2026 Findapeach Earnings Report · South Africa
Top-1,000, top-50, and top-10 average annual earnings per creator across South Africa, paired with a comparable South Africa profession at each tier. All figures in ZAR.
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The mean is misleading on a creator economy — a long tail of beginners drags the average to barista-level. Splitting by bracket pulls the curve apart. The tables below pair each bracket's average with the closest South Africa profession by income.
Australia overall — what the top earners actually take home
Across 1,325 directly-observed creators in the South Africa subtree (extrapolated to roughly 2,592), the long tail drags the average to R67,620/yr. Splitting by bracket exposes the gap. Top-N brackets are rankings of actual observed people, so they aren't scaled by the extrapolation factor.
Subdivisions ranked by observed publish-status creators, with extrapolated counts and bracket earnings.
| # | State / Region | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gauteng | 1,405 | 53% | 22% | 3% | R24.02M | R17,100 | R29,520 | -42% | R17K | Minimum wage worker | R84K | Call center agent | R231K | Medical doctor |
| 2 | Western Cape | 639 | 40% | 25% | 4% | R8.68M | R13,589 | R29,520 | -54% | R14K | Minimum wage worker | R34K | Minimum wage worker | R93K | Field sales representative |
| 3 | KwaZulu-Natal | 312 | 50% | 21% | 2% | R5.29M | R16,944 | R29,520 | -43% | R17K | Minimum wage worker | R22K | Minimum wage worker | R90K | Field sales representative |
| 4 | Eastern Cape | 90 | 58% | 21% | 0% | R3.65M | R40,650 | R29,520 | 38% | R41K | Store assistant | R41K | Store assistant | R77K | Admin assistant |
| 5 | Limpopo | 57 | 33% | 17% | 0% | R1.75M | R30,892 | R29,520 | 5% | R31K | Minimum wage worker | R31K | Minimum wage worker | R37K | Store assistant |
| 6 | Mpumalanga | 47 | 50% | 10% | 0% | R2.23M | R47,169 | R29,520 | 60% | R47K | Cashier | R47K | Cashier | R47K | Cashier |
| 7 | North West | 43 | 44% | 22% | 0% | R0.13M | R3,142 | R29,520 | -89% | R3K | Minimum wage worker | R3K | Minimum wage worker | R3K | Minimum wage worker |
Cities with enough creators for the top-50 / top-10 brackets to be meaningful.
| # | City | State / Region | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 1,009 | 54% | 23% | 4% | R20.32M | R20,141 | R29,520 | -32% | R20K | Minimum wage worker | R61K | Cleaner | R173K | Project manager |
| 2 | Cape Town | Western Cape | 758 | 40% | 24% | 4% | R10.52M | R13,872 | R29,520 | -53% | R14K | Minimum wage worker | R33K | Minimum wage worker | R93K | Field sales representative |
| 3 | Pretoria | Gauteng | 324 | 55% | 17% | 4% | R5.44M | R16,800 | R29,520 | -43% | R17K | Minimum wage worker | R18K | Minimum wage worker | R84K | Call center agent |
| 4 | Durban | KwaZulu-Natal | 318 | 46% | 23% | 2% | R5.95M | R18,731 | R29,520 | -37% | R19K | Minimum wage worker | R19K | Minimum wage worker | R82K | Call center agent |
Subdivisions ranked by absolute creator count.
Average creator earnings against local benchmarks (annual, ZAR).
South Africa OnlyFans creators generated about R175M in 2024. Compared to similarly-sized South Africa industries:
Source: Findapeach.com publish-status profiles linked to the South Africa term and its descendants. Density = observed ÷ adult population × 100,000. Two-stage extrapolation: country share × global publish pool, then within-country shares allocate to subdivisions and cities. Top-N brackets are observed actuals, not extrapolated. Earnings: price × subscribers × 12 with $0.50/follower free-tier fallback, converted USD→ZAR at 18.7. Snapshot: live DB query.