OnlyFans has quickly made a name for itself as a profitable platform for online content creators, and a whole host of celebrities have jumped on the new trend.
Stars have launched their own accounts on the popular subscription service and have managed to rake in millions with their provocative content.
OnlyFans is an online service that allows users to charge fans for a subscription to their site, where they often share content usually deemed too provocative for other social media platforms.
Bella Thorne joined the platform in 2020 and earned a record $1million in her first 24 hours, and an array of other celebrities have since realised the power of their earning potential from the service.
Model Blac Chyna, singer Iggy Azalea and rapper Tyga have been among the huge names who have joined the platform in an attempt to cash in.
Now, The Sopranos star Drea de Matteo has become the latest star to jump on the lucrative trend and has launched her own OnlyFans account earlier this week.
Her content will set fans of the mob drama back $15 a month, and she teased the X-rated content they can expect, as her OnlyFans bio reads: ‘The Sopornos’.
As Drea becomes the latest star to sign up for OnlyFans, MailOnline takes a look at the celebrities who have used the platform as a lucrative side hustle.
Joined: OnlyFans has quickly made a name for itself as a profitable platform for online content creators, and Drea De Matteo has become the latest celebrity to join the website
Drea de Matteo, 51: Joined in August 2023 and charges $15 a month
The Sopranos star Drea de Matteo has launched an OnlyFans account that will set fans of the mob drama back $15 a month.
The 51-year-old actress used Instagram on Wednesday to promote her platform on the content-subscription website, which is known for hosting X-rated content.
Perhaps giving her fans a hint at the raunchy content they can expect, Drea’s OnlyFans bio reads: ‘The Sopornos’.
The actress’ profile picture is of her sitting on a bed while naked and with a cigarette in her hand.
She has already posted three times and has at least 646 followers on the website.
She posted a story on to her Instagram page to share her OnlyFans account with her 445,000 followers.
It featured a close-up photo of her in a blue bikini surrounded by flames. The post was captioned with: ‘ONLY FANS IS LIVE NOW. Link in bio!’.
Her profile shows her completely naked in thigh-high boots and smoking while next to another woman who is partially out of frame.
Another picture on her OnlyFans account shows her wearing a star-spangled bikini top.
Drea played Adriana La Cerva in The Sopranos for seven years between 1999 and 2006 and her character was the long-time girlfriend and later fiancée of Tony Soprano’s protégé, Christopher Moltisanti.
Teasing: After joining OnlyFans, Drea used Instagram on Wednesday to promote her platform on the content-subscription website, which is primarily known for hosting X-rated content
Hinting: Perhaps giving her fans a hint at the raunchy content they can expect, Drea’s OnlyFans bio reads: ‘The Sopornos’
Fame: Drea played Adriana La Cerva in The Sopranos for seven years between 1999 and 2006
Iggy Azalea, 32: Joined in January 2023 and ‘earned $4million in her first few weeks’
Rapper Iggy Azalea announced on January 13 that she had become the newest member of the NSFW platform.
According to Variety, the Australian native will be streaming exclusive and uncensored photos, videos, music, illustrations and poetry as part of her Hotter Than Hell X OnlyFans collaboration.
The rapper is currently charging subscribers $25 per month, but users have to pay more via upselling to access sexier stuff.
If you tip the star $250, you get to become a ‘VIP’ for 12 months, which includes one free exclusive photo and some other unknown benefits.
The Problem hitmaker has repeatedly refused to disclose her official income from OnlyFans since joining the site.
Realistic estimates put her as high as seven figures in the first month.
Seasoned OnlyFans creator Mishel Karen analysed the stats on star’s page, and told Daily Mail Australia the rapper would have easily cleared $340,000 from her subscriptions alone.
With VIP subs, tips, and pricey PPV messages factored in, Karen believes that Azalea may have taken home several million dollars in her first month.
The rapper recently shut down reports that she earned a whopping $4.2million in her first two weeks on the platform.
She fired back at a tweet, which has since been deleted, that falsely claimed that her makeup artist had revealed her OnlyFans income.
‘FALSE. That isn’t a real tweet. No one on my team would EVER do that,’ she raged.
‘Y’all really need to stop lying! It’s not the way earning on OnlyFans works stat wise. You can’t earn ALL THAT in subscriptions and yet only $512 dollar in messages.’
The rapper later added: ‘Just know if I ever discuss what I earn it will be in Forbes.’
Star: Rapper Iggy Azalea announced on January 13 that she had become the newest member of the NSFW platform (pictured on Instagram)
Lucrative: The rapper is currently charging her OnlyFans subscribers $25 per month, but users have to pay more via upselling to access sexier stuff (pictured on Instagram)
Bella Thorne, 25: Joined in August 2020 and earned $1million in 24 hours
Bella Thorne joined OnlyFans in August 2020 and immediately made waves on the platform.
The actress and singer famously earned $1million in her first 24 hours on OnlyFans, temporarily crashing the site.
The former Disney Channel star sparked a scandal after she was accused of charging her OnlyFans subscribers $200 for a ‘naked’ photo and then sending a non-nude picture instead.
However Thorne told the Los Angeles Times that the post promising a ‘naked’ picture was falsified as her real social media clarified she would not be offering nudes.
