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OnlyFans expands beyond porn as operations remain opaqueThe company has $1.3 billion in revenue and more than 300 million users.
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- OnlyFans was founded in 2016 by British entrepreneur Tim Stokely; the platform lifted its ban on explicit content by the end of 2017, before Leonid Radvinsky bought it in 2018.
- OnlyFans says it has paid creators more than $20 billion; 4.1 million creators are on the platform, which retains 20% of their revenue.
- Reuters reviewed police and court records documenting multiple cases of sexual slavery, child sexual abuse material, and nonconsensual or so-called revenge porn on OnlyFans between 2019 and 2024.
- Former employees said moderation and other functions are partly handled in Ukraine, while Ofcom said its current understanding is that every piece of content is ultimately moderated by a human.
"Probably the biggest thing of all is the mental toll it takes on you," she said. "You are seen as an object, you are seen as a piece of meat."— Sophia Mayy, an OnlyFans creator from England, describing the mental toll and objectification of creators on the platform
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