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Best OnlyFans Reviews press desk Last reviewed 7 May 2026 · Quote attribution: "The Analyst, Best OnlyFans Reviews" · Site est. 2026

Citation-ready statistics

The most-cited figures from our 2026 research, ready to drop into a story. Each traces to a primary source documented at /sources.

OnlyFans FY2025 gross fan payments: $7.84 billion (up 9% YoY). Source: Fenix International Limited annual report (year to 30 November 2025).
Creator payouts (80% share): $6.29 billion in FY2025.
Net platform revenue: $1.55 billion (+10%). Pre-tax profit $715 million (+5%).
Creator account count: 5.063 million (+9% YoY).
Fan account count: 437.1 million (+16% YoY).
Mean creator income: ~$1,242/year (heavily skewed by top earners; median is far lower).
Top 1% creator threshold: ~$49,000/year. Top 0.1% earn approximately 15× that.
Highest-earning publicly-known creator (2026 estimates): Sophie Rain at $60M+ annually.
Growth deceleration: 118% (2021) → 16% (2022) → 19% (2023) → 9% (2024) — first single-digit growth since launch.
2027 forecast: 4–7% gross revenue growth, continuing deceleration.

Full data with primary-source citations: /statistics. Forward-looking analysis: /blog/state-of-onlyfans-2026.

Quote sheet — for direct attribution

Pre-formatted quotes from our editorial team, attributable as "The Analyst, Best OnlyFans Reviews" or "The Guide, Best OnlyFans Reviews" depending on topic.

"OnlyFans's FY2025 numbers tell two stories. The first is scale: $7.84B in fan payments, $6.29B back to creators — both record figures. The second is maturity: a second year of single-digit revenue growth, and fan-account growth outpacing revenue growth by a 16-to-9 ratio. The platform is recruiting faster than it is monetising, which is what every two-sided marketplace looks like as it ages." — The Analyst, Best OnlyFans Reviews (data team)

"Mean creator income on OnlyFans is roughly $1,242 a year — but that figure is misleading without context. The distribution is heavily power-law: a small minority of top creators earn life-changing money, the majority earn little to nothing. Citing the average without acknowledging the median sells readers a misleading picture." — The Analyst, Best OnlyFans Reviews

"The single most reliable predictor of whether a paid OnlyFans subscription is worth the money isn't price, posting frequency, or follower count. It's interaction quality — the creator's actual reply pattern in DMs and comment threads. We weight it at 20% of our six-factor framework for that reason." — The Guide, Best OnlyFans Reviews (reader-experience team)

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Embeddable widgets

Drop these widgets into your article with one line of HTML. Each includes attribution and updates as our underlying data updates.

4-stat snapshot widget

Compact 4-card view: gross fan payments, creator payouts, creator accounts, fan accounts. Auto-fits to container width.

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Top-10 creators widget

Compact rank list of our current top-10 paid-tier creators with scores. Updates weekly.

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Original research & analysis

Long-form analysis pieces written for citation by mainstream press and researchers.

State of OnlyFans 2026 — Annual Independent Analysis — ~2,200 words. The deceleration regime change, fan-vs-revenue decoupling, niche-cohort patterns, 2027 forecast with confidence intervals.
How We Score OnlyFans Creators — The Six-Factor Methodology — full documentation of our scoring framework, factor weights, disqualifiers, audit cadence.
OnlyFans Referral Program & Agency Economics — the 5% referral commission, 30-50% agency fees, traffic strategies that work and don't.

Where our releases have appeared

Our 2026 data releases were distributed to news, finance, and podcast outlets. A selection of live placements below — each links to the outlet that carried it, on its own domain:

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These are syndicated distributions of our press releases across outlet networks, not independent editorial write-ups. If a journalist covers our data independently, we will list it here and label it as earned coverage. See our editorial standards.

Expert profiles for journalist-side use

The Analyst — data, scoring, statistics

Lead analyst at Best OnlyFans Reviews. Owns scoring methodology, the statistics hub, the annual State of OnlyFans report, and any quote that involves a number. Quote attribution: The Analyst, Best OnlyFans Reviews or The Analyst, scoring lead at Best OnlyFans Reviews.

The Guide — reader experience, decision support, niche analysis

Lead editor for reader-side recommendations. Owns the free-page guide, decision-tree content, niche-specific analysis, and any quote about subscriber behaviour or platform UX. Quote attribution: The Guide, Best OnlyFans Reviews or The Guide, reader-experience lead at Best OnlyFans Reviews.

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Site boilerplate (for journalist use)

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Best OnlyFans Reviews is an independent 18+ editorial site that scores OnlyFans creators on six public-data factors: profile clarity, content library, price, niche fit, engagement, and reach. Founded 2026. Not affiliated with OnlyFans (Fenix International Limited). Scores use public directory snapshots and niche-relative calculations, not first-hand paid-content tests. Sponsored placements are separate from editorial rankings. Methodology and disclosures published at bestonlyfansreviews.com.

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