How we source platform terms

The rule: a link and a date, or it doesn't ship

Every figure carries a direct link to the exact help-centre article or legal page it was read on, the publisher's name, and the ISO date we read it. These terms change; a number without a date is a guess with better styling. If we couldn't read something, we record what we tried and what happened instead of filling the gap with a plausible-looking number — because a plausible number is exactly how the wrong figures spread in the first place.

The three “no value” states — and why they differ

A blank cell hides information. We never render one. When a figure isn't a plain verified number, it is one of three distinct things, and which one it is matters to a creator deciding where to put their income:

• Not published. We read the platform and it genuinely does not state this. That is a finding, not a gap — “they won't commit to a payout schedule” is itself worth knowing. It ships with the evidence page we read.
• Not verified. The figure may exist, but we could not read it at the source — and we say precisely why: the docs were blocked to crawlers, rendered client-side only, returned a 403, sat behind a creator login, or the source we once had went dead. “We couldn't open their terms” and “they don't publish terms” are different facts about the world.
• Not applicable. The field doesn't make sense for that platform's model — a single “creator share” is a lie for a clip marketplace that pays different rates on clips, messages and tips.

How often we re-check

Every verified figure is re-read at least every 90 days, and the platforms we couldn't read are re-tested monthly— if their terms become readable, they move from the “could not read” list into the sourced table. You don't have to take the cadence on faith: every figure shows the date it was last read, so you can judge its age yourself. A platform page that can't clear five verified figures stays unindexed until it can, so a thin page can never quietly ship.

Corrections log

When we change a figure — or deliberately publish one that contradicts a number everyone else repeats — it is recorded here with a date, not quietly edited.

• 2026-07-29Fanvue

  Published Fanvue's creator share as 80%, correcting the 85% figure still repeated across listicles and SEO pages. Fanvue's own help centre documents the reduction — the older rate has ended. source

• 2026-07-29JustForFans

  Recorded the referral rate as unverified rather than 5%. The 5% figure appears only in a 2020 post on JFF's own X account and in no current documentation, so it does not meet the sourcing bar.

Affiliate disclosure

Some outbound links to a platform's homepage are affiliate links: if you sign up as a creator, we may earn a referral commission, paid by the platform out of its own share. Those links are marked rel="sponsored". Commission never affects which platforms we include, the figures we publish, or the order of the table. Table order is fixed and editorial. The links to source documents — the ones that prove a figure — are never affiliate links.