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  • Emma Kanngiesser is a 22-year-old content creator on OnlyFans who earns most of her money from messaging.
  • 60% of her conversations are non-sexual and her most loyal fans are often busy corporate men.
  • Kanngiesser quit her job and works eight hours a day from a co-working space to build her business. 

This is an as-told-to story with Emma Kanngiesser, a 22-year-old content creator on OnlyFans. The revenue has been verified by Business Insider. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

I started posting on Instagram when I was 14. When I turned 20 in 2021, I started working out more and posting pictures that showed off my body. I grew my profile to 120,000 Instagram followers.