The man who built OnlyFans went and built another one. In May 2025, Tim Stokely, founder and former CEO of OnlyFans, announced Subs.com, a subscription platform aimed at every kind of creator, adult included. A year on it is still the least understood name in the creator economy: search results are mostly press releases, and the questions creators actually ask, what it pays, whether it allows adult content, whether anyone is on it, rarely get answered. Here is the honest picture as of 2026, including the one feature that makes it genuinely different from OnlyFans and the one thing nobody can tell you yet.
What is Subs.com and who is behind it?
Subs.com is a subscription platform where creators sell access to content and interactions, launched by the person who invented that model at scale.
- Founder: Tim Stokely, who founded OnlyFans in 2016 and led it until 2021. His track record is why the platform got attention on day one, and the story of who runs OnlyFans now is in who owns OnlyFans.
- Announced: May 8, 2025, as a global, mobile-first platform, per the launch announcement.
- Who it is for: explicitly all categories, podcasters, athletes, musicians, influencers and adult creators, rather than one niche.
- The pitch: one platform combining video hosting, paid subscriptions and direct one to one interaction, instead of stitching together three services.
How does Subs.com pay creators?
The economics, per the founder's public statements and interviews:
- Creators keep 80 percent of what they earn, with the platform taking 20 percent. That is the same headline split as OnlyFans and Fansly, so on fees alone there is no advantage.
- Referral program: a two-tier partner scheme paying up to 7.5 percent for bringing others in, with no stated cap.
- Revenue sharing between creators: collaborations can split earnings automatically, which matters for duo content and cross-promotion.
- Paid one to one calls: audio and video sessions are monetized natively, a category OnlyFans does not offer in the same form.
What that means practically: the fee is not the reason to move. What you are trading is a known audience for different tools, the same calculation we run across the market in the best OnlyFans alternatives.
How is Subs.com different from OnlyFans?
Four differences stand out, and the first is the one creators feel every day:
- Built-in discovery. Subs has Explore, a public feed for finding creators. OnlyFans deliberately has no internal discovery, which is why every OnlyFans creator lives or dies by external promotion, as we detail in how OnlyFans works.
- Shows. A home for long-form video, podcasts and series, aimed at creators who want an audience beyond a feed of posts.
- Verification of everyone. Both creators and fans must pass identity and age checks, where OnlyFans verifies creators and asks fans only for payment details.
- Two speeds of content. Explore and Shows stay safe for work while adult content sits behind age-restricted areas, a structure meant to keep the public side shareable.
In December 2025 the company also announced Subs Studios and a Creator Fund, an in-house production arm that finances and produces original formats with creators, with IP terms negotiated per project, per trade press reports. That is a bet no other adult-friendly platform is making.
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Browse reviewsShould creators join Subs.com in 2026?
It depends on what you need, and the honest answer includes a gap. No public numbers on creators or users have been released, so nobody outside the company can tell you how big the audience is, which is the single most important variable for a subscription platform. What is knowable: the fee matches the market, the tooling is broader than OnlyFans, and the discovery feed is a real structural advantage for creators without a large social following. The sane approach is the one seasoned creators already use, treat it as a second home rather than a move, keep your main page where your income is, and test whether Explore actually sends you subscribers. If you are still choosing your first platform, start from the fundamentals in how to become a creator and from what pages realistically earn in how much creators make.
The founder of OnlyFans built the feature OnlyFans never had. Whether creators follow depends on something no press release can promise: the fans showing up.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Subs.com?
Subs.com is a subscription platform announced in May 2025 by Tim Stokely, the founder and former CEO of OnlyFans. It combines paid subscriptions, video and podcast hosting, a discovery feed and paid one to one calls, and it is open to all creator categories, adult included.
Is Subs.com the same as OnlyFans?
No. It is a separate company founded by the same person. The main structural differences are a built-in discovery feed called Explore, long-form Shows, paid one to one audio and video calls, and mandatory identity and age verification for fans as well as creators.
How much does Subs.com pay creators?
Creators keep 80 percent of their earnings and the platform takes 20 percent, per the founder's public statements, which is the same split as OnlyFans and Fansly. There is also a two-tier referral program paying up to 7.5 percent.
Does Subs.com allow adult content?
Yes. The platform is explicitly open to adult creators, with public areas such as Explore and Shows kept safe for work and adult material placed behind age-restricted areas. Every user and creator must complete identity and age verification.
Note. Platform details per Subs.com's launch announcement of May 8, 2025, the founder's public interviews and trade press coverage, and they can change. No official creator or user counts have been published, so audience size is unknown. This is general information, not financial advice. FanChecked is an independent review platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Subs.com, OnlyFans, Fansly or Fanvue.
