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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | |
| Genre | Video on demand |
| Founded | 2016 in London, England |
| Founder | Tim Stokely |
| Headquarters | London , England |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Keily Blair (CEO) |
| Services | OFTV |
| Revenue | US$932 million[1] (2021) |
Number of employees | ~1,000[2] (2022) |
| Parent | Fenix International Limited |
| Website | onlyfans.com/about |
OnlyFans is an internet content subscription service based in London, England.[3] The service is used primarily by sex workers who produce pornography,[3][4] but it also hosts the work of other content creators, such as physical fitness experts and musicians.[5]
Content on the platform is user-generated and monetized via monthly subscriptions, tips, and pay-per-view. Creators are paid 80% of these fees and earn a yearly average of $1,300. The company launched a free safe-for-work streaming platform, OFTV, in 2021. The website grew in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic; as of May 2023, OnlyFans had more than three million registered creators and 220 million registered users.
The company has been criticised for insufficiently preventing child sexual abuse material from circulating on the platform, though statistical evidence on the severity of the problem is mixed. In August 2021, a campaign to investigate OnlyFans began in the United States Congress, and it was reported that from October 2021 onward OnlyFans would no longer allow sexually explicit material,[4] due to pressure from banks that OnlyFans used for user payments. However, this decision was reversed six days later due to backlash from users and creators alike.[6][7][8]
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- ^ a b "OnlyFans to ban sexually explicit content". BBC News. 20 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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Esq1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Browne, Ryan (25 August 2021). "OnlyFans says it will no longer ban porn in stunning U-turn after user backlash". CNBC. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ Baker, Sinéad; Akhtar, Allana (25 August 2021). "OnlyFans no longer plans to ban porn, saying in abrupt U-turn that it wants to be a 'home for all creators'". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Why did OnlyFans ban sexually explicit content? It says it's the credit card companies." (Archived 21 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine). CNN, 20 August 2021.