YouTube child star makes $2.9 million in first day on OnlyFans after turning 18
Piper Rockelle claims she 'broke the record' by earning $1 million in less than an hour
A child YouTube star has revealed the eye-watering sum she earned within 24 hours of joining OnlyFans, not long after turning 18.
Piper Rockelle has been appearing in YouTube videos from the age of just eight years old, growing a following of more than 12 million subscribers.
The 18-year-old, who also boasts 18 million followers on TikTok and 6.6 million on Instagram, launched her OnlyFans account on New Year's Day and later claimed she had 'broke the record,' by earning $1 million in less than an hour.
According to a screenshot shared to social media, she earned a total of $2.9 million in the first 24 hours.
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"You guys are the best, thank you for changing my life," she wrote in a post which has since been removed from X.
After sharing the numbers, many people accused her of faking them, while others suggested it was 'disturbing' so many people had subscribed to her channel as soon as she came of age.
“Extremely disturbing folk that watch child youtubers and spend money on OFs subs as soon as they turn legal age,” one wrote, while another added: “You’re a victim of predatory capitalism."
However, this isn't the first time Piper and her family have been shrouded in controversy when it comes to their online content.
Last year, Netflix released a documentary in which several young actors accused Piper's mum, Tiffany Smith, of abusing them.
The allegations highlighted in Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, even alleged Tiffany had sent out her daughter's underwear to men.
It comes after Tiffany launched 'The Squad' in 2017, where she enlisted a number of aspiring child stars to appear in their YouTube content.
The tweens were involved in various storylines and vlog style content on Piper’s YouTube channel and eventually some of them moved in with the family to boost their content output.
Since then, 11 members of The Squad have filed a lawsuit against the momager, claiming exploitation and ‘frequently subjected to an emotionally, physically and sometimes sexually abusive environment perpetrated by Piper’s mom.'
At the time, Piper was said to be making around half a million dollars a month from her YouTube channel, while the other members of the group would be working without meal and rest breaks and without on-set schooling.
However, an LA Times investigation unearthed some even more horrifying allegations dating back to 2022, in which children accused Tiffany of offering to show an 11-year-old girl how to perform oral sex.
The complaint alleged they were subject to ‘wildly offensive and sexually explicit comments’ from the momager and would offer ‘hemp brownies’ to the children ‘who unwittingly consumed them.'
The lawsuit was settled for $1.85 million in October 2024 and Tiffany denies all the allegations.
LADbible has reached out to Piper and Tiffany for comment.
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Emma Rosemurgey