How OnlyFans Incentivizes Extreme Content

Consider Before Consuming

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4.7 • 762 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual violence, trafficking, and child sexual abuse material. Listener discretion is advised.

OnlyFans is often marketed as a quick path to money and empowerment, but the reality tells another story. While a small fraction of creators earn millions, most make very little, and many feel pressured into increasingly extreme stunts to stand out—some involving hundreds or even thousands of partners, or content marketed as “barely legal.” At the same time, teens report being targeted with invitations to join the platform or consume its content, fueling harmful ideas about sex, consent, and exploitation.

In this episode, Natale and Elisabeth look at the myths and realities of OnlyFans, the risks for creators and consumers, and how trafficking and child sexual abuse material have found their way onto the platform.

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Podcast: Consider Before Consuming Ep. 140: Victoria Sinis
Podcast: Consider Before Consuming Ep. 78: Jane Doe, Girls Do Porn Trafficking Survivor
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Reuters Series: OnlyFans Exposed
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0:47.9	In today's episode of Consider Before Consuming, Fight the New Drugs Executive Director, Natalie, and Social Media Manager, Elizabeth.
0:55.4	Sit down for a heavy but important conversation about only fans. Together, they unpack the myths and realities of the platform.
1:00.1	Why most creators earn very little, how consumer demand for more extreme content pushes performers into sensational and dangerous stunts, and the troubling appeal of
1:04.6	barely legal content that fuels exploitation. They also explore how teens are being targeted
1:09.7	as both creators and consumers, and why
1:12.5	reports of trafficking and child sexual abuse material raise serious concerns about what's really
1:17.8	happening behind the paywall. With that, let's jump into the conversation. We hope you enjoy this
1:22.7	episode of Consider Before Consuming. Okay. Let's talk about OnlyFans.
1:28.6	Great.
1:29.4	Great.
1:30.4	So for any of our listeners who are unfamiliar, can you walk us through?
1:36.1	What is OnlyFans?
1:37.6	Oh, sure.
1:38.8	So OnlyFans is now probably one of the more popular pornography sites online.
1:47.1	But it originally wasn't intended to be strictly for adult content.
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