OnlyFans, Fansly, and Fanvue all impose a 20 percent commission on creator earnings. OnlyFans boasts the largest audience with approximately 437 million fan accounts in its fiscal year ending November 30, 2025, up 16 percent, according to its filed accounts as reported by the Financial Times. Fansly excels with native discovery tools and multi-tier pricing options for creators. Fanvue leads in AI-creator tooling and reported $200 million in annualized revenue by May 2026, according to Sacra research. The best platform depends on a creator's need for audience reach, retention features, or AI production tools.
Originally published September 23, 2026. Updated October 30, 2026.
Smaller platform with an AI-assisted creator focus
Discovery approach
External promotion is central
Native discovery is a central feature
Evaluate discovery alongside production tools
Subscription approach
Creator subscriptions and paid content
Multi-tier subscriptions
Creator-set subscription pricing
Production emphasis
Creator-led content business
Creator content and subscriber segmentation
AI-assisted production and creator personas
Situation to evaluate
Reach when you bring your own audience
Discovery and subscriber segmentation
AI-assisted production workflow
Which should you choose?
Evaluate OnlyFans when reach matters most and you can manage external promotion; Fansly when discovery and subscriber segmentation matter; and Fanvue when AI-assisted production is central. Check current terms and test the workflow before committing.
OnlyFans parent Fenix International, accounts for the year ended November 30, 2025, as reported by the Financial Times and other outlets; reviewed October 30, 2026.
How Do OnlyFans, Fansly, and Fanvue Compare on Scale?
OnlyFans is the largest platform by a significant margin. Fans spent about $7.84 billion on the platform in its fiscal year ending November 30, 2025, an increase of about 9 percent year over year, according to its filed accounts as reported in the press. That is gross fan spending, not company revenue: OnlyFans kept about $1.6 billion of it and reported $715 million in pre-tax profit, as detailed in OnlyFans Revenue and Profit 2026. The same accounts show fan accounts up 16 percent to 437 million, creator accounts up 9 percent to 5 million, and about 132 million fan accounts active during the year. For a primer on how the platform works, see OnlyFans Explained. Fansly has emerged as the most credible direct competitor. It has approximately 130 million registered users as of 2026, according to Aruna Talent's State of OnlyFans report. That is roughly 30 percent of OnlyFans' fan accounts, and registered accounts are not the same measure as active ones.
Fanvue is smaller in terms of absolute audience but demonstrates rapid revenue growth. Sacra estimates the company increased its annualized recurring revenue from $100 million to $200 million between the end of 2025 and May 2026. Fanvue also reported 17 million monthly active users and more than 250,000 creators in company announcements in 2026, while Sacra's profile cites 325,000 creators.
Do OnlyFans, Fansly, and Fanvue All Take the Same Commission?
Yes, OnlyFans, Fansly, and Fanvue each take a flat 20 percent commission. This commission applies to subscriptions, tips, pay-per-view messages, and custom content. Creators retain 80 percent of their earnings regardless of the volume. EPR's breakdown of how OnlyFans creators actually make money in 2026 shows how that 80 percent translates into take-home income.
None of the three platforms offers a volume discount for top earners. The fee structure is not a key differentiator among them; the features built around this structure provide the competitive distinction.
What Does Fansly Offer That OnlyFans Does Not?
Fansly's defining advantage is its native search and discovery functionality. Subscribers can browse creators by category and tag directly within the platform. OnlyFans offers far less native browsing and discovery, according to Aruna Talent's 2026 platform comparison. Creators who stay on OnlyFans therefore depend heavily on the off-platform discovery playbook to find new subscribers.
Fansly also supports up to three simultaneous subscription tiers. These commonly include a free tier, a mid-tier priced at $9.99, and a premium tier that can cost as much as $49.99 per month. This allows creators to segment their audience by spending intent without managing separate accounts.
