OnlyFans Star Lily Phillips Opens Up About Porn Origins, Income, and Record-Breaking Ambitions

Lily Phillips, one of OnlyFans’ fastest-rising adult creators, has revealed details about her journey in the adult industry, from her early exposure to pornography to her multimillion-dollar success—and her headline-making goal to sleep with 1,000 men in a single day.

Speaking to reporters, the 23-year-old British influencer shared that she first encountered porn at a young age. “I’ve always known about it. I always thought it was very normal to watch,” she said. “I personally don’t think pornography is a bad thing—in moderation.”

 

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She explained that her early exposure helped shape her into a “sex-confident” adult. “That’s mostly how I learned, through pornography,” she said. “I do think it’s had a positive effect on me, just in terms of understanding things a little bit more.”

Lily Phillips isn't alone. Research suggests a significant chunk of teens, especially older ones, encounter porn. For instance, surveys from the U.S. and Europe indicate that by age 17, around 70-80% of teens have seen some form of online pornography, whether intentionally or by accident. Break it down further, and you’ll find that boys tend to report higher exposure than girls—sometimes 80-90% for boys versus 60-70% for girls.

Now she's a full-blown mega star, and her views come amid rising public debate over pornography’s impact on youth and sexual development, as governments and advocacy groups around the world push for tighter regulations on age verification and online access to explicit content.

Since launching her OnlyFans career while still in college, Phillips has amassed an estimated $43 million in earnings, supported by a growing team of nine staff members. “For me, there’s no amount of money that would make me stop,” she said. “I’m doing it for the love of the game.”

 

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Phillips made global headlines in late 2024 with a controversial YouTube documentary titled I Slept With 100 Men in One Day, which chronicled her record-setting sexual challenge. In the video, she expressed the emotional toll of the experience, describing moments where she felt “robotic” and overwhelmed by the pace.

“It’s not for the weak,” she said. “If I’m honest, it was hard. I don’t know if I’d recommend it.”

Despite that, Phillips announced she is now in “training” for a new goal: to be the first person to have sex with 1,000 men in a single day.

The announcement has been met with a mix of fascination and criticism. Some see her work as a bold assertion of sexual autonomy and business acumen in a digital economy increasingly shaped by adult creators. Others view her actions as pushing ethical and physical boundaries for the sake of shock value.

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Lily Phillips, however, remains unapologetic.

“I want to be unique in the industry,” she told reporters. “This is kind of my niche. I have no regrets because everything I’ve done has led up to this point in my life.”

She has also dismissed assumptions that trauma led her into sex work. “People think everyone in the adult industry is doing it because they’ve had some kind of trauma in their life,” she said. “That’s so far from the truth.”

On social media, Phillips balances her extreme professional ambitions with glimpses of an otherwise ordinary daily life: walking her dog, eating sweet potato fries, and relaxing with TV shows like Smallville. “A day in the life of an online sozzer,” she joked in a TikTok vlog before a recent press day.

 

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Whether she reaches her 1,000-man milestone on OnlyFans or not, Lily Phillips has solidified her place in the adult industry—and in the larger conversation about digital sex work, celebrity, and modern expressions of female sexuality.

As she said in one interview, “I just think I can’t hold myself back because I’m scared of what other people might think.”

And we are glad for it. Lily Phillips may not exactly be a household name, but she's well on her way.

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