OnlyFans then imposed payment caps and holds on the platform. Although they publicly said the change was ‘not based on any one user’, Thorne received blowback.
Many creators who used OnlyFans to make genuine pornography were furious with Thorne whom they felt had thrown a wrench in their business model.
The actress insisted on Twitter that she had ‘risked my career a few times to remove the stigma behind sex work’ and apologised for having ‘hurt’ the pornographers.
Signed up: Bella Thorne joined OnlyFans in August 2020 and immediately made waves on the platform
She currently allows users to subscribe to her account for free, but was previously reported to have already made over $11million on the site.
Much like others who run their own pages on the subscription service, Thorne originally charged fans for access to her content in tiers – $16 for 30 days, $51 for three months, or $102 for six months.
She has also announced VIP packages, the exact details of which you need to message her to receive.
Though on messaging the star, you’re informed that only messages with additional tips hit the top of her inbox.
Tips are a huge part of the site’s culture, where subscribers are expected to part with yet more cash for the opportunity to receive such treats as personally messaged images, sometimes tailored to fans’ preferences.
The extra cushion of currency may also earn fans the opportunity to have a one-on-one conversation with the star, or prompt her to log in for a live chat session with every subscriber who happens to be online.
In Thorne’s case, she also gives her followers another opportunity to dent their bank accounts, as she’s added an Amazon wishlist link to her profile – asking for everything from shampoo to coffee mugs and plastic cake props.
Impressive: The actress earned an incredible $1million in just one day from her new subscription only OnlyFans account
Account: She originally charged fans for access to her content in tiers – but now a subscription is free and you can pay to unlock content
Tyler Baltierra, 31: Joined in July 2023 with account run by his wife Catelynn and charges $30 per month
Tyler Baltierra joined OnlyFans in July this year, but clarified that the account would be run by his wife Catelynn Lowell, 31.
The Teen Mom star, 31, clarified that the content posted on the account will be PG in a post shared to his Instagram Stories after signing up for the website.
‘To be completely fair, I’m NOT doing porn at all! Cate is just sharing the stuff that I personally send to her lol!’ the MTV star, who’s been proudly showing off his weight loss and body transformation, explained.
‘There’s no sex involved or even videos on the page she’s running. I didn’t go to a porn production company, hire adult film stars & crew, have sex on camera, pretend that it was some “leaked” personal footage, or make genital molds to sell!’
‘Cate is being completely transparent & honest about it all. It’s just a wife sharing photos of her husband, that’s literally it!’
‘But I get why some people are comparing it to my former cast members endeavors tbh & that’s totally valid! I just wanted to clarify what type of content is actually being shared on there in case anyone thought otherwise.’
Catelynn also took to her stories to clarify that they would not be doing anything ‘sexual’ on the site.
‘Y’all we aren’t doing anything sexual on onlyfans lmaooo!!! Please we got kids! I would never lol,’ she wrote with a crying-out-laughing emoji.
‘But if you do want to see what we are posting then click the link!’ she added along with the hashtags, ‘#noshame #hothusbandalert’
Catelynn also reiterated that the account is run by her in Tyler’s OnlyFans profile.
‘This account is ran & controlled by me, Catelynn Baltierra! I’m just here to show off my fine a** husband!’ she penned.
Last year, Catelynn encouraged her husband to join OnlyFans in order to make some extra money, after his 24-pound weight loss.
‘I’m trying to get him to sign up for OnlyFans. Boy, we could be racking in some dough. We’ll never have to work a day in our lives if you start OnlyFans,’ she told E! News at the time.
‘Boy, he looked good let me tell you. But I tell him all the time, “You need to sign up for OnlyFans, man. You’d be making some big bucks with that,”‘ she added.
The new OnlyFans venture comes amid Tyler’s weight loss journey, which he has been documenting on his Instagram for a number of years.
Joint venture: Tyler Baltierra joined OnlyFans in July this year, but clarified that the account would be run by his wife Catelynn Lowell, 31
Not explicit: The Teen Mom star, 31, clarified that the content posted on the account will be PG in a post shared to his Instagram Stories after signing up for the website
Sami Sheen, 18: Joined in June 2022 and charges $20 per month for subscription
Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen’s eldest daughter Sami Sheen made headlines when she revealed that she was joining the platform in June 2022.
Sami is charging subscribers $19.99 a month to follow and have access to her content.
She offers subscription bundles of $41.98 for three months and $83.96 for six months.
With over 3,000 subscribers, she is believed to be earning up to $60,000 per month.
When she first launched her account, her father Charlie initially expressed his disapproval.
However, the Platoon actor experienced a change of heart thanks to his ex-wife, who is supportive of their daughter’s new venture.
‘Denise has illuminated a variety of salient points, that in my haste, I overlooked and dismissed,’ the Two and a Half Men alum told Us Weekly in a statement.
‘Now more than ever, it’s essential that Sami have a united parental front to rely upon, as she embarks on this new adventure. From this moment forward, she’ll have it abundantly,’ he stated.
OnlyFans: Sami Sheen, the 18-year-old daughter of Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen, made headlines when she launched her OnlyFans account (Pictured on her Instagram)
Charges: The star charges subscribers $19.99 a month to have access to her…
