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title: "Numbers"
description: "The reference table. OnlyFans payouts and profit, Telegram Star economics, chatter pay and the court docket, each with its publisher and read date."
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author: the desk
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# Numbers

The reference table. OnlyFans payouts and profit, Telegram Star economics, chatter pay and the court docket, each with its publisher and read date.

- HTML page: https://ofm-news.com/numbers/
- French version: https://ofm-news.com/fr/chiffres/

## OnlyFans, fiscal year to 30 November 2025

- **$6.3bn**: Paid to creators in the year ended 30 November 2025. Coverage of the FT reporting puts the same figure at $6.2bn. Both are printed on the entry. Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/onlyfans-millionaires-creators-earned-more-than-1-million-1236842444/), OnlyFans Millionaires: Site Says 5,076 Creators Have Earned More Than $1 Million to Date, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17
- **$30bn+**: Paid to creators over ten years, cumulative. Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/onlyfans-millionaires-creators-earned-more-than-1-million-1236842444/), OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17
- **$714m**: Fenix International profit before tax, FY2025, up 5%. The Telegraph prints $715m for the same line. Read via the Yahoo Finance syndication of both. Source: [BBC News](https://finance.yahoo.com/media-advertising/articles/onlyfans-owner-paid-over-700m-100905226.html), OnlyFans owner was paid over $700m before his death, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17
- **$1.6bn**: Net revenue FY2025, up from $1.4bn, an increase of 10%. Source: [The Telegraph](https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/onlyfans-owner-received-520m-payout-092926742.html), OnlyFans owner received £520m payout before his death, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-14
- **2.5m**: Creator accounts active in FY2025, out of 5 million registered. Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/onlyfans-millionaires-creators-earned-more-than-1-million-1236842444/), OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17
- **132m**: Fan accounts active in FY2025, out of 437 million registered. Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/onlyfans-millionaires-creators-earned-more-than-1-million-1236842444/), OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17
- **5,076**: Creators who have earned more than $1m on the platform to date. Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/onlyfans-millionaires-creators-earned-more-than-1-million-1236842444/), OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17
- **47**: Employees at Fenix International in FY2025. Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/onlyfans-millionaires-creators-earned-more-than-1-million-1236842444/), OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17
- **$535m**: Dividends for the year to 30 November 2025, plus $174m to 26 March 2026. Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/onlyfans-millionaires-creators-earned-more-than-1-million-1236842444/), OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17
- **£147m**: UK corporation tax paid in 2025, of more than £600m to date. Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/onlyfans-millionaires-creators-earned-more-than-1-million-1236842444/), OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17
- **$7.22bn**: Gross revenue, fan payments on the platform, FY2024. No FY2025 gross figure is published. Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/onlyfans-fiscal-2024-revenue-earnings-1236495750/), OnlyFans Gross Revenue Rises 9% to $7.2 Billion in 2024, 2025-08-22 · read 2026-09-14
- **$3.15bn**: Valuation implied by the sale of a 16% stake to Architect Capital for $535m. Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/onlyfans-valuation-3-15-billion-sale-stake-architect-capital-1236741700/), OnlyFans Valued at $3.15 Billion in Deal to Sell Minority Stake to Architect Capital, 2026-05-08 · read 2026-09-17
- **Overdue**: Status of the FY2025 accounts on the Companies House register for Fenix International Limited (10354575) on 2026-09-17. Last accounts filed: FY2024. Source: [Companies House](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10354575), FENIX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, company 10354575, overview · read 2026-09-17

## Telegram Stars

- **$0.013**: What Telegram pays the seller for one Star, bots and channels alike. Source: [Telegram](https://telegram.org/tos/bot-developers), Bot Platform Developer Terms of Service, clause 6.2.4 · read 2026-09-17
- **$19.99**: What a fan pays for 1,000 Stars bought inside the iOS or Android app. Source: [Telegram](https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments-stars), Bot Payments API, Star Pricing table · read 2026-09-17
- **$15.00**: What a fan pays for 1,000 Stars bought on Fragment, in crypto. Source: [Fragment](https://fragment.com/stars/buy), Buy Telegram Stars, package list · read 2026-09-17
- **65.0%**: Share of a fan’s in app spend that reaches the seller, on the 1,000 Star tier. Desk calculation from the two published price lists. Source: Desk calculation [Telegram](https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments-stars), Bot Payments API, Star Pricing table · read 2026-09-17
- **86.7%**: Share of a fan’s Fragment spend that reaches the seller, on the 1,000 Star tier. Desk calculation. Source: Desk calculation [Fragment](https://fragment.com/stars/buy), Buy Telegram Stars, package list · read 2026-09-17
- **1,000**: Minimum Star balance before a withdrawal can be started, published default. Source: [Telegram](https://core.telegram.org/api/config), Client configuration, stars_revenue_withdrawal_min · read 2026-09-17
- **21 days**: Holding period before earned Stars become available. It is not a refund window. Source: [Telegram](https://telegram.org/tos/bot-developers), Bot Platform Developer Terms of Service, clause 6.2.4 · read 2026-09-17
- **3 years**: Validity of earned Stars. Unspent Stars are described as forfeit after that. Source: [Telegram](https://telegram.org/tos/bot-developers), Bot Platform Developer Terms of Service, clause 6.2.7 · read 2026-09-17
- **85%**: Share of the Stars a user receives for accepting a paid message. Source: [Telegram](https://telegram.org/tos/stars), Terms of Service for Telegram Stars, clause 6.5 · read 2026-09-14
- **15%**: Non refundable fee withheld by Telegram on Star purchases in a bot that has topics in private chats enabled. Source: [Telegram](https://telegram.org/tos/bot-developers), Bot Platform Developer Terms of Service, clause 6.2.6 · read 2026-09-17

## Chatting labour

- **$2.00 to $3.65**: Hourly rates stated in 2026 chat operator postings on a Philippines job board, read on 2026-09-14. Source: [OnlineJobs.ph](https://www.onlinejobs.ph/jobseekers/job/chat-operator-1681372), Chat Operator, posting 1681372, 2026-07-16 · read 2026-09-17
- **under $2/hr**: Rate reported for a chatter in the Philippines working eight hour shifts, five days a week. Source: [BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq571g9gd4lo), Icky and heartbreaking: The $2 per hour worker behind the OnlyFans boom, 2026-03-11 · read 2026-09-14
- **3% to 20%**: Range of sales commission stated in the public postings read for this desk. The rate moves inversely with the base pay. Source: [OnlineJobs.ph and layboard.com](https://layboard.com/vakansii/rossiya/speciality-chater), Chat sales operator postings and Russian language vacancy cards · read 2026-09-14
- **8 hours**: The shift length stated in almost every posting read, across every region. Source: [OnlineJobs.ph](https://www.onlinejobs.ph/jobseekers/job/remote-chat-sales-operator-1702660), Remote chat sales operator, posting 1702660, 2026-08-04 · read 2026-09-17

## Litigation

- **1:25-cv-03244**: Brunner and Fry v. Fenix Internet LLC and Fenix International Limited, Northern District of Illinois, filed 26 March 2025. Source: [CourtListener](https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69799401/brunner-v-fenix-internet-llc/), Brunner v. Fenix Internet LLC, docket, 2025-03-26 · read 2026-09-17
- **29 Sep 2025**: Date a related case, McFadden v. Fenix Internet LLC, was dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds, sending the dispute to England and Wales. Source: [CourtListener](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.437583/gov.uscourts.ilnd.437583.105.0.pdf), McFadden v. Fenix Internet LLC, memorandum opinion and order, 2025-09-29 · read 2026-09-14

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