In the last two years, the platform for creating paid content OnlyFans has experienced very significant growth, both in the number of creative users and consumers of that content, for whom they pay a small monthly amount.
In OnlyFans you can find all kinds of content, although erotic and sexual content abound
Initially thought of as a way to bring artists closer to their fans (musicians, filmmakers, etc.), during the months of the pandemic, many users also started creating content on OnlyFans and charging for it as a means of subsistence.
Although all kinds of content can be found on the platform -from lessons to learn a language to tutorials for playing the guitar- the truth is that the vast majority of the content that can be found on it -and the ones that have the most pull- are related with eroticism, sex or, explicitly or implicitly, are risqué or recommended for adults.
With the relaxation of strict health regulations after the pandemic and the recovery of employment, you might think that the use of OnlyFans has declined, but this is not the case at all. The growing rise in prices and inflation, caused by the pandemic itself and circumstances such as the Ukraine War, have made OnlyFans the only resource left for many young people to obtain easy money and pay their bills at the end of the month.
The cut in wages has also caused many users to decide bet on creating content on OnlyFans rather than continue with precarious jobs. «They paid me 800 euros a month for 30 hours working as a telemarketer. For that, I prefer to record videos for OnlyFans and get much more money, “acknowledges Ariel Fernández -fictitious name-, 25, during an interview held for the preparation of this report.
According to Fernández, in a month you can get at least 2,000 euros with subscriptions to your OnlyFans channel and the “tips” that many users leave for your content. “But you have to plan. I usually spend three or four hours a day recording, editing, editing… and I also do live sessions », he points out. In other words, he takes it as if it were a job and earns more than in his previous job.
«In OnlyFans there is room for almost everything. You don’t have to show yourself having sex, but there are people who are willing to pay, for example, for photographs of your feet,” admits Marina Laso, 27, who has been using the platform for more than a year. “I haven’t left my job at a telecommunications company because I don’t have to, I’m not recognized… and with what I get on OnlyFans I’m doing well to pay the bills,” she says.
These are two examples of how OnlyFans has become a resource for many young people who seek to obtain easy money and thus be able to face many of the bills and bills to pay. In any case, do not think that just by opening an OnlyFans account you are going to earn money. There are many people who try and do not get a sufficient number of subscribers interested in their content.
“This is like a few years ago being a YouTuber. Everyone wanted to be, but not everyone could make a living from it. Opening an account is easy, now to get money you have to take it very seriously, “says Fernández.
Some say that OnlyFans is a platform that encourages young people to perform, in a certain way, something similar to prostitution, and that ends up objectifying them. Although it is true that erotic content abounds on the platform, it is a tool used by men and women alike, and in which they themselves are the ones who put the limits on the content they want to share (and for which they want to get money). .
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