The tradeoff for these features is a smaller audience. Fansly's registered user base is roughly 30 percent the size of OnlyFans' fan accounts. Additionally, Fansly's standard payout cycle includes a 7-day hold and a $20 minimum for US creators.
Why Is Fanvue Growing Faster Than Its Competitors?
Fanvue's growth is driven by its AI production tools, not primarily by audience size. The London-based platform, founded in 2020 by co-CEOs Joel Morris and William Monange alongside Harry Fitzgerald, secured a $22 million Series A funding round in January 2026. This round was led by Inner Circle, an investor group whose portfolio includes Revolut and Anthropic, according to GeekWire's reporting on the investment.
Ninety-three percent of Fanvue creators use at least one of the platform's proprietary AI tools. These tools include voice cloning and content generation capabilities. AI-generated creator personas now account for approximately 15 percent of Fanvue's total platform revenue, based on Sacra's analysis. Fanvue has also pursued mainstream legitimacy, signing Swiss footballer Alisha Lehmann, who has over 16 million Instagram followers, as a creator partner in early 2026.
Which Platform Fits Which Creator Best?
A creator prioritizing maximum audience reach and willing to manage all promotion off-platform fits OnlyFans. OnlyFans still boasts the largest fan base. A creator who desires built-in discovery and multi-tier pricing to maximize revenue per subscriber fits Fansly. A creator seeking AI tools to reduce production workload, especially one developing a persona-driven or partially synthetic content business, fits Fanvue.
Creators managing large operations increasingly use more than one of these platforms simultaneously. They often avoid choosing a single platform to reach broader audiences and utilize diverse features. Platform policy risk is real: in August 2021 OnlyFans announced an explicit content ban that it blamed on its banks, then suspended it six days later, as covered in the OnlyFans explicit content ban timeline. For the wider category these platforms sit in, see The Creator Economy, and for the creators and platforms listed by business type, see the Creator Directory.
Do OnlyFans, Fansly, and Fanvue all charge the same fee?
Yes. All three platforms take a flat 20 percent commission on every revenue type. This includes subscriptions, tips, pay-per-view content, and custom requests. Creators retain 80 percent of their earnings regardless of how much they earn.
Which platform has the most users?
OnlyFans has the most users by a wide margin, with about 437 million fan accounts and 132 million active ones in its fiscal year ending November 30, 2025. Fans spent about $7.84 billion on it that year, and the company reported about $1.6 billion in revenue. Fansly has approximately 130 million registered users, which is roughly 30 percent of OnlyFans' fan accounts. Fanvue reported 17 million monthly active users in 2026.
What makes Fanvue different from OnlyFans and Fansly?
Fanvue's core differentiator is its AI tooling. Ninety-three percent of its creators use at least one proprietary AI tool. AI-generated creator personas account for approximately 15 percent of total platform revenue as of 2026, according to Sacra's research.
Does Fansly have better discovery than OnlyFans?
Yes. Fansly allows subscribers to browse creators by category and tag natively within the platform. OnlyFans offers much more limited native discovery, so most OnlyFans creators rely heavily on off-platform promotion for new subscribers.
Is OnlyFans profitable?
Yes. OnlyFans reported $715 million in pre-tax profit for fiscal 2025, according to press reports of its UK accounts. Fansly and Fanvue are private and do not publish comparable figures. See OnlyFans Revenue and Profit 2026.
Written by
Eduard Moraru
Eduard Moraru is a Growth Strategist at 5WPR and Chief AI Product Developer. A specialist in SEO, GEO, and the creator economy, he builds the systems that get brands discovered, not just by search engines, but by the AI platforms that are reshaping how audiences find information.
At Everything-PR, Eduard oversees the EPR Research desk alongside Sarel Doglu. His own coverage includes GEO and AI visibility, how answer engines decide which brands to cite, technical SEO and site audits, the market of GEO and AI-visibility platforms, and the platforms and economics of the creator economy.
