OnlyFans Creators in Australia: Do 140,000 Really Outnumber Tradies?

There are an estimated 140,000 OnlyFans creators in Australia, which is almost three times the 50,400 Aussies who list bus, coach, train or tram driving as their main job, according to The Daily Telegraph (September 26, 2026). But here’s the thing. That headline counts accounts, not paychecks, and once you run the numbers the “more creators than tradies” story looks very different.

Key Takeaways

• 140,000 is an estimate of OnlyFans creators in Australia, not a government count. Other trackers put it closer to 100,000.
• The 50,400 driver figure comes from people who named driving as their main job. So the comparison mixes side hustles with full-time careers.
• OnlyFans paid creators $6.3 billion in 2025, but only 2.5 million of its 5 million creator accounts were active.
• By our math, the bottom 90% of active creators made about US$63 a month on average in 2025.
• A median full-time Australian electrician earns A$2,191 a week, per Jobs and Skills Australia.

Why is everyone talking about this number right now?

The stat went everywhere last week. The Telegraph ran it, 7News picked it up, and it spread across Aussie Facebook pages within a day. The hook is simple: more people making content on one subscription app than driving the country’s buses and trains. Honestly, it’s a great line.

The story also leaned on former MAFS star Jessika Power, who warned that it is “far from easy money.” That’s a funny message coming from her, because she once told the Herald Sun she made $50,000 in her first five days on the platform, as news.com.au reported in December 2021. However, she had a national TV audience behind her. Most people signing up don’t.

We already covered the best Australian OnlyFans influencers worth following. This piece is different. We wanted to know what the 140,000 figure actually means for OnlyFans creators in Australia and the people behind those pages.

In short, the number is real enough to matter, but it measures sign-ups, not full-time jobs.

How many OnlyFans creators in Australia are there, really?

Nobody outside OnlyFans knows the exact figure. The platform doesn’t publish country-level creator counts. As a result, 140,000 is an estimate that has circulated since at least July 2026, when News Corp papers first ran it. Meanwhile, other stat trackers put Australia nearer 100,000.

Either way, Australia punches way above its size. With roughly 27 million people, 140,000 creators works out to about one account for every 190 Australians. That’s why the country keeps showing up near the top of “most creators by country” lists, often behind only the US and UK.

Here’s the catch, though. An account is not a business. Plenty of people open a page, post twice and never log in again. So the honest answer is “somewhere between 100,000 and 140,000 accounts,” with far fewer actually earning.

How many of those accounts are actually active?

Globally, OnlyFans had about 5 million creator accounts in 2025, but only 2.5 million were active, according to Fenix International’s filings as summarized by Desirely (September 1, 2026). That’s a 50% active rate.

If Australia matches that global ratio, then roughly 70,000 Aussie pages are live at any one time. That’s our own estimate, not an official stat. Still, it cuts the headline in half before we even talk about money.

Bottom line: the realistic count of active OnlyFans creators in Australia is probably closer to 70,000 than 140,000.

Do OnlyFans creators really outnumber electricians?

It depends on which electrician number you use. The viral comparison relies on Census data, which only counts people who list a job as their main one. By contrast, Jobs and Skills Australia puts total employed electricians at 197,300. On that measure, sparkies still win comfortably.

The bus and train driver gap holds up better. Even so, it’s apples and oranges. A driver works a rostered 38-hour week. A creator might be a uni student posting on weekends, a nurse with a side page, or a full-time pro with a manager.

So yes, the headline is technically defensible, but only because it compares part-time accounts against full-time main jobs.

How much does the average Aussie creator actually earn?

This is where the story flips. OnlyFans paid creators $6.3 billion in 2025. Spread across 2.5 million active accounts, that’s about US$2,520 per creator for the year. Not bad for a side gig, but not a trade wage either.

Now add the split. The top 10% of creators take roughly 73% of all revenue, per the same Desirely breakdown. That leaves 27%, or about $1.7 billion, for the other 2.25 million active creators. We did the division, and it lands at around US$756 a year each. That’s about US$63 a month.

