OnlyFans paid creators about $6.29 billion in its 2025 financial year, or $1,242 for each of its 5.06 million creator accounts across the year. Most accounts earn far less than that average. Our estimate puts the typical active creator near $35 a month, with a small minority taking most of the money.
What the filed accounts say
OnlyFans' parent, Fenix International Ltd, files audited accounts at Companies House. They're the most reliable numbers available, and everything in this table comes from them. Years end on 30 November.
| Year | Fans paid | Paid to creators | Creator accounts | Paid per account, per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $5.6bn | $4.51bn | 3.18m | $1,417 |
| 2023 | $6.6bn | $5.29bn | 4.12m | $1,285 |
| 2024 | $7.22bn | $5.80bn | 4.63m | $1,252 |
| 2025 | $7.84bn | $6.29bn | 5.06m | $1,242 |
"Paid to creators" here means fan payments minus Fenix's revenue, and the per-account figure is our own division. Two things stand out. Accounts are growing faster than the money, so the average per account has dropped every year. And "accounts" means created and not deleted, so plenty of them are dormant.
The money has moved to messages
The accounts also split Fenix's revenue by source. Subscriptions were 47.9% in 2022 and 27.2% in 2025. Everything else, including paid messages and tips, went from 52.1% to 72.8%. Since OnlyFans takes the same 20% on all of it, that's a fair view of where fans spend. A page living on subscriptions alone is working on the smaller slice.
The same notes show where revenue arose in 2025: 62.1% in the United States, 22.3% in the UK and Europe, and 15.5% in the rest of the world. The accounts don't say whether that's measured by fan or by creator, so treat it as a rough guide. It still explains why so many pages time their messages to US evenings, wherever the creator lives.
So what does a typical creator earn?
OnlyFans publishes no median. Using the filed total, the 2.5 million active creators it announced in 2026 and a commonly cited concentration figure, our model puts the median near $35 a month and the mean near $210. That's an estimate from public inputs, offered with its method, and it isn't an OnlyFans number.
| Earns at least, per month | Estimated creators | Share of creators | Share of all payouts |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 200,000 | 8.0% | 68.5% |
| $1,000 | 96,000 | 3.8% | 54.6% |
| $2,000 | 41,000 | 1.6% | 40.0% |
| $5,000 | 10,800 | 0.43% | 23.0% |
| $10,000 | 3,500 | 0.14% | 13.4% |
| $50,000 | 150 | 0.006% | 2.5% |
Method. A log-normal curve fitted to $6.29bn paid, 2.5 million active creators, and the often-quoted claim that the top 1% take 33% and the top 10% take 73%. That concentration claim comes from a 2020 sample and hasn't been reproduced. Testing 2 to 3 million active creators moves the $2,000 line only between 38,000 and 43,000 creators. The model likely understates the very top. The active creator count comes from OnlyFans via Tubefilter, which is a company statement and isn't audited.
Numbers to stop repeating
- "The top 0.1% take 76%." It can't sit alongside "the top 1% take 33%", since the top 0.1% are part of the top 1%.
- "The median creator makes $145 to $180 a month." No primary source. It may describe only accounts that earn something.
- Any spend-by-country table. Those we checked don't square with revenue by region in the filed accounts.
- Income claims in agency ads. They're marketing. Ask to see the method.
One announced figure is worth knowing: OnlyFans said in August 2026 that 5,076 creators have earned at least $1 million since 2016, and that it has paid out $30bn over ten years. That's real wealth for a small group, spread over a decade.
From fan payment to your pocket
Your own number has layers. Take a page where fans pay $10,000 in a month. OnlyFans keeps 20%, so $8,000 reaches you as net. Bank and currency fees may apply. With an agency on our full management rate, $4,000 goes on commission and you keep $4,000. Then come taxes, which vary by country: OnlyFans' Terms leave those entirely with you, so see an accountant. This shows how the layers stack. It doesn't predict anyone's income.
What actually separates the top
No filing explains why one page earns more than another, so this part is our reasoning and not a statistic. Pages near the top tend to treat this as a business: steady traffic from more than one source, an inbox that answers fast, regular paid messages, and prices tested rather than guessed. Those are exactly the jobs that stop fitting into one person's day.
If your page is earning and you've hit that wall, apply here, whatever you make. If you're still deciding, start with agency or solo.