The platform is known for its adult content, but the arrival of celebrities has changed the rules. Although it was not created this year, it has become one of the most visited portals of recent years.
The COVID-19 pandemic left many people unable to leave their homes and many of them lost their jobs. Due to the same reason, many internet platforms started gaining more relevance providing alternatives to generate income online. And among all of them, there is one platform that became popular because of its content: OnlyFans. Today the pandemic has long passed and OnlyFans has not been affected in the slightest. It still has many fans and the number continues to grow every year.
As a source for original nude pictures and videos, OnlyFans has indirectly “supported” other platforms, such as the famous TOPFAPGIRLS OFFICIAL. OnlyFans was born in 2016 in the United Kingdom. The company Fenix International Limited launched it as a website (not an app, so far no) for artists who publish unique content for their followers, who must pay a weekly (now monthly) subscription to be able to access it.
One of the most unique cases of this type of content being suitable for all audiences is that of American Kaylen Ward, who at the age of 20 raised funds in aid of the Australian bushfires earlier this year.
However, over time, the site became a platform where more and more women and men began to share content with a high sexual index, since it does not have a ban on this type of publication as Instagram does, making this topic almost an intrinsic feature of it.
In December 2020, a spokesperson for OnlyFans assured The Guardian that the site had reached 85 million registered users and 1 million content creators worldwide, whereas in May it had only 24 million. According to CEO Tim Stokely, “the site gets about 200,000 new users every 24 hours and 7,000 to 8,000 new creators join every day”.
How does it work?
To join the social network, users create an account, which is free, but to subscribe, you have to pay a fee ranging from $5 to $50 per month, an amount that depends on each content creator. Similarly, users can make requests to them by paying an additional tip. The platform keeps 20% of the proceeds.
OnlyFans has no levels and there is only one subscription price: all subscribers will get the benefits provided by the content creators. On other platforms like Patreon, subscriptions are tiered, each with greater rewards at a higher economic cost.
On the other hand, OnlyFans charges you exactly when you subscribe to a page and automatically renews exactly 30 days later. Patreon will charge you on the first day of every month regardless of the day you join someone’s page and creators can choose to charge you right when you sign up or until the first day of the following month.
Adult content and how celebrities have outbid other hardworking people
As mentioned above, the platform has gained huge notoriety due to its policy of not banning adult content, being one of the main (if not the most significant) differences it has in store.
This type of publication has been driven by a large number of (mostly anonymous) girls who have been motivated by various reasons: from empowerment towards the person to necessity.
One user told us her reason for starting an account on this platform: “I’ve always taken nude photos of myself, it’s something I really like and enjoy a lot. It made me feel better about myself. After the scam, I started looking for a platform where I could get safer sales and I came to OnlyFans. I first researched about the rules of this platform, the benefits it gave me and I accepted everything, because I saw it as quite fair and safe.”
“When I upload my content there, they watermark it (my username appears) and if I see this content on other pages, I can file a claim/complaint. Regarding payment, OnlyFans takes 20% which covers the security of customer payments as well as payments to content creators,” she said.
Is OnlyFans a form of online prostitution?
Of course not because this platform “only displays” and does not provide sexual services with physical touch. It is a digital platform to showcase anything and even though it is now synonymous with “nude photos”, OnlyFans still cannot be classified as an online prostitution medium. OnlyFans is revolutionizing the way people share nude photos in a profitable way. Until now, nude photos have been widely distributed and freely downloaded without any real benefit to the models and this injustice is being removed bit by bit by OnlyFans and other similar platforms.