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This article is part of <\/span><\/i>Upstream,<\/span><\/i><\/a> The Daily Wire\u2019s new home for culture and lifestyle. Real human insight and human stories \u2014 from our featured writers to you.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n One of OnlyFans\u2019 top earners is a <\/span>Christian virgin<\/span><\/a>. Allegedly. <\/span>Sophie Rain<\/span><\/a> wants us to think she\u2019s 21 years old, loves the musical \u201cHamilton,\u201d and aspires to be a marine biologist. Claiming never to go nude (paying subscribers <\/span>say otherwise<\/span><\/a>), she\u2019s managed to rake in roughly <\/span>$100 million<\/span><\/a> on the adult platform. \u201cI think God has a plan for everyone, and clearly if I wasn\u2019t meant to be doing this, he would have made it known by now,\u201d <\/span>she says<\/span><\/a>. She\u2019s <\/span>waiting for marriage<\/span><\/a> to give it up in person.<\/span><\/p>\n Cashing in on the <\/span>$2.63 billion<\/span><\/a> up for grabs from OnlyFans users in the U.S., Rain crafts a barely legal girl-next-door persona with <\/span>makeup<\/span><\/a> tutorials and flirty lifestyle content where she repurposes animal print <\/span>thongs<\/span><\/a> as ponytail holders. But before anyone tries to out-do the <\/span>$5 million<\/span><\/a> that someone named \u201cCharles\u201d paid her, you should know she isn\u2019t easily won over by material things. \u201cI would be happy with something thoughtful. Like, a Labubu,\u201d she tells the <\/span>Full Send Podcast<\/span><\/a>. Wonder how many Labubus she could get for her <\/span>$1.5 million<\/span><\/a> car collection and waterfront digs in <\/span>Miami<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Adult webcam<\/span><\/a> tycoon and OnlyFans founder <\/span>Leonid Radvinsky<\/span><\/a> died of cancer last week<\/span>, having amassed his <\/span>$4.7 billion<\/span><\/a> fortune by skimming a 20% commission<\/a> off OnlyFans creator earnings. Sophie Rain<\/a> honored his enduring legacy, recalling, \u201cThat man built something that changed my entire life. Like, I grew up on food stamps and now I can take care of my whole family because of a platform he created. I will never forget that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ukrainian-born<\/a> Radvinsky, a reclusive father of four children with his wife Katie Chudnovsky,<\/a> gets all the credit for transforming the porn industry<\/a> by letting the objects of its affection put a price on their parts. That subscription model<\/a> rocketed OnlyFans ahead of other popular social platforms because creators actually made money. Much more than the average porn star\u2019s $70,000<\/a> annual salary.<\/p>\n The inner workings of the Ukraine-based company<\/a> remain obscure. Slightly less sketchy for creators, Irish-born<\/a>, Oxford-educated lawyer OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair creates a comfy landing as the face of the brand.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t have to be everyone\u2019s cup of tea; we\u2019re happy to be someone\u2019s glass of champagne,\u201d Blair says<\/a>. She claims, \u201cAdult content appears on a lot of other \u2018traditional\u2019 social media platforms, but without the safety and controls that we have in place to help keep our community safe.\u201d<\/p>\n The platform\u2019s elite 0.1%<\/a> of creators amass the most jaw-dropping riches, with familiar stars from outside the skin biz leading the charge. <\/span>\u201cKeeping Up With The Kardashians\u201d fans might recognize Rob Kardashian\u2019s baby mama, rapper and socialite <\/span>Blac Chyna<\/span><\/a>, who shares too much information with OnlyFans in exchange for a reported <\/span>$20 million<\/span><\/a> per month. Former star of Disney\u2019s \u201cShake It Up\u201d actor and singer <\/span>Bella Thorne<\/span><\/a>\u00a0puts it all out there as her <\/span>$11 million<\/span><\/a> monthly side-hustle. (She earned <\/span>$1 million<\/span><\/a> on her first day.) <\/span><\/p>\n As the exotic dancer-turned-rapper behind the five-time platinum hit \u201c<\/span>Money,<\/span><\/a>\u201d Cardi B\u2019s monthly OnlyFans payout comes in just under <\/span>$10 million<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>And in possibly the (blessedly) least sexy offering, music industry titans DJ Khaled and Fat Joe joined OnlyFans as a solo act, sharing what they called \u201c<\/span>the light<\/span><\/a>\u201d\u2014 and hopefully none of their bathing suit areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Morals aside, the true story on how much those booty shakes\u2019ll get ya on the platform puts a new spin on \u201cNSFW.