How Onlyfans Is Ushering the Creator Economy into a Prosperous New Era

All kinds of content creators like chefs, artists, and comedians could soon be flocking to OnlyFans.

Alice Lemée
The Startup

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OnlyFan’s creator Olivia shares her 13k month earnings
Creators like Olivia Cara made $13,000 in one month

If I told you that Starbucks and OnlyFans hold a lot in common, there’s a fair chance you would look at me like I was crazy.

Yet both companies completely revolutionized their respective industries — coffee and pornography — and altered entire economies. Starbucks pioneered American coffee culture, providing personalized premium beverages within beautifully designed lounges which became the world’s second home office. OnlyFans developed a platform that transformed the pornography star from employee to business owner by offering paywalled subscriptions to its creators.

OnlyFans rose to stardom for similar reasons to Starbucks. Yet OnlyFans stands to make an even deeper impact within our culture — financially, economically, and socially — than Starbucks, because it has provided a necessary building block to bolster the creator economy.

In fact, I’d bet that in a few years we’ll look back and think to ourselves, “Can you believe OnlyFans was originally just for porn?”

We’ll see estheticians, authors, motivational speakers, botanists, bakers, and everything in…

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Alice Lemée
The Startup

NYC content writer obsessed with all things consumer tech, digital marketing, and the future of work.