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OnlyFans has experienced an astronomical rise in profit and popularity since 2020, drawing shoutouts from Beyoncé on "Savage" and being leveraged by The Weeknd and Cardi B for promos. The actor Bella Thorne pulled down $1 million on her first day on the platform. Despite being best known for independent porn many other platforms ban the monetization of explicit mediaOnlyFans has attracted a broad range of creators, including fitness experts and musicians, who charge a monthly fee to access their content.
The site's earning potential has proved a lifeline for many. But with platforms like Patreon and Gumroad also offering direct-to-consumer commerce for content creators, what's led to OnlyFans' exponential growth? It's about giving people agency, says CEO Amrapali Gan: "Creators want control. They want ownership over their content." The subscription site gives them that, plus a healthy slice of the pie if they prove successful: creators keep 80 percent of what they make on the site, and the company says it pays out over $5 billion annually to its creators.
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