What Words Are Banned on OnlyFans?
You've seen a list of words "banned on OnlyFans," on a page or in a screenshot. You don't know if it's real, or current, or what happens if you write one of them in a message, a caption or your bio. That's a lot to guess. By the end of this guide, you'll know what OnlyFans' terms say, what a list from 2020 says about itself, and how much of it two newer lists share. You'll know which kinds of subjects to keep out of what you write, and you'll have a check to run before you send.
We're Goddess Business, a creator agency. Keeping a list of words to watch isn't a bad idea. It helps you notice a word, and the check at the end helps with the rest.
First, the list from 2020, and what two newer lists share with it.
A List From 2020, and Two Newer Lists That Share Its Words
One list you may come across was posted in April 2020 by a creator. They write that they saw it when they first created their account, then got it by writing to the help desk: "I wrote to the help desk and they helped me out."
It has 156 words, no categories, and no mention of any update. That's its author's account, and it's dated. What OnlyFans asks may have changed since 2020.
We compared it with two lists on the first page of Google. Most of its words are in both. Both lists are dated, and both are more recent than the one from 2020.
That's an overlap, not a source, and that overlap covers those two lists, not every list online. One of the two says its own list was "compiled from creator experiences, platform documentation, and community testing."
To know what OnlyFans asks of you, start with OnlyFans' own pages.
What OnlyFans' Terms of Use Say About What You Write
OnlyFans' Terms of Use are public, and they're what this part is based on. Here's what they say.
- Your words are content. Their Terms of Service include an Acceptable Use Policy and Community Guidelines. What they call Content includes text, metadata and emojis. What you write counts, the same as what you post.
- OnlyFans can review it, without having to. The terms say OnlyFans is "not obligated to pre-screen Content," and also: "We reserve the right to pre-screen, monitor, or reuse Content."
- Reviews can be automated. The terms name "classifiers, and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-enabled tools."
- What OnlyFans may do. "We may suspend or delete Content and accounts according to our Terms of Service."
The Terms of Use don't give a list of words. The Acceptable Use Policy and the Community Guidelines wouldn't open when this guide was written, so it doesn't say what they contain, or whether they hold a list.
What You Risk on OnlyFans for the Words You Write
What can happen comes from the terms: content, or an account, suspended or deleted. That's the risk, and it's the only one this guide describes.
As for when, OnlyFans can react to the words in a message, a caption or a bio at any moment. It depends on when a review happens.
So the words already on your page count too. Your bio is there every day, and so is a caption you wrote a while ago.
What we don't know is whether a message is blocked when you send it. This guide doesn't say it is, and it doesn't say it isn't.
Keeping the subjects below out of what you write helps. It doesn't guarantee anything.
The Kinds of Subjects to Keep Out of Your Messages, Captions and Bio
We read the 2020 list and sorted its words into kinds. The sorting is ours, because the list itself has no categories. One of the two newer lists sorts its words into categories too. There's no order here: each kind is a subject to check, not a rank.
Age
Anything that suggests someone is a minor, or makes an adult seem like one.
Agreement
Pressure, force, taking someone somewhere against their will, or threatening to reveal something. And anyone who can't say yes, like someone asleep or someone who's had too much to drink.
Family
Describing people as related to each other.
Pets and Other Creatures
Any pet or other creature involved in what you write.
Harm
Hurting someone, a serious injury, or putting a life at risk.
The Body and Medical Acts
What the body releases, and medical acts.
Seeing a Subscriber in Person, or Selling Sex
Offering to see a subscriber in real life, or offering sex for money.
Other Platforms
The name of another platform.
The list also has one slur, a racist one, not repeated here.
Why the 2020 List Also Has Ordinary Words in It
The 2020 list also has ordinary words in it, like dog, farm and drinking.
A list of words can't read what a sentence means. The same word can be harmless in one sentence and not in another. That's why the check below asks about the subject of what you wrote, one kind at a time, instead of asking you to learn words by heart.
Before I Send It: Eight Checks for My Messages, Captions and Bio
I run this on a message, a mass message, a caption or my bio before it goes out, and again on my bio and the captions already on my page. Each line should be true.
- Nothing here suggests anyone is a minor, or makes an adult seem like one.
- Everyone in this agrees, and nothing suggests anyone is pressured or unable to say yes.
- Nothing here describes people as related to each other.
- No pet or other creature is part of this.
- Nothing here describes hurting someone or putting a life at risk.
- Nothing here describes what the body releases, or a medical act.
- Nothing here offers to see a subscriber in person, or offers sex for money.
- Nothing here names another platform.
If a line isn't true, I don't send it as it is. If I'm unsure about a word, I rewrite the sentence or take it out.
A paid mass message sends the same words to many people at once, so it's worth running the check before it goes out. The pricing guide explains the difference between a paid message to one person or to many.
If someone answers your messages in your name, the same check applies to them. It's one of the main jobs around an OnlyFans account.
What to Keep in Mind Each Time You Write to Subscribers
OnlyFans' Terms of Use don't give a list of words, a review can come at any moment, and whether a message is blocked when you send it isn't something this guide can tell you. The eight checks are what you can run every time, on every message. If you'd like to work with a creator agency, you can apply to work with us.
