OnlyFans – Uncovered in the cosmos of the online erotic giant

In the photo: ProSieben reporter Thilo Mischke.

150 million customers. 2 billion euros in sales. Countless amounts of erotic content. The OnlyFans platform is an absolute giant among providers of pornographic content on the Internet.

But how does the digital business of lust work? For the new episode of “Uncovered,” ProSieben reporter Thilo Mischke explores what is behind the OnlyFans phenomenon.

He discovers a world in which emancipated self-determination goes hand in hand with false intimacy and deception.

During his research, Thilo Mischke meets Jill Hardener. The Thuringian is one of Germany's most successful OnlyFans stars and allegedly earns millions with her erotic clips, photos and private chats.

“Uncovered: Sex online – The digital business of lust” on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at 23:15 p.m. on ProSieben and on Joyn.

And Thilo Mischke travels to Nigeria, where he meets Ayo. The young man poses as Jill Hardener on the internet and tries to enrich himself at the expense of his unsuspecting chat partners.

A meeting that really makes Thilo Mischke think:

"At first it seems funny when you're sitting across from a man who pretends to be a female erotic star in chat rooms. But it's anything but that. Because nobody likes sitting in front of their phone in the slums of Lagos and pretending to be a woman from Erfurt. People like Ayo are all about earning money to survive."

© Photo: ProSieben, Nikita Teryoshin