotional considerations from the review site. Cross-promotion between the two sites is limited to footer links.

Data reuse

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For pre-formatted citation templates and the full press kit, see our press page.

Source bibliography

Primary sources (audited)

• [FENIX-2025] Fenix International Ltd: UK Companies House annual filing, fiscal year 2025. Audited by Gravita Audit II Limited. Covers the year ending 30 November 2025; signed 21 April 2026, registered 20 September 2026 (20 days after the statutory deadline). Public document, retrievable from Companies House by company name. Used for: gross fan payments, creator payouts, platform net revenue, subscription vs non-subscription revenue, operating and pre-tax profit, tax, dividends, cash, headcount, creator and fan account totals.
• [FENIX-2024] Fenix International Ltd: UK Companies House annual filing, fiscal year 2024. Audited by registered accountants. Covers fiscal year ending 30 November 2024. Public document, retrievable from Companies House by company name. Used for: prior-year comparisons and year-on-year growth (gross fan payments, creator payouts, platform net revenue, pre-tax profit, creator and fan account totals).
• [FENIX-2023] Fenix International Ltd: UK Companies House annual filing, fiscal year 2023. Used for prior-year comparisons and YoY growth calculations.
• [FENIX-2022] Fenix International Ltd: UK Companies House annual filing, fiscal year 2022. Used for historical revenue and account growth charts.
• [FENIX-PRIOR] Fenix International Ltd: Prior Companies House filings (2019–2021). Used for the long-run growth charts spanning 2019–2024.

Creator dataset: bestonlyfansreviews.com

Our single largest primary dataset. All creator-level pricing, engagement, content-library and age statistics on this site are computed from a 100,200-profile scrape of public OnlyFans creator pages collected in June 2026 by bestonlyfansreviews.com, which analyzed 100,000+ profiles for its creator directory and shares the aggregated data with us.

• [BFR-2026] bestonlyfansreviews.com creator dataset: 100,200 public creator profiles, 401,727 price listings, 1,057 niche tags, like/media counts per profile and 5,525 self-stated creator ages, collected June 2026. Aggregates only: no personal data is republished here. Used across: /onlyfans-price-statistics, /creators, /average-onlyfans-creator-age, /onlyfans-niche-statistics, /data, and the creator-dataset charts and CSV downloads.

Regulatory and compliance disclosures

• [NCMEC-2025] National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC): CyberTipline reports, calendar 2025. Public NCMEC reporting on platform takedowns and content moderation. Used for: compliance volumes, content-moderation takedown numbers.
• [OFCOM-2025] UK Ofcom: Online Safety Act enforcement reporting and transparency requirements. Ofcom's 2025 reporting cycle. Used for: UK regulatory compliance context, OSA enforcement timeline.
• [EU-DSA-2024] European Commission: Digital Services Act enforcement and transparency report obligations. Used for: EU regulatory context.
• [KJM-2024] Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (KJM): German Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag (JMStV) enforcement on adult-content platforms. Used for: German regulatory context on /germany.
• [FSC-2025] Free Speech Coalition: US state-level age-verification law tracker. Used for: state-level regulatory landscape on /us.
• [CH-2025] UK Companies House: Director filings and registrations of OnlyFans-related Ltd companies (creator small-business registrations). Used for: UK creator-ecosystem density estimates on /creators-by-country.

Audience and traffic panels

• [SIMWEB-2025] Similarweb: Traffic estimates, audience demographics (age, gender), country traffic share, mobile/desktop split, ranking, session depth. Panel-based, drawn from a global tracked-user sample. Used across: /users, /users-by-country, /users-by-age, /users-by-gender, /us, /uk, /germany, /europe, /2025, and others.
• [SIMWEB-2024] Similarweb: Prior-year panel data for YoY comparisons.
• [ONLYGUIDER-2025] OnlyGuider: Country-level fan spend estimates and year-over-year growth rates. Estimated rather than reported. Used for: top-spending countries 2025, country-level YoY growth figures.
• [STATISTA-2024] Statista: Cross-validation of audience demographics, historical creator and fan account counts, gender split panels. Used for: triangulation of demographic figures, historical context.
• [PANEL-2024] Third-party panel analyses: Aggregated creator-earnings distribution analyses based on payout-data leaks and creator self-reports. Used for: earnings distribution percentile estimates on /earnings, /creators.
• [AGENCY-2025] OnlyFans-focused talent agency benchmarking guides: Industry insider data on creator earnings benchmarks. Used for: post-statistics benchmarks, creator earnings calibration.

Press, interviews, and self-reports

• [FORBES-2024] Forbes: Coverage of celebrity OnlyFans creators, earnings disclosures, industry analysis. Used for: top-earner figures (Cardi B, etc).
• [VARIETY-2024] Variety: Interview-based earnings disclosures, industry coverage. Used for: top-earner figures (Iggy Azalea, etc).
• [MTV-2023] MTV: Blac Chyna interview citing $20M peak monthly earnings. Used for: top-earner figure on /top-earners.
• [REUTERS-2025] Reuters: Coverage of FY2024 filing release and platform business reporting. Used for: contextual reporting on /2024.
• [SELFREP-2024] Self-reported (creator social media, podcasts, interviews): Direct disclosures from creators themselves on Instagram, X, podcasts, and recorded interviews. Used for: top-earner figures across most named celebrity creators.
• [CREATOR-2024] Creator interviews and educational content: Aggregated context from creator-side educational content for benchmark figures. Used for: post-statistics benchmarks.

Platform documentation

• [OF-DOCS] OnlyFans creator help center: Official platform documentation on the creator dashboard, payout schedule, and statistics panel. Used for: /post-statistics, /profile-checker.

What's not in our bibliography

We deliberately don't cite:

• Scraped third-party data from sites that violate OnlyFans's terms of service.
• Anonymous "industry sources" without verifiable provenance.
• Press coverage that re-cites our own figures, circular citation chains aren't sources.
• Numbers we can't independently verify against at least one of the sources above.

How this bibliography is maintained

New sources are added when we cite them on a published page. Source IDs follow the format [ORG-YEAR] (e.g. [FENIX-2024]) for stability across page updates. If you spot a source we should add or correct, email data@onlyfansstatistics.com.

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