OnlyFans paid creators $5.8 billion in the fiscal year ended November 2024, an average of roughly $1,250 per creator account across its 4.63 million creator accounts, according to Fenix International Limited’s UK company filings. That average masks a platform growing faster than its payouts: creator accounts rose 13% while total creator earnings rose 9%, so the typical account’s share of the pie shrank even as the pie grew. Here is what the filings, regulatory record, and payout history actually show.
How much money does OnlyFans pay creators?
OnlyFans processed $7.2 billion in gross fan payments in the fiscal year ended November 30, 2024, up 9% from the prior year, and paid $5.8 billion of that directly to creators under its standard 80/20 split. The remaining share, Fenix International’s own booked revenue, came to $1.41 billion, also up 9% year over year, according to the company’s UK Companies House filing.
Figure 1: Split of gross fan payments, fiscal year ended November 30, 2024. Source: Fenix International Limited UK company filings, as reported by Variety and RTE.
The company has paid out more than $20 billion to creators cumulatively since launching in 2016, according to OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair, in remarks reported in October 2025. Pre-tax profit for fiscal 2024 came to $683.6 million, up 4%, and the company distributed a total of $701 million in dividends to Fenix International’s ownership following the results, most of it to majority owner Leonid Radvinsky.
The revenue keeps climbing, but the growth rate has slowed from the platform’s earlier years, a pattern that shows up clearly once you look at the account numbers behind it.
How many creators and fans does OnlyFans have?
OnlyFans reported 4.63 million creator accounts in fiscal 2024, up 13% from roughly 4.1 million the year before, and 377.5 million fan accounts, up 24% from roughly 304 million. Both figures come from the same UK company filing that disclosed the revenue numbers above, run by a company Companies House records list as employing just 46 people directly, with third-party contractors handling much of the platform’s operations.
Figure 2: Creator account growth, fiscal years ended November 2023 and 2024. Source: Fenix International Limited UK company filings.
Fan account growth outpaced creator growth in percentage terms, 24% versus 13%, meaning the ratio of fans to creators widened over the year. That matters for the next question: more fans and more creators does not automatically mean more money per creator.
Is the average OnlyFans creator payout going up or down?
The average OnlyFans creator account received about $1,250 in fiscal 2024, down from roughly $1,330 the year before, a decline of about 6% even as total creator payouts rose 9%. The reason is simple: the number of creator accounts grew faster (13%) than the money paid out to them (9%), so the same pool of earnings split more ways.
Figure 3: Average yearly payout per OnlyFans creator account, fiscal 2024. Source: calculated from Fenix International’s disclosed total creator payouts divided by disclosed creator account counts.
| Metric | FY2023 | FY2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross fan payments | $6.63B | $7.2B | +9% |
| Paid to creators | ~$5.3B | $5.8B | +9% |
| Creator accounts | ~4.1M | 4.63M | +13% |
| Fan accounts | ~304M | 377.5M | +24% |
| Avg. payout per creator | ~$1,330 | ~$1,250 | -6% |
Source: Fenix International Limited UK company filings; FY2023 payout and average figures calculated from the disclosed 80/20 split and account counts.
Warning
This average blends every creator account on the platform, including accounts with no subscribers at all, against a small number of very high earners. OnlyFans does not publish a creator earnings distribution, and figures circulating online claiming the top 1% capture roughly a third of all payouts, or that the median active creator earns under $200 a month, are widely repeated but do not trace back to a disclosed primary dataset. Treat any specific concentration percentage as directional, not settled.
The company’s own framing backs this up: multiple outlets covering the FY2024 filing described user growth outpacing financial gains, which is exactly what a falling per-creator average implies.
How does OnlyFans split earnings with creators?
OnlyFans keeps a flat 20% commission across every revenue type: subscriptions, tips, and pay-per-view messages, a split that has not changed since the platform launched in 2016. That 80% creator share sits well above some comparable platforms and below others.
| Platform | Creator share | Platform cut | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| OnlyFans | 80% | 20% | Flat across subscriptions, tips, and pay-per-view messages |
| Twitch (standard) | 50% | 50% | Partner Plus reaches 70% on the first $100,000 earned yearly |
| Patreon | 90% | 10% | Excludes separate payment processing, currency conversion, and payout fees |
Sources: OnlyFans platform terms (80/20 split, standard across revenue types); see our Twitch streamer earnings breakdown for the Twitch figures; Patreon’s published pricing page for its 10% fee.
Nominal creator share is only part of the picture. OnlyFans caps individual subscription prices at $50 a month, and a creator’s real take-home shrinks further once payment processing, currency conversion for non-US fans, and tax obligations are subtracted, so the 80% headline figure is a ceiling, not a guarantee.
