OnlyFans statistics: the official numbers and where they come from

The key numbers by fiscal year

OnlyFans does not publish a statistics page. The company behind it files annual accounts in the United Kingdom, the press reports them every year, and OnlyFans itself sometimes announces milestones. The table lists the figures we could trace to those sources, with the period each one describes and where it was reported.

We only include numbers that appear in the cited article, and we did not round them differently. Where we calculated a figure ourselves from two reported numbers, the table says so. A figure missing from the table means we found no reliable source for it, not that it is zero.

The 20% commission, in numbers

OnlyFans describes its fee as 20% of what fans pay, and the creator keeps the rest. The 2024 accounts are consistent with that: $5.8 billion paid to creators out of $7.2 billion spent is about 80%. We calculated that ratio ourselves, and none of the cited articles states the fee rate, so check the current terms on OnlyFans before relying on it.

The fee is taken before anything else. A $10 subscription becomes about $8 in the creator's balance, and agency splits, chatter pay, promotion and taxes come out of that $8, not out of the $10. Our guide on how much creators make shows the arithmetic step by step, and the free fee calculator lets you try your own numbers.

Why sources disagree

Search for OnlyFans statistics and you will find numbers that contradict each other. Most of the gap comes from three mix-ups. The first is total versus active. Creator accounts registered since launch are many millions, while active creators in a year are a smaller group, and the same goes for fan accounts. A 4.6 million total and a 2.5 million active count are both correct, for different questions.

The second is gross versus net. Fan spending is the gross amount fans pay, payouts are what creators receive after the fee, and revenue is what OnlyFans keeps. These three differ by design, so $7.2 billion, $5.8 billion and $1.41 billion in the same year are not a contradiction. The third is average versus median. Dividing payouts by accounts gives an average that a few very large earners pull upward, while the median, the creator in the middle, is lower and is not published.

A fourth, simpler cause is the period. The company's accounting year does not match the calendar year in every report, and aggregator sites often mix a 2023 figure with a 2025 one without saying so. That is why every row above has its own period.

• Total accounts or active accounts: check which one the number counts.
• Fan spending, creator payouts or OnlyFans revenue: they are three different amounts.
• Average or median: only the average can be calculated from public data.
• Period: never compare two figures from different years as if they were one.

What these statistics cannot tell you

Platform totals describe the platform, not you. OnlyFans does not publish earnings per creator, retention, conversion or the share of income that comes from subscriptions, messages or tips. Any site that claims precise values for those is estimating, or copying someone who did.

For your own decisions, track your own account. FansTracker shows activity insights per creator over 7, 30 or 90 days, such as messages and subscribed fans, while earnings sync is still in development, so revenue figures come from your OnlyFans statements. It works with OnlyFans only. Use the public statistics for context and your own data for choices.