OnlyFans

Watch out Stage 2

OnlyFans centralised adult-adjacent income—and a 20% cut is steep. Creators’ subscriber bases don’t move with them, but the cut has held steady and no recent extraction change is documented. Stage 2.

Since
2016
Category
Creator economy
VC-backed
No
Public
No
Website
onlyfans.com
X
@OnlyFans

Why it’s rated 2

The criteria it meets, with sources · Method

Alignment 0 of 3
None
Lock-in 1 of 4
  • L1 Network or reputation
Extraction 0 of 7
None
Decline 0 of 3
None

Result No extraction that meets the stage 3 test, and either some lock-in or no alignment criterion, so stage 2.

Rating history

Oct 6, 2026
Upgraded 3 Ripping you off → 2 Watch out

Rescored under Method 2.1. No extraction criterion is documented in the last three years. Lock-in (L1 Network or reputation) keeps it at stage 2.

News signals

Sourced reporting, tagged by strategy

Mar 23, 2026
OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies as stake sale talks stall
Governance shiftLiquidity event
Jul 2, 2024
Millions of paywalls impede independent scrutiny of OnlyFans, experts say
Regulatory risk
Mar 13, 2024
Reuters investigates consent, abuse claims, and enforcement gaps on OnlyFans
Regulatory risk