OnlyFans earnings calculator: what you actually take home

How it is calculated

The calculator does three additions and one subtraction, with no tricks:

1. Subscriptions: paying subscribers times your monthly subscription price.
2. Paid messages: PPV messages sold per month times their average price.
3. Tips: what your fans tip you per month.
4. OnlyFans fee: it takes 20% off the total your fans pay (gross). What is left is what you receive (net).

From there it also works out yearly net income, average earnings per subscriber and the share of your revenue that comes from extras (PPV and tips).

An example

An account with 250 subscribers at $9.99, 120 paid messages a month at an average of $12 and $400 in tips brings in about $4,338 a month gross. OnlyFans keeps about $868 and the creator receives about $3,470 a month, just under $14 per subscriber. More than 40% of the income comes from messages and tips, not the subscription.

How to read the result

• If net earnings per subscriber are low, the margin is usually in the chat: well-timed paid messages, follow-ups on unopened ones and attention to the biggest spenders.
• If extras weigh very little, fans may not be getting offers, or they keep getting the same one.
• If you depend on a few fans, take special care of their experience: losing one shows.

What the calculator does not include

It does not subtract taxes, refunds or chargebacks, or an agency’s commission. To see what you would keep working with one, use the agency commission calculator, and if you are thinking about changing your subscription price, the price calculator.