The online portal OnlyFans is conquering the internet: what exactly is it and how does it work? We clarify. In addition: which company is behind it, which income from OnlyFans subscriptions actually goes to whom, how the whole thing is paid for and how legal the platform is.
Onlyfans is a platform for nude content
Some people have already heard or read about OnlyFans and are wondering what's behind it. We give you an overview of what the portal is primarily used for. In short: What is forbidden on Instagram and Co. is the principle here: and uncensored erotica and pornography.
- OnlyFans is a content sharing platform. The platform itself and the content creators make money from the content they post.
- If you find a user profile interesting, you can pay different monthly amounts, which then give you different amounts of access to the person's content.
- Basically, you can find different content creators with different content on OnlyFans. This includes profiles of artists and musicians, crowdfunding projects and erotic and pornographic content. Statistically speaking, however, erotic content predominates.
Who is behind OnlyFans? Tim Stokely
Here you can find out which company or man is behind the online platform.
- The founder and CEO of OnlyFans is Tim Stokely.
- The operating company of OnlyFans is called Fenix International Limited and is based in London. In 2018, Leonid Radvinsky (owner of MyFreeCams) became director of Fenix International Limited after acquiring 75 percent of the company.
- Not much is known about the founder of OnlyFans or the operating company.
- In 2020, OnlyFans was estimated to be worth around $810,000,000 to $936,000,000.
- Also in 2020, the site said it had around 24 million registered users and, according to CEO Stokely, around 200,000 new users signed up every 24 hours.
Who gets the income and how is it paid?
Let's take a look at how much money from subscriptions goes to the original creator and how much goes to OnlyFans itself. And: how the payment works.
- If you subscribe to a content creator on OnlyFans, a good 20 percent of the money goes to the OnlyFans site itself.
- The remaining 80 percent goes to the content creator.
- Payment is made via credit card or Giropay. Paysafecard and instant transfers also work.
- Payment via Paypal is not possible because Paypal has stated in their usage guidelines that they do not support “certain sexually oriented materials or services.”
- The amounts creators earn from subscriptions vary widely. Exception to the top: Rapper Bhad Bhabie is said to have earned a million dollars within the first 6 hours.
On the legality of OnlyFans
Is using the site completely legal? For everyone aged 18 and over, yes.
- OnlyFans can be used from the age of 18. This age limit applies to both fans and creators.
- Creators have to verify their age before uploading content, but according to the BBC, this control is sometimes inadequate. There is no age control for fans, which ensures that only adults can consume the shared content.
- Due to this lack of age verification for platforms such as creators, there is a risk that younger viewers will also consume the content, which violates Section 5 of the State Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media. Both the platform and the creator can be prosecuted as a result.
- Uploading criminal acts is of course also prohibited here. This includes, for example, child pornography and other types of illegal pornography.
Frequently asked questions and answers
What is OnlyFans?
Over OnlyFans You can pay for various exclusive content via a monthly membership. You can obtain the videos, live streams or photos via the online platform or the app.
How much do you earn on OnlyFans?
Depending on the content, you can OnlyFans charge very different prices so that users can get access. A few earn up to $100k a month.
Some OnlyFans users and their strange stories
- How children were kicked out of school because their mother published erotic content on OnlyFans.
- This woman quits her job as an optician to play the role of a puppy on OnlyFans.
- A female soldier shoots porn in a British Navy submarine at night: by chance her double life is exposed.
- Big career change: former pastor works as a stripper and posts on OnlyFans.