Short answer: there's no fixed salary. Creators keep 80% of what their subscribers pay and OnlyFans keeps 20%. In the fiscal year that ended in November 2025, the platform paid $6.3 billion to about 2.5 million active creators: split evenly, that's roughly $210 a month per account. But the money is heavily concentrated at the top, and most creators earn far less than the figures that go viral online.
"How much do you make on página azul?" is one of the questions Su Página Azul gets most often. The honest answer has two parts: how each dollar is split, which is easy to explain, and how much actually comes in, which depends on each account. Here we've gathered what the company itself and reputable outlets have published, with the source and year for every number, and we show you how to run your own numbers with our OnlyFans earnings calculator.
This guide is for people 18 and older and is for information only: it doesn't promise any income and isn't financial advice.
How much does OnlyFans take from creators?
OnlyFans' Terms of Service set its fee at 20% of every payment a fan makes, deducted on the spot. The remaining 80% is what the platform calls "Creator Earnings." The rule applies to everything sold on the site: subscriptions, paid posts, messages and tips.
Other deductions come later. The same terms say payments are typically handled in US dollars, that currency conversion carries its own costs, and that your bank may add fees for receiving money from abroad. If a fan wins a refund or chargeback from their card issuer, the platform can deduct your share of it from your balance. And then there are taxes where you live.
How much does the average OnlyFans creator make?
OnlyFans doesn't publish what each account earns, so every average comes from dividing the total paid out by the number of creators. These are the most solid figures available, newest first:
- Fiscal 2025 (ended November 30, 2025): according to Tubefilter and La Crónica de Hoy, citing the company's UK filings, creators received about $6.3 billion. The platform reported 5 million creator accounts, 2.5 million of them active. Dividing $6.3 billion by 2.5 million gives roughly $2,520 a year per active account, or about $210 a month. That's our own arithmetic, not a company figure.
- Fiscal 2024: according to the PA news agency, as published by RTÉ in August 2025, fans paid about $7.2 billion and $5.8 billion went to creators, who then numbered 4.6 million accounts.
- Fiscal 2023: Fortune reported in September 2024, citing Mashable, that the average payout was around $1,300 a year per creator, across 4.1 million accounts.
- A 2023 estimate: Bloomberg Línea wrote in March 2023 that, according to the best available estimates, the average creator made about $180 a month.
The figures don't match because each one divides by something different: all registered accounts, only active ones, or a sample. What matters is the order of magnitude: hundreds of dollars a month, not thousands.
Why the average is misleading
An average lumps a handful of accounts that earn enormous sums together with millions that earn little. In August 2026, OnlyFans announced that 5,076 creators had passed $1 million in earnings since 2016, out of $30 billion paid out over ten years, according to Tubefilter. Those accounts pull the average up.
The number that would really help a beginner is the median, meaning what the account right in the middle earns. The company doesn't publish it. That's why it pays to be skeptical of videos promising "thousands a month": they're almost always about exceptional cases, or they're selling a course.
What makes a creator earn more or less?
Number of subscribers
This is the foundation. Bloomberg Línea reported a suggestion from the platform itself: a creator can expect between 1% and 1.5% of their social media followers to subscribe. With 10,000 followers, that would be 100 to 150 subscribers. It's a benchmark, not a guarantee.
Price
Each creator sets her own monthly subscription. Outlets such as Bloomberg Línea (2023) and La Voz (2024) report that the allowed range is $4.99 to $49.99. A low price attracts more people; a high one leaves more per person. You can also run a free profile and charge only for extras.
Messages, paid posts and tips
On top of subscriptions, creators charge for individual content. La Voz reported in November 2024 that paid messages can cost up to $100 and tips can reach $200. For many accounts, these extras weigh as much as the subscription.
Consistency
Subscribers come and go every month. Creators who post regularly and answer messages tend to keep more of them. We cover this in our tips to grow on OnlyFans.
Agencies and middlemen
An agency that takes 30% or 50% changes the math completely. In October 2026, iProfesional published the account of an Argentine creator who said the agency running her account paid her a fixed salary while keeping most of the revenue, and that the tax authority is now claiming taxes on the full amount from her. Read any contract before signing, and never hand over your password.
