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The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by ptr2voidStar »

pseudo0 wrote: post #49
Quequau wrote: post #2

I'm a mod on Reddit and in a few of the subreddits I moderate I see a steady stream of accounts promoting online sex work, like onlyfans. None of these subreddits welcome promotion or advertising... or for that matter NSFW content. However, so many of these accounts advertise their sex work by posting content that ostensibly complies with the community rules but which somehow encourages other users to look at their u…

Maybe they're thinking about the thousands of dollars they aren't (but could be) making rather than the $145 they are? From that delusional perspective, you're costing them untold potential income.

The human mind is indeed fascinating

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by formerly_proven »

Lazare wrote: post #28

So... the punchline here seems to be the median revenue per content creator. Except: 1) The denominator is skewed by a large number of people who signed up but aren't seriously pursuing it, and may not even be active. 2) The numerator is skewed by the fact that this omits tips entirely, and much of the sample is missing the subscription price or the number of subscribers, so numbers had to be guessed. So in other wor…

It seems more like a Fermi estimate.

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by ptr2voidStar »

cblconfederate wrote: post #12

that's ... a lot? compared to $0 most posted videos make, especially porn videos. Onlyfans should expand to non-nsfw content and bring people over from youtube. It's a different monetization model when the ad revenue option is not available.

Could you please explain onlyfans monetization model?

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by JKCalhoun »

stbtrax wrote: post #5
Quequau wrote: post #2

I'm a mod on Reddit and in a few of the subreddits I moderate I see a steady stream of accounts promoting online sex work, like onlyfans. None of these subreddits welcome promotion or advertising... or for that matter NSFW content. However, so many of these accounts advertise their sex work by posting content that ostensibly complies with the community rules but which somehow encourages other users to look at their u…

which somehow encourages other users to look at their user profile So, hinting that they're a woman on reddit?

Are we not past that?

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by csomar »

sofixa wrote: post #60
csomar wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With the current food prices, there are no countries where $136/month is a fairly decent living. Countries where $150/month is the average salary are a hellish place to live in.

Current food prices where?

The food prices in most countries follow the international prices of several commodities. If cars, and gas are more expensive, then food becomes more expensive in most parts of the world.

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by _xnmw »

csomar wrote: post #59
sofixa wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Furthermore, the author is assuming the creator is in the US, which isn't a given. There are countries where $136/month is a fairly decent living.

With the current food prices, there are no countries where $136/month is a fairly decent living. Countries where $150/month is the average salary are a hellish place to live in.

There are places where $136/month will easily cover rent in a cheaper town, or food. e.g., where I live, in Ukraine.

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by user5994461 »

Average and median have little meaning when most accounts never make any content.

We can compare to stackoverflow that probably has similar economics.

- There are 15.236M accounts on stack overflow.

- Only 4.046M accounts have more than one reputation, that's equivalent to one answer or two.

- 1.095M accounts have more than 1000 reputation. That was very easy if you started in the first few years of stack overflow, or is quite a bit of participation nowadays.

- 0.232M accounts have more than 2000 reputation.

Main take away, you can be top 26% percentile for posting a single answer or question.

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by kfprt »

GrumpyNl wrote: post #41
orthoxerox wrote: post #20

I'm sure similar income distribution applies to all user-generated digital content platforms like YT, Patreon, Twitch, etc. A few superstars that make crazy money, some professionals who use the platform as their main source of income and a long thin tail of amateurs. The market is supersaturated now, even with the obesity epidemic there are so many college girls with perfect figures willing to bare everything for $1…

Its all about the whales. On dating chats we had some whales who would spend around 7-10k a month.

This doc from the NYT mentions the whales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlnfiULnmMY

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by ianai »

user5994461 wrote: post #68

Average and median have little meaning when most accounts never make any content. We can compare to stackoverflow that probably has similar economics. - There are 15.236M accounts on stack overflow. - Only 4.046M accounts have more than one reputation, that's equivalent to one answer or two. - 1.095M accounts have more than 1000 reputation. That was very easy if you started in the first few years of stack overflow, o…

Sheesh that abuse of powers of ten notation. Is this common?
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