Here’s how that stacks up against the jobs in the headline:

Put simply, a typical creator in the bottom 90% makes less in a year than a median sparky makes in one week. Yep. Not even close.

If you want the full global picture, our breakdown of the OnlyFans creator income gap in 2026 digs into the millionaire numbers. The pattern also shows up in South Africa’s OnlyFans earnings data, where only 10% of creators clear R100,000.

The short answer: most OnlyFans creators in Australia earn pocket money, not a living wage.

Which Australian creators actually made it work?

The OnlyFans creators in Australia who win almost always showed up with something else first. Look at the names in our creator database and a pattern jumps out fast.

• Angela White was born in Sydney and has worked in adult media since 2003. She also graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2010 with first-class honours in gender studies. Her subscription page runs on two decades of brand-building.
• Iggy Azalea, born in Sydney, launched her page in January 2023 at $25 a month. She tied it to her “Hotter Than Hell” project and framed it as taking back control of her own image.
• Matthew Mitcham won 10m platform gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His page went public in February 2023, seven years after he retired from diving.
• Sammie Bradbury is a Masters track cyclist and sprinter. Media reports in 2026 said she joined OnlyFans, bringing an audience that already followed her racing.
• Grace Hyland built an audience of roughly 800,000 on TikTok as a trans advocate from Sydney before adding a subscription page.
• Haydie May Bird mixes real equestrian life from Central Queensland with her creator work, including competing at the 2024 Sydney Summer Classic.

Notice what’s missing? Nobody on that list started from zero. Each one brought a medal, a music career, a TikTok following or a genuinely unusual niche. That’s the part the “easy money” crowd skips.

In other words, the Australian creators earning real money usually had an audience or a niche before they ever opened a page.

What changed for Australian fans and creators in 2026?

Two big shifts hit OnlyFans creators in Australia this year. First, since March 9, 2026, OnlyFans has required Australian users to verify their age with ID or another check. That rule comes from the eSafety Commissioner’s industry codes, as Cybernews reported (updated September 4, 2026). Some big adult sites simply stopped working in Australia instead of complying.

Second, the tax office is paying attention. OnlyFans doesn’t withhold tax, so creators have to declare everything themselves. Anything above the A$18,200 tax-free threshold gets taxed, and Aussie accountants have spent 2026 warning creators about audits. We’ve seen how badly this can go in the US, where one creator ended up owing the IRS $1.1 million.

Put together, 2026 made OnlyFans in Australia more regulated for fans and more paperwork-heavy for creators.

Why it matters

Headlines like this shape how people see creators. When the story is “more creators than bus drivers,” it sounds like everyone’s quitting their job to post content. That feeds two bad takes at once. One side thinks it’s free money. The other thinks it’s a social crisis.

Neither is true. The real picture for OnlyFans creators in Australia is a huge number of small side pages, a small group of big earners, and a platform that now sits under tighter Australian rules. That’s also why new creators should treat it like any small business, with tax, privacy and burnout risks built in.

The takeaway is that Australia’s creator boom is wide but shallow, and that matters more than the raw count.

ViceSnob’s Take

Let’s be real. “More OnlyFans creators than electricians” is a headline built for shares, not understanding. Counting accounts against main jobs is like counting everyone with a guitar as a professional musician.

What we find more interesting is the ratio. One page for roughly every 190 Aussies tells you how normal this has become, especially for people in their 20s. But the money still flows to people who already had fans. If you’re thinking about starting a page because of this story, look at the $63 a month, not the $50,000 week.

Our view: the 140,000 figure proves OnlyFans is mainstream in Australia, not that it’s a replacement for a trade.

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Conclusion

The count of OnlyFans creators in Australia really is huge, somewhere between 100,000 and 140,000 accounts. However, only about half are likely active, and most earn far less than a tradie. The Aussies who make it work, like Angela White and Matthew Mitcham, arrived with an audience already. For more local names, check our list of Australian OnlyFans influencers.