\u201d The top 1% of earners take home about <\/span>$49,000<\/span><\/a> a year \u2014 a little more than your run-of-the-mill starting <\/span>teacher\u2019s salary<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>If you\u2019re considering returning your Amazon Basics tripod and ring light, brace yourself. The real people numbers are even more shocking than OnlyFans <\/span>over-65<\/span><\/a> content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Even though OnlyFans has attempted to diversify by promoting <\/span>business courses<\/span><\/a>, cooking content, <\/span>comedy<\/span><\/a>, and fitness classes (some of which aren\u2019t topless), for most of us, the foreseeable payday is barely worth a peek at an ankle. The average OnlyFans creator makes an average of <\/span>$131 per month<\/span><\/a>, which won\u2019t even cover a daily Starbucks <\/span>latte habit<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ah, too bad you already went full frontal on the MILF content you\u2019re not telling your family about. As Britney Spears once advised, \u201c<\/span>You want a Maserati? You better work, b*tch<\/span><\/a>\u201d \u2014 but maybe at a 9-to-5 that contributes to your 401(k).<\/span><\/p>\n The \u201c<\/span>soft prostitution<\/span><\/a>\u201d of OnlyFans is often pegged as the catalyst behind creator stunts like Bonnie Blue\u2019s quest to sleep with <\/span>1,000 men in 12 hours<\/span><\/a>, and the depression and <\/span>loneliness<\/span><\/a> that sex workers commonly experience. But even if Roxie_KittenAngel doesn\u2019t stick around OnlyFans long enough to feel those effects, chances are, she made exactly not-enough-dollars doing it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Valued at <\/span>$8 billion<\/span><\/a>\u00a010 years after it was founded, OnlyFans continues to blow up. It seems that branding itself as a so-called empowered-Girls Gone Wild kind of creative sex space, where consenting adults take full <\/span>control of their spiciest content and get rich doing it,<\/span><\/a> still works. <\/span>So is it worth trading your dignity for an anonymous fan\u2019s <\/span>$4.99<\/span><\/a> monthly subscription?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI had no idea what I was getting into \u2026 And then once I had done it, I figured there was no reason to stop, since the photos were already out there,\u201d a verified former OnlyFans creator, who reportedly made $20,000 a month, told <\/span>Business Insider<\/span><\/a>. \u201cI did something I thought would help me feel empowered as a woman, but instead it left me traumatized.\u201d Contrasting with the safe space OnlyFans claims to create, she added, \u201cI would also receive terrible messages that were so degrading and I didn\u2019t see any filtering system on OnlyFans to block them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Having been raised in a Christian home, she ultimately found a way back to Jesus through prayer, admitting, \u201cI don\u2019t think I could\u2019ve left it all behind on my own, but I\u2019ve found strength through my faith \u2026 I think I experienced what I did so that I could have a platform to share my story with other girls who are going through it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Now an outspoken advocate against the platform, Nala Ray made $14 million<\/a> on OnlyFans in five years. She drove a Ferrari, Bentley, and a Lambo, bringing in $300,000 a month. When asked what lie convinced her to start creating content, Ray told Uncensored W\/ Brittni De La Mora<\/a>, \u201cThe first month on OnlyFans, I made, like, $87,000. I quit my job immediately \u2026 I just kept selling more and more of myself to my fans.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, I couldn\u2019t feel much at all. I could feel angry, but I didn\u2019t cry for years,\u201d she explained<\/a>, admitting to relying on alcohol and marijuana just to get through the day. \u201cAnytime I would have to do major scenes, I\u2019d have to drink myself into oblivion to just do it.\u201d<\/p>\n Once she finally summoned the courage to leave OnlyFans after being baptized<\/a>, even other Christians labeled her as a grifter<\/a>. While she describes herself as a work in progress, she hopes to encourage others to walk away from the soul-crushing riches of adult entertainment.<\/p>\n \u201cThe ones who are glamorizing [this lifestyle] are men trying to run women\u2019s lives and take a percentage out of \u2026 you showing your body on the internet. It\u2019s just like having a pimp,\u201d she said<\/a>. \u201cBut it makes me want to fight all the more to help women understand that this is not where you want to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n