Anyone who occasionally follows celebrity news stories cannot ignore this platform just yet: “Only the fans”. More stars and starlets are signing up here - including American YouTubers such as Trisha Paytas, Tana Mongeau, and Nikocado Avocado. TV star Evelyn Lozada was also recently on "Only Fans" - and last but not least, singer Aaron Carter.
The platform is fast becoming a topic of absolute hype, especially in the United States - but it has long reached Germany. More recently, German IT girl Georgina Fleur caused a stir with her own account on the platform.
What is “Only Fans”?
But what is "Only Fans"? Well, let's call the kid by name: the platform is something like Instagram for porn. Similar to other social media platforms, every celebrity and normal person can post content here - with one huge difference: if you want to follow, you need to take out a paid monthly subscription with the respective creator.
"Only Fans" is not explicitly referred to as a porn platform - in theory, the social network can be used for any paid content imaginable. But “Only Fans” goes even further, where platforms like Facebook, Youtube or Instagram draw a line: nudity is expressly allowed here, which causes a boom in influencers without a typo.
'Only Fans' was founded in England in 2016 by Guy and Tim Stokely - little is known about the operating company Fenix International Limited. According to its own information, the platform has 24 million registered users, of which 500 are themselves content creators. 000% of creators' income goes to “Only Fans” themselves - they can keep the rest.
Naked men playing table tennis
A young man who calls himself "Leo" and calls himself "The Only Fans Bible" on Youtube shows what exactly this content can look like. According to her own account, her account is one of the biggest German male channels on the platform. According to his own statements, one of his most successful videos is one in which he plays table tennis naked - but most of its content is much more self-explanatory. Its audience: mainly gay men.
The young man, who claims to be 20 and a student, gives advice to budding nude influencers on YouTube. He himself generated 7 fans on the platform in a short period of time, he says there. How much money can we earn with him is easy to calculate: with a subscription price of around 000 euros, the 10-year-old should achieve around 20 euros in turnover per month, less direct debits " Only Fans ”. In a video a few months old, he himself talks about $ 56 a month.
The 20-year-old also explains in his videos how he was so successful: Especially in the early days, his channel was promoted through so-called “shout outs” for other well-known nude profiles. He also used the Twitter platform for small teasers to generate additional subscribers - as a result his brand awareness increased "100%".
Aaron Carter is also there
Yma Louisa Nowak is also a so-called “intimate fluent”, as she calls the news magazine “Der Spiegel”. The 22-year-old rose to prominence thanks to the RTL dating show "Take me out" - she now sells intimate clips and photos for $ 14,99 per month on "Only Fans". Most of her paying fans are men in their twenties, she told the magazine. She can live well on her average of 140 to 170 subscribers.
Well-known celebrities have long since jumped on the “fan only” bandwagon. Singer Aaron Carter, who repeatedly calls attention to himself with outrageous titles, now has an “Only Fans” account. The photos show the pop star nude in all possible poses, sometimes alone and sometimes with his girlfriend, model Melanie Martin.
The platform has long reached pop culture: American superstar Beyoncé (38) even raps in a remix of her colleague Megan Thee Stallion's song "Savage". The lyrics read: "Hips tick tock when I dance (Dance), At this demon moment, she could start an Only Fans".
Youtuberin does a self-experiment "only for fans"
Youtuber Kelly (MissesVlog) recently tested what the life of an “intimate fluencer” looks like. For a self-experiment, she dropped the covers on the platform and reported on her experiences in an ongoing video. The video shows how the 26-year-old first took erotic photos of herself in lingerie and then posts her only fan account on Twitter. In just one week, the Youtuber makes more than $ 9 in sales with the platform.
Kelly is apparently not quite sure about the move: the Youtuberin's plan is already causing a lot of discussion on Twitter, in the video Kelly also asks the question of whether it is really prostitution. His friends say no: "No, prostitution is when you renounce your honor," replies one of them. Another said, “Ultimately, it is entirely up to you what you reveal about yourself and what you show. Why not? "
Modern feminism
In fact, this attitude seems to apply in the "fan only" community as well. Yma Louisa Nowak, for example, describes her work in relation to "Spiegel" as "modern feminism". She is interested in self-determination, in the representation of her body as aesthetic and beautiful. After all, there is nothing wrong with sex, whatever it is. "
Plus, “Only Fans” - unlike the professional porn industry - means more diversity. In theory, anyone can become an “intimate fluencer”. On "Only Fans" you can see not only well-trained bodies - but also those that are not up to the standard. Here anyone can do whatever they want - and make money without having to sign contracts with porn producers.
Youtuber Kelly also draws a rather positive conclusion from her self-experience: “I discovered for myself that I had to work even harder so as not to feel like I had to justify myself for what I do with my own body. to donate the $ 9 she won - to a women's rights organization.
