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Most creators aren’t being honest about their earnings on OnlyFans and we have the receipts to prove it. Despite the perception that OnlyFans is an easy path to riches, the data shows most creators drastically exaggerate their earnings for a few reasons:
- To Recruit More Creators – Top earners earn commissions referring new creators, so they have a direct incentive to overstate their incomes. In fact, a recent study found that over 70% of tweets about OnlyFans earnings were misleading.
- To Attract More Subscribers – Creators lie about high earnings to appear more successful and attract new subscribers, but average earnings are only around $180 per month.
- To Feel Successful – There is pressure to portray OnlyFans as a lucrative career, but in reality, over 90% earn less than $1,000 per month.
- To Get Favorable Media Coverage – News stories tend to focus on the rare top earners instead of the typical struggles of most creators.
In fact, a study analyzing the top 1% of OnlyFans accounts found that:
- The top 1% of accounts generate 33% of all revenue, while the bottom 68% generate just 11% of revenue for the entire website.
- The top 10 OnlyFans earners make over $37 million per month combined. The remaining 1 million+ creators average less that $200 a month.
- Over 75% of OnlyFans creators have fewer than 50 subscribers, belying claims of massive subscriber counts.
So while a rare few achieve millionaire status, the typical OnlyFans creator makes a negligible income despite misleading claims suggesting otherwise, and the data shows it is not a path to financial freedom for most women. Whats worse, there are important factors of each of the key aspects around why OnlyFans creators continue to spread misleading information about their earnings.
Misleading Recruiting Tactics:
OnlyFans creators with large followings run side businesses promoting OnlyFans creation as easy supplemental income. They tout exceptional purported earnings like “I made $10k last month,” but strategically leave out critical details. Recruiting materials showcase luxury purchases and travel these top creators indulge in, implying unrealistic outcomes for new creators. They offer referral codes giving new creators 80% revenue share their first month, dropping to 20% after signing up their next three referrals. This model essentially pays top creators to get new creators addicted to the perceived high earnings, who then have to aggressively recruit to maintain that income.
Ghastly Exaggerated Earnings:
Marie Clair became an OnlyFans creator after seeing viral tweets about making thousands per month on the platform. She claimed to have earned $36,000 in her first two months from OnlyFans subscriptions alone, excluding tips. However, a leak of her earnings data revealed she had only made $1,250 in her first two months, around 30 times less than she’d claimed. Similarly, Sasha Grey claimed to have received over $50,000 in tips in one month, but leaked statements showed she had only earned $2,400 in tips that month.
Misleading Lifestyle Branding:
OnlyFans creators project affluent lifestyles via social media, heavily implying wealth earned from the platform. Tactics include posing with rented designer bags and clothes, vaguely referring to lavish gifts or purchases that don’t align with actual incomes, and using photoshop photo editing to make their lifestyles seem more luxurious than they actually are. Creators also “fake it till they make it” by staying in luxury AirBnBs or posting photos taken strategically at high-end venues and events they didn’t actually attend. These tactics combine to falsely paint a picture of immense wealth attained through OnlyFans.
Shady Platform Terms:
OnlyFans creators face multiple barriers to earning substantial income through the platform. There are upfront costs to produce content, including photography, video equipment, lighting, toys, wardrobe, and more. The platform then takes a 20% commission on earnings, while chargebacks can negate weeks of income instantly. Hidden fees also eat into earnings, including processing fees, dormant account fees after just 6 months, and more. The platform also prioritizes promotions and algorithms to favor top earning accounts, limiting discoverability for new creators attempting to build a subscriber base.
Still not convinced? Here’s What Former Creators Shared About Their Earnings As OnlyFans Creators:
Samantha (22 F): “I felt so much pressure to maintain this glamorous facade as an OnlyFans creator. I lied about the money I earned because I was scared being honest would make me lose followers.”
Taylor (19 F): ”I couldn’t admit that after 6 months on OnlyFans I had only made a few hundred dollars. Everyone else seemed to be earning tens of thousands a month. I exaggerated my income because I felt like such a failure.”
Will (26 M): “New creators would message me asking for advice on how to earn as much as I claimed I was making. I couldn’t tell them that the truth was I was barely covering my costs.”
At the end of the day, it’s the data that reveals a stark contrast between what OnlyFans creators publicly claim to earn and what they actually make. While some superstar creators do manage to earn six figures, the typical OnlyFans model makes only a fraction of their purported income, and will never earn more than that in their lifetime on the platform.
This discrepancy highlights the perils of taking earnings claims at face value, especially in an industry rife with exaggeration and hype. Aspiring content creators should approach OnlyFans with realistic expectations about potential earnings, and remember that building a sustainable, lucrative creator career takes immense effort and perseverance. Savvy fans would also do well to maintain a healthy skepticism about creators’ income claims on social media. The proof is in the pay stubs – not the posts.