How much do you make with 100, 500 or 1,000 subscribers?
These examples use the calculator's formula: subscribers times price, plus extras, times 0.80. They're round test numbers, not anyone's real earnings.
| Scenario | Gross per month | Net (80%) |
|---|---|---|
| 100 subscribers at $5 | $500 | $400 |
| 200 subscribers at $8 + $300 in messages | $1,900 | $1,520 |
| 500 subscribers at $10 | $5,000 | $4,000 |
| 1,000 subscribers at $12 | $12,000 | $9,600 |
Compare those scenarios with the averages above: reaching 500 or 1,000 paying subscribers every month is much harder than it sounds. Before taxes, you also need to subtract bank fees and the exchange-rate spread.
How much arrives in pesos or soles?
The platform pays in dollars and your bank does the conversion, almost always at a slightly worse rate than the official one. You can enter the day's rate in the calculator to see your net in local currency. We explain how payouts work country by country in our guides for Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Chile and Spain.
Do you have to pay taxes on OnlyFans earnings?
Yes. OnlyFans' terms say each creator is responsible for her own taxes, and Latin American tax agencies are paying attention: in 2025 Chile's SII obtained information from the UK about Chilean users of the platform, and in 2026 Argentina's ARCA sent notices to local creators. How much you owe depends on your country and tax regime, so confirm it with an accountant before you start getting paid.
What about what celebrities supposedly earn?
Celebrity earnings figures that circulate online are almost never confirmed. In Su Página Azul profiles we only mention a price when a reputable outlet published it or the person said it in an interview, always with source and year, and we don't estimate anyone's earnings. To understand the platform better, read how página azul works.
This article is for informational purposes only and is not financial or tax advice.
Frequently asked questions
How much does an OnlyFans creator make per month?
There's no fixed figure. Dividing what the platform paid out in fiscal 2025 by its active accounts gives about $210 a month, but a few very large accounts inflate that average. Most creators make less.
What percentage does OnlyFans keep?
20% of every payment, according to its Terms of Service. The creator receives 80% before bank fees and taxes.
How many subscribers do you need to make $1,000?
With a $10 subscription, about 125 active subscribers ($1,000 ÷ 10 ÷ 0.80), not counting extras. At $5, you'd need about 250. You can try other numbers in the calculator.
How many people have become millionaires on OnlyFans?
According to what the platform announced in August 2026, as reported by Tubefilter, 5,076 creators have passed $1 million in cumulative earnings since 2016. That's a tiny fraction of its millions of accounts.
Does OnlyFans pay a salary?
No. The platform doesn't pay salaries: it charges fans and passes each creator 80% of what her account generated.
Do you earn the same on Fansly?
Fansly also charges a 20% fee, so the split is the same; what changes is the audience. We compare them in OnlyFans vs Fansly.
Sources
- OnlyFans, Terms of Service (onlyfans.com/terms), accessed November 4, 2026: 20% fee, payments in US dollars, conversion and bank costs, refunds and chargebacks, and the creator's tax responsibility.
- Tubefilter, "As OnlyFans celebrates its tenth birthday, it counts more than 5,000 seven-figure earners," August 26, 2026.
- La Crónica de Hoy, "OnlyFans revela cuánta gente se ha hecho millonaria con la plataforma desde 2016," August 25, 2026.
- RTÉ News (reporting by PA), "OnlyFans owner paid £522m in dividends as user numbers soar," August 22, 2025.
- Hypebeast, report on OnlyFans' fiscal 2024 results, August 24, 2025.
- Fortune, "OnlyFans soars to record highs, raking in $6.6 billion in 2023," September 12, 2024.
- Bloomberg Línea, "¿Cómo funciona OnlyFans para ganar dinero? Este es el método," March 30, 2023.
- La Voz, "Qué es OnlyFans, cómo funciona y cuánto se gana en dólares," November 8, 2024.
- iProfesional, "ARCA investiga los ingresos de las creadoras de contenidos en OnlyFans," October 14, 2026.
- T13, report on the UK information Chile's SII obtained about Chilean OnlyFans users, May 31, 2025.
