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OnlyFans was launched in 2016 as a platform for performers to provide clips and photos to followers for a monthly subscription fee. The site has over 24 million registered users and claims to have paid out US$725 million to its 450,000 content creators. A BBC Three documentary alleged that a third of Twitter profiles globally advertising ‘nudes4sale’ belong to underage individuals.

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Summary OnlyFansOnlyFans was launched in 2016 as a platform for performers to provide clips and photos to followers for a monthly subscription fee. The site has over 24 million registered users and claims to have paid out US$725 million to its 450,000 content creators. Bella Thorne set a new OnlyFans record when she earned over USD 1 million within 24 hours of joining the platform in August 2020. In January 2020, 20-year-old American Kaylen Ward raised more than US$1 million in contributions to charity during the wild bushfires in Australia. In August 2020, Forensic News reported that the company is facing multiple allegations of fraud and theft after content creators and users said they had money stolen from their accounts.

A BBC Three documentary alleged that a third of Twitter profiles globally advertising ‘nudes4sale’ belong to underage individuals, many of whom used OnlyFans to share their content. In fact, the website is mainly used by pornographic models, amateur and professional, but it has a market with chefs, fitness enthusiasts, musicians and other creators.