How much can you make on OnlyFans? There’s no set salary. You keep 80% of what your fans pay (OnlyFans keeps 20%), and what they pay depends on how many subscribers you have, your price, how many of them renew and how much they buy on top of the subscription. Some accounts don’t cover their costs; others bring in thousands of dollars a month. So instead of a single number, here are the official figures and a way to work out your own.
How much do OnlyFans creators make? The official figures
OnlyFans doesn’t publish what each creator earns, but its parent company, Fenix International Limited, files annual accounts with Companies House, the UK’s register of companies. Its accounts for the year ended November 30, 2024, published in August 2025, give these figures:
| Year ended November 30, 2024 | Approximate figure |
|---|---|
| What fans paid on the platform | $7.2 billion |
| What creators earned | $5.8 billion |
| Creator accounts | 4.6 million |
| Fan accounts | 377.5 million |
Source: annual accounts of Fenix International Limited for the year ended November 30, 2024, filed with Companies House and published in August 2025.
Average OnlyFans income: why the average is misleading
If you divide what creators earned by the number of creator accounts, you get an average of about $1,250 a year per account, or just over $100 a month. That number is mostly useful for showing how little an average tells you. It counts every registered creator account, including the ones with hardly any activity, alongside accounts that bill like a business.
What you’d really want to know is the median: the income of the creator right in the middle, with half earning more and half earning less. When a small group earns a large share of the total and many accounts earn little or nothing, the median is usually well below the average. OnlyFans doesn’t publish the median or how earnings are spread across creators, so treat any precise “median OnlyFans income” you see quoted as an estimate, not an official figure. What you’ll earn depends on your numbers, not on the average.
The same accounts offer another clue. A year earlier, in the year ended November 30, 2023, there were about 4.1 million creator accounts and fans paid about $6.6 billion. So in one year, creator accounts grew by around 13% and fan spending by around 9%. The number of profiles is growing faster than the money fans spend, which means more competition for every dollar. Your offer, your promotion and the way you treat your fans count for more every year.
What your OnlyFans income depends on
What you take home each month comes down to this formula:
(paying subscribers × price + extra sales) × 0.80 − costs and taxes
Each piece depends on a factor you can work on:
| Factor | Why it matters | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Traffic | No visits, no subscribers | Consistent promotion outside OnlyFans |
| Conversion | The share of visitors who subscribe | Your profile, your offer and your entry deal |
| Price | What each subscriber pays | Your niche and what’s included on your feed |
| Renewals | How many stay the next month | Consistency and content that delivers on the promise |
| Extra sales | What each fan spends beyond the subscription | Paid messages, custom content, tips and live streams |
| Costs | What it costs to produce and promote | Gear, editing, help and bank fees |
That’s why two creators with the same number of subscribers can earn very different amounts: what changes is how many renew and how much they buy on top of the subscription.
How much can you make on OnlyFans a month? Example math
These examples use hypothetical, round numbers to show how the math works. They aren’t any creator’s results, and they aren’t a forecast of what you’ll earn.
Example 1: subscription only
An account with 200 subscribers paying $10 a month brings in $2,000. After OnlyFans’ 20%, that leaves $1,600 before bank fees and taxes.
Example 2: subscription plus paid messages
Now imagine the same account also sells a $15 piece by message to 40 of its subscribers (one in five) that month: that’s another $600. Revenue rises to $2,600, and what’s left after the platform’s cut rises to $2,080.
Example 3: a free page that sells through messages
A free page charges no subscription, so everything comes from sales. If 50 of its followers each buy two $12 pieces in a month, it brings in $1,200 and keeps $960. This model depends entirely on chatting: no conversation, no sales.
Example 4: what non-renewals cost
If 60 of those 200 subscribers don’t renew each month (30%), you need 60 new ones just to stay where you are. That’s why working on renewals matters as much as finding new subscribers.
| Hypothetical example | Monthly revenue | After OnlyFans’ 20% |
|---|---|---|
| 200 subscribers at $10 | $2,000 | $1,600 |
| The above plus 40 sales at $15 | $2,600 | $2,080 |
| Free page with 100 sales at $12 | $1,200 | $960 |
Work out your own
- Multiply your paying subscribers by your price.
- Add what you sell on top in a normal month: paid messages, custom content, tips.
- Multiply the total by 0.80 (what’s left after OnlyFans’ fee).
- Subtract your monthly costs and set aside what you’ll owe in taxes.
Do it with three consecutive months of data, not one: a single good or bad month skews the result.
What the math leaves out
- Taxes: they depend on where you live. As of October 2026, OnlyFans income is taxable in the US, the UK, Canada and Australia; the basics for each country are in our guide to OnlyFans taxes.
- Payout and conversion fees: what your bank or payment provider charges to receive the money and convert the dollars. How and when each payout arrives is explained in how long OnlyFans takes to pay out.
- Production and promotion costs: gear, editing, advertising.
- Your team’s share, if you work with editors, chatters or an agency.
- Your time: $1,600 from 20 hours a week isn’t the same as $1,600 from 60.
How much can you make on OnlyFans starting out?
When you’re starting out, it’s normal to earn little while you learn what works. Without an existing audience, subscribers arrive one by one and depend on your promotion. A hypothetical example for beginners: if you get 25 subscribers at $8 in your first month, you bring in $200 and keep $160.
In your first months, the trend matters more than the figure. If your visits, subscriptions and renewals grow from one month to the next, you’re on the right track.
OnlyFans earnings in pounds, Canadian dollars or Australian dollars
OnlyFans works in US dollars everywhere, so the math is the same wherever you live. What changes is what that money is worth by the time it reaches your account:
- The exchange rate: to see what you earned in pounds, Canadian dollars or Australian dollars, multiply by the day’s rate and subtract any conversion fee.
- Purchasing power: the same dollars go further in some cities than in others.
- Taxes and how you get paid, which depend on where you live.
- Where your fans are: they don’t have to live in your country. They pay in dollars from wherever they are, so think about which markets your target audience is in.
Top earners aren’t your benchmark
The figures attached to the best-known creators make headlines, but they’re exceptions, and many of them can’t be verified. If you’re curious about who they are and what they have in common, we cover it in the highest-paid OnlyFans creators. For planning, use your own numbers.
How to increase what you make
If your numbers fall short, there are four levers: more traffic, better conversion, more renewals and more sales per fan. How to work on each one, with every income stream, is in our guide on how to make money on OnlyFans. If you’re unsure about your price, our guide on how much to charge for your OnlyFans subscription has price ranges and strategies.
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