Colombia is the eighth country with the most female content creators on Onlyfans in the world and the first in South America. The United States is the leader with more than 40% of the creators.
This was revealed by the study: “Onlyfans, a softened space for the sex business”, published by the Young Women’s Federation.
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It should be noted that OnlyFans is an online subscription platform which allows content creators to monetize their material and establish a direct connection with their followers. It was founded in 2016. This page has been featured for a model where users pay a monthly fee to access exclusive content from creators to those who follow. The thing is that this content is mostly sexual.
According to the document, The United States has 42.35% of content creators, while the United Kingdom has 7.96%, Mexico with 4.35%, Canada has 3.99% and Spain with 3.48%.
In eighth place is Colombia, with 2.06% of content creatorsand Chile also appears with 1.79% and Argentina with 1.76%, which closes the top ten.
The feminist group has a critical stance on said platform and invited “reflect on how the pornification of society is affecting young women, “who are constructed from this social, economic and political framework as sexual objects available to the male gaze and pleasure,” he said in the report.
This is also in the sense that the study highlights that about 97% of content creators are women.
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The document cites that BBC News maintained that in August 2023, Onlyfans earnings reached $525 million, compared to $432 million the previous year. This increase is largely due to the percentage that the platform charges content creators for each subscription, which is 20%.
The feminist group indicated that in the last year, the number of creators on Onlyfans it grew by 47%, reaching almost 3.2 million, while the number of users increased by 27%, reaching nearly 239 million. “This phenomenon is understandable given that the pornographic industry is one of the most lucrative on the Internet,” she stated.
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