The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns had significant impacts on OnlyFans' growth. Since 2019, OnlyFans's account verification process has involved a selfie headshot including an ID photo.

A trend on OnlyFans saw creators giving away sexual content in exchange for proof of charity donations, beginning with Kaylen Ward raising US$1 million in contributions to charity during the Australian wild bushfires in Australia in January 2020. The site experienced further growth when rapper Cardi B and actress and singer Bella Thorne joined the platform. Growth Īmateur and professional sex workers were the 'key drivers' of OnlyFan's initial growth. After this, OnlyFans became increasingly focused on not safe for work (NSFW) content and 'gained a pop culture reputation for being a hive of pornography'. Two years later, Ukrainian-American businessman Leonid Radvinsky, owner of MyFreeCams, acquired 75% ownership of Fenix International Limited and became one of its directors. His brother became the company's chief operating officer and his father is head of finance for OnlyFans. Tim Stokely founded the company alongside his older brother, Thomas, with a £10,000 loan from his father, Guy Stokely, who told him 'Tim, this is going to be the last one'. OnlyFans was launched in November 2016 as a platform for performers to provide clips and photos to followers for a monthly subscription fee. The company charges a 20% fee for all transactions made on the site. OnlyFans is mainly used by pornographic creators, both amateur and professional, but it also has a market with chefs, fitness trainers, and musicians.

1.5 Sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

1.3 Concerns about child sexual abuse material.

It was reported on 19 August 2021 that from October 2021 onward, OnlyFans would no longer allow sexually explicit material due to pressure from banks, but this decision was reversed six days later due to backlash among users and creators alike. A campaign to investigate OnlyFans began in the US Congress in August 2021.

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The service is popular with sex workers and commonly associated with pornography, but it also hosts the work of other content creators, such as physical fitness experts, musicians and other creators who post regularly online.

The website has two million content creators and 130 million users. It allows content creators to receive funding directly from their fans on a monthly basis as well as one-time tips and the pay-per-view (PPV) feature. Content creators can earn money from users who subscribe to their content-the 'fans'. OnlyFans is an internet content subscription service based in London.

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