Fanvue earnings calculator
Fanvue keeps 20% of what fans pay, so you keep 80% before a chatter and your running costs. Enter your own subscribers, price, how long they stay and what they spend in chat, and see what’s left each month and how many subscribers a goal takes. The platform rules are in Fanvue for AI creators; where the money comes from is in our honest money breakdown.
This calculator doesn't predict earnings. Most new accounts earn little at first.
How does this Fanvue earnings calculator work?
It multiplies your subscribers by your price and by what each one spends in chat, takes off Fanvue’s 20% fee, the chatter’s share and your monthly costs, and shows what’s left. Then it works backwards: how many subscribers your goal needs, and how many new ones each month keep that number steady.
Here’s the example worked through, line by line. Every figure comes from the example inputs above, not from anyone’s real account.
| Line | Example | How it’s worked out |
|---|---|---|
| Subscriptions | $80.00 | 10 subscribers × $8.00 |
| Paid messages and tips | $30.00 | 10 subscribers × $3.00 |
| Fanvue’s fee | −$22.00 | 20% of everything fans pay |
| Chatter | $0.00 | 0% of chat sales (you chat yourself) |
| GPU time | −$7.40 | 10 hours × $0.74 (RTX 4090, 2 Oct 2026) |
| Net per month | $80.60 | What fans pay, minus all of the above |
How much does Fanvue take from what fans pay?
20%. Fanvue keeps 20% of subscriptions and paid content and you keep 80%, per its creator earnings terms, checked 2 Oct 2026. Payouts start at $20, higher in some regions (payout help page). The fee comes off first, so it’s the first line under gross in the calculator.
New earnings also sit as pending for a while before you can withdraw them, so money from this month’s fans doesn’t land this month. The ID check, the AI disclosure and the settings we use are in Fanvue for AI creators.
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Why does it matter how long subscribers stay?
Because everyone who leaves has to be replaced. In the course’s Fanvue lesson many subscribers stay 1 to 2 months (as of 2 Oct 2026). With the example average of 1.5 months, holding 10 subscribers takes about 7 new ones every month, before you’ve grown at all.
The same example price and chat spend, with different average stays:
| Average stay | New subscribers a month to keep 10 | What one subscriber leaves you over their stay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 month | 10 | $8.80 |
| 1.5 months | 7 | $13.20 |
| 2 months | 5 | $17.60 |
| 3 months | 4 | $26.40 |
| 6 months | 2 | $52.80 |
That’s why longer subscriptions and bundles matter: a subscriber who stays twice as long is worth twice as much and costs you nothing extra to find. What to charge, and how bundles work, is in how to price a Fanvue subscription.
Where does most of the money on Fanvue come from?
Chatting. In the course’s Fanvue lesson 90% of earnings come from chatting with subscribers, not from the subscription itself (as of 2 Oct 2026). That’s why the calculator has its own line for paid messages, tips and PPV. Enter an average across all subscribers: most buy nothing extra and a few buy a lot.
The example keeps chat spend low on purpose. Until you’ve talked to real subscribers, you don’t know your number, and a guess borrowed from someone else’s screenshot will flatter it.
When is a chatter worth paying?
When chat sales are big enough that their share costs less than the time you get back. The course’s model is 30% of chat revenue (as of 2 Oct 2026), and it says to chat yourself first. Don’t hire one for a handful of subscribers: you’d pay a share of almost nothing and lose the feel for what sells.
In the calculator the chatter’s share comes off what fans pay in chat, before Fanvue’s fee. If your agreement pays the chatter from your share after the fee, the real cost is a little lower. Try 30 in the chatter box and watch how much the subscriber count for your goal moves.
What running costs should you count?
GPU time, and later, ad boosts. You rent the GPU by the hour on RunPod, so it costs money only while a pod runs. Instagram boosts are optional: the course method is $20 a day for about 14 days on your best posts, once the account has posted steadily for a few weeks (as of 2 Oct 2026).
RunPod secure cloud prices, as of 2 Oct 2026 (RunPod pricing), and what 10 hours a month would cost:
| GPU | VRAM | Per hour | 10 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 4090 | 24 GB | $0.74 | $7.40 |
| RTX 5090 | 32 GB | $0.99 | $9.90 |
| RTX 6000 Ada | 48 GB | $0.84 | $8.40 |
| L40S | 48 GB | $1.09 | $10.90 |
| A100 80GB | 80 GB | $1.59 | $15.90 |
| RTX PRO 6000 | 96 GB | $2.09 | $20.90 |
| H100 SXM | 80 GB | $3.49 | $34.90 |
A stopped pod still bills its volume disk, at $0.20 per GB a month. Which GPU to pick, and the stop vs terminate trap, are in the RunPod guide.
What can go wrong?
- You enter someone else’s numbers. Screenshots online show the best months of the best accounts. Start with your own, and start low.
- You forget churn. The subscribers you have this month mostly won’t be there in a few months. Count the new ones you need, not just the total.
- Discounts lower your real price. Promos and trials mean many fans pay less than the list price. Enter what they actually paid.
- The money isn’t there yet. New earnings sit as pending first, and under $20 you can’t withdraw at all.
- You hire a chatter too early. With a few subscribers their share is small, but so is anything they can add. Chat yourself until it’s more than you can handle.
- You boost posts that don’t work yet. Boosts make a good post reach more people. They don’t fix a weak one.
Questions people ask
How much does Fanvue take from creators?
20% of what fans pay for subscriptions and paid content. You keep 80%. That’s from Fanvue’s creator earnings terms, checked 2 Oct 2026.
How much can you earn on Fanvue?
There’s no honest single number. It depends on how many subscribers you have, your price, how long they stay and how much they spend in chat. Most new accounts earn little at first. This calculator shows the arithmetic for the numbers you enter; it doesn’t predict them.
How many Fanvue subscribers do you need to reach a monthly goal?
Add your monthly costs to the goal, then divide by what one subscriber leaves you after Fanvue’s fee and any chatter. With the example inputs one subscriber leaves $8.80 a month, so $500.00 a month takes about 58 subscribers. Your inputs will give a different answer.
What is the minimum payout on Fanvue?
$20, and higher in some regions, per Fanvue’s payout help page (checked 2 Oct 2026). Below that you can’t withdraw yet.
Is the calculator free?
Yes. It runs in your browser, sends nothing anywhere and needs no account.
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