OnlyFans is a private company, so its stock is not publicly traded. This means that you cannot currently invest in OnlyFans through a traditional brokerage account.
OnlyFans is a social media platform that allows creators to charge fans for exclusive content. The company has grown rapidly in recent years, with its valuation estimated at $18 billion as of 2022 (up from “just” $34.8 million in 2018).
The rapid growth of the platform and high profitability (projected at $1.2 billion in 2022) have attracted interest from many investors who would like to gain exposure to one of the leading adult entertainment websites.
About OnlyFans
Founded in 2016 by British entrepreneur Tim Stokely, OnlyFans is a subscription-based social media platform where creators can share exclusive content with their fans. The content can be anything from photos and videos to live streams. Creators set their own prices for their content, and fans can subscribe to as many creators as they want.
OnlyFans is primarily known for its adult content, but it also hosts a variety of other content, such as fitness and cooking videos, music, and comedy. The platform has over 187 million users and over 2.1 million creators.
OnlyFans takes a 20% cut of all creator earnings. Creators can also earn money through tips and pay-per-view content. It is worth mentioning that OnlyFans has more than 300 users tha earn at least $1 million per year and roughly 16,000 users that earn over $50,000 per year.
According to SignHouse, OnlyFans’ revenue has grown by over +43,000%, from $5.8 million in 2018 to $2.5 billion in 2022.
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Does OnlyFans have a stock?
No, OnlyFans does not have a stock. It is a privately held company, which means that its shares are not traded on the stock market. OnlyFans is owned by Fenix International Limited, which is a private company that is not listed on any stock trading platform.
As of this writing, there’s no information available about a potential OnlyFans IPO date or OnlyFans stock symbol.
How can I buy stock in OnlyFans?
Since OnlyFans is not a publicly traded company, there is no way to invest in the company as you would in, for example, Apple, Google, or Tesla. If you want to buy OnlyFans, you could try investing in funds that invest in OnlyFans privately, however, this option is only available to accredited investors.
There is some precedent that OnlyFans will go public in the future, as there were several adult content companies that have gone public in the past, including Vivid Entertainment, Playboy Enterprises, and New Frontier Media.
Who owns the majority of OnlyFans?
A 75% share of OnlyFans is owned by Leonid Radvinsky’s Fenix International Limited. Radvinsky bought the majority share of OnlyFans in 2018 from founder Timothy Stokely and his brother Thomas. Radvinsky is best known as the founder of MyFreeCams, a popular adult entertainment website. There is little information available regarding Radvinsky due to his propensity to avoid public events and interviews.
OnlyFans reportedly sought to find strategic private investors in the past in order to lay the groundwork for an initial public offering. However, most of them passed on the opportunity to get OnlyFans shares due to the company’s focus on adult content.
The bottom line: Retail investors can’t invest in OnlyFans as long as it remains private
Over the past couple of years, OnlyFans has grown to become one of the largest companies for adult content on the internet, boasting millions of users and adult entertainment content creators. Unfortunately, potential investors currently have no option to gain exposure to the company by buying its shares on the stock exchanges. That might change in the future if the company goes public.
The encouraging point is that the company was exploring an IPO option in the past, so it might try to go public sometime in the future. In this sense, OnlyFans is similar to the blockchain-powered fintech Ripple, which has also expressed an interest in going public in the future.
