OnlyFans creator admits earning up to €40,000 a month

OnlyFans: when admitting the trade sparks the debate

A dentist from a well-off family sat down in a TV studio and, instead of the usual 'digital entrepreneur' spiel, said the one thing nobody wanted to hear: this, in so many words, is prostitution. Within hours, the interview became a phenomenon. Not because of the scandal, but because someone put figures on the only industry still growing amid widespread job insecurity.

The money actually moving on OnlyFans

Declared earnings range from €20,000 to €40,000 gross per month. Some analyses put it at €30,000; others, the more cautious ones, estimate that someone leaving an 'honest' job for these platforms makes around €5,000 or €6,000 gross, well above the €2,000 net on offer in conventional jobs. The disparity reflects a sector with two realities: the top rakes in fortunes, while the base of the pyramid battles an oversaturated market. On competing platforms, live sessions go on for hours without a single subscriber joining, and the monthly balance doesn't reach €2,000. The distribution is brutal. The full breakdown of how much the platform keeps and how much the creator gets, and how fast the personal brand burns out, rarely appears in promotional interviews.

Why a €1,250 salary can't compete

The economic case is overwhelming. With 8 to 10-hour days for €1,250 a month, and the median wage pinned to the SMI (Spain's minimum wage), trying one's luck on these platforms is a rational decision. It's not an ideological choice, it's basic arithmetic. The argument holds up on its own: when formal employment doesn't allow you to move out of your parents' home or even share a flat, the opportunity cost of doing adult content collapses. And no sarracena superiority can compete with a bank balance.

The double standard of an uncomfortable industry

The discomfort of the debate isn't just economic. Condemnation of the trade has turned into condemnation of those who boast about it. The same people who consume free porn en masse are scandalised when someone gets paid for it. The discussion mixes sarracena, hypocrisy and a labour market with no alternatives. Some argue these interviews reinforce the stigma; others believe breaking the euphemism of the 'content creator' is the first step towards understanding what we're really talking about.

Meanwhile, the median wage remains anchored to the SMI and 90% of the population doesn't reach €45,000 a year. That figure is verifiable. The rest, what is or isn't earned with one's own body, belongs to the realm of self-perception and marketing. But when someone openly admits it, the debate stops being a taboo and becomes a reckoning.