See our creator economy statistics for 2026 for how OnlyFans’ split compares against the wider market, which is projected to reach $480 billion by 2027 across every platform combined.
What compliance and age-verification rules apply to OnlyFans creators?
OnlyFans requires every creator, and viewers in some regions, to complete an age-verification process before they can post or pay: a government-issued ID upload plus a live facial-recognition selfie scan. Regulators are actively testing whether that process actually works as claimed.
Figure 4: OnlyFans’ stated age and identity verification path. Source: synthesized from OnlyFans policy summaries and 2025 US state age-verification law coverage.
The stakes for getting this wrong are real. UK regulator Ofcom fined Fenix International Limited 1.05 million pounds (about $1.36 million) in March 2025 after finding the company had misreported its age-verification “challenge age,” the age below which the platform requires extra ID checks, as 23 when internal settings had actually put it at 20 since November 2021. Fenix raised the challenge age to 23, then to 21, within days of disclosing the error to Ofcom in early 2025.
Over two dozen US states have separately passed age-verification laws for adult content sites since 2023, creating a patchwork of state-by-state requirements that platforms like OnlyFans must navigate individually rather than meeting a single national standard. Federal record-keeping rules under 18 U.S.C. Section 2257 add a further layer, requiring producers of explicit content to verify performer age and retain documentation.
For any platform in this position, having current, specific terms and conditions that spell out age-verification obligations, content standards, and moderation procedures is not optional paperwork, it is the document regulators and payment processors ask for first. You can generate a terms and conditions agreement that documents these obligations clearly rather than relying on a generic template.
What is OnlyFans’ regulatory and payout timeline?
Figure 5: Company and regulatory milestones, 2016 to 2025. Source: Ofcom enforcement decision; CEO comments on cumulative payouts, October 2025.
The timeline shows two threads running in parallel: a payout number that keeps climbing toward new milestones, and a compliance record that regulators are now actively scrutinizing rather than taking on faith.
The Bottom Line
OnlyFans is a bigger business than ever, $7.2 billion in fan payments and $5.8 billion out to creators in fiscal 2024 alone, but the average creator account’s slice shrank about 6% year over year because account growth outpaced payout growth. The platform’s flat 80/20 split has not moved since 2016, and it still compares well against some competitors. What has changed is regulatory exposure: a six-figure fine over an age-verification misreport and a growing patchwork of state laws mean the compliance side of this business now carries real financial risk. Any platform, or individual creator business, operating in this space needs terms and conditions that actually document its age-verification and content-moderation practices, not a generic download.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does OnlyFans pay creators? OnlyFans paid creators $5.8 billion in the fiscal year ended November 30, 2024, up from an estimated $5.3 billion the prior year, according to Fenix International’s UK company filings. The platform has paid out more than $20 billion to creators total since launching in 2016, its CEO said in comments reported in October 2025.
What percentage does OnlyFans take from creators? OnlyFans keeps a flat 20% commission on every transaction type, subscriptions, tips, and pay-per-view messages, leaving creators 80%. That split has not changed since the platform launched in 2016.
How many creators and fans does OnlyFans have? OnlyFans had 4.63 million creator accounts, up 13% year over year, and 377.5 million fan accounts, up 24%, in the fiscal year ended November 30, 2024, per Fenix International’s company filings.
Does OnlyFans require age verification? Yes. OnlyFans requires ID upload and facial-recognition age checks for creators and, in some regions, viewers. UK regulator Ofcom fined the platform’s owner, Fenix International Limited, 1.05 million pounds (about $1.36 million) in March 2025 for misreporting its age-verification challenge age as 23 when internal settings had actually put it at 20.
Sources and References
- Ofcom. (2025). “Ofcom Fines Provider of OnlyFans 1.05 Million Pounds.” Official regulator enforcement decision.
- RTE. (2025). “OnlyFans Owner Paid 522 Million Euro in Dividends Last Year.” Analysis of Fenix International Limited’s UK Companies House filing.
- Variety. (2025). “OnlyFans 2024 Financials: Gross Revenue $7.2 Billion, Up 9%.” Coverage of Fenix International’s UK company filing.
- TechStory. (2025). “OnlyFans Surpasses $20 Billion in Creator Payouts.” Coverage of CEO Keily Blair’s comments, October 2025.
- Hasan Rez. “Inside OnlyFans’ $6.63 Billion Year.” Fiscal 2023 revenue and account figures.
- LawFuel. (2025). “Does OnlyFans Require ID, and How Are New State Laws Affecting It in 2025?” US state age-verification law coverage.
- Patreon. Official pricing page, creator fee structure.
Note: All figures verified as of October 2026. Creator payout and compliance figures are refreshed at least twice a year; FY2024 is Fenix International’s most recently filed fiscal year (ended November 30, 2024) as of this writing.
