Today, Explained Quitting OnlyFans
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Apr 3, 2026 
Rebecca Jennings, a New York Magazine writer on internet culture, unpacks porn-quitting apps, manosphere energy, and the backlash aimed at OnlyFans. Amelia Gentleman, a Guardian investigative reporter, traces Leonid Radvinsky’s rise and the platform’s risky business history. They dig into shame-based self-improvement, online resentment, AI threats, and why the company’s future looks shaky.
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Leonid Radvinsky Started In Porn As A Teen
- Amelia Gentleman says Leonid Radvinsky entered online porn as a teenager with Cybertania, a site selling passwords to allegedly illegal content.
- Because he was a minor, he made his mother company director; Gentleman says the site may have been partly a scam.
OnlyFans Purchase Created A Porn Fortune
- Buying OnlyFans in 2018 turned Radvinsky from a private adult-industry operator into a multibillionaire.
- Amelia Gentleman says he paid himself $472 million in 2023 and $701 million in 2024 as the company reached a roughly $5.5 to $8 billion valuation.
OnlyFans Depends On Fragile Payment Rails
- OnlyFans' biggest business risk is not demand but losing access to banks and card networks.
- Amelia Gentleman says Visa or MasterCard could cut payment processing over illegal content concerns, while AI porn and moral backlash make investors uneasy.