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Every number this desk prints, in one list, with the source that published it and the date it was last read. Values marked as a desk calculation are arithmetic on published figures, and the working is in the entry they come from.
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.
Variety, 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.
Variety, 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.
BBC News, 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%.
The Telegraph, OnlyFans owner received £520m payout before his death, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-142.5m
Creator accounts active in FY2025, out of 5 million registered.
Variety, OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17132m
Fan accounts active in FY2025, out of 437 million registered.
Variety, OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-175,076
Creators who have earned more than $1m on the platform to date.
Variety, OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-1747
Employees at Fenix International in FY2025.
Variety, OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17$535m
Dividends for the year to 30 November 2025, plus $174m to 26 March 2026.
Variety, OnlyFans Millionaires, 2026-08-25 · read 2026-09-17£147m
UK corporation tax paid in 2025, of more than £600m to date.
Variety, 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.
Variety, 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.
Variety, OnlyFans Valued at $3.15 Billion in Deal to Sell Minority Stake to Architect Capital, 2026-05-08 · read 2026-09-17Overdue
Status of the FY2025 accounts on the Companies House register for Fenix International Limited (10354575) on 2026-09-17. Last accounts filed: FY2024.
Companies House, FENIX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, company 10354575, overview · read 2026-09-17Telegram Stars
$0.013
What Telegram pays the seller for one Star, bots and channels alike.
Telegram, 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.
Telegram, 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.
Fragment, Buy Telegram Stars, package list · read 2026-09-1765.0%
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.
Desk calculation Telegram, Bot Payments API, Star Pricing table · read 2026-09-1786.7%
Share of a fan’s Fragment spend that reaches the seller, on the 1,000 Star tier. Desk calculation.
Desk calculation Fragment, Buy Telegram Stars, package list · read 2026-09-171,000
Minimum Star balance before a withdrawal can be started, published default.
Telegram, Client configuration, stars_revenue_withdrawal_min · read 2026-09-1721 days
Holding period before earned Stars become available. It is not a refund window.
Telegram, Bot Platform Developer Terms of Service, clause 6.2.4 · read 2026-09-173 years
Validity of earned Stars. Unspent Stars are described as forfeit after that.
Telegram, Bot Platform Developer Terms of Service, clause 6.2.7 · read 2026-09-1785%
Share of the Stars a user receives for accepting a paid message.
Telegram, Terms of Service for Telegram Stars, clause 6.5 · read 2026-09-1415%
Non refundable fee withheld by Telegram on Star purchases in a bot that has topics in private chats enabled.
Telegram, Bot Platform Developer Terms of Service, clause 6.2.6 · read 2026-09-17Chatting labour
$2.00 to $3.65
Hourly rates stated in 2026 chat operator postings on a Philippines job board, read on 2026-09-14.
OnlineJobs.ph, Chat Operator, posting 1681372, 2026-07-16 · read 2026-09-17under $2/hr
Rate reported for a chatter in the Philippines working eight hour shifts, five days a week.
BBC News, Icky and heartbreaking: The $2 per hour worker behind the OnlyFans boom, 2026-03-11 · read 2026-09-143% to 20%
Range of sales commission stated in the public postings read for this desk. The rate moves inversely with the base pay.
OnlineJobs.ph and layboard.com, Chat sales operator postings and Russian language vacancy cards · read 2026-09-148 hours
The shift length stated in almost every posting read, across every region.
OnlineJobs.ph, Remote chat sales operator, posting 1702660, 2026-08-04 · read 2026-09-17Litigation
1:25-cv-03244
Brunner and Fry v. Fenix Internet LLC and Fenix International Limited, Northern District of Illinois, filed 26 March 2025.
CourtListener, Brunner v. Fenix Internet LLC, docket, 2025-03-26 · read 2026-09-1729 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.
CourtListener, McFadden v. Fenix Internet LLC, memorandum opinion and order, 2025-09-29 · read 2026-09-14